Canadian Brass bringing standards, classics to MSU with March 18 performance
Contact: Carl Smith
STARKVILLE, Miss.—One of the world’s most prolific music-making ensembles will fill Mississippi State’s historic Lee Hall with the sounds of brass standards, classical works and period masterpieces this month.
Canadian Brass, a five-person group originally founded in 1970 now with more than 130 albums under its belt, takes to Bettersworth Auditorium’s stage 7 p.m. March 18 in the last spring show of the university’s 2025-26 Lyceum Series.
Tickets are $30 for the general public; $25 for senior citizens and MSU faculty and staff; $10 for children 12 years old and younger; and free for MSU students. Visit www.msstate.universitytickets.com for more information.
Widely regarded as one of the most popular brass ensembles in the world, Canadian Brass has amassed 24 combined Grammy and Juno music award nominations and sold more than 2 million albums globally. The group’s 2010 album “Stars & Stripes: Canadian Brass Salute America” peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Classical Chart, where it spent eight weeks in the Top 25. Currently, the group includes Joe Burgstaller, trumpet; founder Chuck Dallenbach, tuba; Keith Dydra, trombone; Jeff Nelson, horn; and Mikio Sasaki, trumpet.
While members rotated in and out through five decades of performances, Canadian Brass reached significant milestones while touring across the world. It was the first brass ensemble to perform on Carnegie Hall’s main stage and the first from the West to be featured in the People’s Republic of China.
TV viewers have seen Canadian Brass on numerous shows, including “The Tonight Show,” “Today,” “Entertainment Tonight” and “Sesame Street.” It’s 2010 televised Chinese New Year’s performance on Hunan TV was seen by more than 500 million viewers.
Visit www.canadianbrass.com for more information.
The Lyceum Series is MSU’s longest running performance arts series and is a key part of the university’s continued commitment to the arts. For more information visit www.lyceum.msstate.edu or call 662-325-2930.
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