2019

2019-2020 Season

CSB Performances Silent Auction

Don’t Miss Our Annual Fundraiser

Saturday, April 18th2020

New VEnue and New Date!

All-New Dinner Menu!

Tickets on Sale Now Through April 5th!

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The CSB’s annual fundraiser, Brass on Tap, is on Saturday, April 18, 2020! This year the event is at a NEW LOCATION: the beautiful and historic Columbia Manor Reception Hall at Columbia Golf Club in Northeast Minneapolis. This fun event features great food, games, auctions, and (of course) performances by the CSB.

Your ticket includes a delicious dinner, CSB performances, access to our silent auction and more! All proceeds from Brass on Tap fund our educational outreach and community programs, so grab your friends and reserve your spots today!

From our Artistic DirectorWelcome to this performance of “Christmas on Copper Street”! Whether you’re a die-hard Copper Street fan or this is your first time experiencing our holiday show, we’re so glad you’re here. Over the past few months we’ve been working hard assembling a concert of memorable music mixed with our signature skits, education, meditative moments, and of course some laughs along the way!

We want to say a big “thank you!” to all of you who came to our October “Nightmare on Copper Street” concerts! Since then, we’ve been hard at work performing educational concerts at Achieve Language Academy (where we have an artistic and educational partnership this year), spent a week up in Detroit Lakes working with the students there (we - and our van - survived a run-in with a deer on the way there!), an extremely successful fundraising campaign for Give to the Max day in November, and a run of holiday concerts with the Appleton Boychoir in Wisconsin earlier this month.

Looking past the new year, we’re already getting excited about our spring concerts: “An Evening at the Grammys” on March 7, and “Back to the Eighties” on May 28 & 29. Mark your calendars! As usual, please continue telling your friends and family about Copper Street, and keep connecting with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And if you think you’d be a good candidate to help with our organization (volunteering, involvement with our Board, etc), please let our sta� or volunteers know. Thank you again for your support, and on behalf of everyone at Copper Street…we wish you a Happy New Year and a very safe and happy holiday full of family, friends, and warmth!

Tim Bradley | Artistic Director & Horn

ChildrenAll concerts are open to children ages 5 and up when accompanied by an adult. If you have younger children at home, be sure to check out our Free Family concerts specially designed for our youngest audience members. More information is available at:www.copperstreetbrass.org/family

Advertising & SponsorshipsFor more information about advertising in our programs or for sponsorships opportunities, contact Josh at:josh@copperstreetbrass.org

Board of DirectorsBill Mathis Nichlas EmmonsJustin Windschitl Je� GleasonDianne McCarthy Joe HeitzTim Bradley Brad Altho�

Sta�Allison Hall, Executive Program DirectorAlex Wol�, Executive Director of OperationsTim Bradley, Artistic DirectorCorbin Dillon, Associate Artistic Director & Program ManagerJosh Cameron, Development Associate

Contact Us511 Groveland AvenueMinneapolis, MN 55403(612) 722-3667o�ce@copperstreetbrass.org

Box O�ce(763) 307-3452Mon - Fri 10am - 4pmwww.copperstreetbrass.org/series

Phone and online pre-orders close four hours before each performance. Tickets are available at each venue beginning one hour before each performance begins.

AccessibilityThe CSB strives to make our performances accessible to all patrons. All concert venues are accessible, call or visit us online for detailed information or to request accommodations, such as large print programs or hearing assistance devices.

Ticket PoliciesAll sales are final; no refunds. Seating at all concerts is general admission and is subject to availability by performance. Doors to each venue will open 45 minutes before each performance.

Season Package holders may exchange their tickets to attend a di�erent concert date at no charge, simply contact the box o�ce at least one day in advance. Single tickets may be exchanged for a $5 convenience fee, contact the box o�ce at least one day in advance.

ParkingParking varies by concert venue. Information about parking will be sent in a pre-concert email and is always available online.

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“Soundtracks” to Serve Older Adults Facing Dementia This Spring“Soundtracks”, our creative aging program designed to serve older adults facing dementia is hitting the road again this spring to bring our program to more assisted living communities across the state. Soundtracks is a person-centered creative aging program designed to enrich the lives of older adults living with Dementia, caregivers, and families. The program includes an introductory concert for all residents and small group music activities with Memory Care seniors - all happening inside senior living locations in Greater Minnesota.

The Soundtracks program explores how music runs through our entire lives - like the soundtrack in a movie. During each Soundtracks small-group session, Memory Care residents will use their creativity to guide the CSB in choosing musical selections and stories that they think best represents the soundtrack and story for a familiar theme, such as “Love Story”, “Celebration”, or “Travel”. To prepare for the program CSB sta� completed Alzheimer's Association CARES Dementia Basics training. We are passionate about this program and grateful for the opportunity to serve this important and valuable segment of our community.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Access grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

CSB performs for Memory Care Unit residents in Plymouth, Minnesota

In addition to performing concerts, Copper Street Brass presents a wide variety of educational outreach programs in communities across the Midwest. Our highly-acclaimed programs serve pre-K - high school children, college students, parents, and older adults using our own blend of original music and interactive, hands-on music and listening activities. These programs are supported with public and private grants and individual donations from our fans. For more on how you can support our work, stop at our table in the lobby after the concert or visit www.copperstreetbrass.org/support.

www.copperstreetbrass.org/support

CSB Heading Back to Detroit Lakes in JanuaryCopper Street Brass hits the road for our second extended visit to the community of Detroit Lakes in Northwest Minnesota this January. We are partnering with the DL school district this school year to provide our first year-long residency in a school outside of the Twin Cities metro area.

During our second visit we’ll build on what students learned during our visit in November. We’ll be diving deep into chamber music - that’s small group music making - with the high school bands, preparing the students for community performances alongside the CSB in May. Follow our social media channels to check in with us from the road!

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Learning grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Alex coaches a brass group at Detroit Lakes High School in November 2019.

About Our Programs

Copper Street Brass Presents

All Arrangements by Tim Bradley and the CSBProgram Subject to Change

French Carol Medley Traditional

Gesù Bambino Pietro Yon

Suite from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Vince Guaraldi

Linus and LucyChristmas Time is Here

What Child is This?Skating

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel arr. Ben Bram

God Only Knows Brian Wilson

I Saw Three Ships Traditional

Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional

Suite �om “Home Alone” John Williams

Three Jingles for Horn, Trombone & Tuba Tim Bradley

Baby, It’s Cold Outside Frank Loesser

Walking in the Air Howard Blake

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

20 Minute Intermission

February 23, 20203:30 Pre-Concert Talk4:00 Concert Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

February 8, 202010:00 AM (sensory friendly)Hallie Q. Brown Community Center270 N. Kent Street, St. Paul, MN

Toolsof the

TradeBuilding Music With Brass

Perfect for ages 4-8

Great for the entire family!

Coming This Spring!Our Free Family Series is

This season we’re presenting our Free Family program in partnership with Bethlehem Music Series and The Schubert Club in February 2020 - including a very special “sensory friendly” concert on Saturday, February 8th in St. Paul. Visit our online calendar for programs and up to date schedules!

Join us for our nextconcert

Saturday, MArch 7thPre-Concert Talk @ 6:45 PMConcert @ 7:30 pm

Sundin Music Hall, St. Paultickets at www.copperstreetbrass.org

$5,000 - $10,000+

Sharon McDonald

$2,500 - $4,999

Dianne and Mike McCarthyEllen and Gerard KleinGerry and Pat BradleyJami McLarenJe�ery and Anne GleasonJustin WindschitlMark and Jennifer Reinhardt

$1,000 - $2,499

Bradley Altho� and Greg ScanlonCarol HussDeanna BloomquistFrank and Peggy JohnsonJanet CameronJoan and Carl BehrSteve and Karen Wol�$500 - $999

Bill and Carolynne MathisBill Teeple and Julie SchramkeDave and Sonja WilsonJoe HeitzKathy AckermanKaye OlsonKelley H Dinsmore and Angela BaggenstossMark and Jennifer OhmPatrick and Kristin AntilRobert and Susan GriggsSheldon and Suzanne DambergSteve and Deb BusslerSusan JohnstonTom and Sue HallWalter and Harriet Johnson

$250 - $499

Alexandrea Kouame and Richard OhlenbergBecca OhmBeth ThompsonBob and Kathy BooneBrian and Angela NewhouseBruce Bernard and Arlene DabillCathy & Kurt AugustinClayton AndreasenDarrell and Patty BoschDarrell Thorstenson and Nancy StutzmanDavid and Susan HildebrandDeanna OlsonGail and Bob OnanGary and Janet HohensteinHelen PetersonJames and Marie JordanLeah HansonMark and LeeAnn Wol�Mary MenshehaMatthew and Christina Frischman

$100 - $249

Amy and Jerry DavisApril Felt and Nicole ZuberBarry and Marjorie SchaubBeth WigginsBill and Cindy DaileyBobbie KellerCarol BerghClare BoyerDavid & Amy OlsonDavid SchierenbeckDawn BakerDebbie McCrory and Dennis BoydDeborah M CrokerDebra Ho�mann and Wiley SharpDennis and Susan SearleDewayne and Lois PetersenDiane and Patrick HirigoyenDouglas and Barbara Van VreedeDr. Peter and Peggy YackelElisabeth AurandFrank WeaverHoward and Sandy ClayburnJanet and Stan StevensJanine IijimaJaron Gil-RoeringJay and Cynthia McLarenJon and Lisa LewisJudith FranklinJudy BroskeKatharine WorkmanKathleen BackmanLarry DuncanLawrence and Laura KoszewskiLinda BurtonLuther Ranheim and Michelle WirtzMark and Janet OkeyMark and Melissa Van HollandMelanie AhlstromMichele Michaelson HouseholdMichelle MeyerMike and Joyce TraverMitch BoernerRachel RienscheRamona and Allen PotterRazz Wa�Robert JensonRobert Schauinger and Linda KingRuth and David LegvoldSandra and Burt PurringtonSteven and Janine AakerSue BenderTeri SchierenbeckThomas and Susan ValoisThomas BrussTodd and Cathy ShirekVictoria Mahoney

Under $100

Alanna and Samuel TrostAlison EmeryAmy SwalleyAnita NerhusAnne KawellAshley ZimmermanCarlus Dingfelder and Signe PetersonCarol JamesChris and Sheri OberChristie RothenbergChristine BewellCraig BerdanDale and Rose Turnacli�Daniel BergesonDean ReichardDeborah and Stephen HansonDerek NelsonElizabeth SarsfieldEmily and Aaron BarnesFern and Wayne AlbertsonGina Henton-OlsonGinger SiscoGrace SchierenbeckHoward and Sherdith GreenhagenJacquelyn CroninJane DixonJanet HerbertJens JensenJill JepsonJo Ann Polley and Mark UlmerJohn and Laura LundgrenKatelin PromersbergerKatherine LeuerKatie LaBrieKelley Foehrkolb

Thank you for your generous support!It is with deep appreciation that Copper Street Brass recognizes and thanks all of the individual donors, corporations, foundations and government organizations whose support makes all of our programs possible!

Supporters

These lists reflect gifts and pledges received between 12/1/17 and 11/21/19. If your name is not listed appropriately, please accept our apologies and contact Josh at josh@copperstreetbrass.org or (763) 307-3452

The Balch Memorial FundHennepin Avenue United Methodist Women

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CSB’s Programs are Supported By

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support Grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Mike Gast and Joan ChristensonNichlas Emmons and Dustin NelsonPaul and Kristen MoyerPhil and Laura HolstRyan Luby

Ken and Ruth LippinKrista and Darin RiedelLaura DirksLeigh HamerstenLisa DahleLori & Brett KaufmanLya JordanMariellen JacobsonMark GiorginiMark JeshMartha BigalkMary and Dave HakesMary JonesMary StroeingMatt MerktMichael K. BoeNoel and Lois StratmoenPatricia MeesPaul MurphyPaul PetersonPeggy ChunPeter PalmPhil & Sue CoteRebecca LundRenate BehrendtRichard and Marlene BeckRichard BurtonRichard HedrickRobert and Cindy BachRuth and Rodgers AdamsSandra KirkShelly SiemsStephen and Lois ParkerSusanne MattisonTruman and Noelyn PorterWilliam Gleason

Allison Hall | trumpet & pianoJosh Cameron | trumpet

Tim Bradley | horn, guitar & pianoAlex Wol� | tromboneNick Adragna | tuba

Photo: Rita FarmerThe Copper Street Brass is the premier brass chamber ensemble in Minnesota and one of only a handful of self-sustaining brass groups in the country. We were founded in 2008 as a professionally trained classical chamber music ensemble (which means we perform without a conductor) with two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba. We present exclusively our own music, which is an original blend of musical styles from Mozart to Madonna, in over 35 concerts and 100 outreach services each season.

Our group sound has been described by reviewers as “flawless”, “polished”, and “somewhere between magnificent and exquisite.” Our artistic excellence was widely recognized in 2013 when we were chosen as a finalist for the prestigious McKnight Artist Fellowship. Each of our individual artists is a master of his or her craft. Our 6 core musicians, Allison Hall, Josh Cameron, Tim Bradley, Alex Wol�, Nick Adragna, and Reid Kennedy have a combined 10 professional music and education degrees and thousands of performances under our belts. Our artists have performed with world-renowned classical ensembles like the Minnesota Orchestra, SPCO, Minnesota Opera, and Malaysian Philharmonic and also have the versatility to perform with jazz/blues groups such as Davina and the Vagabonds and Nooky Jones. Our musicians have recorded individually for Prince, Grammy-winner Big Walter Smith, and many other groups.

We have two main programs: our Twin Cities Season and regional concert & outreach touring. Our Twin Cities Season is six self-produced programs (12 total concerts) bundled together as a subscription Concert Series and a Free Family Series, giving our musicians agency to create one-of-a-kind programs and draw in new audiences to chamber music every season.

The CSB tours annually to every corner of Minnesota and throughout the Midwest to perform concerts and present outreach activities, often in communities underserved by professional artists. Our tour programming reaches more than 15,000 people annually from kindergarteners through older adults, at one to three-day residencies in communities both large and small.

The CSB leads over 100 educational programs each season, far more than any other small ensemble in the Upper Midwest. Our excellence in educational programming makes us a valuable partner. We are a COMPAS Teaching Artist, we've served three times as Artists in Residence for Minnesota Public Radio's Class Notes program and we've recently presented educational services in partnership with The Schubert Club and Minnesota Orchestra.

To serve older adults and those facing dementia, we developed our own creative aging music program, Soundtracks. Soundtracks is a person-centered creative aging program designed to enrich the lives of older adults living with dementia. The program explores how music runs through our entire lives - like the soundtrack in a movie. Each activity features interactive live music performances brought directly to residents. Our program's goal is to provide services that are rooted in high-quality musical performances, are socially engaging and draw upon the rich life experiences of participants, and enrich quality of life using the power of music to spark joy.

CSB has been heard by thousands of people outside of the Twin Cities area on local concert series performances, summer music festivals, performances with school bands, and collaborations with other local arts groups. Recent performance activities include concert tours throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, and New Mexico. We have captured our exclusive arrangements on five commercially available records.

When not on stage with the CSB, our members are in high demand as educators, appearing as Teaching Artists in hundreds of classrooms and panelists for arts entrepreneurship panels at colleges and Universities across the country. The CSB’s musicians teach individual lessons from their own studios as well as at St. Olaf College, MacPhail Center for Music, and numerous public and private schools around the Twin Cities.