Epic Brass Quintet

Epic Brass Quintet Presents a Truly Epic Christmas Event!

". . . they were impressive . . .
and proclaim Christmas to our ears as vividly
as the smell of fresh-cut evergreens does to our noses."

- The Washington Post

Join us for a glorious, grand, exciting, rafter-ringing Christmas performance! The program includes music by Gabrieli, J.S. Bach, Handel, Mauer, and Vaughan Williams plus your most beloved Carols and festive Christmas Pops.

From Carnegie Hall to the Kennedy Center, throughout forty-six states, Europe, and the Far East, trumpeter Earl Raney continues to lead his band of virtuoso brass players on a spirited romp through five centuries of music, blending serious artistic interpretation of classical masterworks with light-hearted holiday entertainment. Experience brilliant, take-your-breath-away performances of Baroque Christmas masterworks, traditional carols and brassy renditions of beloved holiday favorites.

Earl Raney's Epic Brass Quintet is one of the most dynamic chamber music groups on the concert stage today. Founded in 1983, this Boston-based ensemble combines elegant musical artistry with a youthful flair and brilliance, which captivates audiences worldwide. Raney, on the faculty of Wheaton College and the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and Director of Thayer Performing Arts Center, plays with musicians drawn from the Boston Pops Orchestra and other prominent music groups. In addition to their virtuosity as performers, Epic Brass members are also talented arrangers who supply a constant array of original and innovative arrangements to the group's eclectic repertoire. Their inspired musicality breathes new life into the traditional brass literature and makes twentieth-century works accessible to listeners of all ages.