You may wish to research a brass quintet composition by Dr Walter Aschaffenburg (Oberlin Conservatory) entitled "from South Mountain" (1987). This work employed the techniques you describe.

Don't forget the hats and THONGS to complete the strutting ensemble...

Apologies, Mark, if that was a little too soon for the humour; the mental image of that very thought struck me in a funny way as I read the announcement.

Perhaps TubaForum.net should have a booth at the conference...
(or a virtual presence, if it goes online).




[First post at the new place; now back to obscurity.]