First rehearsal of the season Tuesday August 29th! Cy’all there.

The Mission Peak Brass Band presents an evening of brass music variety, with an emphasis on musical fun. Selections include Hogwarts March, Malcolm Arnold’s humorous Padstow Lifeboat, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ light and colorful Overture to Henry V, Percy Code’s Zelda (featuring Principal Ken Walter on cornet), Miklos Rosza’s El Cid, Dave Adams’ lovely arrangement of Strauss’ Die Fledermaus Overture, and more.

You can buy tickets here for $15/$10 or at the door. Parking is $4.

The Mission Peak Brass Band will be playing Sparke’s Fanfare, Romance and Finale, Lovatt-Cooper’s spectacular Fire in the Blood, and British marches O.R.B and Arnhem. Our film feature is Once Upon a Time in the West, with soloist Doug Harris on Soprano Cornet. The band will also perform Grainger’s Irish tune from County Derry, and Sparke’s splashy arrangement of 60’s anthem McArthur Park.

General Admission $15

Seniors, Students, and Staff $10

Campus Parking $4

You can buy tickets at the Smith Center (43600 Mission Blvd. Fremont) box office or online (TBA)

43600 Mission Blvd. Fremont

Come for some Holiday  Cheer to our most popular concert of the season!

On Friday November 4th 2016 at the Ohlone College Smith Center we kick off the brass band season with a concert of flourishes and formality.

We’ll be playing a beautiful transcription of the moving Finale from Mahler’s Symphony #2, Our own Dave Adams’ transcription of Saint Saens’ Finale from “Hail! California,” and Karl King’s march Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite.

The concert also includes Eric Whitacre’s Seal Lullaby (featuring flugelhorn soloist Cliff Mercer) and Irving Berlin’s Top Hat, White Tie and Tails.

Tickets are $15/$10 at the door or www.SmithCenter.com. Parking is $4. Please come out and see us!

Max started playing the euphonium only in the last two years, but in that short period of time has already been a part of County, National, and all state honor bands.

Since Max was young, he has been enamored with the physical, emotional, and social aspects of playing and listening to music which connect across nature and humanity alike. He greatly enjoys music theory and performance and is excited to advance his career in music as a Euphonium Performance major at the University of North Texas next year.

He will be featured in Saint-Saens “The Swan”.

Friday, April 29, 2016 • 8pm • Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont

Please join us for Mission Peak Brass Band’s final program of the season. We’ll be playing Goff Richards’ bubbly Homage to the Noble Grape.  The fun then continues with Bruce Broughton’s Harlequin and P.D.Q. Bach’s 1712 Overture. Max Swisher will be the featured euphonium soloist on Saint-Saens’ The Swan. The program also includes works by Holst, Richard Strauss, Robert Browne Hall, and Fred Fisher.

Tickets are $15/$10 (for seniors, students, and staff) at the door or you can buy on-line here. Parking is $4.

Originally from North Carolina, Cliff played trumpet in a variety of styles from concert bands to marching bands, church music with organ to orchestras, swing dance bands and jazz ensembles.  He joined his first brass band in college and continued to play with brass bands through graduate school.  Now a proud member of the Mission Peak Brass Band, Cliff is pleased to play a wonderful Ellington tune, Isfahan from the Far East Suite, arranged for Flugelhorn.

Cliff has performed with a number of groups in the bay area, including the Redwood Symphony in Redwood City, Master Sinfonia in Los Altos, San Jose Wind Symphony, Don Haneke Chorale in San Jose, Palo Alto Philharmonic, and the Ohlone Community Band.  He currently performs regularly with the Ohlone Wind Orchestra as well as the Mission Peak Brass Band.

Friday, March 11th 2016 at 8PM

The Mission Peak Brass Band presents music with an international outlook:  Overture from South Pacific, Dave Adams’ arrangement of Saint-Saens’ Orient et Occident, and Duke Ellington’s Isfahan, featuring flugelhorn soloist Cliff Mercer. The program also includes great music by Verdi, Louis Prima, and a selection of fanfares, marches and waltzes. Tickets are $15/$10 (staff, students, and seniors) at the door or can be purchased in advance here.

We’ve got some great music planned for our fans this year! Please mark your calendars for the following concert dates:

Friday March 11th 8PM at the Smith Center for our Winter Concert

Friday April 29th 8PM at the Smith Center for our Spring Concert

More details to follow!