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Saint Louis Brass performing at Indian Hills
OTTUMWA ? For an evening of fun with brass, come see, hear and enjoy the Saint Louis Brass at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in St. John Auditorium on the Ottumwa Campus of Indian Hills Community College.
Admission is free.
Although the members of the Saint Louis Brass look formal when they perform, audiences are surprised at the relaxed and informal atmosphere they create. With extraordinary grace, the ensemble transforms ...
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Sep. 30, 2018 10:19 pm
OTTUMWA ? For an evening of fun with brass, come see, hear and enjoy the Saint Louis Brass at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in St. John Auditorium on the Ottumwa Campus of Indian Hills Community College.
Admission is free.
Although the members of the Saint Louis Brass look formal when they perform, audiences are surprised at the relaxed and informal atmosphere they create. With extraordinary grace, the ensemble transforms the stuffiness associated with classical chamber music, combining professionalism and showmanship to produce a thoroughly enjoyable musical experience.
The Saint Louis Brass will perform a variety of selections featuring music from their CD ?Pops Music of the Americas.? ?Daylight at Midnight? by Dana Wilson, a new work from the 20th century, also will be featured as will Anthony Plog?s ?Aesop?s Fables.?
On the lighter side is a new jazz medley of hits by Louis Armstrong and two tangos, ?Café 1930? and ?Libertango? by the noted-Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla.
The group brings with it many of the ancestors of the brass family of instruments starting with the animal?s horn and the conch shell to the short trumpet found in King Tut?s tomb and onward into the present. The group has even found a straight trombone from the 14th century, a time before man had learned to bend the metal. A French horn, fashioned from a 12-foot section of garden hose, will be played during one demonstration.
Since 1964, Saint Louis Brass has been performing throughout the country and continues to thrive as a top-notch ensemble.
Members of the group include: trumpet players Allan Dean from Yale University and Ray Sasaki from the University of Texas; horn player Thomas Bacon, a sought-after soloist and recording artist; Melvyn Jernigan, formerly with the Saint Louis Symphony, on the trombone; and tubist Daniel Perantoni from Indiana University.
Financial assistance for the concert has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council. More information about the quintet can be found at www.SaintLouisBrass.com.
