Juno Award winners hit Lake State

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LAKE SUPERIOR
STATE UNIVERSITY

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Juno Award-winnng Canadian Brass to perform at LSSU

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - Canadian Brass, a Juno Award-winning brass quintet that has been entertaining audiences around the world for more than 35 years, will make a stop at Lake Superior State University for one night on July 12.

The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Arts Center auditorium.

Tickets are $35 for the general public and $30 for LSSU students and groups of 10 or more.

They are available at lssu.edu/artscenter or by calling 906-635-2602.

The Canadian Brass sprang from modest and highly experimental roots in Toronto in 1970.

The brass quintet was not established as a serious concert ensemble at that time, and it proved an irresistible challenge to its members, whose imagination and consummate musicianship eventually elevated the art of the brass quintet to what it is today.

Having started with the very limited base of traditional works for brass, Canadian Brass set out to create its own musical world by transcribing, arranging and commissioning more than 200 works.

Today, the group is not only presenting classical works, but continues to take daring leaps into jazz, contemporary concert music and popular songs.

The virtuosi of Canadian Brass have made the brass quintet an exciting vehicle for serious concert music.

The quintet has a long history of recording classical repertoire.

They have a special affinity for Baroque music, which requires the brilliance and musical structure that has become the Canadian Brass’ trademark.

Their more than 60 recordings to date include works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Gabrieli, Pachelbel, Beethoven and Wagner — all in meticulously crafted transcriptions that are setting new musical traditions in brass performance.

They are especially drawn to the works of J.S. Bach.

Thanks to their pioneer status, the quintet developed a unique character and rapport with audiences that proved so successful that it has been emulated by many other ensembles.

Canadian Brass master the gamut of concert presentations — from formal classical concerts to music served up with lively dialogue and theatrical effects.

No matter what the style, the music is central and performed with utmost dedication and excellence.

The "fabulous five" spend most of their time on tour, and have performed with many major symphony orchestras in the US, Canada, Europe and Japan.

They have gained a large international following of their solo performances that offer a large variety of musical styles.

Read more about the band at canbrass.com.

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