BARRY BOCANER

ALTO & TENOR SACKBUTT

Guest artist, October 26-27, 2019

Barry Bocaner is a versatile low brass instrumentalist who specializes in historic low brasses including sackbutt, tenor and alto baroque and classical trombone, ophicleide, serpent, and saxhorns as well as the more unusual modern low brasses including bass trumpet, euphonium, and British-style baritone horn. He performs regularly with the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, the Coates Brass Band, and Newberry’s Victorian Cornet Band, with which he is the featured baritone soloist. Barry is the managing director and baritone player for The Brass of the Potomac, a professional 30-piece British-style brass band based in Washington, DC and performs as a trombonist with many local orchestras. Barry has also appeared with period instrument orchestras Grand Harmonie, The Bach Sinfonia, and the Washington Bach Consort.