Imperial Brass

 

For Immediate Release

Contact:  David Lotz

609-203-2342 / lotzflash@gmail.com

 

Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association’s “Summer Stars Classical Series” Presents

IMPERIAL BRASS

Thursday, July 5, 2018 – Great Auditorium, 7:30 PM

Special Guest Soloists:  Philip Smith and Warren Vaché

 Ocean Grove’s ever-popular “Summer Stars Classical Series” kicks off on Thursday, July 5, 2018 with the renowned IMPERIAL BRASS, the NJ-based 28-piece brass ensemble founded in 1991 by Rutgers University alumni. IMPERIAL BRASS performs at 7:30 pm in the Great Auditorium located at Pilgrim and Ocean Pathways in Ocean Grove, NJ. Tickets are $17.00 (plus applicable fees). All facilities are handicapped accessible. Order tickets by phone 800-590-4064 or online at www.oceangrove.org.

 

Conducted by RONALD WAIKSNORIS, the program includes classical and contemporary works especially arranged for the ensemble. Guest soloists include PHILIP SMITH (former principal trumpet, NY Philharmonic), and jazz great WARREN VACHÉ.

 

THE EVENING’S PROGRAM

“The President” by William German

“Maid of the Mist” - featuring Phil Smith, by Herbert L. Clarke, arr. Keith M. Wilkinson

“America the Beautiful” by Samuel A. Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon, arr. for brass band Mark Freeh

“Tonight” by Leonard Bernstein, arr. Johnny Richards, arr. for brass band Mark Freeh

“An Affair to Remember” - featuring Warren Vaché, by Harry Warren, arr. Paul Nagle

“Climb Every Mountain” by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, arr. Philip Harper

“Amazing Grace” arr. William Himes

“I’ll Walk with God” by Nicholas Brodszky, arr. Goff Richards

 

Intermission 

“All That Jazz” by John Kander, arr. Ralph Pearce

“Don’t Doubt Him Now” by Leonard Ballantine, arr. Craig Woodland

“Grand Choeur Dialogué” - featuring Phil Smith & Gordon Turk, by Eugene Gigout, arr. Gary Olsen

“Shine as the Light” by Peter Graham

Trumpet/Organ Duet TBA

 “The Victors” by Bruce Broughton

“William Tell” by Gioachino Rossini, arr. Dean Goffin

“God Bless America” by Irving Berlin, arr. William Himes

 

IMPERIAL BRASS has been delighting audiences around New Jersey for over 25 years. Originally founded as the Rutgers Alumni Brass Band by alumni Steve Dillon and Jon Korsun with arranger Mark Freeh, the band gave its first concert in April of 1991. Since then, Imperial Brass has presented highly entertaining programs that include traditional brass band literature, classical arrangements, popular music and more.

 

Many of the world’s greatest brass musicians have worked and collaborated with Imperial Brass over the years. Featured artists have included former principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic Philip Smith, principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic Joseph Alessi, storied British euphonium soloists Robert and Nicholas Childs, famed American jazz cornetist Warren Vaché, principal trombone of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Charles Baker, and principal tuba of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Derek Fenstermacher.

 

Imperial Brass has performed at memorable venues across the state, including multiple appearances at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, the Montclair Citadel, and the Monmouth County Public Library in Manalapan. The band also performed at the International Trumpet Guild conference held at Rowan University in 2006, as well as the New Jersey Music Educators Association Convention in 2013. Imperial Brass has worked under the baton of many fine conductors, including Patrick Burns, Brian Bowen, Thomas McCauley, Anthony LaGruth and currently Ron Waiksnoris, who has served as Music Director since 2016.

Imperial Brass has also recorded, produced and released 6 CDs: Imperial Brass Highlights (1995), Imperial Brass and Friends (2002), Bone-a-Fide Brass (2007), Have Yourself a Brassy Little Christmas (2007), An American Legend: Imperial Brass Plays the Music of Leroy Anderson (2017), and Imperial Brass Plays J.S. Bach (2018).