Encounter & Gabrieli
Are you even a music student at the University of Iowa if you don't regularly go to the Encounter Cafe? Its location and cinnamon rolls can't be beat. I go here more than my bank account would probably like, but it's more than worth it. I'm sure that everyone reading this blog has already been here many times, so I won't bother with a review of a place we all know & love. Maybe this post will be the tipping point so we can finally have class at the Annex.... 👀 I figured it would be best to pair a Voxman staple with a brass ensemble classic: music by Giovanni Gabrieli. Gabrieli was one of the leading composers of the Italian Renaissance. His output features both vocal and instrumental works written for the church. His works for multiple antiphonal choirs are some of the earliest works we have today for brass ensemble. They have been transcribed for modern instruments by multiple people and with slightly varying performing forces. Gabrieli works are great for s...