Princeton Brass Band, conducted by Dr. Stephen Allen, Receives Honors

The Princeton Brass Band, conducted by Rider's Dr. Steve Allen, recently received a double-honor: Third place in the Honors section of the North American Brass Band Association Championships (NABBA), and an invitation to be the first 'British Style' brass band to appear at the annual New Jersey Band Conference (http://www.njbandconference.org/schedule.htm).

The Princeton Brass Band has the honor of opening the Conference at 9 a.m. at the Kendall Hall of The College of New Jersey on Friday, May 2. Their program will consist of Gregson's Connotations; Sparke's Pantomime, with soloist Matthew Maslanka, son of legendary US concert band composer David Maslanka; Ball's Journey into Freedom followed by John Williams Epic Themes and the encore McArthur Park.

For more information and the performance schedule, visit http://www.njbandconference.org/.