Renowned American Brass Quintet Opens CMS Detroit 2017-18 Oakland University Series 9/24

Recognized internationally as one of the premier chamber music ensembles of our time, the American Brass Quintet will open the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's 2017-18 Oakland University series Sunday, September 24 at 3:00 PM. The concert takes place at Varner Recital Hall, located on the OU campus at 371 Varner Drive in Rochester.

The American Brass Quintet's program offers a mix of the old and new, including a selection of Consort Music from Elizabethan and Jacobean England, the rich polyphony of European Renaissance masters Palestrina, Josquin and Martini, a suite of brass music from 19th-century Russia, plus newer works by Joan Tower, Steven Franklin and Anders Hillborg.

Following the concert, the American Brass Quintet will give a master class for Oakland University brass soloists and ensembles that is open to the public free of charge. The master class begins at 7 PM and will also take place at Varner Recital Hall.

Tickets for this concert, priced at $30 general admission for adults, $15 for students, are available by phone at 313-335-3300 or online at www.CMSDetroit.org.

Program:

Consort Music of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, including music of Thomas Morley, John Dowland and more

Suite from 19th-Century Russia, with music by Simon and Maurer

Canons of the 17th Century by Josquin, Palestrina and Martini

plus works by Anders Hillborg, Steven Franklin and Joan Tower

Tickets: $30; students $15, available online at www.CMSDetroit.org or by phone at 313-335-3300.

Audience members are invited to attend a reception immediately following the concert, as well as a 7:00 PM master class by the American Brass Quintet featuring student musicians and ensembles from Oakland University. Both take place at Varner Recital Hall.

About the Artists

The American Brass Quintet is celebrated for peerless leadership in the brass world. As 2013 recipient of Chamber Music America's highest honor, the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award for significant and lasting contributions to the field, ABQ's rich history includes performances in Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East and all fifty of the United States; a discography of nearly sixty recordings; and the premieres of over one hundred fifty contemporary brass works.

Committed to the promotion of brass chamber music through education, the American Brass Quintet has been in residence at The Juilliard School since 1987 and the Aspen Music Festival since 1970. Since 2000 the ABQ has offered its expertise in chamber music performance and training with a program of mini-residencies as part of its regular touring.

The New York Times recently wrote that "among North American brass ensembles none is more venerable than the American Brass Quintet," while Newsweek has hailed the ensemble as "the high priests of brass" and American Record Guide has called the ABQ "of all the brass quintets, the most distinguished." Through its acclaimed performances, diverse programming, commissioning, extensive discography and educational mission, the American Brass Quintet has created a legacy unparalleled in the brass field.