TGIF, Oct 3, 5:30pm

Start your weekend with an energizing brass concert by the Sin Nombre Brass Ensemble at our Friday night concert. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.

Program

Carillon – Louis Couperin (1628-61)
Alleluia from ‘Exultate Jubilate’  – W.A. Mozart (1756-91)
Three Pieces from Water Music (Allegro, Andante, Allegro)  – G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
Ayre – H. Purcell (1659-95)
Rondeau – J. Mouret (1682-1738)
Suite for Brass Quintet (Balalaika, Andante) – I. Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Bartok for Brass (Allegro, Molto Sostenuto, Allegro Ironico)- B. Bartok (1881-1945)
Canzona per Sonare No. 2 – G. Gabrieli (1557-1612)
Aria and Minuet (Aria, Minuet) – A. Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Sonata No. 2 (Hora Decima) – J. Pezel (1639-1694)

Ensemble

Tom Leming

Leader and Trombone/Euphonium has played baritone horn/euphonium off and on since 5th grade and trombone since high school. After college he “rested” for 18 years while pursuing a career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and raising a family before joining the Calvert Dance Band and Calvert Brass Consortium in Calvert County, Maryland. Tom moved to Santa Fe in 2008 where he now plays in Santa Fe Concert Band, High Desert Winds, Santa Fe Swing Shift, tRio Grande, and Sin Nombre Brass.

Ned Snow

Trumpet retired to Santa Fe in 2018 after a long career in Silicon Valley high tech as a cost accountant, financial analyst, and production manager. In addition to Sin Nombre Brass, Ned plays trumpet with the Santa Fe Concert Band, High Desert Winds, Santa Fe Swing Shift, and tRio Grande.

Mike Thompson

French Horn is a native of Cleveland Ohio. He and his wife Susann have been Santa Fe residents since 2016. Mike is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, studying Music Performance and graduating in Mechanical & Controls Engineering. In the early ‘70s he played in the USMA Band at West Point and the Army Field Band in Washington, DC. He now plays in the Santa Fe Concert Band, High Desert Winds and Sin Nombre Brass.

Mike Wagner

Trumpet and Flugelhorn started playing at age 10 (with a 25 year hiatus during college and whatnot). He grew up in Los Alamos and began studying with Jan McDonald in 1964. After completing his medical training in 1983, he was in Sheridan, Wyoming for a year and has been practicing pulmonary medicine in Espanola since July 1984. In addition to the Sin Nombre Brass, he plays in the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra, Los Alamos Big Band, Brave New Brass Quintet, and is a substitute player with the Black Mesa Brass Quintet and the Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band.