The Empire Brass is a brass quintet from the United States. Current members include:
- Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
- Marc Brian Reese, trumpet
- Michelle Perry, French horn
- Mark Hetzler, trombone
- Kenneth Amis, tuba
The quintet tours regularly in North America, Europe, and Asia. They have been the Faculty Quintet-in-Residence at Boston University for thirteen years.
The Empire Brass have appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's Today Show and PBS's Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. They also make joint concert appearances with organist Douglas Major.
Famous quotes containing the words empire and/or brass:
“Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which has risen to eminence have drawn their nourishment and vigor from a similar wild source. It was because the children of the Empire were not suckled by the wolf that they were conquered and displaced by the children of the northern forests who were.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“You could almost see the brass on her gleaming,
Not quite. The mist was to light what red
Is to fire. And her mainmast tapered to nothing,
Without teetering a millimeter’s measure.
The beads on her rails seemed to grasp at transparence.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)