Annual Festive Tuba Christmas Returns to the Kimmel Center for a Holiday Celebration on Saturday, December 2
November 7, 2006
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas when Kimmel Center Presents hosts its fifth annual Tuba Christmas celebration on Saturday, December 2, 2005 at 1:30pm at the Commonwealth Plaza Stage, as part of the Free in the Plaza Series. The holidays come to life at the Kimmel Center as over 50 regional tuba and euphonium players join together to perform holiday classics free to the public and for all ages. Holly, mistletoe, and other seasonal delights will adorn local musicians' brass instruments, as music fills the Kimmel Center’s plaza with performances of "Silent Night," "Jingle Bells," "O Come all Ye Faithful," and many more.
Musicians interested in participating are encouraged to bring their decorated instrument/s and folding stand/lyre to the auditorium of the Gershman Y located on 401 S. Broad Street for registration at 10:30am on December 2. Rehearsal will follow at 11:30am, followed by the performance on the Kimmel Center’s Commonwealth Plaza stage at 1:30pm. Tuba Christmas music will be available at registration and there will be a small registration fee. For further details, contact Tuba Christmas coordinator and conductor Jay Krush at jaykrush@earthlink.net.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information please visit the Free at the Kimmel section of the website at www.kimmelcenter.org or call 215-790-5800.
Tuba Christmas! was conceived in 1974 as a tribute to the late artist and educator William J. Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902. It was first conducted in New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza Ice Rink on December 22, 1974. The tradition has grown exponentially over the past three decades, and today the concerts are presented in cities and towns throughout the world by thousands of spirited brass players. For more information please visit www.tubachristmas.com.
Conductor/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, Temple University.
Tuba Christmas! is one of the Kimmel Center Presents Free at the Kimmel events provided during the 2006/07 season. Enchantment Theater Company will also be performing on the Commonwealth Plaza Stage on Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 11am, as part of the Free in the Plaza-PNC Grow Up Great initiative. The company performs selections from the inspiring classic tale Beauty and the Beast and uses a special blend of magic, mask, pantomime, puppetry and original music- all perfect for ages one to four. Both Free in the Plaza events are followed by the Vienna Choir Boys ticketed performance in Verizon Hall.
Kimmel Center Presents' 2006/2007 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ARC Wheeler, The William Penn Foundation, The Presser Foundation, Philadelphia Music Project and Dance Advance, Initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trust administered by The University of the Arts. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com are media sponsors for the Great Orchestras on Tour series.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL EVENTS
Saturday, December 2, 2006 | 11am
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
PNC Grow Up Great: Enchantment Theater Company
The Kimmel Center is the recipient of partnership funding through the nationally recognized PNC "Grow Up Great" initiative, a ten-year, $100 million investment in preparing children for success in school and life. The Enchantment Theater Company performs selections from the inspiring classic tale Beauty and the Beast, using a special blend of magic, mask, pantomime, puppetry and original music.
Saturday, December 2, 2006 | 1:30pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Tuba Christmas
The annual Tuba Christmas returns to the Kimmel Center and has grown exponentially each year since. Don't miss Philadelphia's contribution. All players should bring a folding stand/lyre and decorate your instruments! For more information on Tuba Christmas, visit www.tubachristmas.com.
(Followed by the Vienna Choir Boys ticketed concert in Verizon Hall at 3pm.)
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