Carolina Brass Celebrates the Holiday Season at Reynolda Hou

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Carolina Brass Celebrates the Holiday Season at Reynolda House Museum of American Art

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                Contact: Sharyn Turner
                               336.758.5580
                               sturner@reynoldahouse.org
                               or Sarah Mansell
                               336.758.5524
                               manselss@reynoldahouse.org

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (December 2, 2008) – Reynolda House Museum of American Art will present Carolina Brass in concert on Saturday, December 20 at 5:30p.m. and
8 p.m. This concert of seasonal favorites has become a holiday tradition for music lovers and families in the Triad.

Formed in 1997, Carolina Brass performs a wide range of music, including Medieval and Renaissance selections and contemporary, Big Band, and Pops. They infuse their performances with virtuosity and humor, engaging the audience in the process.

Members include Timothy Hudson and Dennis de Jong on trumpet, Robert Campbell on horn, David Wulfeck on trombone, Matt Ransom on tuba, and John R. Beck on percussion. The ensemble performs regularly in classical recitals and master classes, with education an important part of their mission. The group's recordings include a popular holiday CD.

Admission is $15, $10 for members and students. For information please call 336.758.5150. Advance ticket purchase is recommended.

Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of the nation's premier American art museums, with masterpieces by Mary Cassatt, Frederic Church, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe and Gilbert Stuart among its permanent collection. Affiliated with Wake Forest University, Reynolda House features traveling and original exhibitions, concerts, lectures, classes, film screenings and other events. The museum is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the historic 1917 estate of Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband, Richard Joshua Reynolds, founder of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Reynolda House and adjacent Reynolda Gardens and Reynolda Village feature a spectacular public garden, dining, shopping and walking trails. For more information, please visit reynoldahouse.org or call 336.758.5150.

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