Grace UMC Brass Ensemble
The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: “He is good; his love endures forever." Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God. (2 Chronicles 5:13-14)
We hold our rehearsals on Thursday evenings from 7:30 – 8:30 pm in the Grace UMC choir room. Members should arrive NLT 7:15pm to set up, warm up and be ready to start at 7:30 pm.
Additionally, we typically hold rehearsals on the two Saturdays prior to our performances from 9 to 10:00 a.m. Members should arrive a few minutes prior in order to set up, warm up and be ready to start at 9:00 a.m.
See our Events Calendar for specific rehearsal and performance dates.
Interested in playing with our brass ensemble? Contact Us to set up a time to meet with you for an audition.
We perform a variety of hymns, classical pieces, as well as some more contemporary, upbeat songs. Our major performances occur during the Christmas and Easter holidays. Additional performances occur approximately quarterly throughout the year as part of morning worship services.
See our Performances page for near-term performances and our Events Calendar for performance dates, times and venues farther in the future.
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Our UMC Grace Brass Ensemble starts back up with rehearsals in a couple of weeks (August 25, 2016). Here’s some beautiful music by Christian trumpet player, Phil Driscoll, to inspire us to get our chops back in gear!
Our Brass Ensemble provided a trumpet duet to accompany the Grace UMC Parrish Bells Hand bell choir on “The Music of the Spheres (Kevin McChesney). “The Music of the Spheres” is an arrangement by Kevin McChesney for Hand Bells with Piano and Brass. The piece includes music from “This Is My Father’s World”, “Hail to
In case you missed it, here is the video of Josef Arnold playing Benedictus this past Sunday. Our UMC Grace Brass Ensemble Euphonium player, Josef Arnold, played Benedictus for Euphonium & Piano from “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” (Karl Jenkins, arr. Brian Bindner) for the Prelude at the 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM services
Don’t miss the newest member of our UMC Grace Brass Ensemble, Josef Arnold, who will be playing Benedictus for Euphonium and Piano as Prelude at the 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM services this Sunday! As this is Youth Sunday, our Grace UMC Youth will be leading all three worship services (8 & 11 AM, 5 PM). This
