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The Light Metal Band invites you to enjoy the wonderful sound of brass music.  This talented and entertaining brass quintet has been performing for audiences in the Detroit area for more than 15 years.  Their music selections are tailored specifically for each performance so as to provide client's the best possible support for their event.  Please take a few moments to browse the web site and find for yourself the many service offerings of the Light Metal Band.  Music samples are provided on the "Music and CD's" page.  Browse through these sound clips and enjoy the Light Metal Band's performances of their most popular selections.

After being asked to form a brass quintet and play a few tunes at an Oakland University concert in 1989, the members of the Light Metal Band couldn't "put it away". Able to work so well as a unit, they decided to stay together and see where it would take them.  Now, years later, the Light Metal Band has become a respected and regularly performing group.  Although most engagements have been within the Detroit area, the Light Metal Band has performed in Germany, Austria, Prague, Washington D.C. and Boston.  In the Detroit vicinity, the Quintet has performed at many community events, including Greenfield Village, Rochester's Arts and Apples and the Clarkston Art Fair.

Audiences have enjoyed the music of the Light Metal Band because they play tunes that everyone recognizes and enjoys - show tunes, marches, ragtime, jazz, swing, and an occasional classical favorite.

 
Member Profiles  

 

Steve -  holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Music in Wind Conducting from Michigan State. A former band and orchestra teacher in the public schools, he now is an Adjunct in the Music Department at Rochester College. Steve has also directed the East Lansing Community Band, and is currently Conductor of the Dodworth Saxhorn Band, a civil war brass band based in Ann Arbor.

An active horn player, Steve hold seats in several area Symphony Orchestras including the Warren Symphony, the Pontiac-Oakland Symphony, the Rochester Symphony, and the Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony. Besides performing with the Light Metal Band, he frequently performs chamber music as part of the Woodward Corridor Musicians. He has studied horn with Denise Tryon, Susan Mutter, Willard Zirk, Janine Gaboury-Sly, and Jack Saunders.

When he is not performing, rehearsing or practicing music, Steve enjoys reading, cooking and studying architecture.

 

 
Dave - plays the trombone in the Quintet and is an active member of the Rochester Symphony.  With a degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan, it is a wonder why he has never engineered.  Dave is a man of many talents, certified as an airplane pilot, EMS technician and scuba diver.  He runs his own technical software and hardware services company during the day, reserving the evenings for music; and flying and boating and dancing lessons, and his groupies are little pests.

 

Paul - Very much in demand as a professional trumpeter in the Detroit area, he is involved with many performing groups.  Paul currently plays principal trumpet with the Rochester and Macomb Symphonies, and is E-flat Soprano soloist with the Dodworth Saxhorn Band.  At various times he has performed with the Warren, Plymouth, Southern Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, and Grosse Pointe Symphonies.  As if that weren't enough, Paul has also performed with the Metropolitan Concert Band, Downriver Big Band, Michigan Chamber Brass, and Detroit Brass Society.  

Paul earns his living as a freelance musician, performing at many different functions including weddings, church services, patriotic events, and studio playing.  

When questioned about his musical education, Paul’s typical reply is “not much”. A graduate of Oakland University with a Bachelors degree in Liberal Arts, Paul did study briefly at The Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Paul is a long standing member of The International Trumpet Guild, Local 5 (Detroit) of The American Federation of Musicians, and more recently, Bugles Across America, an organization dedicated to ensuring “Taps” is sounded by live buglers at our Veterans’ funerals.
Chris - plays trumpet with the Light Metal Band and cornet with the Oakland Brass Band.  He earned a Music Education Degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1972.  After 6 years teaching junior high school music, he decided to try another career, then another.  Today, Chris works in the Information Systems field.  His passion has always been music performance and considers his 15 plus years with the Light Metal Band a great side job.

Chris is the Treasurer on the Oakland Brass Band Board of Directors. He plays tenor horn in the band.

 

 

Vince - Vince studied tuba with Steve Seward in the Kansas City Symphony, and Abe Torchinsky at the University of Michigan, where he earned a degree in music performance.  He is currently playing with the Macomb Symphony, Rochester Symphony, the Motor City Street Band, the Dodworth Saxhorn Band, and the Working Class Tuba Quartet, and has performed with various other symphonies and brass groups in Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.  When he's not playing the tuba, he enjoys riding his bikes and playing bass.