The Canadian Brass has virtually defined the contemporary brass quintet in a career spanning over 40 years, more than 50 recordings and countless television appearances. Dressed in their trademark tuxes and tennis shoes, they perform an eclectic repertoire that ranges from Baroque to The Beatles—as well as seasonal favorites—in this special holiday concert. The Washington Post wrote that “These are the men who put brass music on the map. . .” Tickets are $45 general, $45 Senior/Child and $22 HSU students. Tickets are available at the University Ticket Office and at humboldt.edu/centerarts.
Five tremendous brass musicians — each a virtuoso in his own right — form the legendary Canadian Brass. Friends Chuck Daellenbach and Gene Watts first came together in 1970 to form a brass quintet — a chamber music setting not entirely new, but never before having garnered the success and storied career Canadian Brass would achieve over the next 40 years. With a vast repertoire from Baroque masters to marches, holiday favorites to Dixieland, and jazz to Broadway, Canadian Brass has created their own musical world by transcribing, arranging and commissioning more than 200 works.
With a discography of over 90 albums and an extensive world-wide touring schedule, Canadian Brass is an important pioneer in bringing brass music to mass audiences everywhere. They have sold over one million albums worldwide and continue to score Billboard chart positions while playing to packed houses throughout the USA, Canada, Japan and Europe. They were the first brass ensemble from the West to perform in the People’s Republic of China as well as the first brass group to take the stage at the venerable Carnegie Hall. They have also performed in Australia, the Middle East, the Soviet Union and South America. Millions of television viewers have had Canadian Brass come into their homes with appearances on The Tonight Show, Today and Entertainment Tonight and numerous PBS specials.
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