Canadian Brass and Jeffrey Brillhart Perform at Kimmel Center Tonight

By: Oct. 17, 2015
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The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts welcomes Canadian Brass and organist Jeffrey Brillhart back to the Verizon Hall stage tonight, October 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. This dynamic pair has not performed together at the Kimmel Center since 2012 and returns with an afternoon of wide-ranging repertoire from brass standards and original arrangements, to works for solo organ, as performed by Mr. Brillhart on the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ.

Founded over 40 years ago, Canadian Brass has sought to challenge traditional repertoire and uses new media to share their message worldwide. The ensemble is made up of five members: visionary founder Chuck Daellenbach (tuba), Caleb Hudson and Christopher Coletti (trumpets), Achilles Liarmakopoulos (trombone), and Bernhard Scully (horn). The quintet is joined by organist Jeffrey Brillhart, the director of music and fine arts at the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, for a program that includes an arrangement of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's Penny Lane, J.S. Bach's Little Fugue in G Minor, George Gershwin's It Aint' Necessarily So, and more.

"Canadian Brass has a tremendous talent for reinventing repertoire in such a way that engages audiences of all age and fans of all types of music," said Kimmel Center President and CEO, Anne Ewers. "We look forward to presenting the one-of-a-kind performance audiences have come to expect from this group, plus the added talents of Jeffrey Brillhart which complement the festivities perfectly."

Tickets can be purchased by calling (215) 893-1999, visiting www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office. Tickets are on sale to the public now and start at $27. Group sales are available for groups of 10 or more and can be purchased by calling (215) 790-5883.

CANADIAN BRASS WITH JEFFREY BRILLHART

Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center

October 17, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

Program to include:

Solo Organ Selections:

C. FRANCK "Pièce Héroïque" from Trois Pièces

G. LITAIZE "Lied" from Twelve Pieces

C.M. WIDOR "Allegro" from Symphonie VI (op. 42)

Canadian Brass Solo Selections:

Selections from Renaissance Brass

J.S. BACH (arr. Balm) Little Fugue in G Minor

E. CRESPO Vals Peruano

J. LENNON & P. MCCARTNEY (arr. Dedrick) Penny Lane

G. GERSHWIN (arr. Henderson) It Aint' Necessarily So

J. PADILLA El relicario

Brass with Organ Sections:

G. GABRIELI Canzona Septimi Toni

Canzona Primi Toni

G. FAURE (arr. Reed) Cantique

J. BRAHMS (arr. Coletti/Ridenour) Selections from Brahms on Brass

J.S. BACH (arr. Mills) Wachet Auf

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Canadian Brass - The game-changing brass quintet Canadian Brass has performed in virtually every major concert hall in the world, been seen by hundreds of millions of people on television, sold 2 million of their approximately 100 albums worldwide and contributed nearly 600 new works and arrangements to the brass quintet repertoire. In addition to winning the German recording industry's highest accolade, a Best Classical Album Echo Award in 2000 for "Bach: Goldberg Variations;" an Italian "Red Rose" Video Award for Home Movies; three Grammy nominations plus a 2000 win for music they commissioned from Peter Schickele, the Brass have scored a record-setting 15 Juno nominations. They are one of the Canadian government's go-to ensembles for official state events and have crisscrossed the globe as the brightest ambassadors of the brass repertoire. The first brass ensemble to tour China and the first to play the main stage at Carnegie Hall, they are almost single-handedly responsible for elevating the art of the brass quintet to what it is today.

Canadian Brass is made up of five extraordinary talents: visionary founder, tuba legend and business specialist Chuck Daellenbach plus four of the next generation's top brass stars-Caleb Hudson and Christopher Coletti (trumpets), Achilles Liarmakopoulos (trombone) and Bernhard Scully (horn). Beyond their unbelievable technical skills and musicality, each player possesses the creativity, good humor and genuine love of performing that has become the hallmark of Canadian Brass.

Canadian Brass performs on 24-karat gold plated Conn-Selmer instruments and is an Opening Day recording artist.

Jeffrey Brillhart - A native Iowan, Jeffrey Brillhart has served as Director of Music and Fine Arts at the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church since 1983. Jeffrey's responsibilities at Bryn Mawr Church include directing the Senior Choir, Bryn Mawr Chamber Singers, Singing for Life, and the St. Andrew Boy Choir; oversight of the Vespers Series; oversight of all children and youth choirs; and the church's arts outreach and visual arts ministries. During his tenure he has overseen the installation of two major pipe organs and establishment of a choir school, and the West Philadelphia Children's Choir (now the Singing City Children's Choir).

In June 1999, he was appointed the fourth Musical and Artistic Director of Singing City, having served as Associate Director in the 1998-99 season, when he worked closely with then Music Director Joseph Flummerfelt. Mr. Brillhart provides artistic leadership for a rich program of concerts, educational instruction in local schools, and outreach to diverse communities. He directs the choir and oversees all aspects of Singing City's musical initiatives. During his tenure with Singing City the choir has traveled to Cuba, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Brazil, and the Balkans. Under his leadership, the choir has presented more than three-hundred concerts, performing with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Black Pearl Orchestra, and Symphony in C and with such internationally renowned artists as Helmuth Rilling, Dave Brubeck, Nick Page, Moses Hogan, Andre Thomas, Anton Armstrong, Weston Noble, Rossen Milanov, and Melanie DeMore. In April 2007, he conducted Singing City and Kronos Quartet at the Kimmel Center in the Philadelphia premiere of "Sun Rings", an oratorio commissioned by NASA.

The Kimmel Center - Located in the heart of Center City, Philadelphia, The Kimmel Center's mission is to operate a world-class performing arts center that engages and serves a broad audience through diverse programming, arts education, and community outreach. The Kimmel Center campus is comprised of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, SEI Innovation Studio, and the Merck Arts Education Center), the Academy of Music (owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association), and the University of the Arts Merriam Theater. TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is the season sponsor of The Kimmel Center's 2015-2016 Season. American Airlines is the official airline of Broadway Philadelphia. For additional information, visit kimmelcenter.org.



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