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A brass band horn section consists of a flugelhorn and three E-flat tenor horns. |
| The tenor horn players get front row seats in the brass band. | |
Standard brass band instrumentation includes a horn section comprised of a B-flat flugelhorn and three E-flat horns. In England, and in most brass band contexts throughout the world, the E-flat instruments are called tenor horns; in America they are often called alto horns. In the first picture above, the horn section members of the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band (right to left: flugelhorn player Ken Roberts and tenor horn players Cami Madison, Qiuxia Hu Welch, and Glen Newton) pose before the November 26, 2006, concert.
In the second picture above, tenor horn players Glen Newton, Cami Madison, and Mary Haines pose on the Sheldon Theatre stage in Red Wing, Minnesota, before playing the November 29, 2003, concert with the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band.
The band owns the instruments, matched Yamaha YAH-601ST alto horns. The "T" denotes the trigger, which, when pushed, extends the first valve slide. In the picture above, Glen's left thumb is on the trigger.
| For brass banding, an upright bell instrument is a must, but Glen also occasionally plays his Besson 2-20 bell-front alto horn, shown at right, in Roseville Big Band concerts. |  |