Tower Brass Announces Holiday Concerts
Tower Brass Quintet • Box 321 • Bowling Green, OH 43402 • Phone (419) 823-3064
For Immediate Release Contact Bernice Schwartz
11/21/2011 (419) 823-3064
TOWER BRASS ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY CONCERTS
Fans of nationally-known and Bowling Green-based brass ensemble The Tower Brass Quintet (TBQ) will have several opportunities to hear performances of their popular seasonal concert, Spirit of Christmas Brassed.
On Friday, December 2, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. the group will appear on WGTE Public Radio’s
“Live From FM 91” hosted by Classical Music Director, Brad Cresswell. The program will include collaboration between Creswell and the TBQ in a performance of “Emma’s Christmas”, the delightful story by Irene Trivas that has been aptly set to music by tubist David Saygers.
On Tuesday, December 5th at 7:00 p.m. the Tower Brass will travel to Napoleon, Ohio where they will be featured guests in the Napoleon Community Band Holiday Pops Concert at Emanuel Lutheran Church, 810 Scott Street, Napoleon.
On Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 p.mThe TBQ returns to Trinity United Methodist Church, 200 N. Summit St, Bowling Green . The concert will mark the Tower Brass’s 12th Annual appearance at Trinity. There is no admission fee, but there will be a free-will offering at intermission. For more information, call Trinity Church at 419-353-9031.
The Musical Arts at Firelands will also feature the Tower Brass in their holiday concert on Sunday, December 11, at 3:00 p.m. at Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 E. Harbor Rd., Port Clinton. Tickets are $15 at the door.
This season’s program 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.
The Tower Brass Quintet has begun celebrating their 32nd 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. Additionally, they have performed twice on WGTE’s Live from FM91 Program. The Tower Brass Quintet has released nine recordings, including the holiday cd’s Snowed in …Again, and Emma’s Christmas, now in its second pressing. 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. Tower Brass Quintet is represented by Parsons Artists Management of Highland Park, Illinois.
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Interview opportunities are available. Contact Bernice Schwartz, (419) 823-3064.
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Organization Name: Tower Brass Quintet
Organization Address: Box 321, Bowling Green, OH, 43402