Great+Performances+(Solo)

Solo Performers Shine!

 * media type="youtube" key="MypmT0kwBR0" height="344" width="425" || Nate McIntosh of
 * The Dallas Brass** demonstrates multiphonics on the sousaphone with //**"The Warrior Comes Out To Play"**// ||

Flight of the Bumblebee for solo trumpet, the fourth piece on a December 1, 2008 concert of music for trumpet alone. || media type="youtube" key="5KAU5kvKBjk" height="344" width="425" ||
 * media type="youtube" key="gUij8FCg0z8" height="344" width="425" || In the third installment of the Rafael Mendez special entitled "The Trumpet," Mendez discusses his amazing finger dexterity and breath control, and then to illustrate these concepts he plays Flight of the Bumble Bee (with a super close-up on his fingers) and an excerpt from The Mexican Hat Dance (played entirely in one breath).

Mendez is a tour de force on the trumpet. Anyone who is interested in trumpets and trumpet playing should not miss this video. ||
 * Wynton Learson Marsalis is one of the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era and is also a well-known instrumentalist in classical music.

Wynton plays his version of "Bumblebee" || media type="youtube" key="Yvaw2NtJgDc" height="344" width="425" ||
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Flute soloist Gabriel Yela performs **//Density 21.5//** composed by Edgar Varése.

Read more about the interesting story behind the composition here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density_21.5 ||