High school brass quintet to perform guest recital at Goshen College

Guest Recital Concert: Da Brass
Date and time: Friday, May 21 at 7 p.m.
Location: Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $5, general admission. Tickets available at the door one hour before the concert.

GOSHEN, Ind. – Da Brass, a quintet of high school brass players from Chicago and Goshen, will perform a guest recital at Goshen College's Rieth Recital Hall on Friday, May 21 at 7 p.m.

Da Brass includes trumpeters Danny Taubenheim and Caleb Wiebe; Alex Laskey, horn; Katie DeAmico, trombone; and Spencer Brown, tuba. The group, comprised of the principal brass players of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, has placed second in Chicago's Rembrandt Chamber Players competition and has been featured in an hour-long live broadcast on WFMT, Chicago's classical radio station. Earlier this month, they reached the semi-final round of the junior division of the 2010 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

Da Brass' program will feature works for brass quintet by Lutoslawski, Ewald, Cheetham, Dukas, Plog and the Canadian Brass.

General admission tickets are $5 for all seats, available at the door one hour before the concert. The public is warmly invited.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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