Each year\, Yank ee Brass Band entertains audiences throughout New England and champions th e cause of “historically informed performance” within the field of America n band music. Using rare and authentic period instruments\, and outfitted in appropriate uniforms\, the Yankee Brass Band presents the music of the “Golden Age of Bands” in much the same manner as in the mid to late 19th c entury.
\nRain Location: Union Episcopal Church Sanctuary (inside)\n
About Yankee Brass Band
\nSince 1986\, the Yankee Brass Band has entertained audiences in New England and beyond with historically informed performances of nineteenth-century American brass band music. Us ing antique brass and percussion instruments from the period\, painstaking ly restored by their owners\, the Yankee Brass Band presents the music of the “Golden Age of Bands” played in much the same manner as in the mid- to late nineteenth century.
\nTo recreate this music\, the band plays close attention to the aesthetics\, performance practice\, and concert att ire of an earlier time. For one week each summer\, the members of the Yank ee Brass Band assemble from across the country to preserve this unique mus ical legacy through a series of live performances. Each year’s tour repert oire is developed through careful study of period programs\, personal pape rs\, manuscripts\, and early printed music\, along with all sorts of band ephemera.
\nThe musicians of the Yankee Brass Band volunteer their t ime and talents to bring this music to life. The band is supported by the generosity of tour hosts\, donations\, and Friends of the Yankee Brass\, I nc (a 501(c)(3) organization).
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