Chestnut Brass Company to perform at BU
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For Immediate Release
Date: November 21, 2008
Contact: Ashli Yakabovicz, Communications Assistant
or Bonnie Martin, Writer/Editor
BLOOMSBURG- Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's 2008-09 Celebrity Artist Series continues with a performance by the Chestnut Brass Company on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m., in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium.
The Grammy Award-winning Chestnut Brass Company will perform music for the holidays on ancient and antique instruments such as cornetti, sackbuts, keyed bugles and saxhorns. The quintet was founded to advance the art and skills of musical performance and the knowledge and understanding of musical history with an emphasis on brass instruments.
Beginning as a street band in Philadelphia more than 30 years ago, Chestnut Brass Company now performs a repertoire of swing, big band, chamber, Americana and historic - from Bach to Broadway - in concert halls worldwide. By presenting performances featuring brass music of all eras, the ensemble strives to reflect the tradition and spirit of brass instruments.
All programs in the Celebrity Artist Series' 23rd season are being presented in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium, while Haas Center for the Arts is renovated. Tickets for all events are $20 for adults and $10 for BU students and children under 12.
For information on the Celebrity Artist Series lineup and Celebrity Circle memberships or to purchase tickets, contact the box office, temporarily located in the Carver Hall lobby, at (570) 389-4409 or www.bloomu.edu/today/celebrity.php.
Bloomsburg University is one of 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university serves approximately 8,000 students, offering comprehensive programs of study in the colleges of Professional Studies, Business, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology.
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