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MEDIA CONTACT: Judy Moore at (847)
491-4819 or jkm229@northwestern.edu
PDF version of this press release
Göteborg Brass Band of Sweden to Perform October 27
EVANSTON, Ill. --- The Göteborg Brass Band of Sweden will
perform works by Dvorák, Verdi and Saint-Saëns as
well as familiar marches, popular favorites and a tribute to
Louis Armstrong, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Pick-Staiger
Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, on Northwestern University's
Evanston campus.
Comprised of Göteborg University's finest music students
and other top musicians, the Göteborg Brass Band has achieved
international recognition and has won numerous awards. The ensemble
was established in 1982 by conductor Bengt Eklund to expand and
challenge the traditional boundaries of the brass band.
The brass band quickly gained an international reputation by
participating in orchestral festivals and contests, which paved
the way for concert tours that have encompassed four continents.
Efforts to spread brass band music have resulted in five tours
to France made from 1993 to 2002, three tours to Russia since
1991, and a recent tour to Australia and New Zealand. The current
tour brings the Göteborg Brass Band to the United States
for the third time.
The Göteborg Brass Band has held the position of Swedish
Champions for many years and has served as a trendsetter and
an inspiration to others. Through consistent and tenacious work
it has created a new model for the brass band as an ensemble
within the tradition-bound world of classical and orchestral
music.
Eklund's intention in forming the Göteborg Brass Band was
to bring that traditional ensemble form—with its technical
virtuosity but limited artistic horizon—into a relationship
with mainstream music of all kinds. His insistence on tonal perfection
through ideal intonation and his intuitive sense of what the
brass band can achieve have developed an ensemble that represents
the pinnacle of brass band performance.
Tickets for the Oct. 27 concert are $10 for the general public;
$8 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and
$5 for students with valid student IDs.
To purchase tickets, call the Pick-Staiger Ticket Office at
847-467-4000. For more information, call 847-491-5441.
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