Concert on the Green - La Grua Center, Stonington CT
May
17
6:00 PM18:00
Outdoor Concerts

Concert on the Green - La Grua Center, Stonington CT

We’ll be playing one of our favorite programs for this outdoor concert: Popcorn & Playbills!

Learn more here: https://lagruacenter.org/events/concert-on-the-green-calliope-brass/

In case the title doesn’t give it away, this program includes favorites from the stage and screen, including West Side Story, Carmen, Sound of Music, and more.

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Jul
4
12:15 PM12:15
Outdoor Concerts

Calliope Brass at Sagamore Hill

  • Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (map)
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Celebrate the 4th of July at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

The National Park Service invites you to join us on July 4th from 12pm-4pm for our Independence Day Events Renowned Theodore Roosevelt reenactor Joe Wiegand will be spending the afternoon at Sagamore Hill meeting visitors, reading the Declaration of Independence, walking the grounds, and posing for photos and selfies at the "Presidential Photo Booth".

The event also features free tours of the Roosevelt Home, the Calliope Brass Band, a special Junior Ranger Program, assorted lawn games and crafts for kids, historical exhibits at the Old Orchard Museum, as well as a variety of walking and self-guided touring options throughout the park.

All activities are free and open to the public - reservations are not required. Come spend the afternoon in your local national park and enjoy Sagamore Hill as the Roosevelts' would have over a century ago.

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Calliope Brass Plays Pops, Again!
Jun
11
6:30 PM18:30
Concerts, Children's Concerts

Calliope Brass Plays Pops, Again!

What’s that, a brass quintet doing a pops concert? And for a second time in one week??

Why yes, yes it is. We love a good pops concert to start the summer, and we think you will too.

Gia Torna a Rallegrar from Four Madrigals - Luca Marenzio (ed. Raymond Mase)

Garden Story: Part 1 - Sara Jacovino

Personality Test - Zoe Cutler

  1. Doody Daddy

  2. Dirty Dawg

  3. Sweaty Betty

  4. Lil Big Boy

  5. Reggie Rhombus

-intermission-

West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (arr. Jack Gale)

  1. Prologue

  2. Something's Comin'

  3. Maria

  4. Tonight

  5. America

  6. One Hand, One Heart

  7. I Feel Pretty

  8. Somewhere

Les Girls from Music Hall Suite - Joseph Horovitz

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Calliope Brass Plays Pops!
Jun
8
7:00 PM19:00
Concerts, Children's Concerts

Calliope Brass Plays Pops!

Gia Torna a Rallegrar from Four Madrigals - Luca Marenzio (ed. Raymond Mase)

Garden Story: Part 1 - Sara Jacovino

Personality Test - Zoe Cutler

  1. Doody Daddy

  2. Dirty Dawg

  3. Sweaty Betty

  4. Lil Big Boy

  5. Reggie Rhombus

-intermission-

West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (arr. Jack Gale)

  1. Prologue

  2. Something's Comin'

  3. Maria

  4. Tonight

  5. America

  6. One Hand, One Heart

  7. I Feel Pretty

  8. Somewhere

Les Girls from Music Hall Suite - Joseph Horovitz

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With Music & Movement In Mind
Apr
30
2:00 PM14:00
Concerts

With Music & Movement In Mind

Come move with us!

This concert is made possible by a partnership between CaringKind, Dances for a Variable Population, and Calliope Brass.

With Music & Movement In Mind is a program specially designed for people with dementia and their caregivers. Teaching artists will lead the group in movement along to a soundtrack curated and performed by Calliope Brass.

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Calliope Brass in Recital at Opera America
Mar
21
7:00 PM19:00
Concerts

Calliope Brass in Recital at Opera America

NEW DATE! - MARCH 21

Join us in Marc A. Scorca Hall at Opera America! A light reception will follow.

This exciting program highlights our newest member and fabulous tubist Samantha Lake:

Early in the program, you'll hear the premier of Carle Wirshba's Sam'scape, specifically written with multiphonics for high voice for Samantha.

Later on, Hidas' Trio showcases the low brass and gets the trumpet players off stage, much to their chagrin.

We're also excited to add Steven Sacco's Quintet to our repertoire. It's a fun piece with grooves, drama, and lots of brassy colors. A fresh take on Girl with the Flaxen Hair rounds out our new pieces.

The program opens with Stacy Garrop's Helios, so we'll fly too close to the sun to open the concert and revisit Rich Shemaria's piece Pandora's Magic Castle to finish with a strong groove.

Program:
Helios, Stacy Garrop
Girl with the Flaxen Hair, arr. Huug Steketee
Sam'scape, Carle J. Wirshba
Quintet, Steven Sacco
Trio, Frigyes Hidas
Round Midnight, arr. Leigh Pilzer
Ellington Medley, arr. Leigh Pilzer
Pandora's Magic Castle, Rich Shemaria

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Fifth Annual Benefit Concert
Nov
15
6:30 PM18:30
Benefit Concert

Fifth Annual Benefit Concert

  • St. Malachy's - The Actors' Chapel (map)
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Can you believe it’s been FIVE years?

Join us LIVE AND IN PERSON on Tuesday, November 15th! Be there for an exclusive preview of pieces we’ve commissioned, an opportunity to bid on fabulous raffle prizes, and mingling with Calliope Brass and friends.

If you can’t make it, we’ll have the replay available on YouTube for two weeks after the event!

Learn about the benefit here.

Buy tickets here.

Attendees will be encouraged to wear a mask for the duration of the performance.

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Apr
25
7:00 PM19:00

Calliope Brass in Recital at Scholes Street Studio

Mark your calendars because our spring recital is coming soon! Join us in-person for an evening of live music. Click here for directions.

Scholes Street Studio
375 Lorimer St
Brooklyn, NY 11206

Program:
Spur, Gabriel Novak
Personality Test, Zoe Cutler
Zen Monkey, Dan Grabois
Trio for Trumpets, Sofia Gubaidulina
Stardust, arr. Tammy Huynh (premiere)
Circus, Clint Needham

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Calliope Brass in Recital at Castleton University
Feb
4
7:00 PM19:00
Concerts

Calliope Brass in Recital at Castleton University

As part of Calliope Brass’s residency at Castleton University, we will be giving a public concert at the Casella Theater!

Learn more about the event here

Tickets: Free for Castleton students, $10 for adults, and $5 for seniors, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Directions: Once on Main Street in Castleton, turn onto Seminary Street. Just beyond the Fine Arts Center, there is handicap parking as well as free parking.

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Nov
12
6:30 PM18:30
Benefit Concert

Fourth Annual Benefit Concert

  • St. Malachy's - The Actors' Chapel (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Can you believe it’s been four years already? Join us LIVE AND IN PERSON on November 12th! $25 gets you music, an exclusive look at our newest program “My Musical Memoir,” an opportunity to bid on fabulous raffle prizes, and mingling with Calliope Brass and friends. We will also be live streaming the event.

Learn about the event here.

Buy tickets here.

Concert attendees 12 and over will be required to show proof of vaccination and all attendees will be required to wear a mask for the duration of the performance.

P.C. Daniel Welch

P.C. Daniel Welch

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Oct
6
12:00 PM12:00

Music for the Soul

Performing music for our heroes on the front line!

Brought to you by The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, NYC Health + Hospitals, the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and AFM Local 802, Music for the Soul of NYC’s Health + Hospitals Heroes is in support of the 43,000 staff and their patients at NYC’s 11 public hospitals.


Daniel Welch, 2021

Daniel Welch, 2021

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Season Debut Recital at St. Malachy's NYC
Sep
17
6:00 PM18:00
Concerts

Season Debut Recital at St. Malachy's NYC

  • St. Malachy (The Actors' Chapel) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

All concert attendees will be required to show proof of vaccination and wear a mask for the duration of the performance.

Join us for our first season concert on September 17, 6pm at St. Malachy Church (The Actor's Chapel) for an exciting program of challenging repertoire!

All season concerts will be livestreamed on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/calliopebrass

Program highlights include the Böhme Sextet for Brass and Kevin Day's Fantasia III for Brass Quintet. Fantasia III is a fantastic new piece we helped commission via a consortium lead by Axiom Brass, including the American Brass Quintet, New York Philharmonic Brass, and the United States Navy Band, among others.

(Now that we have three trumpet players, we're putting them to work)

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Aug
24
5:00 PM17:00

Biophony Project with Metropolis Ensemble

  • Bryant Park- Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Calliope Brass is thrilled to take part in this project with the Metropolis Ensemble.

77 composers have been commissioned to create flexible, open-score pieces for outdoor performance and infinite combinations of instruments.

Participants will be given a LISTENING MAP to inspire them to move freely and discover their own individual paths and listening points. 

50+ musicians representing all the instrument families will divide into 20 or more pods and spread throughout a large geographic area.

Stake out a grassy spot or chase sounds and locations you are curious about: each person will experience BIOPHONY in their own way.

Learn more about Calliope’s performance here.

P.C: Sue Pearsall
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