FREE TubaChristmas Concerts At Kimmel

                             

9^th Annual TUBACHRISTMAS

Twice the Fun this Year!  

Two Free Holiday Performances
at the Kimmel Center, Dec. 10 and 11

WHO:             “Bells Will Be Ringing” twice this holiday season as the Kimmel Center’s Free at the Kimmel series presents its annual TUBACHRISTMAS celebration Fri., Dec. 10 and Sat., Dec. 11.  This free community concert has become a popular Philadelphia tradition that brings together 100 local brass players for a performance of cherished holiday classics.

WHEN:           Friday, December 10, 2010, 5:30pm – 6:30pm

                        Saturday, December 11, 2010, 1pm – 2pm

WHERE:         Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts,

Commonwealth Plaza

                        Broad & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia

WHAT:           The Kimmel Center hosts twice the fun this year with two free community performances of TUBACHRISTMAS, reflecting the event’s growing regional popularity through the years.

The 9^th annual TUBACHRISTMAS celebration in Philadelphia brings together one hundred tuba, sousaphone and euphonium players to perform perennial holiday favorites such as “Silent Night," "Jingle Bells,” “O Come All Ye Faithful,” and more. 

• Musicians adorn their instruments with tinsel, mistletoe and other seasonal ornaments.

• The Kimmel Center invites musicians of all ages and abilities to RSVP and perform. Musicians rehearse together one hour before the event begins in the Kimmel Center’s Innovation Studio. For registration and rehearsal details, visit www.kimmelcenter.org/free. (Please note: there is a $5 registration fee for performers. Music, useable at any TUBACHRISTMAS event in the country, is $15)

·         The schedule for TUBACHRISTMAS participation on Friday, Dec. 10:

Registration:                2-3:15pm, Kimmel Center’s Innovation Studio

Rehearsal:                  3:15-5:00pm, Kimmel Center’s Innovation Studio

Performance:              5:30-6:30pm, Kimmel Center’s Commonwealth Plaza

·         The schedule for TUBACHRISTMAS participation on Saturday, Dec. 11:

Registration:                9:30-10:45am, Kimmel Center’s Innovation Studio
Rehearsal:                  10:45-12:30pm, Kimmel Center’s Innovation Studio
Performance:              1-2pm, Kimmel Center’s Commonwealth Plaza

TUBACHRISTMAS Philadelphia conductor and coordinator Jay Krush is a founding member of the Grammy®-Award winning Chestnut Brass Company, tubist with the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra and a faculty member at the Boyer College of Music at Temple University.

TUBACHRISTMAS was conceived as a tribute to the late artist and educator William J. Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902.  The first TUBACHRISTMAS celebration was conducted in New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza Ice Rink on December 22, 1974.  TUBACHRISTMAS takes place in over 200 cities and towns throughout the world; the movement has grown exponentially over the past three decades, and today thousands of spirited brass players participate in the festivities.