Nationally-known and Bowling Green-based brass ensemble The Tower Brass Quintet will join
organist Kevin McGill for a concert of organ and brass on Sunday at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary at St.
Mark’s Lutheran Church, 315 S. College St., Bowling Green.The concert will mark the beginning of the
ensemble’s 35th season.The eclectic program will include organ and brass works by Karg-Elert, Richard
Strauss, and Handel, as well as an antiphonal setting of Giovanni Gabrielli’s " Canzon Duo Decimi
Toni."The quintet will perform Bramwell Tovey’s "Santa Barbara Sonata,"
"Scherzo" by Karl Pilss and an arrangement of Saint-Saens’ "Pas Redouble." Members
of the Tower Brass Quintet are Brian Bushong and Charles Saenz, trumpets; Bernice Schwartz, horn; Dan
Saygers, trombone; and David Saygers, tuba.The ensemble began as a graduate student ensemble at Bowling
Green State University and in 1986 with a prize-winning performance at the International Brass Chamber
Music Competition in Barcs, Hungary. Since then it has toured both in the United States and
internationally.Tower Brass has released seven recordings, the most recent "Snowed In –
Again."
