Tower Brass Christmas Concert in Bowling Green
Nationally-known and Bowling Green-based brass ensemble The Tower Brass Quintet will return to Trinity United Methodist Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, December 16 at 7 pm. to offer their very popular holiday concert -- The Spirit of Christmas Brassed. Trinity United Methodist Church is located at 200 N. Summit St. in Bowling Green. The December 16 concert will mark the Tower Brass’s 10th annual appearance at Trinity Church. Admission is free and there will be a free-will offering at intermission of the concert. For information, call Trinity Church at 419-353-9031.
The Spirit of Christmas Brassed offers a full spectrum of holiday music, including classical and sacred music, brass ensemble arrangements of well-known traditional Christmas carols, and jazz renditions of popular tunes of the season. This year’s program will offer the premier performance of arrangements by Toledo trumpeter and arranger Brad Sharp, including I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, A Child is Born, and It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Sharp and the Tower Brass are fresh off of their successful collaboration on arrangements of several Stevie Wonder tunes, which were premiered in November at Zoar Lutheran Church in Perrysburg.
In addition, the Tower Brass will be joined by the Trinity United Methodist and Saint Aloysious Church Choirs for Silent Night and Angels We Have Heard on High.
The Tower Brass Quintet has begun celebrating their 30th Season. Although they have built a national reputation, the ensemble’s roots are local, having had its beginnings as a graduate brass group at Bowling Green State University in 1979. After graduating from BGSU and launching their career as a professional chamber music ensemble, the Tower Brass scored international success with a prize-winning performance at the International Brass Chamber Music Competition in Barcs, Hungary, in 1986. They have since gone on to give more than 500 performances in twenty-five states and have collaborated with several of the world's other premiere brass ensembles, including the London, Budapest, Annapolis and American Brass Quintets. Tower Brass concerts and recordings have been heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, the American Composer's Alliance Series, Voice of America, Hungarian State Radio and WNCN in New York. In October, they preformed live on WGTE’s Live from FM91! Program. The Tower Brass Quintet has released eight recordings, including the holiday CD’s Snowed in …Again, released last year, and the very popular Emma’s Christmas. More information on the Tower Brass can be found at TowerBrassQuintet.com.
Members of the Tower Brass Quintet are Brian Bushong and Larry Herman, trumpets; Bernice Schwartz, horn; Dan Saygers, trombone; and David Saygers, tuba. The Tower Brass Quintet is represented by Parsons Artists Management of Highland Park, Illinois.
Press Release Contact Name: Bernice Schwartz
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Press Release Contact Phone: (419) 823-3064
Organization Name: Tower Brass Quintet
Website or Link: www.TowerBrassQuintet.com
Organization Address: Toledo, OH