09/20/18
HAYS, Kan. – Saint Louis Brass quintet, delivering top notch performances all over the country since 1964, will be at Fort Hays State University at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center.

Trumpet players are Allan Dean, Yale University, Miki Sasaki, New York City, and a recent Indiana University graduate, Victoria Knudtson. Daniel Perantoni, Indiana University, is the tubist, and Melvyn Jernigan, formerly with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, is on trombone.

They will play many musical selections from their newest CD, “Pops Music of the Americas.” The concert will also include movements from three of their commissions over the years.

New additions for the tour include Anthony Plog’s “Animal Ditties” with music behind the Ogden Nash poem, a new jazz medley, “Tribute to Pops” and “St. Louis Blues” with hits from Louis Armstrong, and the hard driving tango “Libertango” by the Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla.

The quintet brings with them many ancestors of the brass family of instruments, including the animal’s horn and the conch shell, as well as a short trumpet that was found in King Tut’s tomb. The group also has a straight trombone from the 14th century, a time before man knew how to bend metal.

Saint Louis Brass will also offer free master classes earlier, at 1:30 p.m. in Malloy Hall, open to the public.

Tickets are $5 for the public and free for FHSU students with their student ID. For more information about the concert and the Saint Louis Brass, visit Saint Louis Brass.