Solid Brass:A Sonic Spectacular Comes To Plainfield

PLAINFIELD, N.J. - Sept. 17, 2015 - PRLog -- The program entitled "A Sonic Spectacular" will be taking place at the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church on Sunday, October 11, 2015 3:00 PM. Performance will include arrangements of classical and popular music.

Founded in 1982, Solid Brass (http://solidbrass.com/)is recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of the premier brass groups in the country. The members of the ensemble are some of the New York area’s finest musicians who have performed at Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera orchestras, NY City Ballet orchestra, numerous Broadway Shows, and a host of appearances as orchestral and chamber musicians in the metropolitan area.  Solid Brass has recorded on the Musical Heritage Society label, Dorian Recordings, Joseph Grado Signature Recordings and Craig Dory Recordings; and has appeared on NJN (PBS) TV’s “The State of the Arts”. Musical arrangements are being published in the Solid Brass Serie of Art of Sound Music (http://artofsoundmusic.com/). Solid Brass has been a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and performed in Mexico and two tours of Canada.

“They are like a breath of fresh air...and the audience ate it up. For lovers of brass sound, Solid Brass could be the team to root for. They cover themselves with honor... Their sound was marked by smoothness, good taste, just measure and rhythmic incisiveness, making them a force to be reckoned with.” says Michael Redmond of the Newark Star-Ledger.

Ticket prices are: General Admission - $20.00; Seniors - $15.00; Student- $5.00.

Tickets are available for purchase from the Historical Society Board of Trustees (http://www.drakehouseplainfieldnj.org/) through October 4, 2015 at 602 West Front Street

Plainfield, NJ 07060, (908) 755-5831. A portion of the proceeds of tickets purchased through the Historical Society will benefit the Drake House Museum and Society's mission.

Tickets are also available for purchase from Crescent Concerts (http://crescentconcerts.org/) during normal business hours at 716 Watchung Ave., Plainfield, NJ 07060, (908) 756-2468.

About Historical Society of Plainfield

In 1921 a group of citizens came together to save the Nathaniel Drake house from demolition. That group, The West End Civic Association, became the Historical Society of Plainfield and in 1922 they deeded the Drake House to the City of Plainfield, "for the purpose of establishing a museum for the citizens of Plainfield".

About Crescent Concerts

Begun in 1980 as a modest concert series centered on the Church Choir, Crescent Concerts has matured into a multi-disciplinary presentation of vocal, instrumental, choral and orchestral music bringing high quality musical events to the residentsof the City of Plainfield and surrounding communities.

Funding has been possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts, through a grant administered by the Union County Division of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.