Fantastic Free Fridays: Queen City Brass

Description

The nationally renowned group has been featured several times Garrison Keillor's program, A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast live on Public Radio from St. Paul, Minnesota. They have also appeared on Charles Kuralt's television series The History of Cincinnati, and were featured by the Cincinnati Historical Society on a concert celebrating the Cincinnati Sesquicentennial. The Queen City Brass will perform music by TV and movie soundtrack composers Lalo Schifrin (Mission Impossible), Monty Norman (James Bond Theme), Henry Mancini (Pink Panther), and ending with selections from John Williams. They will introduce the instruments in a brass quintet, and discuss the elements of music that help to convey a variety of emotions such as excitement, happiness, grief and fear. For more information or group reservations, contact Shawn Fenton: fentonsm@miamioh.edu