Chestnut Brass Company concert Dec. 5

2:30 p.m., Dec. 2, 2004--The Grammy Award-winning Chestnut Brass Company will usher in UD’s 2004-05 Performing Arts Series at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 5, in Mitchell Hall.

The Philadelphia-based group has earned international acclaim for brilliant performances on modern and historical brass instruments. The quintet will ring in the season with a program ranging from 19th-Century to modern classics.

Tickets are $17 for the general public, $12 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $5 for students and children. A 15 percent is available for group sales of 20 or more tickets per show.

For tickets, call the Hartshorn Hall box office at (302) 831-2204, from 10 a.m.-noon, Friday, Dec. 3.

At noon, Friday, Dec. 3, the Hartshorn box office will stop selling tickets for the performance to allow for the transition to the Mitchell Hall box office. Any remaining tickets will be available for purchase in person at the Mitchell Hall box office on the day of the performance beginning one hour before the scheduled start time of the performance.

For more information, visit [www.udel.edu/performingarts], send e-mail to [performingarts@udel.edu] or call (302) 831-8741.

The University of Delaware 2004-05 Performing Arts Series and Family Series are made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware, as well as support by Embassy Suites-Newark/Wilmington South and Arby's.

Article by Martin Mbugua

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