Enjoy a double brass summer pops concert as the Canadian Brass is joined by five other players including former members of the group.

Program includes (sub to change; more to be added)

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba         GF Handel/Michael Allen

In Dulci Jubilo                                    Samuel Scheidt

Jubilate Deo                                      Giovanni Gabrieli/Arthur Frackenpohl

Toccata &Fugue in D minor             JS Bach-F Mills/Tony Rickard

High Society                                      Luther Henderson

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Glen Miller Medley                                        Christopher Dedrick 

Air (from Orchestral Suite #3)                     JS Bach/Tony Rickard

All You Need is Love                                    Lennon & McCartney 

Background:

The virtuosi of Canadian Brass have made the brass quintet an exciting vehicle for serious concert music.  With an affinity for Baroque music, requiring an impressive musicality from the whole group, the style has no doubt become the Canadian Brass' trademark.  Their more than 60 recordings to date include works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Gabrieli, Pachelbel, Beethoven and Wagner - all in meticulously crafted transcriptions that are setting new musical traditions in brass performance. They are especially drawn to the works of J.S. Bach.

The Brass was not established as a serious concert ensemble at its birth in Toronto, Ontario in 1970 by members Chuck Daellenbach and Gene Watts.  Through their imagination, character and musicianship, they've eventually elevated the art of the brass quintet to what it is today, now expanding their repertoire from classical to jazz, contemporary concert music and popular songs.  This has been most recently exemplified by their most recent Summer 2007 CD release High Society, a collection of early jazz favorites.  The Brass has brought its signature performances to television, featured on such shows as The Tonight Show, Today, and Entertainment Tonight. They've also been brought in as guest artists to some of the major symphony orchestras throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Japan. 

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