Manalapan hears holiday brass

  • 2016-12-08
The Princeton Symphonic Brass will be presenting its 2016 Holliday Brass Concert in time for the festive season.

Admission will be by voluntary contributions which will go to the performers. Music for this performance will include traditional Christmas carols, excerpts from the ‘Nutcracker’, Hanukkah songs, and holiday favorites.

The Princeton Symphonic Brass is a professional brass ensemble formed earlier this year. Headed by conductor Lawrence Kusar, it has a percussionist and 11 brass players. Ed Hirschman is the founder and lead trumpet player. Dan Berz, a Franklin Middle School music teacher is also one of the trumpeters, as is Dr. Gary Feinberg, who is a professor at the College of New Jersey. Flugelhorn is played by Charlie Megules, a Bucks County college professor.

French Horn 1 is Val Kuntz, assistant band director at Edison High School; horn 2 is Dr. Craig Levesque, a professor at Rutgers. The three trombone players are Lars Wendt from the Princeton Symphony, Dave Thomas (a middle school band leader), and Scott Slutter (a high school band director).

The euphonium will be played by Dr. Stephen Allen, a professor at Rider University. The tuba will be manned by Alex Costantino and percussion will be courtesy of Steve Hudak. The repertoire includes music from the renaissance to the present day.

Manalapan brass music lovers will want to mark their Calendars for this special evening that will be on December 16, starting at 8:00 pm at the Westminster Choir College Playhouse, 101 Walnut Lane in Princeton.
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