Brass ensemble from Trapani at Villa Rundle Gardens

From theatre to brass and percussion, Feel the Magic’s second performance of the 2022-23 season is a performance by Drepanon Brass from Trapani, Sicily, on Saturday, September 24, at 8 pm at Villa Rundle Gardens, Victoria, Gozo.

Brass and Percussion Ensemble Studies is a specific discipline carried out within the Conservatorio Statale di Musica – Antonio Scontrino in Trapani. From this purely didactic activity, the Drepanon Brass ensemble was born, with the specific purpose of higher artistic training and a flourishing concert activity.

The ensemble has performed in the various municipalities of the Trapani province and beyond, spreading the sheer beauty of brass music, ranging from original compositions for this formation to virtuosic arrangements from the Renaissance and Baroque periods to film music and pop. This is also the first time that Drepanon Brass are performing in Malta and Gozo.

The ensemble is directed by Marco Primo Sala, a Tuba graduate of the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Turin. Mro Sala has also furthered his studies at the Superior Conservatory of Music in Geneva, Switzerland. Along the years, he has collaborated with the RAI Symphonic Orchestra of Turin, the Rome...