Upcoming Performances – Save the dates!
April 15 @ 3:00 PM – FREE concert “Celtic Charm and Galactic Grandeur: A Brass Adventure” at Family of Christ Lutheran Church
April 16 @ 3:00 PM – FREE concert “Celtic Charm and Galactic Grandeur: A Brass Adventure” at Trinity Lutheran Church
Past performances
December 4, 2022 @ 2:00PM – FREE Holiday Concert at Family of Christ
December 3, 2022 @ 7:30PM – FREE concert “Destination Christmas” at Christ United Methodist Church
April 23, 2022 @ 7:30PM – FREE Concert at Saint Mark’s Cathedral
CANCELLED – March 25, 2020 @ 7:30PM – FREE Concert at Normandale Community College
CANCELLED – March 28, 2020 @ 7:30PM – FREE Concert at Saint Mark’s Cathedral
February 1, 2020 @ 7PM – “A Joyful Noise!” – Concert at Hastings Arts Center
Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for students over 13; children 12 and under attend for free!
The Hastings Arts Center is making its mark in the Hastings community by providing a wealth of unique concerts and by providing an intimate space to display visual art by local artists.
December 7, 2019 @ 3PM – “Yuletide Brass” – Christmas Concert at Family of Christ Lutheran Church
October 6, 2019 @ 3PM – “Brass at the Movies” – Concert at Zumbro Lutheran Church
October 5, 2019 @ 3PM – “Brass at the Movies” – Concert at Family of Christ Lutheran Church
February 2, 2019 @ 3PM – Concert at Zumbro Lutheran Church
December 8, 2018 @ 3PM – Christmas Concert at Family of Christ Lutheran Church
Frosty the Snowman
Pie Jesu
Silent Night
Christmas Day
For Unto Us a Child is Born
Twas the Night Before Christmas
November 11, 2018 @ 3PM – Fall Concert at Trinity Lutheran Church
April 7th, 2018 @ 7:30 p.m. – Spring Concert at St Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
December 8th, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. – Christmas Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
October 28th, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. – Concert at Trinity Lutheran Church
April 28, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. – Spring Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
Location: 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Highlights of our program include:
• Chuck Mangione’s epic Children of Sanchez
• Rocking tuba solo by our own Trygve Skaar
• Charles Stanford’s beautiful choral work, The Bluebird, with soprano Carolyn Campfield
• Freddie Mercury’s rock classic, Bohemian Rhapsody
February 26, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. – Worship Service
Location: Wooddale Church, 6630 Shady Oak Rd, Eden Prairie, MN 55344, USA
Service music to include:
Overture from Music for the Royal Fireworks – Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
Nimrod, from Enigma Variations – Elgar
February 11, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. – Brass Quintet Concert
Location: Prospect Park United Methodist Church, 22 Orlin Ave SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Program to include:
December 2, 2016 @ 7:00 p.m. – Christmas Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
Location: 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Program to include:
Music for the Royal Fireworks
The Christmas Song
Festive Cheer
Frosty the Snowman
The Nutcracker Suite
November 6, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. – Worship Service
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 4th Street North, Stillwater, MN
April 17, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. – Worship Service
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 4th Street North, Stillwater, MN
April 10, 2016 @ 2:00 PM – Concert and Workshop at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Location: 1212 12th Ave NW, Rochester 55901
Program:
Overture from Ruslan and Ludmilla
Mikhail Glinka arr. Peter Lawrence
“Gabriel’s Song” from the motion picture The Mission
Ennio Morricone
Selections from Carmen
Georges Bizet arr. Roger Harvey
I. Aragonnaise
II. Habanera
III. Danse Boheme
Round Midnight
Thelonius Monk arr. Slide Hampton
Concerto for Brass
J.S. Bach arr. Christopher Mowat
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro assai
“Borage” and “Kraken” from Brass Cats
Chris Hazell
February 11, 2016 @ 4:45 PM – MMEA Midwinter Clinic at Minneapolis Convention Center Room 101A
Location: Downtown Minneapolis, see this map for parking information.
The Compass Rose Brass will present a 45-minute concert at the Minneapolis Music Educators Winter Conference. On tap are works by Gabrieli, Mussorgsky, Thelonius Monk, and others. Come hear is perform, then chat with us afterwards. See you then!
*Please note, this concert is open to conference attendees only, not the general public*
December 11, 2015 @ 7:00 PM – Christmas Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
Location: 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Program:
October 30, 2015 @ 7:00 PM – Halloween Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
Location: 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Complete Program:
J.S. Bach – Toccata from Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV565
Saint-Saens – Danse Macabre
Selections from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with music by Howard Buss
September 19, 2015 @ 7:00 PM – CRB Quintet Concert at Prospect Park United Methodist Church
Location: 22 Orlin Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN
Program to include Vivaldi’s Spring from The Four Seasons, Scheidt’s La Bergamasca, Ewald’s Quintet #1, and more!
March 15, 2015 @ 1:00 PM – Concert at Latvian Lutheran Church
Location: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mpls & St Paul – 3152 17th Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
We performed a program similar to St. Mark’s (details below), with 3 additional arrangements of Latvian songs by CRBE trumpeter Benjamin Alle.
Complete program:
Overture from Ruslan and Ludmilla
M. Glinka
arr. Peter J. Lawrence
Ligo dziesma (Summer Solstice Song)
Janis Kalnins
arr. Ben Alle
Lay a Garland
Robert Lucas Pearsall
arr. Otto Hornek
Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 (arranged for brass)
J.S. Bach
arr. Christopher Mowat
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andante
III. Allegro Assai
Briviba (Freedom)
Alfreds Kalnins
arr. Ben Alle
Sonata pian’ e forte
Giovanni Gabrieli
arr. Jerry Lanning
Round Midnight
Cootie Williams/Thelonius Monk
arr. Slide Hampton
Giasmas pils (Castle of Light)
Jazeps Vitols
arr. Ben Alle
Gabriel’s Oboe
Ennio Morricone
arr. Larry Prescott
Carmen Suite
Georges Bizet
arr. Roger Harvey
I. Aragonaise
II. Les Dragons d’Alcala
V. Danse Boheme
If you missed this show, you can view a few recordings from it on our Youtube Channel!
February 21, 2015 @ 7:30 PM – Experience Brass at St. Mark’s
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Performing as part of the St. Mark’s 2014-2015 Music Series, we’ll perform an arrangement of Bach’s A minor Violin Concerto and a virtuosic suite of music from the opera “Carmen”. Come out and hear some beautiful brass music in one of the most beautiful performance spaces in the area.
For more information, please visit the St. Mark’s Music Series.
Big thanks to all that attended! If you couldn’t make it, here’s a taste of what you missed!
December 5, 2014 @ 7:00 PM – 2nd Annual Holiday Concert
Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Join the CRBE as we perform some new and old holiday brass favorites. Also joining the group for some pieces will be Kathy Webb, Music Director from Lake Harriet United Methodist Church on Organ. Emceeing the performance will be Barry Fox, Twin Cities music educator and director of the Minnesota Valley Community Band in Chaska, MN.
June 29th, 2014 @ 2:00 PM – Lake Harriet Bandshell Performance
Location: 4135 West Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55409
May 9, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m. – Recital
Location: Valley Community Presbyterian Church, 3100 North Lilac Drive, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Join the CRBE as we perform as part of the “Fridays in the Valley” Concert Series. All offerings made will go to Safe Journey, a hospital-based domestic abuse advocacy program that provides a compassionate and informed response team of trained medical and volunteer advocates.
April 5, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m. – Recital with University of Minnesota Tuba/Euphonium Faculty Quartet
Location: Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall in Ferguson Hall, University of Minnesota, 2106 S 4th St S, Minneapolis, MN 55454
This performance is part of the University of Minnesota Brass Symposium – details can be found at http://z.umn.edu/umbrass
April 1, 2014 @ 7:30 p.m. – Recital
Location: St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
December 22, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m. – Holiday Music Festival
Location: Mall of America, 60 E Broadway, Bloomington, MN 55425
December 6, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. – Brass Tidings CD Celebration Concert
Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
November 3, 2013 @ 12:00 p.m. – Special Performance at the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Location: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Minneapolis, 3152 17th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
September 15, 2013 @ 9:00 a.m. – Worship Service
Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
August 22, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. – Summer Outdoor Concert as part of Music in Plymouth
Location: Hilde Performance Center Amphitheater, 3500 Plymouth Blvd, Plymouth, MN 55447
August 29, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. – Summer Outdoor Concert
Location: Minnehaha Falls Park, 4801 South Minnehaha Park Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417
June 29, 2013 @ 1:30 p.m. – Summer Indoor Concert
Location: Bloomington Performing Arts Center (Blackbox Theater), 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, MN 55431
June 27, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m. – Summer Outdoor Concert
Location: Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408
October 12, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m. – RECITAL
Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
We performed arrangements of Bernstein’s West Side Story and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Also, 3 brand new and very exciting pieces commissioned by Superbrass! These are decidedly jazzy works (2 original compositions and one arrangement) inspired by the spirit and culture of Spain.
December 8, 2011 @ 8:00 p.m. – Christmas Show
Location: Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
December 7, 2011 – St. Cloud State University – RECITAL
St. Cloud State University Poster
November 5, 2011 – Private House Concert
Location: Bloomington, MN
Past performances
April 23, 2022 @ 7:30PM – FREE Concert at Saint Mark’s Cathedral
CANCELLED – March 25, 2020 @ 7:30PM – FREE Concert at Normandale Community College
CANCELLED – March 28, 2020 @ 7:30PM – FREE Concert at Saint Mark’s Cathedral
February 1, 2020 @ 7PM – “A Joyful Noise!” – Concert at Hastings Arts Center
Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for students over 13; children 12 and under attend for free!
The Hastings Arts Center is making its mark in the Hastings community by providing a wealth of unique concerts and by providing an intimate space to display visual art by local artists.
December 7, 2019 @ 3PM – “Yuletide Brass” – Christmas Concert at Family of Christ Lutheran Church
October 6, 2019 @ 3PM – “Brass at the Movies” – Concert at Zumbro Lutheran Church
October 5, 2019 @ 3PM – “Brass at the Movies” – Concert at Family of Christ Lutheran Church
February 2, 2019 @ 3PM – Concert at Zumbro Lutheran Church
December 8, 2018 @ 3PM – Christmas Concert at Family of Christ Lutheran Church
Frosty the Snowman
Pie Jesu
Silent Night
Christmas Day
For Unto Us a Child is Born
Twas the Night Before Christmas
November 11, 2018 @ 3PM – Fall Concert at Trinity Lutheran Church
April 7th, 2018 @ 7:30 p.m. – Spring Concert at St Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
December 8th, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. – Christmas Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
October 28th, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. – Concert at Trinity Lutheran Church
April 28, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. – Spring Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
Location: 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Highlights of our program include:
• Chuck Mangione’s epic Children of Sanchez
• Rocking tuba solo by our own Trygve Skaar
• Charles Stanford’s beautiful choral work, The Bluebird, with soprano Carolyn Campfield
• Freddie Mercury’s rock classic, Bohemian Rhapsody
February 26, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. – Worship Service
Location: Wooddale Church, 6630 Shady Oak Rd, Eden Prairie, MN 55344, USA
Service music to include:
Overture from Music for the Royal Fireworks – Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
Nimrod, from Enigma Variations – Elgar
February 11, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. – Brass Quintet Concert
Location: Prospect Park United Methodist Church, 22 Orlin Ave SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Program to include:
December 2, 2016 @ 7:00 p.m. – Christmas Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
Location: 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Program to include:
Music for the Royal Fireworks
The Christmas Song
Festive Cheer
Frosty the Snowman
The Nutcracker Suite
November 6, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. – Worship Service
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 4th Street North, Stillwater, MN
April 17, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. – Worship Service
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 4th Street North, Stillwater, MN
April 10, 2016 @ 2:00 PM – Concert and Workshop at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Location: 1212 12th Ave NW, Rochester 55901
Program:
Overture from Ruslan and Ludmilla
Mikhail Glinka arr. Peter Lawrence
“Gabriel’s Song” from the motion picture The Mission
Ennio Morricone
Selections from Carmen
Georges Bizet arr. Roger Harvey
I. Aragonnaise
II. Habanera
III. Danse Boheme
Round Midnight
Thelonius Monk arr. Slide Hampton
Concerto for Brass
J.S. Bach arr. Christopher Mowat
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro assai
“Borage” and “Kraken” from Brass Cats
Chris Hazell
February 11, 2016 @ 4:45 PM – MMEA Midwinter Clinic at Minneapolis Convention Center Room 101A
Location: Downtown Minneapolis, see this map for parking information.
The Compass Rose Brass will present a 45-minute concert at the Minneapolis Music Educators Winter Conference. On tap are works by Gabrieli, Mussorgsky, Thelonius Monk, and others. Come hear is perform, then chat with us afterwards. See you then!
*Please note, this concert is open to conference attendees only, not the general public*
December 11, 2015 @ 7:00 PM – Christmas Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
Location: 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Program:
October 30, 2015 @ 7:00 PM – Halloween Concert at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church
Location: 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Complete Program:
J.S. Bach – Toccata from Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV565
Saint-Saens – Danse Macabre
Selections from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with music by Howard Buss
September 19, 2015 @ 7:00 PM – CRB Quintet Concert at Prospect Park United Methodist Church
Location: 22 Orlin Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN
Program to include Vivaldi’s Spring from The Four Seasons, Scheidt’s La Bergamasca, Ewald’s Quintet #1, and more!
March 15, 2015 @ 1:00 PM – Concert at Latvian Lutheran Church
Location: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mpls & St Paul – 3152 17th Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
We performed a program similar to St. Mark’s (details below), with 3 additional arrangements of Latvian songs by CRBE trumpeter Benjamin Alle.
Complete program:
Overture from Ruslan and Ludmilla
M. Glinka
arr. Peter J. Lawrence
Ligo dziesma (Summer Solstice Song)
Janis Kalnins
arr. Ben Alle
Lay a Garland
Robert Lucas Pearsall
arr. Otto Hornek
Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 (arranged for brass)
J.S. Bach
arr. Christopher Mowat
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andante
III. Allegro Assai
Briviba (Freedom)
Alfreds Kalnins
arr. Ben Alle
Sonata pian’ e forte
Giovanni Gabrieli
arr. Jerry Lanning
Round Midnight
Cootie Williams/Thelonius Monk
arr. Slide Hampton
Giasmas pils (Castle of Light)
Jazeps Vitols
arr. Ben Alle
Gabriel’s Oboe
Ennio Morricone
arr. Larry Prescott
Carmen Suite
Georges Bizet
arr. Roger Harvey
I. Aragonaise
II. Les Dragons d’Alcala
V. Danse Boheme
If you missed this show, you can view a few recordings from it on our Youtube Channel!
February 21, 2015 @ 7:30 PM – Experience Brass at St. Mark’s
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Performing as part of the St. Mark’s 2014-2015 Music Series, we’ll perform an arrangement of Bach’s A minor Violin Concerto and a virtuosic suite of music from the opera “Carmen”. Come out and hear some beautiful brass music in one of the most beautiful performance spaces in the area.
For more information, please visit the St. Mark’s Music Series.
Big thanks to all that attended! If you couldn’t make it, here’s a taste of what you missed!
December 5, 2014 @ 7:00 PM – 2nd Annual Holiday Concert
Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Join the CRBE as we perform some new and old holiday brass favorites. Also joining the group for some pieces will be Kathy Webb, Music Director from Lake Harriet United Methodist Church on Organ. Emceeing the performance will be Barry Fox, Twin Cities music educator and director of the Minnesota Valley Community Band in Chaska, MN.
June 29th, 2014 @ 2:00 PM – Lake Harriet Bandshell Performance
Location: 4135 West Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55409
May 9, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m. – Recital
Location: Valley Community Presbyterian Church, 3100 North Lilac Drive, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Join the CRBE as we perform as part of the “Fridays in the Valley” Concert Series. All offerings made will go to Safe Journey, a hospital-based domestic abuse advocacy program that provides a compassionate and informed response team of trained medical and volunteer advocates.
April 5, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m. – Recital with University of Minnesota Tuba/Euphonium Faculty Quartet
Location: Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall in Ferguson Hall, University of Minnesota, 2106 S 4th St S, Minneapolis, MN 55454
This performance is part of the University of Minnesota Brass Symposium – details can be found at http://z.umn.edu/umbrass
April 1, 2014 @ 7:30 p.m. – Recital
Location: St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
December 22, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m. – Holiday Music Festival
Location: Mall of America, 60 E Broadway, Bloomington, MN 55425
December 6, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. – Brass Tidings CD Celebration Concert
Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
November 3, 2013 @ 12:00 p.m. – Special Performance at the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Location: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Minneapolis, 3152 17th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
September 15, 2013 @ 9:00 a.m. – Worship Service
Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
August 22, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. – Summer Outdoor Concert as part of Music in Plymouth
Location: Hilde Performance Center Amphitheater, 3500 Plymouth Blvd, Plymouth, MN 55447
August 29, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. – Summer Outdoor Concert
Location: Minnehaha Falls Park, 4801 South Minnehaha Park Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417
June 29, 2013 @ 1:30 p.m. – Summer Indoor Concert
Location: Bloomington Performing Arts Center (Blackbox Theater), 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, MN 55431
June 27, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m. – Summer Outdoor Concert
Location: Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408
October 12, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m. – RECITAL
Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55410
We performed arrangements of Bernstein’s West Side Story and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Also, 3 brand new and very exciting pieces commissioned by Superbrass! These are decidedly jazzy works (2 original compositions and one arrangement) inspired by the spirit and culture of Spain.
December 8, 2011 @ 8:00 p.m. – Christmas Show
Location: Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
December 7, 2011 – St. Cloud State University – RECITAL
St. Cloud State University Poster
November 5, 2011 – Private House Concert
Location: Bloomington, MN
Compass Rose Brass 