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August 28, 1998
Brass ensemble fires up Convocations seriesWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Burning River Brass will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in Loeb Playhouse in Purdue University's Stewart Center. The 12-member ensemble based in Cleveland, Ohio, takes its name from Cleveland's infamous Cuyahoga River fire on June 22, 1969.The performance, presented by Purdue Convocations & Lectures, is the kickoff event of the 1998-99 Loeb Music Collection Series and will feature music by composers William Bird, John Bull, Guiseppe Verdi and Georges Bizet. Launched in 1996, Burning River Brass has garnered praise for its virtuosity and maturity. The Cleveland Plain Dealer described the group's music as "mellifluous, clear and colorful, without a hint of the forced quality apparent in too much of American brass playing. The musicians breathed and sang as if they had been collaborating for years." The ensemble members include Ryan Anthony, David Duro, Geoffrey Hardcastle and Heather Zweifel, trumpet; David Brockett and Bruce Hudson, horn; Andrew Hicks, trombone and bass trombone; David Mitchell and Hans Bohn, trombone; Craig Knox, tuba; and Feza Zweifel, timpani and percussion. Heather and Feza Zweifel started the ensemble to create an opportunity for their free-lancing brass musician friends to play together. Most brass ensembles are quartets or quintets, but Burning River started with 12 members and may increase its size in the future. Heather Zweifel remarked that the larger size made for a more diverse repertoire and a fuller sound. Upcoming tour dates include performances in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and New York. Members' performing credits include some of the nation's foremost orchestras, including Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Honolulu Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and Indianapolis Symphony. The ensemble has just signed to produce its first compact disc recording with Dorian Records.
Tickets for the Convocations concert are $12 for the public and $9 for Purdue students
at campus box offices, or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. The Convocations
Web site has more information about upcoming performances.
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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