PERRYSBURG — St. Timothy’ Episcopal Church will hold the final concert of the 2022-23 St. Tim’s Discovers Series. Northwest Ohio’s own Academy Brass Quintet will perform on Sunday at 3 p.m.
Formed in 1994, the Academy Brass Quintet is a professional brass quintet comprised of outstanding brass musicians from across northwest Ohio.
Founding members include Michael Smith, trumpet, who is the director of orchestras for Perrysburg Schools, and Pete Vavrinek, horn, who also creates many original arrangements for the ABQ. Other members currently include Bruce Heuring, trombone; Perrysburg Junior High band director Jason Jordan, tuba; and David Kosmyna, trumpet. Kosmyna, a Toledo native, has had an extensive performing career across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Presently, he serves on the faculty at Ohio Northern University, teaching trumpet, music composition and theory and directs the Jazz Ensemble.
The Academy Brass Quintet performs music from many styles, appealing to a wide variety of musical tastes. For the St. Tim’s performance, the ABQ is performing a broad array of musical genres, from classical masters Gabrieli, Mozart and Dukas to popular standards including “Stardust” and “As Time Goes By.”
The quintet also has programmed a clever work by American composer, conductor and trumpet artist Anthony Plog. Entitled Animal Ditties VII for Brass Quintet and Narrator, each short movement is named for a bird, an animal or an insect, and has accompanying humorous narration. The Academy Brass has invited Perrysburg resident Karen Smith, an area music teacher and parishioner at St. Timothy’s, to serve as the guest narrator.
St. Timothy Episcopal church is located at 871 Boundary St. The facility is fully accessible and offers ample parking. St. Tim’s Discovers series is dedicated to bringing classical music to communities throughout Northwest Ohio. The recitals are offered free of charge; donations are accepted at all events.
Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Information on all upcoming events in the series is available at www.saint-timothy.net.
