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The Youth Brass Band
Of Central Florida (YBBCF), located in Orlando, Florida, was formed in
September of 2007 as an expansion and educational endeavor of the Brass
Band Of Central Florida. The youth band consists of 30 of the area’s
most talented young musicians. The YBBCF’s mission is to provide an
opportunity for the finest area high school aged brass and percussion
players to supplement their wind band experience by performing in a
British-style brass band and to raise the overall all level of brass
ensemble playing in the area.
The YBBCF will maintain a strict
instrumentation based on the British brass band tradition which includes
B-flat and E-flat cornets, E-flat tenor horns, and B-flat baritones are
used in addition to trombone, bass trombone, tuba, and percussion. In
addition to contemporary pieces written for brass band, the group’s
repertoire includes orchestral and band transcriptions, and students are
encouraged to perform chamber music in small quartets and quintets.
Membership in the group is by recommendation and audition, and the
season goes from October to May of each year. Future highlights for the
brass band will include sponsoring clinics and master classes with
various guest artists and conductors.
In its second full season, the YBBCF
looks forward to continuing to offer an exceptional musical experience
for the area’s top young musicians. Repertoire is challenging and the
ensemble provides the students with the opportunity to develop their
skills as musicians in a youth brass band program that is quickly
becoming the premiere organization of its kind.
Repertoire for the 2008-2009 Season included:
Fanfare and Flourishes (James Curnow)
A Disney Fantasy (arr. Richards)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach, arr.
Farr)"
Adagio” from Concerto de Aranjuez
(Rodrigo)
Finale from the New World Symphony (Dvorak)
Olympic Fanfare and Theme (John Williams)
Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral
(Richard Wagner, arr. Himes)
The Muppet Show Theme (Jim Henson/Sam
Pottle)
2008-2009 Youth Brass Band Of Central Florida
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High School |
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Soprano Cornet |
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Jeff Ethier |
Pine Ridge |
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Cornets |
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Matthew Ramirez
(principal) |
University |
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Christy Burkett
(solo) |
Olympia |
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Maddie Japp
(solo) |
Winter Park |
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Rebecca Perez
(solo) |
Altamonte
Springs |
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Andrew Epifanio
(repiano) |
DeLand |
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Tyler Jager
(2nd) |
Olympia |
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Ryan Rivera
(2nd) |
University |
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Timothy McCarthy
(3rd) |
University |
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D'Anna Nelson
(3rd) |
University |
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Flugelhorn |
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Rachel Perez
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Orangewood |
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Tenor Horns |
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Melissa
Hernandez (solo) |
Spruce Creek |
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Steven
Dicostanzo (first) |
Deltona |
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Gregory Abramowitz (second) |
Olympia |
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Euphoniums/Baritones |
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Genna Krecicki
(euphonium) |
Winter Park |
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Caroline
Davoli, (euphonium) |
Winter Springs |
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Ashley Klump
(1st baritone) |
Boone |
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Malcolm Katzen
(2nd baritone) |
Edgewater |
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Trombones |
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Harry Keith
(principal) |
Boone |
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Heck, Cory (2nd) |
Cypress Creek |
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Eric Schwarz
(2nd) |
Winter Springs |
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Rafael Garraton
(bass trombone) |
Cypress Creek |
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Tubas |
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Will Wright
(principal/section leader) |
Lake Brantley |
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Jermall Jenkins |
Deltona |
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Katie Lee |
Tavares |
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Clinton Delaney |
Edgewater |
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Sophia Miles |
Pine Ridge |
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Kenny Keaton |
Lake Brantley |
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Percussion |
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Andrew
Monroe
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Olympia |
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Bennett
Parks |
Boone High |
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Connor Parks |
Boone High |
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Chas Robinson |
Olympia |
If you would like to audition for this
premier ensemble or would like additional information, please contact
the YBBCF Musical Director at
YBBCF@bellsouth.net.
Rick
Perez – Conductor/Music Director
Rick
Perez serves as musical director of the Youth Brass Band of Central
Florida in its isecond season. Though a respected Florida banking
executive by day, the musical director for the Youth Brass Band of
Central Florida is also an accomplished musician and educator. With over
20 years of musical performance, conducting, and brass band training
experience, the conductor of the YBBCF brings a superior musical and
educational offering to the direction of this all star ensemble.
Rick began his
musical journey as a teenager by participating in the Salvation Army
music summer camp programs in Keystone Heights, Florida. By the age of
17 he was conducting his first brass band ensemble as bandmaster of the
Hialeah Corps Band. His formal music education continued at Miami-Dade
Community College and as a private student of famed trumpet virtuoso and
master teacher, Gilbert Johnson (Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis
Institute of Music and University Of Miami.)
Conducting and brass
studies continued via various Salvation Army music programs with notable
educators and performers including James Curnow (Asbury College),
William Himes (Salvation Army Central Territory Musical Director),
Stephen Bulla (President’s Own Marine Band), Mark Ridenour (Chicago
Symphony), to name just a few wonderful teachers and mentors that have
influenced his musical career.
As a performer and
conductor, our musical director has appeared and performed with numerous
groups including the Florida Philharmonic, Florida Southern College
Brass Quintet, King’s Brass, Sunshine Brass, Southeastern University
Wind Orchestra, the Florida Divisional Band, and the Southern
Territorial Staff Band of the Salvation Army. In addition to conducting
and performing with various ensembles around the country, Mr. Perez has
been a regular clinician, conductor, and educator at the Salvation
Army’s annual Florida Music Institute (FMI) in Starke, Florida.
Rick Perez currently
performs with the award winning Brass Band of Central Florida, the
founding and parent organization of the Youth
Brass Band of Central Florida.
When not leading a top banking organization or contributing to the
musical arts, Mr. Perez spends his time with his lovely wife and two
wonderful daughters in
Lake Mary, Florida.
Sponsorships
The Youth Brass Band Of Florida is an educational project of the Brass
Band Of Central Florida, a 501-C3 not-for-profit organization. Your
generous gift to support this on-going project is tax free and will help
us offer the best possible experience to the young people that will
participate in the group. We need your help in paying for
new instruments as well as sponsoring guest artists and out of state
national competitions. Every dollar designated for the Youth Band will
go to support the program. All officers and director are volunteers.
We would like to acknowledge the following
individuals and their respective companies for their support of this
outstanding youth program:
Dr. Richard Smith,
Smith-Watkins Instruments
Mr. Denis Wick,
The Denis Wick Products Company
Mr. Gerry Lopez ,
Gerry Lopez Music
Mr. Zig Kanstul,
Kanstul Instruments
RBC Bank, USA
Your kind and generous
support of the Youth Brass Band Of Central Florida allows us to continue
to offer a wonderful opportunity to help develop the next generation of
great musical artists.
Platinum Level-Donation of $10,000 or more
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Gratitude : Contributor will receive an engraved plaque; name will
be mentioned in gratitude at concert, and their name will be listed
on Band web site and in programs for three years.
Gold Level-Donation of $5,000. to $9,999.
Gratitude : Contributor's name will be mentioned in gratitude at concert
and will be listed on Band web site and in programs for three year.
Silver Level-Donation of $1,000. to $4,999.
Gratitude : Contributor's name will be listed on the band site, and in
the programs for two years.
Bronze Level-Donation of $500. to $999
Gratitude : Contributor's name will be listed in the programs for one
year.
For additional and specific information in regards to sponsorship
opportunities for the youth band project, please contact our musical
director, Rick Perez, at
YBBCF@bellsouth.net
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