Solid Brass takes you on a musical adventure through growth and change, to the end of the journey and what comes after. Among the pieces that we will present are two that were written within the last 5 years. Konrad Waßmann’s A Brass Overture is a driving and exciting fanfare showing off the power of the brass choir. Likewise, Symphony for Brass by our own Kevin Sippel is itself a four movement journey. I Can Go The Distance comes from Disney’s Hercules, as he struggles to find a place where he belongs. George Frideric Handel’s classic Arrival of the Queen of Sheba depicts the preparations for the arrival of a caravan from the southern end of the Red Sea up to Judah, lead by the titular Queen of Sheba. At the end of the adventure, Karl King’s Hometown Boy March celebrates a hero returned, while on the other end of the spectrum, I Can’t Make You Love Me as sung by Bonnie Raitt follows the end of a relationship. Finally, we present Edvard Grieg’s Funeral March in memory of local trumpeter and teacher, Fred Sautter.

We hope you will join us along this musical journey at Moreland Presbyterian on November 9!