The third group in this concert, the Northcoast Brass Ensemble, is a little different in that all its members are music teachers. Chris Cox (trumpet) teaches at Eureka High; Burt Codispoti (trumpet) at Triple Junction High School in Petrolia; Ronite Gluck (French horn) for the Freshwater School District; while Dan Aldag (trombone) and Fred Tempas (tuba) teach at HSU.

Four of the works the Ensemble will play are contemporary compositions or arrangements with a regional connection. These include “Fanfare for Open Spaces,” a 1988 composition by HSU alumna Katherine Ann Murdock, who teaches music theory and composition at Wichita State University.

“Italian Postcards” by Ray Burkhart was commissioned by the Humboldt Brass Chamber Music Workshop. “Dance” is by Wilke Renwick, a French horn player who retired to Oregon from the Colorado Symphony.

“Mamanita” by pioneer jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton, is arranged for brass quintet by Northcoast Brass Ensemble trombonist and HSU Music professor Dan Aldag.

Concluding the concert will be Quintet # 3 by 20th century Russian composer Viktor Ewald, which is one of the few chamber works for brass instruments from the Romantic period.

This Community Chamber Music concert on Friday, June 6 will begin at 7:30 PM, which is a half hour earlier than concerts in Fulkerson Recital Hall usually start. Tickets are $8 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. An HSU Music Department production.