Brass Roots Trio at SBU's Quick Center

Brass Roots Trio will perform its popular “American Impressions” program at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12, in the seventh concert of the Friends of Good Music season at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

“American Impressions” is a lively program that captures vignettes of the many aspects of American culture with music ranging from Aaron Copland’s “Rodeo” to Billy Joel’s “Root Beer Rag.” Brass Roots Trio brings to life memories of Mississippi River boats and the musical legends they carried from New Orleans, Southern gospel revivals, and the haunting beauty of Appalachian melodies.

With three musicians and a multitude of instruments – piano, horn, trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet and violin – Brass Roots Trio dazzles audiences with pyrotechnic virtuosity and exquisite sounds. Its members, Rosetta Senkus Bacon, Travis Heath and Christina Ciraulo, infuse their music with passion and exuberant energy, and their spontaneity and presentation establish an immediate connection with the audience.

Formed in 2005, Brass Roots Trio has played to standing ovations and rave reviews in every corner of the United States and the United Kingdom. Their tours have included performances at Oxford University, St. James Piccadilly in London and the Chicago Brass Festival, and they appeared on NPR programs several times. The trio performed at the White House in 2009.

Other appearances include The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Lincoln Center in New York, Banff Centre in Canada, the Guinness Jazz Festival in Ireland, and at cultural centers in Switzerland, England, Scotland, Lithuania, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Dubai, South Africa, Taiwan, Japan, China, Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia.

This performance is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Tickets are $20 at full price, $16 for St. Bonaventure staff and senior citizens, and $5 for students. For tickets and additional information, call The Quick Center box office at (716) 375-2494.

For each Friends of Good Music performance, The Quick Center opens its galleries one hour before the performance and keeps them open throughout the intermission. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Museum admission is free and open to the public year round. For more information, visit www.sbu.edu/quickcenter.