President Chris Sampson and his wife, Carolyn, recently traveled to Menominee, MI for a River City Concert Association preview the Anderson & Roe piano duo we’ll feature in spring. Their report: Reciprocity is a good thing! The pianists were terrific, the Blesch Auditorium is a nice little venue, easy to find, and less than a 1-hour drive. It’s free if you’ve added your name to that night’s Brown County Civic Music pass list. Remaining dates include Forever Young musical theatre (02/06/18); Roy and Rosemary piano and violin (03/22/18); or the Glenn Miller Orchestra (04/24/18). Contact the Brown County Civic Music Association office at 920-338-1801 for ticket information.
Tag: Nov. 2017 e-notes
Dinner plans? Make them count.
Remember ‘Dine to Donate’ every third Wednesday at the Perkin’s Restaurant at Military and Shawano, 5 to 8 p.m., with a share of all proceeds to Civic Music. Mark your calendars.
Wed, Nov. 15, 2017
Wed, Dec. 20, 2017
Wed, Jan. 17, 2018
Lovely arrangements
Schroeder’s Flowers has long provided the floral decorations for our concert stage. Please thank them when you are there to shop.
Schroeder’s Flowers
1530 S. Webster Ave.
Green Bay, WI 54301
(920)436-6363
(800)236-4769
Opera? Perhaps…
Many years ago, Civic Music regularly booked recitals by Met superstars (Roberta Peters, Robert Merrill, Brigitte Nielsen) before fees and logistics intervened. Well, we’re now investigating whether we can honor a bit of that history by signing on as a potential co-sponsor to help this community stage (as early as 2018) the sort of semi-informal “opera in the park” summer concert that has proved popular in other Midwest cities. It would be a bonus addition to our five-show series. We’ll keep you posted.
Post-concert reception: change of venue
Please join us for a post-concert reception following the Sat., Nov. 18 Solid Brass Ensemble concert. In a change of locations, we’ll be in the Waterford Room at St. Brendan’s Inn, 234 S. Washington Street. Join us for complimentary snacks and cash bar.
Solid Brass Ensemble – Program
Season Listing | Program | Biography
Music to bring you to your feet! The art of the march and dance!
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Medieval Ceremonial Music – arr. Elizabeth DiSavino
Prince of Denmark’s March – Jeremiah Clarke
Iveson – arr. by John
Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughn Williams, arr. D. Haislip
March of Les Toreadors, from Carmen – Georges Bizet, arr. D. Haislip
Semper Fidelis – John Philip Sousa
Radetsky March – Johann Strauss arr. D. Haislip
Procession to the Cathedral, from Lohengrin – Richard Wagner, arr. D. Haislip
***Intermission***
Renaissance Dances from “The Danserye” – Tylman Susato, arr. John Iveson
La Mourisque
Bransle Quatre Bransles
Ronde
Basse Danse Bergeret
Ronde – Mon Amy
Pavane Battaille
Big Band Memories
I’m Just a Lucky So and So – arr.iCarl Della Peruti
Tuxedo Junction – arr. Carl Della Peruti
The Wrecking Crew
The Lonely Bull – Sol Lake, arr. D. Haislip
California Girls – The Beach Boys
Bohemian Rhapsody – Freddie Mercury, arr. C. Della Peruti
Who Loves You Pretty Baby – Robert Gaudio and Judy Parker, arr. Carl Della Peruti
For more information about the ensemble, its music, and recordings, contact: Solid Brass, 5 Sunset Drive, Chatham, NJ 07928
tel/fax (973) 701-0674 e-mail haislip@solidbrass.com www.solidbrass.com.
Solid Brass Ensemble – Biographies
Season Listing | Program | Biography
Founded in 1982, SOLID BRASS is recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of the premier brass groups in the country. The members of the ensemble are some of the New York area’s finest musicians who have performed at Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera orchestras, NY City Ballet orchestra, numerous Broadway shows, and a host of appearances as orchestral and chamber musicians in the metropolitan area. SOLID BRASS has recorded on the Musical Heritage Society label, Dorian Recordings, Joseph Grado Signature Recordings and Craig Dory Recordings; and has appeared on NJN (PBS) TV’s “The State of the Arts”. Musical arrangements are being published in the SOLID BRASS SERIES of Art of Sound Music (artofsoundmusic.com). SOLID BRASS has been a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and has performed in Mexico and Canada.
DOUGLAS D. HAISLIP (principal trumpet) is principal trumpet and co-founder of Solid Brass Ensemble. He has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Lincoln Center Summer Ballet Orchestras, New Jersey Symphony, and the Colonial Symphony
CHARLES BUMCROT (trumpet) has appeared as soloist and guest artist with the New England Chamber Symphony. He performs with numerous New York orchestras including the Little Orchestra Society and the New York Choral Society. He teaches trumpet at Kean University and Montclair State University.
JASON BITONTI (trumpet) studied at New England Conservatory and Indiana University (Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance); principal trumpet, New Philharmonic of New Jersey and many other performance credits including Solid Brass Ensemble.
MICHAEL BLUTMAN (trumpet) enjoys a diverse career as a New York City freelance trumpeter and music educator. A graduate of The Juilliard School and the University of Maryland, some of his performing/recording credits include: Sting, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Jonathan Batiste Jazz Band, and Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera.
CARL DELLA PERUTI (trombone) is co-founder of Solid Brass Ensemble. He is a graduate of Ithaca College and The Cleveland Institute of Music. He has been awarded a NJ State Arts Council Fellowship in composition. He is a member of the Colonial Symphony. Carl has been trombone instructor at Rutgers University.
BRUCE EIDEM (trombone) is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. Bruce is principal trombone in Shrek, and was in Gypsy, Crazy for You, and Big. He performed in Christmas Carol annually. Bruce is an expert in both classical and jazz idioms.
HANS MUHLER (trombone) is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music. Hans worked as a brass instrument designer for Yamaha Corporation and has developed his own instrument design and repair business. He frequently appears with many freelance orchestras throughout the metropolitan area.
DON HAYWARD (trombone) is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music and is instructor of trombone at Columbia University. Don frequently plays on Broadway and was a Grammy Award nominee for Mario Bauza’s recording “994 Columbus”.
ADRIENNE OSTRANDER (percussion) is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music and has performed in several European festivals. Adrienne is the timpanist with the Princeton Symphony and performs with numerous ensembles in New York and New Jersey.
JANET LANTZ (horn) After receiving her Bachelors and Masters degrees at Juilliard, Janet became a member of the Westfield and Colonial Symphonies of New Jersey, the New York Chamber Soloists and has played for over 60 shows on Broadway including Phantom of the Opera.
JONATHAN FOWLER (tuba) Jonathan has received degrees from Rutgers and Temple Universities and the University of Cincinnati College – Conservatory of Music. He is the principal tuba player with the Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra and is currently the Instructor of Low Brass at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
