Brian Holmes, French horn, Menlo Brass Quintet

Brian Holmes, horn

Brian Holmes, French horn Brian Holmes was born in Washington D. C. He graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, received a Bachelor’s degree from Pomona College, and earned a PhD in experimental low temperature physics from Boston University.

He joined he Physics Department of San Jose State University in 1983. He has often neglected his students to play in the San Jose Symphony and Opera San Jose. He is co-principal horn of the Peninsula Symphony and a member of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra. Active as a composer, he usually writes for chorus or solo voice, with numerous performances, awards, commissions, broadcasts, and publications to his credit. He is also a nationally recognized expert on the physics of brass musical instruments, giving many invited talks all over the country.

Brian is the newest member of the Menlo Brass Quintet, having joined in 2006.

E-mail: bholmes@menlobrass.com

Discography and Publications:

Compositions with Horn:
Higgins is Gone	(Donald Justice) high voice, violin, horn, and piano	Thompson Edition
So We’ll Go No More A Roving	(Byron) treble chorus, flute, horn, and piano	Roger Dean Music Publishing
Pie Jesu	(Emily Dickinson) treble chorus and horn	Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Tyrley, Tyrlow	Chorus and brass quintet	William Thorpe Music Publishing
Chesterton’s Carol	Chorus and brass quintet	William Thorpe Music Publishing
Performance and arrangements:
The Christmas Revels Wassail, Wassail! Christmas Day in the Morning Sing We Now of Christmas	Produced by Revels Incorporated
Compositions:
Tales of the Cultural Revolution	The Cambridge Symphonic Brass Quintet	Crystal Records
CDs issued by:
	The Stanford Chamber Chorale
	Cantilena – A Women’s Chorus
	The Peninsula Women’s Chorus
	Santa Barbara Music Publishing
	Heartland Chorus
	St. Louis Children’s Chorus
	The Choral Project
	San Francisco Girls Chorus

Equipment:

Schmid double horn

Paxman Cor d’Orchestre natural horn

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