202 MTSU BRASS PLAYERS PRESENT HOLIDAY CONCERT DEC. 6

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 28, 2007
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493

MTSU BRASS PLAYERS PRESENT HOLIDAY CONCERT DEC. 6

(MURFREESBORO)—“'Twas the Brass Before Christmas,” a holiday concert featuring various brass groups formed by MTSU students, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the T. Earl Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
David Loucky, professor of trombone and euphonium at MTSU, said
Loucky says the concert itself opens with some rousing selections by the MTSU Trumpet Ensemble and tevening’sthe evening’s program will feature traditional, festive brass works and one medley of Christmas carols.
The concert also will include the participation of several brass quintets, horn quartets and a horn choir, as well as a low-brass ensemble composed of trombones and euphoniums.
"'Twas the Brass Before Christmas’ has traditionally been the title of MTSU’s brass ensembles’ concert before holidays," Loucky said. "This year, over 50 MTSU music school students will combine to form brass groups of various shapes and sizes. These ensembles have been rehearsing and performing throughout the semester; this concert places all of them on the same program."
Along with Loucky, MTSU trumpet professor Michael Arndt, adjunct professor Dan Whaley and Angela DeBoer, newly appointed horn professor, have conducted or coached these groups in preparation for the holiday concert.
“I always enjoy working with our brass faculty and students to organize this event,” Loucky commented. “It is a festive way to celebrate the end of the term, and it represents the culmination of a semester of some very hard work.”
The concert is free and open to the public.
Holiday concertgoers can anticipate a musical program that’s “guaranteed to put any grinch in a jolly mood," Loucky added, smiling.
For more information on this and other events in the MTSU School of Music, please visit www.mtsumusic.com or call 615-898-2493.



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