Last week I went to the little town of Saint-Georges-de-Mons to listen to a brass ensemble concert, which really caught my imagination. This group of around thirty musicians, most of whom are children, impressed me: they interpreted some famous pieces of music in a very accurate way all along the one-hour concert.

Moreover, I admired the conductor, Stéphane, because organizing this ambitious project must have been challenging: the musicians are students and teachers from various music schools which are not that close (Riom, Vic-le-Comte, Combrailles and Aigueperse). Some of the musicians weren’t present; they should have been forty in total.

Anyway, having a big group of brass instruments was a real blast! You could not help but clap your hands at the El Condor Pasa chorus; the talented young drummer really boosted the whole piece.

In my opinion, such initiatives are essential to foster young (or not so young 😉) people to learn to play instruments that are becoming less popular; there was a wide range of brass instruments on display but there were still a lot more trumpets than trombones or tubas...

You should really listen to this group; don’t miss their next concert in Riom!

Bastien Moiroux