| THE FIRST BRASS OF SARASOTA 2014-2015 SEASON   HEROIC BRASS – SURVIVING September 14, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Boniface Episcopal Church Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at the door. We reflect on the tragedy that shook our country September 11th 2001 and honor our first responders and firefighters.  The group is joined by vocalist Sara Peeples-McNatt and violinist Carlann Evans.  Selections include works by, Laudidsen, Holst, Sibelius and the Florida premiere of Richard Nichols “Give Him Glory”.    HEROIC BRASS – THRIVING  September 28, 2014at 5:15 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at the door. We remember the United States coming together as a family, not only overcoming adversity, but thriving as a people.  The group is joined by organist Ann Stephenson-Moe, percussionist Bruce Lehman, Church of the Redeemer choir.  Selections include works by John Williams, Kamen, Copland and Taps for Maynard (Ferguson).     
 
 
         ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL November 16, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at Nativity Episcopal Church A delightful show performed by the I Solisti de Oneco Woodwind Quintet that tells the musical stories about all of God’s creatures.  You will hear cats, fleas, bears, tortoise & hare, and, of course, Mary’s Little Lamb.     
                 BRASS OF CHRISTMAS PAST December 7, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church  Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at door We travel back in time to Christmas of our childhood and remember that day that lives in infamy.  Selections include Berlin, Bach, Guaraldi and Anderson.       
           A BRASSY NEW YEAR January 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Lakeside Lutheran Church Start your new year with The First Brass and Sharon Scott.  Tickets are $10.00 and are available at Lakeside Lutheran, Venice.     
             MARDI GRAS – NEW ORLEANS COMES TO SARASOTA  February 17, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church   $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at door It’s fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras comes to Sarasota when the First Brass Quintet and Sharon Scott celebrate in style with a full-blown New Orleans Mardi Gras  festival of songs      AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES March 15, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. at Pine Shores Presbyterian Church Community Outreach – Free to Public It took Phileas Fogg 80 days … buckle your seat belts as  The First Brass takes you around the world in 80 minutes.      
 
 PIPING HOT: ST. ANDREWS DAY AT ST. ANDREW November 30, 2014  3:00 p.m. at St. Andrew United Church of Christ A celebration of St. Andrew with bagpipes, Sottish dancers, and Scottish tenor.   PIPING HOT: A CELTIC FANTASY March 18, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at  Englewood United Methodist Community Outreach – Free Will Offering   April 12, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at  Palma Sola Presbyterian Church Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at door The Piping Hot Jacobites join members of The First Brass for a Celtic  Spectacular event celebrating Sarasota’s Scottish roots and St. Patrick’s Day.  Get out your kilt and your Gillies as we celebrate National Tartan Day with pipers, dancers and fiddles.       
 DEUX REQUIEMS April 13, 3015 at 7:00 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer Tickets are $30.00 This collaboration between musica Sacra Cantorum and The First Brass will include Faure Requiem and the Florida premier of Tsunami Requiem by Chris Williams.       9th ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY SHOW May 24, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at  Church of the Palms Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at door On this ninth annual event we honor those who gave all. Get your tickets early for this event!   For more information or to purchase tickets of to www.TheFirstBrass.org or call 941-928-0296   |