Shadyside Brass

Happy Easter from your friends at Shadyside Brass!!

Today is the day! How to see the beautiful chapel filled with friends and family.

Shadyside Brass performs at Heinz Memorial Chapel this Sunday (12/18) at 4:30pm. Learn all about the concert in this "Voice of the Arts" podcast with Jim Cunningham.

https://www.wqed.org/fm/podcasts/voice-arts/shadyside-brass-0

Shadyside Brass performs at Heinz Memorial Chapel this Sunday (12/18) at 4:30pm. Learn all about the concert in this "Voice of the Arts" podcast with Jim Cunningham.

https://www.wqed.org/fm/podcasts/voice-arts/shadyside-brass-0

Hi everyone! Our Christmas concert is this Sunday at 4:30 pm at Heinz Memorial Chapel. Here's the cover of the beautiful program my lovely wife made for us! Please come out-we'll have about an hour of a great mix of holiday music and some beautiful, thoughtful and also fun holiday-related readings by Jim Cunningham.

Get in the holiday spirit December 18 with Shadyside Brass! Admission is free for our concert at 4:30pm at Heinz Memorial Chapel, but we will be raising funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Join us for great music and to support a great cause! We'll be playing pop, jazz and classical arrangements of Christmas favorites-and Jim Cunningham will share some holiday readings sure to fill hearts with holiday cheer!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas for brass quintet - performed by Shadyside Brass

We are excited to announce that Christmas with Shadyside Brass is back! Join us December 18, 4:30pm at Heinz Chapel on the Pitt campus for holiday favorites-classical, pop and jazz! Jim Cunningham will join us with some holiday readings to create a festive mood! Please come-and bring a friend!

As always admission is free, but we will be accepting donations for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation!

Tomorrow!

Join us Sunday at at for a morning of classical music when Shadyside Brass performs at 10:30 a.m. Series sponsored by Classical WQED FM 89.3 and .

Bring brunch or purchase goodies from Pgh Crepes and Urban Trail Coffee Co.

2022 concert schedule: https://pittsburghpa.gov/events/bach-beethoven-brunch CitiParks - Pittsburgh Parks & Recreation

This next selection is one of my favorites. Coventry Carol (the dead baby Christmas song) is a haunting lullaby written to commemorate the slaughter of the innocents. This is a part of the Christmas story that is often overlooked in the celebration of the birth of Christ, but is an important event to show the state of the world that Jesus was born into. The slaughter of the innocents refers to a decree sent by King Herod demanding that all male children under the age of two be killed.

Coventry Carol is a lullaby from mothers to their children that will never wake because of this decree. Not only is the melody beautiful and melancholy, but the mixed meter (where this is a non-standard number of beats in some measures) add a feeling of imbalance and "wrongness" to the tune. This beautiful arrangement was created by Seb Skelly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxg4jO1b_8U

Coventry Carol - Performed by Shadyside Brass (Remastered) This traditional carol was arranged by Seb Skelly for brass quintet, and it is the sixth and penultimate track from the new album "Christmas with Shadyside B...

Up next for our Christmas spotlight is "Christmas Time is Here" - this holds a special place in the hearts of all of us who grew up watching the Charlie Brown Christmas Special every year. This is another of our live recordings featuring the lilting jazz licks of the incomparable Alan Hood.

This song is also available on our CD, Christmas with Shadyside Brass and friends. Pick up your copy from our website (shadysidebrass.com), The Picket Fence in Shadyside, or at any of the three Pip & Lola's Everything Homemade shops in Homestead, Robinson, or the Strip. Individual songs are also available on Amazon or iTunes.

https://youtu.be/WmCjYfqegJA

Christmas Time Is Here - Performed by Shadyside Brass Gary Slechta arranged this Vince Guaraldi classic for brass quintet. This recording features guest star Al Hood on jazz trumpet, and is the fourth track from...

Looking for something fresh and jazzy? Look no further than our recording of O Christmas Tree. Love how Matt Tesch lays down that bass line! I guarantee this is unlike any other recording of O Christmas Tree you've ever heard. This is from a live performance in 2019.
https://youtu.be/KPj5AxInya4

O Christmas Tree - Performed by Shadyside Brass O Christmas Tree, a traditional classic, is another Gary Slechta arrangement, again featuring guest star Al Hood on jazz trumpet. This is the fifth track fro...

Here is the latest from Shadyside Brass. Santa Baby was a live recording from our 2019 Christmas Concert at Heinz Chapel and features the amazing jazz improvisation of Alan Hood and the pure s*x appeal of our own version of Paul McCartney, Justin Miller.

This song is also available on our CD, Christmas with Shadyside Brass and friends. Pick up your copy from our website (shadysidebrass.com), The Picket Fence in Shadyside, or at any of the three Pip & Lola's Everything Homemade shops in Homestead, Robinson, or the Strip. Individual songs are also available on Amazon or iTunes. This album is also a pledge gift for the WQED pledge drive for a donation of $60.

https://youtu.be/HcjjD2_KmQ8

Santa Baby - Performed by Shadyside Brass Seb Skelly arranged this Eartha Kitt hit for brass quintet. This recording features Justin Miller on trombone and guest star Al Hood on jazz trumpet, and is ...