HBQ & Sistema Brass
As part of our outreach efforts on our Eastern Tour, we’ll be joining forces with the East Coast Brass, which is comprised of the instructors at the Moncton, NB branch of Sistema New Brunswick. We’ll be playing a set by ourselves and then joining forces with the brass quintet to present some larger works for 10-12 brass.
10th Annual City Carol Sing
HBQ is thrilled to be a featured artist at the 10th Annual City Carol Sing for Charity at Toronto's Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. The concert will be recorded for a one-hour special that will air on CityTV through the holiday season.
Brass Showstoppers
Hogtown Brass Quintet is excited to be making our debut performance at one of the cultural gems of Southern Ontario, the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. As a part of their "Suite Thursday" Series, we'll be presenting a mix-bag show of Jazz, Classical, Pop Covers and a World Premiere Performance of a work by York Region's own Robert Lee.
This concert is supported by the Town of Richmond Community and Cultural Grant.
Guelph Connections Concert Series
Hogtown Brass Quintet is absolutely thrilled to be heading to the beautiful City of Guelph to be a part of the 2018 Fall Season with the Guelph Connections Concert Series.
This concert series of fine chamber musicians offers, free of charge, short one-hour late afternoon programs featuring various combinations of duos, trios, quartets and more. Some of the groups are well established with noteworthy reputations, others are now building their stellar careers, and still others are professional musicians who simply want to play with each other for the thrill of exploring new repertoire or revisiting old favourites. All the concerts are accessible, classical repertoire.
The concerts are casual, not at all stuffy and all are warmly welcomed. Thanks to the free-will donations and the support of patrons these concerts are free and always will be free. The musicians want to ensure that anyone and everyone who desires can be up close and personal to the live music experience.
Blast from the Brass with the Hogtown Brass Quintet
In support of the BCUC Roof Fund, the Hogtown Brass Quintet will present Blast from the Brass.
An afternoon of favourites from Bach to the Beach Boys. The recital is family friendly, for the young and the young at heart. There will be an Artist’s reception following the recital. All proceeds support the BCUC Roof Fund. Tickets are available through the BCUC Office (613) 820-8103.
OkTOBIfest BRASSerie Concert
The Ottawa Brass Initiative is teaming up with special guests the Hogtown Brass Quintet to present an exciting evening of brass music.
Tickets:
Advance - Adult $25, Student/Senior $16
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oktobifest-brasserie-concert-tickets-48655610240
At the door - Adult $30, Student/Senior $20
FREE for children 12 and under
Noon Hour @ Timothy Eaton Memorial Church
Going back to where we recorded our first album, Toronto Chamber Players presents a noon hour concert in the Atrium of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.
Pay what you can at the door
Come share your lunch hour with the brass quintet
Pirate Life Toronto (Toronto Chamber Players)
Toronto Chamber Players has now presented about 15 concerts onboard Pirate Life Toronto, but we've never featured a brass quintet!
Hogtown Brass, Toronto's versatile brass quintet, comes onboard the pirate ship. Come share a boat cruise along the Toronto Harbour with your friends while enjoying the brass concert.
Come ready to listen and take in the beautiful Toronto Skyline from the water side. There's a cash bar of various Collective Arts beverages.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Series
Hogtown Brass Quintet is honoured to make our inaugural performance on the Mount Pleasant Summer Concert Series. We'll be bringing our unique mix of music to the gorgeous setting of Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Rain or Shine - Admission is Free
The Concerts are held in The Visitation Centre – east off Mount Pleasant Road
Jazz Vespers @ Church of the Incarnation
For the 4th year in a row, we're thrilled to have been asked to come back to Church of the Incarnation for their Jazz Vespers service.
This performance will feature an all new collection of music from the brand new Hogtown Brass Show! Stay tuned for more details!
Collective Arts Presents "Hogtown Holiday"
This show embraces the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. We're excited to return to Junction City Music Hall to release our new CD "A Holiday Album, Vol. 1". This event is made possible by the generosity of Collective Arts Brewing and Junction City Music Hall.
Tickets can be purchased in advance through the BeMused Network.
ALL ADVANCE TICKET BUYERS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED TO WIN A HOLIDAY GIFT BOX COURTESY OF COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING & HOGTOWN BRASS QUINTET!
Ticket link - https://www.bemusednetwork.com/events/detail/474
LOFT - Home for the Holidays
LOFT’s signature fundraising event helps support vital programs for people living with complex mental health issues who are homelessness and alone. Proceeds provide unwavering support and hope, and a dignified life for everyone.
Doors open at 7pm, Concert begins at 7:30pm.
Tickets on sale! Purchase now to choose the best seats.
Benefactor - $250
Patron - $100
General - $40
Join us and enjoy some of the best performers Toronto has to offer -- from opera to pop– in the outstanding acoustics of St. James Cathedral. You may even get to sing-along.
When you purchase a ticket, you help people in need to get off the streets and start their journey to recovery. Please join us. Click on the link above or go here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=loft
Hogtown Holidays in St. Catharines
We will be presenting a family friendly, fun-filled concert full of the sounds of the season. Perhaps we'll even get a visit from Jolly Old St. Nick?
SymphRONica with Hogtown Brass Quintet
More info on this soon! Sound the trumpets! Ron Davis and SymphRONica are reuniting with the badass Hogtown Brass Quintet. This one-of-a-kind jazz + strings + brass collaboration blew the roof off the Lula Lounge in 2015. Now they’re back together for everything from standards to world to pop to Christmas music. Not to be missed!
#ClassyAF Presents: Hogtown Brass Quintet
Hogtown Brass Quintet is excited to kick off the #ClassyAF 2017 Season at The Dakota Tavern in downtown Toronto.
#ClassyAF is a new concert series bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into the bar. Because we like tacos. And drinks.
Classical musicians in Toronto are building a great culture of concerts outside of the traditional concert hall, and #ClassyAF is joining the front lines, bringing classical music to unclassical places.
HBQ at Vic Chapel
Hogtown Brass Quintet is putting on a fundraising concert to help us travel to Nova Scotia to perform a Showcase at the Contact East 2017 arts conference.
As part of this SPECTACULAR show, we will be hosting a few of our colleagues as part of a larger brass ensemble (conducted by Dylan Maddix), playing some of our favourite brass rep, including:
Strauss - Fanfare for the Vienna Philharmonic
Gabrieli - Canzon duodecimi toni à 10
Björk - Overture
Teehan - Red Tango
This is a Pay-What-You-Can event.
HBQ would like to recognize the support of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music in making this event possible.
Music Brunch - A Fundraiser for SONGPROGRAM.org
The HBQ is thrilled to be able to support SONG - Sounds of the Next Generation, in Cobourg, ON.
SONG is a musical community where kids can learn, create, and be part of a team. Participants sing in choir and play in a violin ensemble several times each week. All instruments and music are provided free for the participants thanks to the generosity of donors, sponsors, and volunteers. All the kids need to bring is their enthusiasm and curiosity!
TD Toronto Jazz Festival with Dialectica Saxophone Quartet
Hogtown Brass Quintet and Dialectica Saxophone Quartet push the boundaries of their traditional ensembles with an innovative and entertaining program in this free concert presented by TD Toronto Jazz Festival.
About Dialectica:
With equal parts jazz-trained and classically-trained saxophonists, Dialectica attempts to find an aesthetic truth through the discourse of these two musical points of view, akin to the Dialectic method of philosophy found in Plato’s Socratic Dialogues. Tackling philosophical inquiries even Socrates himself couldn’t foresee:
-Can a current Canadian identity be found where the lineages of European art music and North American art music meet?
-Can the saxophone occupy a space in the collective unconscious that lies beyond that of Careless Whisper and Baker Street?
-Can the world handle more than one female saxophonist in one place?
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/user-90945126/sets/live-at-the-music-gallery
Shacklands Beer Festival
There will be beer, there will be food trucks, and there will be Brass Music!
Hogtown Brass Quintet will be performing sets at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm in the Ale Yards at 100 Symes Rd.
Come on out and support Ontario's booming craft beer scene.
HBQ Opens for Pee Wee Ellis and Jason Wilson
Hogtown Brass are so excited to get on stage at one of Toronto's most well-known jazz venues to open for two extraordinary musicians.
Legendary sax-man Pee Wee Ellis and Canadian global-roots visionary Jason Wilson are once again teaming up for a special night at Hugh’s Room. Ellis was an essential part of James Brown’s band and later served as Van Morrison’s bandleader. Pee Wee co-wrote ‘Cold Sweat’ with Brown, as well as several other instrumental hits. Jason Wilson is a two-time Juno-Awards nominee who fuses reggae with jazz and folk. He has recorded with artists such as Dave Swarbrick, UB40, Jackie Mittoo and Ron Sexsmith. Together, Ellis and Wilson’s funky-reggae mix has charmed audiences across Canada, the UK and Jamaica.