Hi from the horn player

Hey everyone, it's Tim, hornist for The CSBQ. First blog post here...just saying a big hello to our web-friends out there keeping tabs on us. Rehearsals are going well, and we're getting more and more efficient. Having triples every day: 10-12, 4-6, and 7-9. Great stuff.

Yesterday we read my arrangement of Edgar Meyer's "Sliding Down" (on his Uncommon Ritual CD), which got a really good read from the group, went really well, and will probably become a piece we'll do at our Kansas City showcase in September. We hope to do more fresh arrangements like this. Just finished my rockin' Spinal Tap medley for the quintet (with drum set of course! And hopefully a mini-Stonehenge). Will read that tomorrow.

Got a gig coming up on Sunday out here in CT, so we gotta hit some rehearsal again. Today it's my arrangement of a Piazzolla tango, Ewazen's Colchester Fantasy and Michael Kamen's Quintet. More soon!

TB