Maritime Brass Quintet to perform at UPEI on November 2

The UPEI Department of Music will present the Maritime Brass Quintet on Thursday, November 2, at 7:30 pm, at UPEI’s new Performing Arts Centre.

This performance will feature music spanning five centuries, including airs and dances by Renaissance composer Anthony Holborne, Victor Ewald’s Brass Quintet No. 1, an arrangement of Gustav Holst’s Second Suite in F (originally for wind ensemble), Canadian composer Morley Calvert’s Three Dance Impressions, Björk’s Overture from “Dancer in the Dark” and more.

The Maritime Brass Quintet brings the highest calibre of chamber music to concert halls, churches, festivals, and schools across the Maritime provinces. The group is comprised of five of Canada’s finest brass players: Curtis Dietz and Richard Simoneau (trumpet), Gina Patterson (horn), and UPEI music alumni Dale Sorensen (trombone) and Bob Nicholson (tuba and bass trombone).

Maritime Brass Quintet members have studied throughout North America and performed or held positions with many of Canada’s leading ensembles including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra. They also have experience playing in numerous smaller groups and ensembles, including Foothills Brass, Northumberland Brass, the Jive Kings, and the Canadian Brass.

Admission, payable by cash at the door, is $30 for adults and $10 for students. Accessible parking is available, and the theatre has an accessible entrance via an elevator.

To keep up to date about the UPEI Department of Music’s upcoming recitals and events, please visit the website at www.upei.ca/music