Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band & New England Brass Band in Concert

Join us for a special performance featuring two of the finest British Brass Bands in North America – Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band and New England Brass Band!

Part of Chesapeake’s 30th Anniversary Tour, this concert showcases the power and precision of British and American brass band traditions. Featuring soaring brass, lively percussion, and a repertoire that spans marches, big band standards and pops, the program also explores adventurous works that may surprise even afficionados of horns, concert, and military bands. Each band performs separately and as a combined ensemble for a spirited and unique experience.

Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band
Edward Mylechreest, Conductor
Susan Peo & Pamela Letts, Associate Conductors        

New England Brass Band
Mark Olson, Music Director
William Rollins, Associate Conductor     

General Admission: $14.99
Accessible Seating will be available upon arrival. 

Groups of 10 or more automatically receive 10% off of their tickets when purchased together!

Mechanics Hall is proud to participate in the Card to Culture program through the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Limited number of tickets available, limit of 4 per order. For eligibility requirements, please see Mechanicshall.org/cardtoculture

Mechanics Hall & Dreamscape Productions are proud to donate a portion of tickets to this event to Vet Tix. Free tickets available only through Vettix.org, an organization that provides tickets to events which reduce stress, strengthen family bonds, build life-long memories and encourage service members and veterans to stay engaged with local communities and American life.

Accessible Entrance
The barrier-free entrance to the Hall is located on Waldo Street. Elevators are located in the ground-floor lobby and provide access to the second and third floors. There is no elevator access to the Great Hall balcony.

Accessible Halls
All of our halls are wheelchair-accessible, where patrons can remain in their wheelchairs or transfer to theater seats. Patrons who cannot or do not wish to transfer from their wheelchairs to a theater seat should request wheelchair-seat locations when ordering tickets.  The Great Hall balcony is not wheel-chair accessible.

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Performing Artist Information

Founded in the spring of 1996, the Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band is a 35-piece all brass (and percussion) concert band that has been developed in the tradition of the British brass bands of the last century and more recently, the American concert bands of the early 1890’s. Although the band is headquartered in Hockessin, Delaware its members come from communities all along the multi-state area of the Chesapeake Bay region including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The band members are all volunteer and are accomplished amateur and professional community musicians. Members represent a wide range of occupations including engineers, scientists, teachers, lawyers, business owners, accountants and retired adults. Since its inception the band maintains an active performance schedule throughout Delaware, as well as the Mid-Atlantic region of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and at events in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana and New York. The band has released eight CDs’ and on a regular basis performs at the Gettysburg; Dublin, Ohio and Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festivals. The band has been featured four times at the Association of Concert Bands national convention. The band plays an entertaining mix of music from traditional British brass band transcriptions to light classics, marches, big band/swing, jazz and pops as well as providing a narrative on the music to add personal interest, humor and educational value to the concerts.

The New England Brass Band, a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, is an all volunteer brass and percussion ensemble, adhering to the instrumentation of the “British Brass Band” tradition. Based in the Boston area, the NEBB rehearses weekly in Wilmington, Massachusetts and draws auditioned players from all New England states. Established in 1988 under the direction of founding Music Director William Rollins, the NEBB has performed throughout New England, including concerts at Boston University’s Tsai Performance Center, Symphony Hall in Boston, Mechanics Hall in Worcester, and the Shalin Lieu Performance Center in Rockport. In addition, the NEBB has participated in the Northeast Brass Band championships at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY, the Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival in Glassboro, NJ, and the North American Brass Band Association competition throughout the country. Over the years, the NEBB continues its tradition of community giving and musical inspiration. This has included contributing over $4,500 to the worldwide Brass Band Aid fundraising effort to build a school in Adet, Ethiopia.  During the 2007 – 2008 Season, the band donated 10% of proceeds from sales of its CD ‘Be Glad Then America’ to Home For Our Troops, an organization that raises funds to build housing for severely disabled veterans. Since then, the NEBB has continued to perform gratis fundraising concerts at a number of venues including the Wilmington Congregational Church, the Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center in Boston (for the Salvation Army), and at several schools in low/moderate income communities throughout Massachusetts.