Canadian Brass

El Sistema http://fesnojiv.gob.ve/ is attracting world press as the wildly successful and innovative new venture in music and music education.  Its founder José Antonio Abreu is receiving the prestigious Glenn Gould award in Toronto next week.  He has asked that Canadian Brass work and appear with the young players from the El Sistema programme that form the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble.

This event will take place Wednesday October 28th, 2009 in Toronto’s new Koerner Hall, continuing the Canadian Brass tradition of performing in the inaugural year of nearly every major North American concert hall opening including those listed below:

Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto

USA

Disney Hall, Los Angeles

Orange County Performing Arts Center

Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West palm Beach

Strathmore Arts Center, Maryland

Fisher Music Center, Orchestra Hall (renovation), Detroit

New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark

Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium renovation

Kimmel Center Verizon Hall, Philadelphia

Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville

Myerson Symphony Center, Dallas Texas

Bass performance hall, Forth Worth Texas

Overture Center for the Arts, Madison Wisconsin

CANADA

Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary Alberta

Winspear Centre for Music, Edmonton symphony Orchestra

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver BC

National Arts Centre, Ottawa Ontario (members of …)

Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto