Don't miss the Northwest Brass Festival on March 7-8. Featured guests include Stephen Bulla, composer, conductor, and arranger--formerly staff arranger for the Presidents Own Marine Band--Charles Villarrubia, tubist with Rhythm and Brass and David Gordon, principal trumpet of the Seattle Smphony Orchestra. Highlights appear below.



Saturday, March 7

10:00 Exibits open
10:30 Masterclass: Charles Villarrubia
1:00 Masterclass: Jamie Hood, cornet
1:00 Brass band clinics with Stephen Bulla
2:00 Masterclass: Randi Bulla, alto horn
2:00-4:00 Youth Brass Ensemble
4:30 Youth Brass performance
7:00 Brass Band Concert

Sunday, March 8

1:30 exhibits open
2:00 Masterclass: Charles Villarrubia
3:30 Masterclass: David Gordon
5:00 Student Competition
7:30 Artist Concert

First Free Methodist Church 3301 3rd Ave W
Seattle, WA 98119
$25/day; $40/Festival
registration

The Northwest Brass Festival is hosted by Brass Band Northwest and Common Tone Arts.

Tags: NWBF, Charles Villarrubia, David Gordon, Stephen Bulla, common Tone Arts, Brass Band Northwest

January 29 (Seattle) 7:00: Don Quixote with Pacific Northwest Ballet.
January 30 (Seattle) 7:30: Don Quixote with Pacific Northwest Ballet.
January 31 (Seattle)1:00 & 7:30: Don Quixote with Pacific Northwest Ballet.
February 20 (Seattle) 7:30: The Three Divas with Northwest Sinfonietta.
February 21 (Tacoma) 7:30: The Three Divas with Northwest Sinfonietta.
February 22 (Puyallup) 7:30: The Three Divas with Northwest Sinfonietta.
March 7 (Seattle) 7:00: Brass Band Northwest at the Northwest Brass Festival.
March 8 (Seattle) 7:00: Puget Sound Trumpet Ensemble at the Northwest Brass Festival.
March 15 (Bellevue) 2:30: American Landscapes with Brass Band Northwest at Bellevue Presbyterian Church.
March 22 (Tacoma) 2:30: Songs from the Emerald Isle with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra.
April 2 (Bellevue) 7:30: Messiah with Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra and Westminster Chorale.
April 3 (Bellevue) 7:30: Messiah with Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra and Westminster Chorale.
April 16 (Seattle) 7:30: Swan Lake with Pacific Northwest Ballet.
April 18 (Seattle) 7:30: Swan Lake with Pacific Northwest Ballet.
May 2 (Bellevue) 7:30: Scheherazade with Brass Band Northwest at Bellevue Presbyterian Church
May 9 (Tacoma) 7:30: The Planets with Tacoma Symphony Orchestra.
May 15 (Seattle) 7:30: The Taiwanese Connection with Northwest Sinfonietta.
May 16 (Tacoma) 7:30: The Taiwanese Connection with Northwest Sinfonietta.
May 17 (Puyallup) 7:30: The Taiwanese Connection with Northwest Sinfonietta.

(From the pit during final bows at Don Quichot with PNB.)

Tags: Northwest Sinfonietta, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, Brass Band Northwest, Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra