BUUC To Host Avant Brass

Brookfield, MA – The Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church Concert Series presents Avant Brass in concert on Sunday, April 11 at 3:00 p.m. The concert will be held in the stone church located at 9 Upper River Street across from the Brookfield Common.

The musical ensemble was created in 2006. Comprising of some of the finest brass instrumentalists in the New England area, the ensemble was established to promote new music for this idiom of instruments and the exploration of Latino music arranged for quintet. Since its inception, the quintet has begun to perform across the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts and currently has plans on recording a CD featuring their arrangements of Latin American music.

The noted group consists of five musicians from the area and Connecticut, including Lucy Colwell, French horn; Julie Caruk, trumpet; Topher Logan, trombone; Adam Crowe, tuba; and Peter Olson, trumpet. Lucy Colwell is instrumental teacher and Director of Bands at Tantasqua Regional Junior and Senior High Schools in Sturbridge.
The program will feature works by J.S. Bach, Gustav Holst, and many others composed and/or arranged for brass instruments.

            The event is open to the public. Suggested donation is $10.00; $8:00 for students and seniors; children 12 and under are free.