a site for the
Lark Camp Band
Lark Camp, Mendocino, California Aug. 1 - 9 2008

The Lark Camp Band meets every day from 11am to 1pm in the meadow down in the valley below the main part of Camp One. For the most part we explore the band music from traditional wind bands around the world. The band traditions of India, Brasil, Indonesia, Mexico, Suriname, Africa, Bolivia, Peru, the Balkans and many more get visited. The group is a perennial hit at the Balkan and Andean Dance nights and was once even invited to play (and did!) at the English Country Dance. Over the past few years we've established a tradition of playing together with 'Os Gaiteiros de Norte de California' the group of Galician Gaitas (bagpipes) at Lark Camp. Here's a video of one of those events - the tune is called Sansonette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x0ntovFTQc

You Guys are my favorite Balkan Brass Band in the US!
(Vasily Bebelekov, Lark Camp Bulgarian gaida instructor)


I LOVE the brass and gaitas! They've become one of my favorite events for the whole camp! (unnamed Larker)

You guys ROCK ! ! ! (some kid in the dinner line)
It's difficult to say exactly which music we'll play with the group. But here's links to a selection of tunes we're likely to touch on to give an idea of what the parts will look like, how difficult they might be. The title links to audio files of each selection to give an indication of how each might sound.

Trujillana
(Banda de Santa Maria de la Moche,
Peru)
Flute/Piccolo
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Soprano Sax
Alto Sax
Tenor Sax
Baritone Sax
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
French Horn
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Baritone Horn
Tuba
Percussion

for MUCH more information - fotos, audio links and history -
please see the Relevant Music World Band page here
or contact me (gregg moore)