St. Louis Brass Quintet to perform at Bradley

Peoria, Illinois . . . September 24, 2003 . . . The St. Louis Brass Quintet, one of the worldÕs foremost brass ensembles, will perform a free concert on Thursday, October 9, at 7:30 pm. in Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue. Admission is free.

Founded in 1964, the Saint Louis Brass Quintet is one of America's oldest continuing brass quintets. The quintet performs throughout the United States, with recent international tours to Mexico, Norway, India and Japan. Now, more than 2,500 engagements later, the only original member still in the group -- and the only one who actually lives in St. Louis -- is trombonist Melvyn Jernigan. The other quintet members hold top positions across the United States. Originally made up of members of the St. Louis Symphony, playing children's concerts around the St. Louis area, the quintet now goes on three ten day concert tours throughout the United States each year, plus recording and international touring.

Members of the group are Allan Dean and Ray Sasaki, trumpet, Thomas Bacon, horn, Melvyn Jernigan, trombone, and Daniel Perantoni, tuba. The Saint Louis Brass Quintet performs the entire spectrum of great music for brass - from the works of today's composers to Baroque and Renaissance music transcribed for modern instruments. For many audiences they also offer lighter fare: popular music of the Americas, jazz arrangements of standards by Ellington/Strayhorn, Gershwin and Cole Porter.

The Heartland Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, supports this presentation with additional contributions from General Mills Foundation, Land OÕLakes Foundation, and the Sprint Corporation.

For further information contact Dr. Todd Kelly at 677-2597.