DuPont Brass is a unique, soulful, brass ensemble hailing from the DMV Metropolitan Area. Originally composed of five music majors from Howard University trying to raise money for tuition during the Christmas season, they have now grown to a 9-piece ensemble consisting of brass, a rhythm section, and vocalists. Gaining popularity from playing at local Metro stations, DuPont Brass started out professionally playing for weddings, banquets, and other private events in the surrounding area.
Drippin
DuPont Brass - Drippin (Official Music Video)
Stream "Drippin" and our latest album "Music Education" on all platforms: https://ampl.ink/em5zZ
On their latest single, “Drippin’”, DuPont Brass proves that they not only have the juice - they have the sauce. The track showcases all of the passion, bravado and musical excellence that have placed them firmly within the heart and soul of Washington D.C. Musically, the group melds modern pop excellence with timeless soul. Lyrically, there is a sense of excitement that harkens the listener back to laying out a new outfit on the eve of the first day of school. A very specific, yet relatable experience of Black boy joy that we shared long before that phrase entered our collective lexicon. This song is “for us, by us”, but the music and message are still undeniably universal. There is something divine about this track - beyond powerful horn lines that remind the listener of Kirk Franklin’s “Brighter Day”. When the trumpets blare, a startling revelation comes down from on high: the most important love comes from within. Thou shalt not deny the drip.
Director: John Welsh III & Parlay Studios
Producer: Cory Choy & Silver Sound Productions
UPM: Sal Morale
Crafty: Jason Katz
DP: Josh Echevarria
AC: Leo Gallagher
Gaffer: Patrick Knight
Key Grip: Jon Mendez
Best Boy Electric: Jeff Bell
Best Boy Grip: Matt Disando
Art Director: Nathan Muka
Playback / Art Swing: Light Liu
Stylist / Art Swing: Suliya Gisele
HMU: Marck Salazar
Editor: Adam Abada
Colorist Light VFX: Vlad Kucherov
CAST
Little boy 1 Nersiah
Little boy 2 Jhona
Stream "Drippin" and our latest album "Music Education" on all platforms: https://ampl.ink/em5zZ
On their latest single, “Drippin’”, DuPont Brass proves that they not only have the juice - they have the sauce. The track showcases all of the passion, bravado and musical excellence that have placed them firmly within the heart and soul of Washington D.C. Musically, the group melds modern pop excellence with timeless soul. Lyrically, there is a sense of excitement that harkens the listener back to laying out a new outfit on the eve of the first day of school. A very specific, yet relatable experience of Black boy joy that we shared long before that phrase entered our collective lexicon. This song is “for us, by us”, but the music and message are still undeniably universal. There is something divine about this track - beyond powerful horn lines that remind the listener of Kirk Franklin’s “Brighter Day”. When the trumpets blare, a startling revelation comes down from on high: the most important love comes from within. Thou shalt not deny the drip.
Director: John Welsh III & Parlay Studios
Producer: Cory Choy & Silver Sound Productions
UPM: Sal Morale
Crafty: Jason Katz
DP: Josh Echevarria
AC: Leo Gallagher
Gaffer: Patrick Knight
Key Grip: Jon Mendez
Best Boy Electric: Jeff Bell
Best Boy Grip: Matt Disando
Art Director: Nathan Muka
Playback / Art Swing: Light Liu
Stylist / Art Swing: Suliya Gisele
HMU: Marck Salazar
Editor: Adam Abada
Colorist Light VFX: Vlad Kucherov
CAST
Little boy 1 Nersiah
Little boy 2 Jhona
Year: 2020
The Gaisin Shuffle
"I wasn't planning on releasing this track just yet, but it seemed timely to do so now. I wrote this song in late 2021 and recorded it in January, before any inkling of a Russian invasion of Ukraine had even crossed my radar.
Gaisin is the small Ukrainian village where my grandfather was born and spent his early boyhood. As I was writing this tune, which is a kind of klezmer/jazz hybrid, I was imagining him as a boy, idly sauntering around the village. No child is idly sauntering around any village in Ukraine today."
- Seth
"The Gaisin Shuffle"
composed by Seth Kibel, 2021 (Willard's Melodies, ASCAP)
from the forthcoming digital album "Clarinetflix & Chill," releasing March 18, 2022
Seth Kibel -- clarinet
Ellington Carthan -- keys
Christie Macdonald -- electric guitar
Eliot Seppa -- double bass
Joey Antico -- drums
Recorded and mixed by Jeff Gruber at Blue House Productions, Kensington, Maryland, on January 24, 2022.
Gaisin is the small Ukrainian village where my grandfather was born and spent his early boyhood. As I was writing this tune, which is a kind of klezmer/jazz hybrid, I was imagining him as a boy, idly sauntering around the village. No child is idly sauntering around any village in Ukraine today."
- Seth
"The Gaisin Shuffle"
composed by Seth Kibel, 2021 (Willard's Melodies, ASCAP)
from the forthcoming digital album "Clarinetflix & Chill," releasing March 18, 2022
Seth Kibel -- clarinet
Ellington Carthan -- keys
Christie Macdonald -- electric guitar
Eliot Seppa -- double bass
Joey Antico -- drums
Recorded and mixed by Jeff Gruber at Blue House Productions, Kensington, Maryland, on January 24, 2022.
Medium: Music
Year: 2022
On Raglan Road
Steven Gellman is a quintessential folk singer-songwriter with "insightful original songs and homespun stories [that] provide a soul-warming folk rock respite in a busy, chilly world." (Donn B.
Gerdan - Kaleidoscope of World Music is a professional music ensemble based in Washington DC metropolitan area. The ensemble is named after Gerdan, a multi-colored, intricately woven beaded necklace from Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine. Like this dazzling and exquisite necklace of different colors and shapes, musicians create original arrangements of traditional Ukrainian and Eastern European folk melodies and rhythms that reflect their passion for blending the old with the new, in a style that is fresh, lively, and beautiful.
Halley Shoenberg Jazz Quintet plays Halley's original jazz tune "Your Frown Upside Down"
Year: 2021
Clarinetist/Saxophonist Halley Shoenberg brings together some of the area’s finest professional musicians to create joyful jazz music events.
Halley provides several types of jazz ensembles for concerts festivals, dances and parties. She performs at indoor and outdoor venues in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia for crowds of 30 to 500 or more audience members, Halley performs a variety of jazz styles ranging from Traditional Jazz and Swing to Modern, Funk, Blues, Standards and her Original compositions. She inspires smiling, dancing, toe-tapping audiences!
Better Left Unsaid
Video of music from latest release entitled Chapter Three with my trio plus guitar.
Year: 2018
The Coastal Suite
First large multimedia suite
Medium: Music with projected images
Year: 2013
Details: 70 Minutes