Three days of performances, composer readings, presentations, and more take place March 17 - 19
SPARK: Carolina’s Music Leadership Laboratory organizes a number of initiatives that benefit the university community. The newest program of SPARK is the March mini-residency with the inventive group C Street Brass.
C Street Brass connects lovers of the arts from all walks of life around a unique
and innovative concert experience and prides itself on being equally as comfortable
in the sound world of baroque music as it is in dubstep. Through constant performance
focused on discovery and growth the group continues to expand the limits of what is
possible with five brass instruments.
Now calling Pittsburgh home, C Street Brass is the ensemble in residence at Carnegie
Mellon University. If you hear brass music coming from downtown, chances are it's
C Street Brass playing on the street honing material for a new show. Aside from busking,
house parties and club dates, C Street Brass has been on a variety of chamber music
series including Corpus Christie Chamber Music Series, Corpus Christie, TX, Community
Concerts Second Series, Baltimore MD and their own series at Carnegie Mellon.
Recently the group has held shorter-term residencies focused on education in Orcas
Island, Washington and Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania, and they look forward
to returning to University of South Carolina. Internationally, C Street Brass has
toured in Tbilisi, Georgia as resident ensemble of the Traveling Notes Music Festival
in 2012 and to Doha, Qatar in 2013 as ambassadors for Carnegie Mellon University.
C Street Brass loves collaborating with other artists to create new exciting concert
atmospheres for audiences. In 2010 the group premiered “Two Pieces for Brass Quintet
and Organ” by composer David Conte with famous organist and scholar Donald Sutherland.
Recently, C Street Brass has been working closely with DJ, Jakeisrain blending different
genres of classical music with current electronic dance music.
Mini Residency Schedule
Monday, March 17, 1:10–2:00 p.m.
Work with brass studios
USC School of Music Recital Hall
Monday, March 17, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Composer readings
USC School of Music, room 016
Tuesday, March 18, 10:05 – 11:20 a.m.
The 21st-Century Performer: class presentation
USC School of Music, room 106
Tuesday, March 18, Noon
USC student composers' performance of one- minute compositions
USC School of Music lobby
Wednesday, March 19, 1:10 – 2:00 p.m.
Living the Dream: seminar presentation
USC School of Music Recital Hall
Wednesday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
C Street Concert
USC School of Music Recital Hall
Learn about SPARK: Carolina's Music Leadership Laboratory.