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Thank you to all who came out last week to our Festive Brass 2011 concert! It was a definite success with one of our largest crowds yet and a good dose of festive tunes to usher-in the Holiday Season. The Centretown Emergency Food Centre received donations at the concert which exceeded $1,000 and were matched dollar for dollar by an anonymous donor. What a wonderful way to show your support for the Centertown community.

On behalf of Capital BrassWorks, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! And don’t forget to set aside some time on May 1, 2012, for our French Festival concert!

Capital BrassWorks performs. Photo credit: Floralove Katz

Members of Capital BrassWorks perform. Photo credit: Floralove Katz

Trombones and Trumpets front and centre. Photo credit: Floralove Katz

Angus Armstrong conducts. Photo credit: Floralove Katz

Julie Nesrallah narrates "'Twas the Night Before Christmas". Photo credit: Floralove Katz

Canada’s National Art Center Orchestra (NACO) has been on an Atlantic Canada Tour since November 13. Many Capital BrassWorks members are also part of NACO and are therefore on tour at the moment. Despite a busy concert schedule, they still managed to find time for a little fun backstage at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John’s Newfoundland.

Here are a few members showing off their festive cheer in a wonderful picture taken by their good friend Fred Cattroll during intermission:

Members of Capital BrassWorks put on their festive cheer

Left to right: Elizabeth Simpson, Karen Donnelly, Don Renshaw, Douglas Burden, Jill Kirwan, Steven van Gulik.

We hope you’ll be able to join them and the rest of the group at their up-coming Festive Brass 2011 concert on the evening of November 30th. It’s a great way to usher-in the Holiday Season!

Capital BrassWorks is proud to finally add previews of their latest recording, Brass Britannia. If you haven’t checked-out their newest CD release, not only can you read what is performed on it, now you can hear it too!

Capital BrassWorks is proud to present two new concerts for their 2011-2012 season. Tickets can now be purchased online!

Capital BrassWorks is pleased to announce that trombone/euphonium player David Moulton has officially joined the group, after filling in for the last year or so. He replaces Colin Traquair, who has made a tremendous contribution to CBW since co-founding it (with Tom Annand) over ten years ago. Colin has written many arrangements, including the massive Pictures at an Exhibition, recorded by the CBC for our second CD, From Russia with Brass. His work for the group has also included the design of numerous posters and the layout for all of our CD booklets. Colin’s playing, whether on trombone or euphonium, has always been a major feature of CBW concerts and recordings, but most of the effort required to keep a large brass ensemble afloat is hidden, iceberg-like, from public view. Colin’s work, both on stage and behind the scenes, will be greatly missed. We owe him a huge debt of thanks, and wish him well.