Different kinds of music can be found anywhere around the world.  For those kinds of music certain instruments are needed.  Then one band broke those rules.  That was the Dallas Brass.

The Dallas Brass is a band with six people in it.  There are two trumpet players, one tuba player, one trombone player, one percussion player, and one French horn player.  Although the band is called the Dallas Brass, none of the band members are from Texas.  The band is called the Dallas Brass because that’s where the band first started.  The band was founded over 25 years ago.

On Friday, March 13^th, the Dallas Brass played with some of the advanced band members from TMS and five other schools at Mt. Dora High School.  “We started when we were in 4^th and 5^th grade except one of us started in 7^th grade,” said Michael Levine, the Dallas Brass’s trombone player.  Levine said his motivation was for kids to stay in school.  

Mat McIntosh, the tuba player for the Dallas Brass, showed the audience what multi-phonics is; singing and played into a tuba at the same time. McIntosh also played a solo he wrote himself called, The Warrior Comes Out to Play.

“The movie that made me want to play the trumpet was Star Wars,” said DJ Barraclough, another member of the band.  Inspiration to play an instrument can come from anywhere, anything, or anyone.  Barraclough can also play the trombone.  The newest member of the Dallas Brass is Jeff Handel.  Handel joined the brass three years ago.  He plays percussion in the band.  Anyone can join the Dallas Brass if they’re old enough and really--I mean really!--good at an instrument.