MUSIC ON THE GROUNDS - The Bridge Brass Quintet

Sunday, August 13,  2:00 - 4:00 pm, 2023

Enjoy a concert as you take in natures beauty on the coulees edge.

Music on the grounds provided by talented musicians creates an environment abundant with splendor.

Purchase your individual ticket or come with friends to hear music among the stillness. 

Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the music! Get ready to bid on Silent Auction Items. Cost: $25/per person.

Enjoy the musical splendors of

Karly Lewis – French Horn

Andrew Manzara – Tuba

René van de Vendel – Euphonium

Ken Lewis – Trumpet

Don Robb – Trumpet

website: http://bridgebrass.org/

Bridge Brass was a by-product of the Lethbridge Community Band Society ( LCBS)  which was founded in 1987.  The quintet had its first performance in early 1990.

 Don Robb and Ken Lewis, both Trumpeters have played  with the group since its inception. Karly Lewis is our French Horn musician. She has played for almost all of the group’s history except for a few years while she studied in Calgary. She returned permanently to the group in 2004.  The most recent additions go back more than a decade with  René van de Vendel  (2004), on Euphonium and Andrew Manzara (2009), on Tuba.

Over the years we have had many fine players join us at various times and our lives are much richer for these great experiences.  The quintet has a great bond with each other, and a common desire to play and share our music. We love it, and each of us has grown musically because of this group and our experiences.

Our library of music is now quite substantial, and covers just about any kind and style of music.  We have played for conventions, weddings, church services, choir collaborations, concert settings, 1996 Alberta Winter Games, facility openings. And we have commissioned new works and premiered new pieces. 

We have joined Vox Musica, Foothills Brass and even had the pleasure of sharing performances with the great Canadian trumpet virtuoso, Jens Lindemann .

In 2019, the Quintet travelled with the LCBS ensembles to Scotland where it performed in the magnificent St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and in the beautiful Troon Cathedral to name a few.

In 2019 we were active in organizing and participating in  CancerBlast, a philanthropic pairing of brass music with funding cancer research at the University of Lethbridge.  That project raised over $53,500.00.  

And in 2021 we were very honoured to have a video we did in the fall , "The Covid Cow Concert", selected to be part of a national fundraising campaign for African relief as part of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.