HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, Music Director

ELGAR’S ENIGMA

Friday, September 29, 2023 / 8:00 p.m. 
Saturday, September 30, 2023 / 8:00 p.m. 
Sunday, October 1, 2023 / 3:00 p.m.
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
HSO BRASS QUINTET

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The 2023-24 Masterworks Series is presented by

The 2023-2024 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by The Elizabeth M. and Harriette M. Landon Foundation

The post of Music Director is endowed by The Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.
Cameras and recording equipment are not permitted during the performance.
As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council,
the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development,
Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet is comprised of the principal brass players of the HSO. The ensemble is actively involved in educational programs and committed to performing repertoire of neglected American composers of color and diversity, and composers with connections to Connecticut. Some of the composers that have appeared on HSO BQ programs include: Reena Esmail, J. Rosamond Johnson, Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy, Zenobia Powell Perry, Florence Price, Billy Strayhorn, George Walker and Gwyneth Walker.

In addition to their regular positions with the HSO, they have also performed individually with such notable ensembles as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, San Francisco Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Sarasota Symphony, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestral Project, Pittsburgh Ballet and Opera Orchestra, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony, Cape Symphony, Des Moines Metro Opera, and the Grammy Award Winning Chestnut Brass Company.

Current teaching affiliations of the players include The Hart School (College & Community Division), University of Connecticut, New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and the University of Southern Maine. 

You might run into one of them no matter where you attend a concert in New England!

HSO Brass Quintet
Jarrod Briley, tuba
Brian Diehl, trombone
Barbara Hill, horn
Kenny Piatt, trumpet
John Charles Thomas, trumpet