The Birmingham Music Club presents “Sunny Days and Latin Nights”
March 10, 2010 by Nanci
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Enjoy some class with some brass.
MARCH 21,
THE BIRMINGHAM MUSIC CLUB PRESENTS
BOSTON BRASS IN
“SUNNY DAYS AND LATIN NIGHTS”
AT THE ALYS STEPHENS CENTER
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Birmingham Music Club presents the Boston Brass
at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 2010, at the Alys Stephens Center, 1200
10th Ave. S., Birmingham. At 2 p.m., enjoy a free Prelude musical
discussion before the show.
Tickets are $30 and $15. Call 205-975-2787 or visit
www.bhammusicclub.org<http://www.bhammusicclub.org> or
www.AlysStephens.org<http://www.AlysStephens.org>
The Boston Brass featuring Jose Sibaja and Jeff Conner on trumpet, Chris Castellanos on French horn, Lance Luduke on trombone, and Andrew Hitz on tuba will celebrate their 25th Anniversary in 2011. Performing in 49
states and 21 countries, they perform as a solo ensemble as well as with
orchestras and bands and conduct master classes throughout the world.
They have been featured on the CBS Early Show and NPR’s Performance
Today and have several CDs.
The five members of the ensemble bring a vast depth and wealth of experience to the group. Conner is a founding member of the Quartet. He received his masters from Boston University. LaDuke is the newest member of the Boston Brass and the solo euphoniumist for the River City Brass Brand. He teaches at Carnegie Mellon University and has performed with many of the top brass groups in the country and appeared on over 30 recordings. Sibajz is a native of Costa Rica and studied at the New World School of the Arts and the University of Miami. He is active both as
a soloist and orchestral player. Castellanos is a former member and soloist with the Las Vegas Philharmonic and serves as a hornist for the Nevada Chamber Orchestra and the TAD Wind Symphony of Japan. When not touring with the Boston Brass, he can be heard in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular.” Hitz received his degree from Northwestern University studying with Rex Martin. His love of chamber music began as a student of the Empire Brass Seminar at Tanglewood.
This concert is part of the Birmingham Music Club Classically Inclined
Series. Sponsors are the Birmingham Music Club Guild, WBHM, The
Birmingham News, the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The program
is funded in part by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Arts.
