Hi everyone - here is a sample of the album we - Imbroglio Sextet - recorded in Madrid (Estudio Uno) last summer (2019). Thank you to Paqui Navarette and Salva Contreras for putting this video together.

Imbroglio Sextet went into the studio (Estudio Uno) in Madrid, Spain to record our second album and this was a live practice video of Armenian Rhapsody. Enjoy!

Imbroglio Sextet went into the studio (Estudio Uno) in Madrid to record our second album. This is a live practice session of Rick Stitzel's Afrique.

Imbroglio Sextet went into the studio (Estudio Uno) on August 11th to record our second album. Here is a live video of one of the tunes!

The composition : Tango + Fluttr The movie : Cinderella (1914) Production information from : https://archive.org/details/Cinderella1914_201312 (compiled by http://silent-hall-of-fame.org/) Additional information can be found here : http://moviessilently.com/2014/09/09/cinderella-1914-a-silent-film-review/ You probably know the story here, based on the book by Charles Perrault. A young lady gets treated poorly by her stepmom and stepsisters. She doesn’t get to go to the ball until a fairy godmother magically intervenes. The spell runs out at midnight, Cinderella leaves a shoe that a smitten price uses to find her, and they marry. Famous Players Film Company and Paramount Pictures issued the original 52-minute version on December 28, 1914. James Kirkwood directed perhaps the biggest star of her day, Mary Pickford. Her then-husband Owen Moore appeared as the Prince. Imbroglio Sextet performs original works, and composer Brandon Brown’s 4 Movements for a Film Projector inspired trumpeter Cara Pollard to commission video accompaniment for it. The result was a reimagining of three silent films, re-edited with humorous modern intertitles. The footage comes from the early days of cinema via archive.org (where you can watch the complete films) and is in the public domain. All music composed by Brandon Brown. New editing and intertitles by Rush Olson Creative & Sports and Ludisian Legion Entertainment.

The composition : Trick or Treat The movie : Convict 13 (1920) Production information from : http://silent-hall-of-fame.org/1920-1924/217-convict-13-1920-with-film Cast info from : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011071/ Buster Keaton was a master of humor on the silent screen. He co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in this 1920 comedy. His character tries to play golf with a much more accomplished paramour. He accidentally knocks himself out and an escaped convict switches clothes with him. The guards take him to the prison. His future fiancée assumes he pulled a prank to get close to her, since she is the warden’s daughter. Then they learn he is scheduled to be hanged that day. Things work out in the end, but there are few tense and hilarious moments in between. Frequent Keaton collaborator Joe Roberts plays a hulking prisoner who causes a good bit of trouble. Keaton and Eddie Cline co-wrote and co-directed Convict 13, with cinematography by Elgin Lessley. Joseph Schenck produced and Metro Pictures was the distributor. It came out on October 27, 1920 with a running time of 19 minutes. Imbroglio Sextet performs original works, and composer Brandon Brown’s 4 Movements for a Film Projector inspired trumpeter Cara Pollard to commission video accompaniment for it. The result was a reimagining of three silent films, re-edited with humorous modern intertitles. The footage comes from the early days of cinema via archive.org (where you can watch the complete films) and is in the public domain. All music composed by Brandon Brown. New editing and intertitles by Rush Olson Creative & Sports and Ludisian Legion Entertainment.

The composition : Noir The movie : Twelfth Night (1910) Cast info from : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125564/ Additional information can be found here : http://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2014/02/overlooked-film-twelfth-night-1910.html This silent adaptation of a Shakespeare comedy originally ran 12 minutes. The plot involves twins separated by shipwreck. The female twin, Viola, dresses as a man and works for a Duke in love with a lady of quality, Olivia. When Viola delivers the lord’s entreaties, Olivia falls for the courier she believes to be a man. Hijinks ensue. Twelfth Night was produced by Vitagraph Company of America in 1910. Charles Kent co-directed it (probably) with Eugene Mullin and also played Malvolio. J. Stuart Blackton acted as producer. Florence Turner starred as Viola. Imbroglio Sextet performs original works, and composer Brandon Brown’s 4 Movements for a Film Projector inspired trumpeter Cara Pollard to commission video accompaniment for it. The result was a reimagining of three silent films, re-edited with humorous modern intertitles. The footage comes from the early days of cinema via archive.org (where you can watch the complete films) and is in the public domain. All music composed by Brandon Brown. New editing and intertitles by Rush Olson Creative & Sports and Ludisian Legion Entertainment.

This reel promotes a short film about the Imbroglio Sextet. The group named themselves after a word they define as “a complicated situation which turns out to be something amazing.” Though its members don’t all speak the same language or live on the same continent, the group finds a way to create beautiful classical music with an unconventional combination of instruments. Along the way, they help impoverished Haitian children, discover each other’s cultures, and show how music and friendship can overcome any imbroglios they encounter in amazing - and entertaining - fashion.

Imbroglio Sextet performing a snippet of the second movement of "Imbroglio" by Sydney Guillaume in Seville