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MBI Winds MPS Clinic January 30th

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MBI Winds, in partnership with Edison High School Bands & Minneapolis Public Schools, welcomes all interested hornline players (and their directors) to a FREE clinic from 4-5:30pm on Friday, January 30th at the Edison Community Gymnasium. Come experience first hand how indoor winds is different from outdoor marching band. MBI Winds is an all-age and all-instrument ensemble, all are welcome!

What to bring

  • Your horn: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto/tenor/bari sax, trumpet, F horn/mellophone, trombone/baritone/euphonium, tuba
  • Comfortable clothes and shoes to move in
  • Water bottle

What to expect

45 minutes of moving and 45 minutes of playing. We’ll supply the required music & stands. At the end we’ll play a warm-up/chorale piece together at the end. Attendees and directors are encouraged to stay and observe MBI Winds rehearsal to see how indoor winds works in practice.

RVSP Today

Let us know you’re coming and what instrument you play so we can prepare the appropriate materials:

https://forms.gle/8ezNBthk7kfbwLgu8

Curious directors should also RSVP. We’d love to have one of you be our guest conductor of our warm-up chorale. Plus we’ll talk through how winds is a great place to start or enhance a scholastic marching program.

Friday, January 30th 4-5:30PM @
Edison Community Gymnasium
2030 Monroe St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418

MBI Winds 2026 starts in November

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MBI Winds is set to kick the 2026 season off on Saturday, November 1st from 9a-4p in Dinkytown. We have openings in all sections, so we encourage interested members to register today!

All-Instruments, All-Ages

As is part of the Minnesota Brass tradition, MBI Winds is an independent group and is open to all ages. As part of the WGI Winds division, it’s open to all instrument. If you have marching experience and play any of these instruments, we want to hear from you!

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Inside AMPED! Effects for band instruments

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We get a lot of questions about how we “AMPED!” our hornline for the 2025 MBI Winds show. Here’s an inside look at our technical journey when searching for those tones…

Pickups

This experiment started in the 2024 season at one rehearsal spot – a church that has a bunch of guitar amps. We discovered a product called PiezoBarrel and I bought one to try out. Originally designed for clarinet (hence the name), this piezoelectric pickup works by picking up sound from the inside of the instrument. For clarinet, they sell a pre-fabbed barrel that has the pickup adapter pre-installed. Sabrina, our clarinetist, provided some wild examples of what it would sound like with generated harmonies from a Boss PS-6 Harmonist pedal.

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MBI Winds 2025 Season Kick-Off

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MBI Winds is set to kick the 2025 season off on Saturday, November 2nd from 9a-3p in Dinkytown. We still have openings in most sections, so we encourage interested members to register today!

All-Instruments, All-Ages

As is part of the Minnesota Brass tradition, MBI Winds is an independent group and is open to all ages. If you have marching experience and play any of these instruments, we want to hear from you!

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