Hire Orlando Brass Musicians
Your thinking you may like to hire Orlando brass musicians to play music for your wedding or event. What kind of brass groups are available in Orlando, how do you choose one, what are the costs and what kind of music do they play? Here are some answers to these questions about how to hire Orlando brass musicians. If you have more questions, please feel free to contact our music coordinator Andrea. Whether you are are about to hire Orlando brass musicians or are planning music for another state or country, we are always happy to help.
What kind of Orlando Brass Musicians and Brass Groups Are There?
Brass Quintet Two trumpets, french horn, trombone and tuba. (Add french horn to Brass quartet)
Brass Quartet Two trumpets, Trombone and Tuba This ensemble sounds full and has the versatility to transform from a classical ensemble to a jazz quartet. Can perform all styles of music and easily perform requests.
Trumpet A solo trumpeter is a great choice for weddings. Add an organist or pianist for a full sound.
Fanfare Trumpets The long dramatic trumpets to perform a fanfare announcing any event. A dramatic way to announce that the bride is about to walk down the aisle.
Brass Band A brass band is a band of all brass instruments and drums are often added. They perform Mardi Gras, Great Gatsby, Dixieland and funky New Orleans music. Great for themed events, lively parties, Fat Tuesday, conventions and parades.
How To Hire Orlando Brass Musicians: Choosing the right ones for you
To hire Orlando brass musicians, here are some questions to ask:
Are the musicians full time professional performers?
Many musicians will answer yes when they actually make there living another way but sometimes perform for pay. Ask if performing (not teaching or something else) is their only profession. This way your are insured to book experienced musicians. Just because a musician substitutes in a local symphony, does not mean they have the experience playing events that you deserve. You want musicians that spend their lives practicing their instruments and have encountered every thing that could distract during a performance and know just what to do. e.g. showing up and the power isn’t working. Professionals know to have battery lights. The wedding planner cues to start the bride’s song and then bride’s hair accessory starts to slip and needs to be fixed. A professional ensemble knows to set up so they can see the wedding party before they start to process and there will not be a problem. They will extend the bridal party music and do an extra long fanfare for the bride. Problem solved.
How many brass musicians routinely perform in the ensemble?
A professional ensemble will have several players that know the music for each instrument. This way if someone breaks their leg on your wedding day, another brass player that performs with the ensemble on a regular basis will step in.
Can you play special requests?
A professional ensemble will be able to perform any song that you may request.
What if I want the musicians to play a variety of music styles or a different kind of music for the cocktail hour?
This should not be a problem for versatile professional musicians. Ask your brass musicians if they can perform any jazz, classical or popular song you would like. Classical only musicians will have a problem doing this and will need to have arrangements written for this and often will charge extra.
Costs
The costs for booking brass musicians will depend mostly on the number of musicians you choose. e.g. A brass quartet will be less expensive than a brass quartet and a solo trumpeter will be the least expensive
There should be one price that includes all music you would like for the ceremony including prelude music (music before the ceremony while guests are seated) and postlude music (music while guests leave the sanctuary or location). There should be a package available to have the musicians stay for cocktail hour that will be less than hiring another ensemble for the cocktail hour. If you would like another group for cocktail hour, like a jazz duo, you can still save money if your uses some of the ceremony musicians. e.g. Brass quartet for the ceremony and a jazz duo of guitar and trumpet/flugel horn or trombone for cocktail hour. When choosing a musician that will need to be a classical and jazz expert, Music Remembrance will reserve the perfect versatile musician for you.
Music
A professional brass ensemble should be able to play any song in any style of music that you would like. Popular music choices for brass music groups are classical, jazz, Broadway, popular music and dixieland.
I hope that you find these tips for hiring brass musicians helpful. Please let us know what you think below. We love to hear from you!
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What is Music Remembrance and Why Was it Started?
Music Remembrance was started to connect the finest full time professional musicians with those needing music while ensuring exceptional professional service.
We have been providing bands and music ensembles for wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, parties, conventions, concerts, festivals, parades, graduations, church services, events and musical telegrams in Central Florida since 1990. Music Remembrance uses full time professional musicians from Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and the Symphony. Clients may use one of our ensembles or bands on the Music Remembrance web site or we can fill even the most unusual requests like marching bands and Ukrainian violinists dressed in costume.
Providing Professional Musicians
I started Music Remembrance because I saw that wedding couples, party and event hosts often seemed to have trouble finding quality entertainment for events. Most great musicians spend their lives performing and practicing and neglect to make any time for marketing and are thus hard to find. Because of this, many Central Florida, Orlando and Tampa wedding, party and event planners do not know the best professional musicians. In addition to this, some music consultants, live music web sites and music agents choose to use inexperienced musicians because they can pay them less and keep more profit.
I thought that someone should have a company that connects the best musicians in Florida with people needing music for wedding and events. It serves wedding couples and wedding and event planners while helping the virtuosic musicians find rewarding work where they are always among their finest colleagues.
Providing Professional Service
In addition to full time professional musicians often being hard to locate, I found that many musicians,bands, and ensembles do not always provide professional service. To me professional service means:
- Accommodating all of the clients needs and requests. Music Remembrance has a large number of musicians and bands to accommodate any musical request.
- Being set up early and solving potential problems
- Always being on time and knowing that bad traffic or a flat tire are not excuses for being late. A professional always allows time for emergencies.
- Providing a professional look. Always having the appropriate look for the event whether it is a clean and pressed tuxedos or costumes. Always having a look that is Camera ready for your photographer.
- That all musicians are always polite, accommodating and friendly to clients, guests and other vendors.
It is a blessing for me to serve others and share good music and professional service for Central Florida, Orlando and Tampa weddings, events, parties, telegrams, memorials conventions and more.
Music Remembrance Events and Service Area
Consider MusicRemembrance.com when you are hiring event musicians for your private and corporate parties in the Orlando and Tampa area.
Music Remembrance has many music ensembles and bands to choose from and we are glad to fulfill even the most unusual requests. See this link for a list of some of our ensembles.
Music Remembrance can provide event muscians like music groups, music ensembles, live music, wedding bands, and bands for wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, parties, outdoor weddings, casino theme parties, birthday parties, anniversary parties, conventions, concerts, festivals, parades, graduations, church services, events, masses, ceremonies, dinner music, cocktail hour music.
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Themed weddings, mardi gras parties, mardi gras parades, memorial services, funerals, dixieland funerals, funeral processionals, conventions, theme events, charity events, private parties, singing telegrams, music telegrams, celebrity performances, celebrations, tributes, roasts, charity balls, dances, Roaring 20’s party, meetings, banquets, class reunions, clubs, restaurants, theme parks, city functions, ribbon cutting ceremonies, business and store openings. promotion parties, political rallies, political events and celebrations, special events, pageants, beach weddings
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Children’s parties, kid’s parties, debutante balls and sweet sixteen parties
Music Remembrance’s event musicians perform in all of Central Florida and Florida. We are always happy to travel in the United States and we are available worldwide. Below is a sample of our service area:
- Orlando, Florida
- Central Florida
- Dr. Phillips, FL
- Doctor Phillips,Fl
- Lady Lake, Fl
- Celebration, Fl
- Heathrow
- International Drive
- isleworth
- Celebration
- Mt. Dora
- Mount Dora
- Port Canaveral
- Orlando, FL
- Lakeland, FL
- Winter Haven, FL
- Largo, Fl,
- Indian Rocks Beach, FL.
- Winter Park, FL
- Maitland, FL
- Casselberry, FL
- New Smyrna Beach, FL
- Deland, FL
- Deltona, FL
- Sanford, FL
- Oviedo, FL
- Winter Springs, FL
- Apopka, FL
- Zellwood, FL
- Mount Dora, FL
- Melbourne, FL
- Saint Petersburg, FL
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Clearwater, FL
- Clearwater Beach, FL
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Tampa, FL
- Jacksonville, FL
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Pompano Beach, FL
- Gainesville, FL
- Sarasota, FL
- Ybor City, FL
- Naples, FL
- Boca Raton, FL
- Hollywood, FL
- Ocala, FL
- Melbourne Beach, FL
- Cocoa, FL
- Cocoa Beach, FL
- Palm Coast, FL
- Miami, Fl
- Bradenton, FL
- The Villages, Fl
- Fort Pierce, FL
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Fort Myers, FL
- North Fort Myers, FL
- Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
- Saint Augustine, FL
- St. Augustine, Fl
- Stuart, FL
- Vero Beach, FL
- Howey In The Hills, FL
- Avalon Park
- Lake Nona
- Lanark Village, FL
- St. Cloud, Fl
- Saint Cloud, Fl
- Leesburg, FL
- Kissimmee, F
- Lake Worth, FL
- Brooksville, F
- Winter Garden, FL
- Clermont, FL
- Wildwood, FL
- Ocoee, FL
- Altamonte Springs, FL
- Longwood, FL
- Windermere, FL
- Ponce De Leon, FL
- Lake Mary, FL
- Port Orange, FL
- Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
- Cape Canaveral, FL
- Edgewater, FL
- Brandon, FL
- Largo, FL
- Indian Rocks Beach, FL
- Jackson County, FL
- Orange County, FL
- Pinellas County
- Orange City, FL
- Flagler Beach, Fl
- Flagler County, Fl
- Jacksonville Beach, FL
- Orlando, Fl
- Jackson, MI
- Detroit, MI
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Traverse City, MI
Music Remembrance is glad to provide live music ensembles, wedding bands, and bands for all of your events.
Hiring Wedding Musicians Who Are Excellent
Thinking about hiring musicians for your wedding ceremony? Here’s a practical article that can guide you in the process of hiring wedding musicians who are excellent.
As I attended parties, events and weddings in Orlando and Tampa, I noticed that there was a real lack of quality entertainment at most functions. Often all of the other vendors of a wedding or event were of superior quality but brides, grooms and party hosts were not able to find professional music ensembles and bands. Most of the ensembles and bands consisted of amateurs, part-time musicians without the full knowledge of performing for these functions, high school students and college musicians. This can cause several problems.
- The music does not sound good
- The musicians do not understand all the event needs and their functions. Here are some examples of of problems caused by this lack of knowledge. A wedding reception band leader does not coordinate with the other vendors to ensure the dinner music is timed with dinner, the dance music starts immediately after dinner and the cake cutting and other festivities are timed correctly. There is no mic available for speeches and MCing activities. The power needs have not been anticipated for the sound system and a fuse is blown. For wedding ceremonies, inexperienced musicians may not know how to end the music for the bridal processional and there will be long delays in-between the bridal party and the bridal processional waiting for a song to end.
Orlando and Tampa party and event hosts, brides and grooms often find it difficult hiring professional entertainment. I found that the reasons for this are varied. The top quality professional musicians often do not market themselves. There are many wedding and event music consultants that have wonderful web sites but send young or inexperienced musicians to events because they can pay them a lower fee. I have found that some wedding and event entertainment consultants keep 50% or more of what the clients pay.
Here are some tips on hiring excellent professional musicians.
- Ask the wedding music consultant how much the musicians get paid or for a break down of costs.
- Ask if the musicians are full-time professional musicians.
- Don’t ask if the musicians are the same musicians on the web site One thing that surprises most people is that you should not expect the musicians will always be the same musicians on the web site. Musicians may have moved, taken full time shows or have orchestra commitments. A good wedding consultant will have a large pool of full-time professional musicians that they put together that all know the music. Any time that a group claims you always get the same musicians is usually a red flag. This usually means the musicians do not have any other gig conflicts which means they are not superior in-demand musicians and do this part time.
- Ask your friends if any of them know a full-time jazz or classical musician. These musicians usually know who the top party and wedding musicians are.
After you receive the cost breakdown from your Orlando wedding and event music consultant remember that, in music and in hiring wedding musicians, you often get what you pay for. Full-time professional musicians have spent their lives in the practice room to perfect their craft and the ones that have done this charge accordingly. With this information I’m sure that you will have a great wedding, party or event with excellent music and without unexpected problems.
Tip: The best way to save money on your wedding music and most of your wedding costs is to have your wedding during a slow season and day.
How to Spice Up Your Convention or Business Meeting with Music
A long business meeting or a week of meetings at a conference can get tiring no matter what the subject matter is. To keep your audience, clients or employees alert and interested you can employ many methods and devices.
One device that can really wake things up, feature your employees and reinforce your key point is music.
Hire event musicians!
Using music for conventions and business meetings in Orlando is easy because Orlando has unlimited resources due to the great amount of diverse and high quality entertainment needed for conventions, theme parks and parties.
Music is often used to spice up long days of meetings, classes, seminars, conventions and events. Hiring event musicians can break up the monotony of the day, and even inject a good amount of entertainment and humor sometimes not associated with business events.
Here are some examples of how music can be used.
A popular wake up call for morning meetings
Getting and holding the total attention of everyone in an early meeting can be difficult. If you wake everyone’s senses with something fun and exciting, obtaining their concentration is easier. One great “wake up call” is a surprise marching band, or dixieland band, marching through the room towards the beginning of the meeting. The band will march in and line up across the front of the room for a short performance. Songs can be tailored for your company or seminar theme.
- For a company from Indiana: “Back Home Again In Indiana,” Catholic meeting: “When The Saints Go Marching In”,
- Meeting/seminar about creativity: “Imagination” (From Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”),
- Conference on teamwork: “We are Family”
- Convention theme of overcoming obstacles with a positive attitude: “High Hopes (An Ant can Move that Rubber Tree Plant)
- For any corporation: your company theme song.
Does someone from your company sing?
How about someone from your company singing a song with a live band about the theme or key point of the meeting? See examples above.
Interactive Presentation
Event musicians can come in the form of a live band, orchestra or jazz group. These groups demonstrate skills that you would like your seminar attendees to learn and improve in a memorable interactive presentation. Key concepts are clearly demonstrated with music ensembles by examining the conductors role with the different parts of the music ensemble Your attendees will clearly see the correlation between the conductors role and musicians and a CEO and the different segments of a corporation Managers and workers are thoroughly entertained and learn valuable lessons to improve your companies productivity.
Demonstrated concepts and themes might include teamwork, leadership skills, micromanaging, how a company appears from a workers, middle management and executives perspectives, how management can help workers connect to the big picture, how management can help workers perform to their full potential, dealing with change and much more.
Parties and Meal Entertainment
For stress relief during a day or week of meetings a party or meal with live entertainment will recharge everyone’s batteries. Hiring event musicians can do the trick!
Welcome to Orlando
A music performance welcoming seminar or convention attendees can get everyone excited about the day or week. A band performing Disney and Universal Studios songs says “welcome to Orlando” in festive way.
There are so many ways to spice up business meetings and conventions in Orlando with Music. Use your imagination or contact your event music coordinator for more ideas and details.
Tips on Hiring Musicians for Events
Music sets the tone for any event. For sophisticated elegance, the harp or a string quartet set the tone.
For a dance and party atmosphere a band that performs the favorite songs of all your guests gets the party going.
Central Florida has every kind of event music available. Now, it’s just deciding what is the perfect entertainment for your event. This article will provide some tips about hiring music for events.
Some factors to consider before shopping for and hiring musicians for events
- Do you want the music as background for conversation? If so, start with the list for ambient background music below.
- Do you want background music at the beginning of the evening for dinner or cocktails and then transition into party music for a party atmosphere and/or dancing? In this case the best choice might be a group that specializes in weddings and events because they specialize in meeting both needs.
- Do you want music for dancing? You can use the bands that specialize in events and weddings or you have many other choices of dance bands. The bands that specialize in events and weddings will be able to play all styles and other dance bands will play just one or two styles.
- Do you want the music to include a show to entertain your guests? There are many different kinds of show entertainment, everything from dance shows to bringing in a famous entertainer. Having a show, and what kind of show, can often depend on your budget.
- How large is you venue and party? A small room will often dictate the size of music ensemble or band because of space and volume. Although, you can hire e a large band that specializes in events for a small room. They are adept at bringing, and controlling, the right sound reinforcement to keep the sound from blowing your guests out of the room.
- What is your budget for music? This will effect the instrument choices and number of musicians in your band or ensemble. When hiring musicians for events, groups charge according to the number of musicians that they will be paying. Large instruments like drums and harp usually charge somewhat more per musician. Bands or singers needing amplification include in the band fee a cost for using, bringing and setting up equipment. The number of hours that you decide to use music can sometimes save you some money although it is a misconception that one hour will cost 1/4 of what four hours would be. Once a musician is booked for your event for the evening they usually can not fit another performance in and so you are paying for the evening minimum. If your event is at an unusual time/day you can sometimes get savings compared to a Saturday night in peak season.
Below are lists of music ensembles and bands that I believe work very well for special events and parties. All of these musicians and bands can be found in Orlando and Central Florida.
For themed event music see blog “Great Wedding and Party Themes” below.
Event with ambient background music
- Brass Quartet: Two trumpets, trombone and tuba. Some ensembles vary instrumentation.
- Brass Quintet: Two trumpets, french Horn, trombone and tuba for a slightly more full sound than Brass Quartet.
- String Quartet: Two violins, viola and cello, gives a sophisticated elegant feel.
- Harpist
- Harp and Flute Duet
- Solo Violinist
- Violin duo
- String trio
- Violinist with piano, guitar, harp or organ
- Fanfare Trumpets: The long trumpets used to announce royalty. Used to announce changes in the evening such as moving from the cocktail hour to dinner or that an silent auction is ending.
- Jazz Guitarist
- Classical Guitarist
- Guitarist performing a mix of music including light classics, jazz, standards and pop.
- Classical Pianist
- Jazz Pianist
- Pianist performing a mix of music including light classics, jazz, standards and pop.
- Italian Tenor
- Singer with piano, guitar, or harp
- Singer performing pop or jazz accompanied by guitar or piano or ensemble of guitar bass and drums or piano, bass and drums
- Jazz Combo
- Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and french horn
- Chamber Orchestra: combine the brass quintet and string quartet for a small orchestra
- String Orchestra
- Full Symphony Orchestra
- If you have something specific in mind for an event, any music ensemble that you can dream of is available in Central Florida and Orlando.
Event with the Entertainment as the Focal Point
You can use anything from a wedding/event variety band with multiple singers to a full blown Vegas show. Some popular shows are:
- Swing Show with singers, dancers and a live band
- Vegas Dance Show
- Magician or comedian with band
- Interactive Variety Band: A wedding/event band that has a huge amount of audience interaction. The interaction includes things like playing a medley of surf/beach songs while dozens of beach balls are tossed over a volley ball net by guests, a rock tune while guests grab blow up guitars and take the stage, and music with twist and hula hoop contests.
- Celebrity Impersonator Show: Blues brothers style act singing all of the movies big hits, Marilyn Monroe singing “I want to be loved by you”, “Happy Birthday” and other favorites, The Rat Pack with a live big band.
- Contortionist, Stilt Walkers, Caricature Artists, Face Painters, Clowns, Circus Acts, Balloon Makers and Character Actors
The sky is the limit for shows!
Event to include dancing
- An Event/Wedding band: This genre of band will be able to play music of all styles and eras to please all of your guests. These bands also have expertise at functioning as the Master of Ceremonies (MC) to announce speakers, awards, auctions, etc.
- A Rock, Pop, Country, Salsa, Swing or other style band: Remember that you will not get variety for your guests or the MC expertise
- Jazz Band or Combo: For a more mellow but still danceable approach. I suggest getting one with a singer to please more guests.
- Orchestra, Society Orchestra or Big band: For ballroom dancing
Once you have defined your musical needs of background music, entertainment, show, dance music etc., theses lists can be helpful in hiring musicians for your event.
Think of Music Remembrance the next time you think of hiring music for your event. We have many professional event musicians available in all varieties so you will be able to find the perfect music for your event.
