Gaudete Brass performance

Thursday March 20

Saint Meinrad Archabbey

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Cultural Events, St. Meinrad, IN, will present a concert by Gaudete Brass on March 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. Central Time in St. Bede Hall Theater.

Musical selections for the evening include Laudibus in Sanctis (William Byrd), Pastorale (Amy Beach), Fugue in Eb major St. Anne” BWV 552 (Johann Sebastian Bach), Sermon for Saints and Sinners (Jeff Scott), Winter Breviary (Reena Esmail), Legends of Olympus (Stacy Garrop), and South Shore, Chicago (Ephraim Champion).

The Gaudete Brass is made up of five musicians who believe strongly in the expressive and communicative power of brass chamber music. Dr. Natalie Douglass Grana plays the French horn, Scott Tegge is the tubist, Charles Russell Roberts and Bill Baxtresser play the trumpet, and Paul Von Hoff plays the trombone.

Since 2004, the quintet has engaged in creatively expanding the brass quintet repertoire, developing unique programs that have resonated with chamber music audiences all over the country.

The group has engaged in live performances at venues such as Symphony Space and Merkin Hall in New York City and Millennium Park in Chicago, commissioned new works from noted composers such as Stacy Garrop, David Sampson, Jonathan Newman, Kile Smith, John Mackey, and Alice Jones, and appeared on radio broadcasts on WFMT in Chicago, WQXR in New York, and Nashville Public Radio. In the 2020-2021 season, Gaudete received a grant from Chamber Music America for a series of online concerts broadcast live from our homes using the open-source software Jacktrip.

Gaudete has also presented educational programs and concerts at prominent institutions including The Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music, community outreach concerts for the Quad City Arts and the Virginia Arts Festival and has enjoyed multi-year ensemble-in-residence positions at Carthage College and Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts.

Gaudete Brass has recorded four albums: Brass Outings (2006), Conversations in Time (2011, Pro Organa); Chicago Moves (2012, Cedille Records), and sevenfive (2017, Cedille Records).

Gaudete (gow-day-tay) is a form of the Latin word for “Joy.” We support the idea that chamber music, even (and perhaps especially) the serious kind, can powerfully communicate both the poignant and the exuberant.

The program is free, open to the public, and no registration is required. Parking is available in the Guest House and student parking lots. For more information, contact Krista Hall during business hours at 812-357-6501. For updates on the day of the performance, call 812-357-6611.