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How to record a brass band in a church

I would like to record a local brass band in our village church . This building has some challenging acoustics .( reverb) What would be the best approach? Condenser mics, dynamic mics, ORTF, MS etc...I'm by far not an experienced soundguy but for me this is just a hobby.
The mics I have are:

How to get and play this 80s brass lead sound?

I really like and want to be able to play that 80s lead brass type of sound. I posted vid below of a guy on youtube playing presets for a synth that he is showing off...anyways the sound and HOW he is playing certain presets is what I am very interested in and wanting to do. The presets I like the sound of and the HOW he is playing are listed below: