{"id":203,"date":"2012-08-20T15:07:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T15:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2012-09-21T20:18:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T20:18:11","slug":"first-concert-of-the-2012-13-season-saturday-sept-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"First Concert of the 2012-13 Season, Saturday, Sept. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>SSSB Kicks off 2012-2013 Season with <em>Virtuoso Brass<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>The Southern Stars Symphonic Brass kick off their 2012-2013 season\u2014celebrating five years as a professional ensemble\u2014with a program entitled <strong><em>Virtuoso Brass<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The concert will feature members of the Southern Stars in featured solos and ensembles accompanied by the full band.\u00a0 Their virtuosity will support the concert title demonstrating truly <strong><em>Virtuoso Brass.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the baton of Dr. Steven Sudduth, this concert takes place on Saturday evening at 7:00 pm Central, in the beautiful 1200 seat auditorium of Stone Memorial High School.<\/p>\n<p>The tentative program, from SSSB founder Dwight Wages, includes:<\/p>\n<p><em>Broadway!,<\/em> arr.\u00a0 Hanson<br \/>\n<em>Fantaisie Originale,<\/em> <a title=\"Brandon Jones, Besson Artist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.besson.com\/en\/artists.php?mode=artistPresentation&amp;aid=565&amp;referer=L2VuL2FydGlzdHMucGhw\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Jones<\/a>,\u00a0 Euphonium solo<br \/>\n<em>Demelza,<\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 <a title=\"Tennessee Tech faculty\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tntech.edu\/people\/gdanner?Itemid=1401\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Danner<\/a>,\u00a0 Eb Alto solo<br \/>\n<em>Serenata,<\/em> by Leroy Anderson<br \/>\n<em>Jurassic Park,<\/em> by John Williams<br \/>\n<em>Bugler&#8217;s Holiday,<\/em> by Leroy Anderson, featuring <a title=\"Joel Tillman, Knoxville Brassworx \" href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxbrassworx.com\/about\/joel-tillman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Tillman<\/a>, <a title=\"Charlie Decker, Tech faculty\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tntech.edu\/people\/cdecker?Itemid=1401\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Decker, and Dwight Wages<\/a><\/p>\n<p>INTERMISSION<\/p>\n<p><em>Carnival of Venice,<\/em> by Arban, featuring guest trumpet soloist, <a title=\"Alex Wilborn, Curb Records Young Musicians Concerto Competition finalist\" href=\"https:\/\/sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash4\/s720x720\/424133_10150575856326910_147169264_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Wilborn<\/a><br \/>\n<em>A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square,<\/em> featuring Adam Featherston, trombone soloist<br \/>\n<em>And the Band Played On<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Tico, Tico<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Liberty Bell,<\/em> by John Philip Sousa<br \/>\n<em>Sing, Sing, Sing, <\/em>featuring <a title=\"Chris McCormick, Tech faculty\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tntech.edu\/people\/cmccormick?Itemid=1401\" target=\"_blank\">Chris McCormick<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jefferywhite.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff White<\/a> on trumpet, and guest traps soloist, Kurt Snider<\/p>\n<p>Short clip of the ending of Brandon&#8217;s solo from <em>Fantaisie Originale<\/em>:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmZWmGn78Ng\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Clip of Alex at the first rehearsal for this concert:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhRzYiBcw7w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Single tickets are $20 for adult, and $5 for students\/children. Tickets are available through the <a title=\"Cumberland County Playhouse home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ccplayhouse.com\" target=\"_blank\">Cumberland County Playhouse<\/a> either by walk-up, phoning 931-484-5000, or using the <a title=\"Playhouse's Online Ticketing Service\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.ccplayhouse.com\/public\/\">Playhouse&#8217;s online ticketing service<\/a>.\u00a0 A small service charge will apply for ticketing at the Playhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are also available at Cumberland Eye Care in Fairfield Glade, First National Bank of Tennessee branches on Main Street in Crossville and the Fairfield Glade branch on Peavine Road, and at the Bed and Biscuit Kennel off of Peavine Road at 153 Fence Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Season tickets are $45 for adults, and include this concert, plus upcoming concerts on Sunday, Feb. 17 featuring guest vocalist <strong>Jason Ross<\/strong> from the Cumberland County Playhouse, and the concert on April 20 featuring guest artist <strong>Pete Huttlinger<\/strong> from Nashville. Mr. Huttlinger is an acoustic guitar phenom you do not want to miss!\u00a0 Check out Pete on <em>YouTube<\/em> to experience his tremendous talent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For group sales inquires, please call SSSB Founder and President, Dwight Wages, at 931-484-6939.\u00a0 <\/strong>With the purchase of a minimum of 10 tickets, the group rate will be $17\/ticket&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..and for every 10 tickets purchased&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.we will give the group 1 FREE ticket.\u00a0\u00a0 These group tickets <strong>are only<\/strong> available through Mr. Wages.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SSSB is very appreciative of its sponsors, and encourages its audience to choose these sponsors for service when they have a choice.\u00a0 This season&#8217;s sponsors include: Bed &amp; Biscuit Kennel, State Farm Insurance (David Bell), Cumberland Eye Care (Dr. Stewart Galloway), Farm Bureau Insurance (Gordon Atchley),\u00a0 and the Cumberland Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Please check this site often for details on the upcoming concerts, and <a title=\"Like the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SouthernStarsBrass\">&#8220;Like&#8221; us on Facebook<\/a> for the most up-to-date information on the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SouthernStarsBrass<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSSB Kicks off 2012-2013 Season with Virtuoso Brass The Southern Stars Symphonic Brass kick off their 2012-2013 season\u2014celebrating five years as a professional ensemble\u2014with a program entitled Virtuoso Brass.\u00a0 The concert will feature members of the Southern Stars in featured solos and ensembles accompanied by the full band.\u00a0 Their virtuosity will support the concert title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}