The BLUE RIDGE SYMPHONIC BRASS (BRSB) will present the third concert of the current
season on Sunday, February 22 at 3:00 p.m. The concert will be held at Grace Lutheran Church,
1245 6th Avenue West in Hendersonville. The program of exciting works for brass, conducted by
Cole Hairston, is free and open to the public, with donations appreciated and accepted.
Maestro Hairston has designed a program that will offer an appealing variety of music, including an
exciting brass version of A Mighty Fortress: A Church Festival Overture for Brass Choir, the Welsh
chorale Brin Calfaria, a powerful arrangement of the Prelude 14 by Dmitri Shostakovich, and
Tchesnokoff’s majestic Salvation Is Created. A special offering is the musical portrayal of A
Londoner in New York in three movements titled Echoes of Harlem, The Chrysler Building and
Grand Central. Rounding out the program is Purcell’s Voluntary on Old 100th and an antiphonal
double choir selection by Giovanni Gabrieli, always an audience favorite.
The Blue Ridge Symphonic Brass, featuring instruments found in a symphony orchestra’s brass
section, is dedicated to bringing the symphonic brass repertoire to music patrons in our communities.
The BRSB features outstanding musicians from the Brevard, Hendersonville, Asheville and
Greenville areas. Many perform, or have performed with, professional orchestras and bands or teach
at universities and schools in the region. Cole Hairston joined the BRSB as Conductor earlier this
season. Maestro Hairston is currently Director of Bands at Brevard College.
Email the BRSB at brsbrass@gmail.com ~ Visit our website at www.blueridgesymphonicbrass.org
