Lately we have been getting letters asking us if this website and the New Canaan Bugle Quartet is a joke or some kind of … satire. The answer is “No, Absolutely Not”.
We have nothing against Loud Demonic Music, Bugles, Donald Trump, Motor Cycle Gangs, sanctimonious hypocrites, Republicans or Corporate Sponsors. And, mind you, we have nothing against contemporary music.
Some of our best friends are musicians who play contemporary music, and we admire their efforts to keep classical music alive in a country where populism is spreading like Covid-19.
Do not confuse us, however, with professionals. We are amateurs attempting to enlarge the audience for classical music by appealing to listeners’ baser instincts.
We like beer, just like Justice Kavanaugh. (Penna Rose, the evil twin, also likes sailors and cowboys.) The bar for celebrity status is currently set at an all-time low, and we think music for bugle quartet will be our niche….
John K.