The Mill Creek Colliery Band is pleased to kick off its 2007-08 season by presenting “Brass-A-Mania” , Sunday, November 4th, 3:00 pm, at McDougall United Church (10025 – 101 Street).

Edmonton’s own 28-piece, British-style brass band will present an exciting program, suitable for all ages. Selections will include popular favorites: Dance of the Hours (Ponchielli), March from the Pines of Rome (Respighi), Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin), Music (Broadbent) and True North (Norbury). Featured soloists are Ivan Mast (trombone) playing Bolívar (Cook), Chris Diaper playing the sparkling euphonium solo Brillante (Graham), and Cam Martin (soprano cornet) and Doreen Kuschminder (flugelhorn) playing the ever-popular Pie Jesu (Lloyd-Webber).

The band will be led by resident conductor, Dr. Malcolm Forsyth, and Dr. David Cook will be our compére.

This concert will also feature the release of the band’s first CD, Introducing the Mill Creek Colliery Band. Join us for this special occasion.

Tickets are $17 (students/seniors $13). Special discounts are available for student groups (for special rates, call 431-2437 or email us at info@millcreekbrass.ca)

Tickets are available at the door, or in advance through TIX ON THE SQUARE [Charge-by-phone 420-1757 or on line at www.tixonthesquare.ca]

Friday, May 4th, 7:30pm
Saturday, May 5th, 7:30pm
 
The Mill Creek Colliery Band wishes to celebrate it’s fifth anniversary with you by presenting a brassy salute to the Proms. There will be two performances of our “Proms Celebration”  concert: Friday, May 4th, 7:30pm and Saturday, May 5th, 7:30pm, both at Convocation Hall (University of Alberta, Arts Building).

Edmonton’s own 28-piece, British-style brass band will celebrate its fifth anniversary music with an exciting concert that will delight all ages. The varied program will include The Kingdom Triumphant (Ball), Gaelforce (Graham), Celebratory Overture (Norbury), The Last Spring (Grieg, arr. Steadman-Allen) and Penny Lane (Lennon/McCartney). Soloists will include Chris Diaper (euphonium) on Brilliante (Graham), Ivan Mast (trombone) on Bolivar (Cook/Ashmore) and David Langor and Dan Skepple (cornet) on Quicksilver (Graham). Of course, the regular Proms favourites - Jerusalem, Pomp and Circumstance, and Fantasy on British Sea Songs will be featured and the audience can sing along with these well-loved tunes. Audience members are encouraged to bring flags, hats, etc. to help set a party atmosphere reminiscent of the Last Night of the Proms.

The band will be led by resident conductor, Dr. Malcolm Forsyth, and Sir Francis Price will be our compére.

Tickets are $17 (students/seniors $13). Special discounts are available for student groups (for special rates, call 431-2437 or email us at info@millcreekbrass.ca)

Tickets are available at the door, or in advance through TIX ON THE SQUARE [Charge-by-phone 420-1757 or on line at www.tixonthesquare.ca]

Come and celebrate with the MCCB!

The Canadian Staff Band was involved in an interesting event in early March. On Friday, March 2, the band participated in Hannaford Street Silver Band’s annual Festival of Brass weekend

On Saturday, the CSB travelled to London Citadel, where we were hosted by London Citadel Band for a weekend of music-making with local corps forces.

Canadian Staff Band » Blog Archive » CSB Weekend in Toronto and London.

The Mountain Citadel Band (Hamilton, Ontario) held its sixth annual “Blazing Brass” concert on 10 February 2007. Special guests for the evening were the Peterborough Temple Band (Bandmaster Ron Reid) and cornet soloist Derek Lance of the New York Staff Band.

The Brass Crest ~ News: Blazing Brass VI at Mountain Citadel.

Personnel Update

The CSB is once again undergoing some changes in personnel, made necessary by Jim McArthur’s sudden departure in January. Jim came into the band on euphonium in 2003 and since that time has made a superb contribution to the band’s ministry. He will be missed.

Replacing Jim on euphonium is Michael Stayner, who is moving over from first trombone.

Coming into the band we welcome Andrew Poirier, a professional musician and well-known trombone soloist who is much in demand in Toronto and throughout Canada. To accommodate his professional engagements, and recognizing that certain commitments may take him away from the band’s ministry on occasion, Andrew has been appointed as an auxiliary member of the staff band for the remainder of the 2006-2007 season.

The CSB also officially welcomes Stuart Cornie as our new media technician. Actually, Stuart travelled with the band on our recent visit to California and was most helpful in preparing and operating multimedia presentations to enhance the band’s musical ministry. A longtime bandsman and former bandmaster, Stuart knows his way around computers and has worked extensively at creating and managing websites both for the Canada and Bermuda Territory, U.K. Territory and The Salvation Army’s International Headquarters. He is already proving to be a very worthwhile addition to the band.

Stuart will be assisted by Sarah Ewing, who originally came into the band on cornet in 2003. Unfortunately, she has not been able to play her instrument over the past year and a half due to ongoing dental work. Sarah will be staying on as assistant media technician and also to help with percussion as necessary.

Salvationist.ca » Episode 228: The Salvation Army Connection

Presents

“EUPHONIUM”

Euphonium Recital and CD Release on the ARKTOS Label Matthew Clark, euphonium and Janet Scott Hoyt, piano Saturday, March 31^st, 2007

7:30 pm.

McDougall United Church

On Saturday, March 31^st, Matthew Clark presents a euphonium recital and release of his new CD titled Euphonium. Janet Scott Hoyt will join him at the piano. The concert will be held at McDougall United Church, 10025-101 Street and will begin at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12 adults and $10 for seniors/students. Tickets are available at the door or in advance from TIX on the Square (420 1757 or www.tixonthesquare.ca).

The euphonium is a tenor-voiced member of the tuba family and as its name implies, its sound in the hand of a master is sweet, pleasing, luscious, lyrical, dark, virtuosic and explosive. The concert will feature original works by Philip Wilby, Philip Sparke, Brian Bowen and Hiroshi Hoshina; an arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise; as well as a spectacularly agile set of variations on Auld Lang Syne by Simone Mantia.

Matthew Clark is quickly being recognised as one of Canada’s premier euphonium soloists. He is the euphonium soloist of The Royal Canadian Artillery Band, one of only six professional military bands in Canada, and based at the Edmonton Garrison.

Janet Scott Hoyt is one of the most sought-after collaborators in the Canadian music scene and is on the faculty of the Department of Music at the University of Alberta, where she supervises a graduate program in piano pedagogy.

FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES please call Matthew Clark at 456-2628, or e-mail euphonium@shaw.ca. Matthew Clark has a new website at: www.matthewclark.ca