Macy's in Center City Philadelphia is not unlike numerous other department stores found in older American cities - there are the obligatory perfume pushers as you walk in, glass counters with Hermes scarves and all the other treasure you would connect with retail therapy as we know it, until you venture into the center of the atrium and look up and see them. The pipes. About 28 thousand of them, painted gold sentinels protected by baroque angels aloft. They are the gateway to the Wanamaker Organ, an instrument so immense a family of four could almost live inside of its chambers.
Philadelphia Brass is pleased to announce a new CD, Christmas in the Grand Tradition - the Wanamaker Organ, featuring organist Peter Conte. Watch this page in the coming weeks for details about the release of this new and unique holiday disc featuring arrangements by Carmen Dragon, Peter Conte and others.
PB at Kutztown on Monday , October 20th!
For our friends in Berks County and environs - a reminder that Philadelphia Brass will have a one day residency at the Music Department of Kutztown University in bucolic Kutztown, PA. We will be giving a Master Class for brass students in the Old Main building located on Normal Avenue (at the top of the hill at the center of the campus) from 3 to 5 pm. Then at 7:30 we will be performing a full length recital in the Georgian Room which is also located in the the Old Main building. We have a varied program including pieces by Bach, Hindemith, Mozart, Gershwin plus some surprisingly fun 20th century music. For more information contact :
Dr. Willis Rapp, Music Department Chairperson, Kutztown University
Old Main # 114, KU. phone 610-683-4551 e-mail rapp@kutztown.edu
Or visit their website at www.kutztown.edu/acad/music and click on the Events tab. We hope to see you there!
