Brass in Paradise (Orchid City Brass)
2020-03-08 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | First Presbyterian Church, 717 Prosperity Farms Rd, North Palm Beach, Flordia, 33408
As the new Artistic Director and Conductor of the Orchid City Brass Band, I invite you to join me and 50 other musicians as we give back to the community through an afternoon of exciting Brass Band music.
“The mission of Orchid City Brass Band is to entertain and educate audiences and young musicians about the British Brass Band tradition through excellent musical experiences.”
HISTORY
In the summer of 2012, a group of professional brass players and percussionists gathered to form a British-style brass band. Taking the name “Orchid City Brass Band” in honor of West Palm Beach, this group is now the premier ensemble of its type in South Florida.
The tradition of British-style brass band music-making originated during the Industrial Revolution as entertainment for the working class, including miners and mill workers, primarily in northeast of England. It produced a vast and appealing repertoire of serious and popular musical works, along with traditions of contesting and community engagement that have since proved appealing to audiences and musicians worldwide. This music is now available to audiences in South Florida.
The instrumentation combines cornets, tenor and baritone horns, euphoniums, trombones, tubas and percussion to produce timbres that are unique to the British Brass Band tradition. Trumpets and French horns, standard in orchestras and concert bands, are not included. Today, British-style brass bands are located on every continent, in almost every country. Composers from around the globe continue to write and arrange music for this exquisite instrumentation and tradition.
The Orchid City Brass Band plays a wide variety of musical styles, in the tradition of British bands. Concerts feature everything from transcriptions of the classics, original works for brass band, and arrangements of popular songs, movie scores, jazz, and stage works.

A Bouquet of Brass (Orchid City Brass)
2020-05-17 16:00 - 18:00 | First Presbyterian Church, 717 Prosperity Farms Rd, North Palm Beach, Flordia, 33408

Dick Lowenthals' "All-Star Big Band"
2021-10-08 20:00 - 22:00 | IN
Get ready for Dick Lowenthal and Southeast Florida’s top big band jazz veterans. Listen to the sounds of Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, and others. Some of it old, some of it new, but all of it sure to bring back wonderful memories from the 1940s-1980s. Conductor Dick Lowenthal, professional trumpeter, jazz educator and historian, and bandleader, has appeared with such luminaries as Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, Cher, Clark Terry, Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, and Wynton Marsalis. Dick conducted the Special Unit of the Glenn Miller Orchestra for over 12 years, including performances for U.S. Presidents, Tony Awards, and concert tours of Poland, South America and the Philippines. His performances at the Arts Garages have all been sold-out concerts.
PERFORMER BIO:
Professor Emeritus Richard Lowenthal, received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Trumpet from The Juilliard School of Music, and recently retired after teaching Jazz for over fifty years. He founded and Chaired the Jazz Program at the Manhattan School of Music and conducted the award winning Jazz Orchestra. In addition he started the Jazz Program at New Jersey City University. Dick serves on the Board of Directors of the Arts Garage, where he also teaches several successful courses in the Adult Education Program.

Gateways Brass Collective performs with Oakland Symphony!
2021-10-19 18:30 - 21:00 | IN
Gateways Music Festival
Michael Morgan’s Memorial Celebration

Gateways Brass Collective

Location: Paramount Theatre
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Time: 6:30 PM

Program:
Artists from across the Bay Area— and the nation— come together for this FREE concert filled with joyful sounds. Be there to listen, to sing, to celebrate the life and legacy of Michael Morgan.
Presented by:
Oakland Symphony
Underwritten by:
James F. Bell, Chairman, Bell Investment Advisors

Seating General Admission – FREE
Arrive early to assure prime seating. Mask/proof of vaccination required for admission. Children under 12 cannot be admitted this fall.

Dr. Jones leads Top Palm Beach All County Jazz Band
2021-11-11 19:00 - 21:00 | IN
PBA: All County Jazz Band

Auditions:
Wednesday, October 20 at 6:00pm
Lake Worth High School
Rehearsal Dates:
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 9:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Boynton Beach High School
Thursday, Nov. 11, 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. at Boynton Beach High School
Concert:
Thursday, Nov.11, 7:30 p.m. at Boynton Beach High School
Times and locations are subject to change. Directors will be notified of any changes in advance, all other logistics will be in the folder you receive upon making the band. Families and band members are responsible for their own transportation

Colour of Music Orchestra: Sacramento, CA
2021-11-12 08:00 - 2021-11-14 17:00 | IN
MASTERWORKS

Saturday, November 13, 2021
7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Sacramento Memorial Auditorium1515 J StreetSacramento, CA, 95814United States(map)

Google Calendar ICS

Cost: $34-54 | Time: 7:30 p.m.

Venue: Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Downtown Sacramento
916.649.7900

GET TICKETS

The Festival’s Masterworks program concludes the series with the Colour of Music Orchestra honoring the legacy of Shirley Verrett.

Kazem Adbullah, Guest Conductor
Kimwana Donor, Soprano
Laquita Mitchell, Soprano
GRIMBERT-BARRÉ TRIO
Romuald Grimbert-Barré violin
Jonathan Grimbert-Barré cello
Maxence Grimbert-Barré viola
Michele Bankole and Henry Clay Middleton, Narrators
Across the Calm Waters of Heaven
by Ahmed Alabaca (b. 1984)
Vissi d’arte,
(from Tosca, Act II:)
by Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Soul of Remembrance
(from Five Movements in Color
by Mary Watkins (b. 1939)
La mamma morta
(from Andrea Chénier, Act III)
by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Opus 24
Samuel O. Barber (1910-1981)

I N T E R M I S S I O N
Charlestonia: A Folk Rhapsody
Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)
Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked
John Wineglass (b. 1972)

I. The middle Passage: Uprooted
II. Tones of the Rice Fields
III. Lament For Lost Souls
(from CASOP: Requiem For Rice, Mvmt I)
Tribal Triple Concerto for string trio and orchestra
Jonathan Grimbert-Barré (b. 1982)
I. Chalereux et festif
II. Sombre et récitatif
III. Furioso

Propelled Animals Residency: University of Texas, Austin
2023-02-01 08:00 - 2023-02-08 17:00 | IN
About Propelled Animals
Founded in 2014, Propelled Animals is a group of artists, dancers, scholars, musicians and designers who embed innovative and provocative art in unconventional spaces. They are committed to creating work that interrogates, challenges and ultimately attempts to dismantle the systemic “isms” of oppression. They adapt their projects and processes to address the specific needs of the communities they engage. Their performances encourage efficacy of the body, resilience and radical tenderness as strategies for self-empowerment. Their work is centered on art as social action and ritual as performance. They are Raquel Monroe (Austin, performance artist/dance scholar/dramaturg), Esther Baker-Tarpaga (Philadelphia, choreographer/performance artist), Barber (Chicago, painter/performance/sound), Heidi Wiren Bartlett (Pittsburgh, performance artist/designer) and Courtney D. Jones (Boca Raton, trumpet, sound design).
The Propelled Animals have presented work nationally including site-specific performances at: University of Iowa and Englert Theatre (Iowa City, Iowa); University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, Iowa); Wassaic Project (Wassaic, New York); Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa); Lynden Sculpture Garden (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Pivot Arts Festival (Chicago, Illinois); Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). In 2019, they were recipients of a MAP Fund grant for their project TRANSMISSION and a Frank-Ratchye Fund for Arts @ the Frontier grant through the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2020, they postponed the project due to COVID-19. In 2021, TRANSMISSION became SWITCH SIGNAL and morphed from a live stage performance to a performance film that premiered in September 2021 at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater. They’ve received generous support from the following: National Performance Network (NPN), USArtists International, MAP Fund, Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of the Arts Midwest & Crane Group and The Puffin Foundation. Headlong Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is their fiscal receiver, and from 2020-2022 they were International LabX-change artists-in-residence at High Concept Labs (Chicago, Illinois).

My Country 'Tis of Thee' Patriotic Concert
2023-02-20 14:00 - 17:00 | IN
Date & Time
Sun Feb 19 2023 at 03:00 pm to 05:30 pm

Location
New Presbyterian Church | Wilton Manors, FL

Symphony of Americas’ “Dancing beyond Borders”
2023-02-21 19:30 - 21:30 | IN
Dancing Across Borders
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Pablo Mielgo

Performance begins at 7:45pm

Movement and landscapes –Aaron Copland and Astor Piazzolla’s music and sounds were defined by the portraits their music painted. From Tango to ballet, and distinct geographic cultures, their music shaped their homeland’s musical voice.
PROGRAM
Rondino from Two Pieces for String Quartet – Aaron Copland
Scott Flavin, Violin – Kristin Baird, Violin – David Pedraza, Viola – Aaron Merritt, Cello
Fanfare for the Common Man – Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring Suite – Aaron Copland
INTERMISSION
Tango Ballet for String Quartet – Astor Piazzolla
Quartet: Scott Flavin, Violin – Kristin Baird, Violin – David Pedraza, Viola – Aaron Merritt, Cello
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas – Astor Piazzolla
“The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires” Arr. by Carlos Franzetti
LOCATION
Concert held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in the Amaturo Theater.
Info on Season Tickets available for 2023-2024 season. Open May 2023.
Single tickets available now.

Gateways Brass Collective: El Sistema 2023 National Symposium
2023-03-09 19:00 - 2023-03-12 19:00 | IN
Musical Guest

Gateways Brass Collective

El Sistema USA is excited to announce that the Gateways Brass Collective will speak and perform at the ESUSA National Symposium on March 11!

All main conference sessions will be offered virtually and in person. The Pre-Conference is in person only.

March 9, 2023: 12-5pm EST, In Person at Butler University
ESUSA is excited to bring together four partners to provide professional development for teachers and teaching artists! Sign up for the Pre-Symposium Professional Development “add on” option in the Eventbrite registration. Teachers can choose from two options:

Symphony of Americas: “Stephen Sondheim…A Tribute” featuring Liz Callaway
2023-03-14 19:30 - 21:30 | IN
Stephen Sondheim…A Tribute!
To Steve, with Love featuring Liz Callaway
Pablo Mielgo; Artistic Director & Principal Conductor
Performance begins at 7:45pm
Stephen Sondheim was the titan of the musical stage. Sondheim shaped the modern Broadway stage and redefined the Broadway musical with his new formula. From the lyrics of West Side Story, to the complexity of Company, Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods, and so many more, Stephen Sondheim was a singular musical theater giant!
A salute to Stephen Sondheim, dubbed by The New York Times as a titan of the musical stage. From the original Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along, to Follies In Concert, and so much more, Liz Callaway’s unforgettable voice is forever linked to the magic of Stephen Sondheim.
“I fell in love with Sondheim music when I was 10 years old, when my parents took me to see my first Broadway show, Company. I brought home the cast album and memorized every song. Little did I know that his music would become part of my DNA.I’ll always be grateful to Steve for taking a chance on me, for his guidance, and for giving me ‘so much stuff to sing!’” Liz Callaway to Playbill Magazine, December 29, 2021
PROGRAM
“Merrily We Roll Along Overture” from Merrily We Roll Along
“What More Do I Need” from Saturday Night
“Broadway Baby” from Follies
“Old Friends/Like It Was” from Merrily We Roll Along
“Comedy Tonight” from A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum
“Anyone Can Whistle” from Anyone Can Whistle
“Our Time” from Merrily We Roll Along
INTERMISSION
“Sweeney Todd Suite” from Sweeney Todd
“The Miller’s Son” from A Little Night Music
“Children Will Listen” from Into The Woods
“Follies Overture” from Follies
“Losing My Mind” from Follies
“Being Alive” from Company
LOCATION
Concert held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in the Amaturo Theater.
Info on Season Tickets available for 2023-2024 season. Open May 2023.
Single tickets available now.

RMPBB: Landsdale Community Concert Series
2023-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | IN
Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 7:30 PM
The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass
A premier large brass ensemble

National Trumpet Competition: University of Boulder, Colorado.
2023-03-25 - 2023-03-27 | IN
Looking forward to being a judge at The UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO – BOULDER, MARCH 25-27, 2023!

We are so excited for you to join us in March of 2023 at the beautiful University of Colorado – Boulder! With incredible views and incredible performance spaces, you will not want to miss this event featuring world class performances and over $35,000 in prizes.

Gateways Brass Collective: HBCU National Band Directors Consortium: Atlanta, GA
2023-03-29 - 2023-04-02 | IN
HBCU National Band & Orchestra Directors’ Consortium
CONTINUING EXCELLENCE THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION.
The HBCU National Band and Orchestra Directors’ Consortium exists to provide an opportunity for Directors & students from HBCU institutions to collaborate & develop strategic plans for success in instrumental music.

March 29 – April 2, 2023
The Only Conference Designed for HBCU Band Directors and Students

Symphony of the Americas: Spain…Further Beyond! Exploring Spain’s Musical Excellence
2023-04-11 19:30 - 21:00 | IN
Spain…Further Beyond!
Exploring Spain’s Musical Excellence
Pablo Mielgo; Artistic Director & Principal Conductor
Guest Artist: Rafael Aguirre
Bio
Performance begins at 7:45pm

Derived from Spain’s National motto “Plus Ultra,” Further Beyond suggests to push the boundaries and go further. Falla and Rodrigo – Spain’s foremost composers, knew how to capture the heart of tradition and its folklore, transforming it into symphonic music. Passion, rhythm, dance, and the voice – a union that turns this music into a melting pot of colors and invitation to travel to Spain through its sounds, recognizing its soul, geography and people.
PROGRAM
Manuel de Falla – Amor Brujo Suite (1925)
(Love, The Magician)
Joaquin Rodrigo – Aranjuez Concerto for guitar
Guest artist: Rafael Aguirre, guitar
——
Manuel de Falla – Sombrero de tres picos Suites 1 & 2
(Three-Cornered Hat)
LOCATION
Concert held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in the Amaturo Theater.
Info on Season Tickets available for 2023-2024 season. Open May 2023.
Single tickets available now.

Gateways Brass Collective: Ravina Festival
2023-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 | IN
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023
Gateways Brass Collective

Venue: BENNETT GORDON HALL
Part of: FALL/SPRING SERIES

Concert Starts:
7:30 PM

Gateways Brass Collective: Conn-Selmer Institute
2023-06-11 - 2023-06-14 | IN
Conn Selmer Institute
June 11-14, 2023
Conn Selmer Institute (CSI) is a three-and-a-half day professional development conference for college students, directors, and music program leaders. Our world-class faculty leads a curriculum with specialized tracks focusing on college students, new music educators, middle school directors, high school directors including marching arts, and music administrators. We love the traditions and personal connections made in-person at Bethel University and are thrilled with the success of the virtual option to attend as well – the best of both worlds!

Gateways Brass Collective
Sunday, June 11th

Gateways Brass Collective: International Trombone Festival
2023-07-12 - 2023-07-15 | IN
July 12-15
2023
Salt Lake City Utah

Pearl Arts Residency: Gateways Brass Collective
2025-09-09 08:00 - 2025-09-11 17:00 | Pearl Street Arts, 234 Pearl St, Fort Wayne, IN
