| Brass of Peace 25th Anniversary Concert |
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On December 28, 2002 a large brass ensemble consisting of alumni and current members of Brass of Peace gave a concert at Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Formed in 1977, by Gilbert Mitchell, this ensemble provides an opportunity for outstanding high school brass players to explore repertoire from a wide range of historical periods. The group rehearses once each week. Brass of Peace has performed throughout the Washington, D.C. area including the National Cathedral, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, and at national conventions. They have been featured on NBC TV, and have performed several times at the New York Brass Conference, played for services at St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Bartholomew's Church, and performed at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York City. In January of 1990, Sylvia Alimena, a member of the horn section of the National Symphony, took over as conductor of the group. The late Philip Jones described the group in a letter to Gilbert Mitchell: "The recording of your 'annual' brass ensemble gave me great pleasure. The repertoire is both wide and varied in choice and excellently performed. What a labor of love it must be for you to reach this standard of playing each year, only to know that you have to do all the work over again when 50% leave for college! I think it's marvelous that you have such enthusiasm and share it with young brass players. I'm sure they must get a good deal from the experience." At the 25th anniversary concert the group performed works by Giovanni Gabrieli, Richard Wagner, Edvard Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Faure, Johann Strauss, Claude Debussy, George Gershwin, David Uber, and others. Website:
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