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Bloom - A Fanfare for 4 Trumpets

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Fanfare composed by 'Kick Some Brass' the Glenthorne High School Brass Group

Fanfare composed for 4 trumpets by Glenthorne pupils over several weeks. Pupils improvised in 4 parts while the Teacher input ideas into Cubase. Finally all pupils sugested dynamics, expression, tempo markings and a score was produced.
Pupils idea of trumpets entering one by one reminded them of a flower opening so they called it 'Bloom'.
It was recorded in our new recording studio.
Hopefully you will enjoy performing it!
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A Fanfare called Bloom

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Reflection on Teaching and Learning

Are fanfares timeless? Do they still have a useful function? I think so, in fact it's quite marvelous how something so old is still so uniquely useful and necessary as the Royal Opera House's quest to find a fanfare to replace their hand bell that signals the end of the interval shows.
But have we really heard a truly 21st C Fanfare?
Are there any new performance or arranging techniques for brass players that have emerged in recent years that could be used in this context to update the fanfare? How can a composer break away from the traditional rhythmic Musical cliches / idoms but yet still compose something that sounds fanfare-like?