Upcoming 2009 Triangle Youth Brass Band and Ensemble Concerts

If you live in the Raleigh / Durham area of North Carolina or will be visiting the area this spring, mark your calendar with these exciting musical events.

The Triangle Youth Brass Band (TYBB) and Triangle Youth Brass Ensemble (TYBE), under the leadership of Conductor Tony Granados, have three concerts lined up in the local Triangle area, and all three concerts promise to be exciting and stellar performances.

The 2009 dates of the concerts are February 8th, March 21st, and May 23rd.

First up is a concert featuring guest performing artist, tuba player Marty Erickson. Marty Erickson was the Principal Tubist for the United States Navy Band for twenty-six years and is now teaching low brass in Wisconsin and performing with several ensembles, as well as holding brass clinics across the country.

The concert is scheduled for Sunday, February 8^th at 4:00pm and will be held in Meymandi Concert Hall, part of the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, NC. Tickets for the concert are $10 for adults and $5 for students. These are General Admission tickets and are available at the door or through Ticketmaster.

The second concert is scheduled for Saturday, March 21^st at 8:00pm and will be held at Fletcher Theater, also part of the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, NC.

The concert will feature the music that the TYBB and TYBE are preparing as part of the annual North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) competition. The TYBB and TYBE have an impressive track record at NABBA, and this concert should be outstanding as the bands do a final tune-up before heading to Louisville, KY for the competition the first weekend in April.

The final concert of the spring for the TYBB and TYBE is scheduled for Saturday, May 23^rd, at 8:00pm, and will feature Guest Composer and Conductor Philip Sparke, who is a phenomenal and prolific composer of brass and concert band music. This promises to be an amazing concert!

Again, the dates and locations for these concerts:

Sunday, February 8^th, 4:00pm, with Marty Erickson

Meymandi Concert Hall

Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts

Raleigh, NC

Saturday, March 21^st, 8:00pm

Fletcher Theater

Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts

Raleigh, NC

Saturday, May 23^rd, 8:00pm, with Philip Sparke

Meymandi Concert Hall

Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts

Raleigh, NC

Tickets are $10 per adult and $5 per student and are General Admission. Tickets are available at the door or through Ticketmaster.

The TYBB and TYBE are under the umbrella of the Triangle Brass Band organization and are comprised of outstanding youth brass musicians (up through high school) in the Triangle. Participation in the two bands is determined through auditions. For more information see http://www.trianglebrass.org.