Mardi Grass Brass
The Lexington Brass Band and trumpet virtuoso Vince DiMartino will present Mardi Gras Brass, a Carnival celebration of music from New Orleans to Naples on Sunday, February 20th, 2011.
One of the world’s most renowned soloists, and former principal cornet of Lexington Brass Band, DiMartino will showcase such hits as the great bullfight music, “La Virgen de la Macarena” (ala Rafael Mendez), “Flight of the Bumble Bee” (ala jazz trumpeter Harry James), and Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got that Swing).” (more info)
‘Tis the Season!
The Lexington Brass Band will present ‘Tis the Season 2010, a feast of holiday music focused on seasonal sounds Sunday, December 19, at 4:00 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 150 East High Street, Lexington. Tickets are $5.00, General admission and are available at the door. For further information contact: 859-858-3877 or 859-858-3511 Ext. 2246; email: ronald.holz@asbury.edu.
The band will be featuring some music from their new Christmas CD, ‘ Tis the Season Live!, an outstanding collection of performances from years past at this popular concert.
Salute to James Curnow
Perhaps no other living composer in Kentucky has had his music more widely performed and recorded. Curnow’s music for winds, brass, and orchestra features prominently in concerts by educational, amateur, and professional ensembles from Japan to Australia to Europe and, of course, the United States. This concert will share a representative slice of his best music for brass and percussion, including such works as the commissioned Olympic Fanfare and Theme for the Olympic Flag first heard at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and at subsequent venues.
LBB Announces 2010-2011 Season
On behalf of The Lexington Brass Band, I would like to welcome you to our 19th season. We are very excited about this season, as it promises to be one of our most ambitious yet, culminating with a Tour to Toronto, Canada to present the Gala Concert at the Hanniford Silver Street Band’s Annual Festival of Brass.
- Dr. Ronald Holz, Music Director
LBB Presents Equestrian Brass
The Lexington Brass Band salutes the horse, Central Kentucky’s horse industry, and the upcoming World Equestrian Games in their concert EQUESTRIAN BRASS on Sunday, April 11th in Lexington, KY.
Composers have immortalized the horse in the widest range of marches, overtures, and selections – a repertoire Lexington Brass Band will fully exploit throughout this brilliant program. Joining the band will be an elite Honors Brass Choir selected from the very finest Middle School players within Fayette Country. Ronald Waiksnoris, conductor of the famous New York Staff Band of The Salvation Army, returns to Lexington to share the podium with our music director, Ronald Holz, in this scripted, one-hour concert.