Watch for "A Sacred Circle" this Summer

Monumental Brass Quintet (MBQ), with PAI’s Michael Parker among them, is set to release their fourth album, Michael’s first with the band. Titled "A Sacred Circle" after one of the tracks by Jazz Composer John Harmon, (a work composed for MBQ in 1995). The album will consist of Sacred and Secular music including works by Byrd, Duruffle, Vivaldi, Walton, Duke Ellington, and an Argentine Tango. Many of MBQ's exclusive arrangements & compositions will be featured on the album. Michael will be primarily playing tuba on the album with one track on bass trombone and one track on cimbasso. The anticipated release for the album is the summer of 2007.

MBQ Information: http://www.monumentalbrass.org/index.html