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When the River City Brass Band opens its 2008-2009 season, the Sept. 11 performance will feature something old and something new - the world premiere of "Monongahela 1971," a composition commissioned to ...

At 7 pm on Monday, August 25, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, considered the most famous and recognizable name of the big band era, launches the 2008-2009 Entertainment Series at Tibbits.

The concerts are staged in a variety of wonderful venues: from theatres and castles to an Iron Age crannog on Loch Tay and the atmospheric Dunkeld Cathedral.

The concerts are staged in a variety of wonderful venues: from theatres and castles to an Iron Age crannog on Loch Tay and the atmospheric Dunkeld Cathedral.

Beth Coleman Bluegrass Band will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 19 in the gardens at St.

Listen to classics from the Big Band era when Swingtime Big Brass Band performs Thursday as part of the Behringer-Crawford Museum's Coffee Cup Concert Series.

Philadelphia's hottest big band, the Jump City Jazz Orchestra, announces it's 2008 summer tour.

On Sunday night a free concert at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem featuring brass and organ will move a lot of air.

The River City Brass Band is different than a lot of classical music groups. These brass band musicians have fun on stage.

THE streets of Durham were alive with the sound of brass this weekend, despite the wet weather.

The Rib, White & Blue festival, Main Street between Bowery and State streets and Lock 3 Live, next to Civic Theatre.

The July 10 Concert On The Hill will feature the Bicentennial Pops Band, pianist Richard Deal and the Velvet Touch of Luci D'Mari and the Gentlemen.

If you're looking for powerfully funky jazz music from a big band, Peter Herbolzheimer is the German trademark of quality.

New Orleans is a city with an unmistakable sound. No matter what tragedies befall the city the New Orleans second-line street beat continues to sound the city's pulse with a resilience and exuberance that just ...

The Brass Roots Quintet will perform a concert on Saturday, June 21, in the air-conditioned theatre at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, located at 800 S. Brush St.

PAUL Towndrow has visited Wakefield Jazz before with the saxophone quartet Brass Jaw and tonight he returns with his own bop-inspired Sextet - two saxophones, trumpet, piano, bass and drums. via This is York

Wednesday nights in Tulare are about to get more lively. Today is the beginning of the 2008 Concerts the Park at Zumwalt Park series, offering free music outdoors at the corner of M Street and Tulare Avenue. via Visalia Times-Delta

“Sure, there will be jazz elements in the piece, but it won't really be a jazz piece”

Jazz arranger Mike Tomaro sounds pleased at having the chance to do something a little different musically. via Pittsburgh Tribune

West Virginia University music faculty member Keith Jackson and members of the WVU Trombone Studio will present a trombone recital Friday . via WVU Today

“Brazen Overtures -- highlighted by opera overtures. * April: "Strike Up the Band”

The River City Brass Band has commissioned one of its own members to compose a work honoring the city of Pittsburgh on its 250th anniversary. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette