Calliope Brass is honored to have been selected by Interlochen Public Radio for a residency to record our second album! The residency program includes ensemble recording time, teaching a masterclass for IAA students, and a public concert at the Music House Museum.
What’s that, a brass quintet doing a pops concert? And for a second time in one week??
Why yes, yes it is. We love a good pops concert to start the summer, and we think you will too.
Gia Torna a Rallegrar from Four Madrigals - Luca Marenzio (ed. Raymond Mase)
Garden Story: Part 1 - Sara Jacovino
Personality Test - Zoe Cutler
Doody Daddy
Dirty Dawg
Sweaty Betty
Lil Big Boy
Reggie Rhombus
-intermission-
West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (arr. Jack Gale)
Prologue
Something's Comin'
Maria
Tonight
America
One Hand, One Heart
I Feel Pretty
Somewhere
Les Girls from Music Hall Suite - Joseph Horovitz
Gia Torna a Rallegrar from Four Madrigals - Luca Marenzio (ed. Raymond Mase)
Garden Story: Part 1 - Sara Jacovino
Personality Test - Zoe Cutler
Doody Daddy
Dirty Dawg
Sweaty Betty
Lil Big Boy
Reggie Rhombus
-intermission-
West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (arr. Jack Gale)
Prologue
Something's Comin'
Maria
Tonight
America
One Hand, One Heart
I Feel Pretty
Somewhere
Les Girls from Music Hall Suite - Joseph Horovitz
NEW DATE! - MARCH 21
Join us in Marc A. Scorca Hall at Opera America! A light reception will follow.
This exciting program highlights our newest member and fabulous tubist Samantha Lake:
Early in the program, you'll hear the premier of Carle Wirshba's Sam'scape, specifically written with multiphonics for high voice for Samantha.
Later on, Hidas' Trio showcases the low brass and gets the trumpet players off stage, much to their chagrin.
We're also excited to add Steven Sacco's Quintet to our repertoire. It's a fun piece with grooves, drama, and lots of brassy colors. A fresh take on Girl with the Flaxen Hair rounds out our new pieces.
The program opens with Stacy Garrop's Helios, so we'll fly too close to the sun to open the concert and revisit Rich Shemaria's piece Pandora's Magic Castle to finish with a strong groove.
Program:
Helios, Stacy Garrop
Girl with the Flaxen Hair, arr. Huug Steketee
Sam'scape, Carle J. Wirshba
Quintet, Steven Sacco
Trio, Frigyes Hidas
Round Midnight, arr. Leigh Pilzer
Ellington Medley, arr. Leigh Pilzer
Pandora's Magic Castle, Rich Shemaria
Can you believe it’s been FIVE years?
Join us LIVE AND IN PERSON on Tuesday, November 15th! Be there for an exclusive preview of pieces we’ve commissioned, an opportunity to bid on fabulous raffle prizes, and mingling with Calliope Brass and friends.
If you can’t make it, we’ll have the replay available on YouTube for two weeks after the event!
Learn about the benefit here.
Buy tickets here.
Attendees will be encouraged to wear a mask for the duration of the performance.
Can you believe it’s been four years already? Join us LIVE AND IN PERSON on November 12th! $25 gets you music, an exclusive look at our newest program “My Musical Memoir,” an opportunity to bid on fabulous raffle prizes, and mingling with Calliope Brass and friends. We will also be live streaming the event.
Learn about the event here.
Buy tickets here.
Concert attendees 12 and over will be required to show proof of vaccination and all attendees will be required to wear a mask for the duration of the performance.
P.C. Daniel Welch
All concert attendees will be required to show proof of vaccination and wear a mask for the duration of the performance.
Join us for our first season concert on September 17, 6pm at St. Malachy Church (The Actor's Chapel) for an exciting program of challenging repertoire!
All season concerts will be livestreamed on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/calliopebrass
Program highlights include the Böhme Sextet for Brass and Kevin Day's Fantasia III for Brass Quintet. Fantasia III is a fantastic new piece we helped commission via a consortium lead by Axiom Brass, including the American Brass Quintet, New York Philharmonic Brass, and the United States Navy Band, among others.
(Now that we have three trumpet players, we're putting them to work)
Join Calliope Brass for our summer recital on June 9 at 3:30, featuring works by Kevin McKee, Lutoslawski, Bernstein, and more. (You can even take the train to get there.) 🚂 💨
