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Genuine Brass Quintet
"Music for all occasions"
Genuine Brass is a community-based chamber music ensemble that
was organized in 1993. Using a standard brass quintet
instrumentation of two trumpets, french horn, trombone and
tuba/bass trombone, we perform music in a variety of styles.
Providing music for weddings, banquets, receptions, and cermonial
events is our specialty.
Paul Weiss, Trumpet
Robert L. Thorp, Trumpet
Crisy Schwartz, French Horn
David Blackstone, Tenor Trombone
Paul Arnold, Tuba\Bass Trombone
Paul Weiss - Trumpet
- Education: MM '95 from CUA, BM '94 from CUA, graduate
of Duke Ellington School of Arts '90.
- Hobbies: Walking from one end of DC to the other,
swimming, channel surfing, and eating all manner of cooked/raw
(almost all) foods.
- Goal in life: Get a tan finally.
- Instrument(s): Yamaha (Bflat, picc, Eflat) with a Bach
Flugelhorn and an Olds C trumpet.
- Email: paulw@bass.org
Robert L. Thorp - Trumpet
- Education: B.M. from The Boston Conservatory in '98,
graduate of XXXXX HS '9X, currently attending University of Maryland.
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- Hobbies: Teaching, spending time with love ones.
- Goal: To become both the best musician and teach possible.
- Instrument(s): Yamaha (Bflat and C), Bach (Bach Eflat/D), Getzen Cornet
- Email: bobthorp@aol.com
Crisy Schwartz - French Horn
- Education: graduate of XXXX HS '9X,
currently attending University of Maryland.
- Hobbies: Collecting rose pedals, and anything purple.
- Goal: To be the best musician possible.
- Instrument(s): Yamaha 667 (F/Bflat)
- Email: mailto:genuinebrass
David Blackstone - Tenor Trombone
- Education: graduate of XXXX HS '8X,
B.M. from The Catholic University of America in 9X.
- Hobbies: Basket Weaving.
- Goal: To become a Jazz Legend.
- Instrument(s): Conn 88h Bflat tenor trombone
- Email: agincourt@prodigy.net
Paul E. Arnold Jr. - Bass Trombone/Tuba
- Education: graduate of DeMatha Catholic HS '91, currently
attending The Catholic University of America.
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- Hobbies: Swing, latin, carribean dancing. Playing
bowling and basketball. Collecting pennies and exotic coins.
- Goal: To become a High School Band director and a Computer
technition.
- Instrument(s): Conn US Navy Bass Trombone and a King Tuba
- Email: bassman@bass.org
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