Canadian Brass Christmas Show!
From Carnegie Hall to the Great Wall of China, these five musicians are
world renowned. Dubbed the "Marx Brothers of Brass" by the New
York Times, their high-spirited shows involve hilarious spoofs of
opera, absurd costumes, clowning, and a running tread of humorous commentary
that weaves everything into an unlikely blend of vaudeville and high culture,
astonishing talent, and show-biz aplomb. Dressed in black tie and tails
together with the signature rainbow-colored shoelaces on their tennis
shoes, they blow their gold-plated Yamaha horns to perfection. From J.S.
Bach and Handel to Dixieland and Duke Ellington, this amazing quintet
discovered long ago that it's OK to have fun with music.
The performance begins at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, December 1, in the Rozsa
Center for the Performing Arts. This event is made possible by funding
from the James and Margaret Black Endowment with partial funding by the
MTU Committee for Campus Enrichment and the MTU Student Entertainment
Board. Call 487-3200, stop by the Rozsa Box Office, or purchase tickets
on-line at http://www.tickets.mtu.edu.
"Blending virtuosity, musicality, comedy and wit, they inspired
equal measures of laughter and adoration from the packed house, ultimately
receiving the inevitable--and totally deserved--standing ovation."
--Washington Post
