2024-2025

March 19 2025

The Lexington Brass at the GABBF2025

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We are so excited to have been accepted to play at the 2025 Great American Brass Band Festival at Centre College in Danville, KY. We will be performing at 10:00 AM on the Pepsi Main Stage on May 31, 2025. More info on our program will be coming soon. We hope to see you there!

Program

Coming soon!

Musicians

Coming soon!

October 2 2024

Lights! Camera! Brass!

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We are looking forward to being back on Asbury University campus for our fourth program of the 31st season. This concert will be held in the Jameson Recital Hall in the McCreless Fine Arts building. This concert is a celebration of music for the cinema, including selections by Ennio Morricone, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Henry Mancini, Harold Arlen, and more! We are very excited to accompany our featured soloist, Dr. Nathan Miller, Associate Professor of Musicology and Horn at Asbury University.

Program

Coming soon!

Musicians

Coming soon!

October 2 2024

Brass Kaleidoscope: Bach, Big Band, & Beyond

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We are planning an exciting third program of the 31st season that be held on March 9th at 4:00 PM at Centenary Church at 2800 Tates Creek Rd, Lexington, KY 40502. This program will feature music by Malcolm Arnold, James Curnow, Bach, Shostakovich, Morton Gould, & Graham, as well as Bradley Kerns on Trombone.

Program

American Salute
Morton Gould (1913-1996), arr. Luis Maldonado

Come, Sweet Death
J.S. Bach (1685-1750), arr. Erik Leidzen

Little Suite No. 2 for Brass Band
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
I. Round
II. Cavatina
III. Galop

Radio City
Peter Graham (b. 1958), Bradley Kerns, trombone
I. City Noir
II. Café Rouge
III. Two-Minute Mile

March from Suite for Variety Orchestra
Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Corey Hermens, conductor

Appalachian Mountain Folk Song Suite
James Curnow (b. 1943)
I. Sourwood Mountain
II. Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair
III. Camptown Races

Musicians

Eb Cornet
Jeffrey Doll

Repiano Cornet
Bailey Goff

1st/Solo Cornet
Will Lovan*
Paul Hickner
Ryan Courtney
Neal Powers

2nd Cornet
Ethan Renfro
David Poer

3rd Cornet
Cortland Eble
Bill Summers

Flugelhorn
Scott Heersche

Alto Horn
Mary Haddix*
Karen Payne
Herman Bratcher
Madeline Savage

Euphonium
Cody Williams*

Baritone
Elijah Jones
Noah Tolson

Trombone
Ashley Dickerson*
Greg Jackson
Blake Barber
Seth Jaeger

Eb Basses
Ed Carter*

Bb Basses
Jim Stites
Harrison Brown

Percussion
Emi Jones*
Jasmine Sturgeon
Nathan Baker

October 2 2024

Christmas Brass 2024

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Come join us for an afternoon of your favorite Christmas music! We will be updating this event with more music info soon. The 2024 “‘Tis the Season” Annual Christmas Concert will be held at the Salvation Army Lexington Corps at 736 W Main St, Lexington, KY 40508. We hope to see you there.

Program

The Bells of Christmas
Stephen Bulla (b. 1953)

O Little Town
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), arr. Ralph E. Pearce
Will Lovan, cornet

O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943), arr. Sam Pilafian

The Holly and the Ivy
Traditional, arr. Douglas Court

Stile Nacht
Franz Gruber (1887-1863), arr. Jacob de Haan

~ Intermission ~

Let It Snow!
Jule Styne (1905-1994), arr. William Gordon

Christmas Time Is Here
Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976), arr. Stephen Bulla

A Christmas Festival
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Musicians

Solo E-Flat Cornet
Jeff Doll

Repiano Cornet
Bailey Goff

1st/Solo Cornet
Will Lovan*
Ryan Courtney
Ethan Renfro
Neal Powers

2nd Cornet
David Poer
Cortland Eble

3rd Cornet
Bill Summers

Flugelhorn
Corey Hermens

Alto Horn
Mary Haddix*
Karen Payne
Herman Bratcher
Wyatt Camacho

Euphonium/Baritone
Cody Williams*
Braden Shaw
Noah Tolson

Trombone
Ashley Dickerson*
Blake Barber
Mitchell Robertson

Bass Trombone
Seth Jaeger

Bass
Ed Carter*
Chris Gray
D’Andre Dyer

Percussion
Emi Jones*
Nathan Baker

October 1 2024

The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Our first concert of the 2024-2025 Season will be held at the Salvation Army Lexington Corps at 736 W Main St, Lexington, KY 40508. To celebrate the Halloween season, this program features music from The Nightmare Before Christmas by Danny Elfman as well as music by John Wialliams, Gabriel Faure, John Ireland, and John Philip Sousa.