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Top Brass: 15-piece French Horn Choir Concert
Katonah Village Library, 26 Bedford Rd, Katonah, NY | Get Directions »
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Top Brass French Horn Choir, founded by Dolores Beck in January 1989, is an organization consisting of students from all over Westchester together with professional horn players from the Broadway shows and professional orchestras in NYC.
Currently numbering about a dozen players, Top Brass rehearses every Saturday in the homes of our members. More French Horn players of all skill levels are invited to join at any time.
Our programs always delight the audiences with the variety of music from Bach thru Sousa, from John Williams to The Doors, Neil Diamond, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc. In this concert, we will have guest artists performing on bagpipe, didgeridoo, electric guitars, electric bass and drum-set.
On November 20th, we have a special surprise for our Westchester crowd in a free performance at the Katonah Library at 3pm. Please arrive promptly as space is limited.
We are featuring the 20th anniversary return performance of one of Westchester’s best rock bands, “Bad Influence.” Top Brass will accompany the band in a very special arrangement of The Doors song “L.A. Woman”.
Appearing with this band as an original member will be Matt Beck on guitar. Matt is a touring member of the famous Matchbox Twenty as a keyboardist, and also is currently appearing on Broadway playing guitar in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
Other soloists include: Sarah Knapp, actress and singer; Thomas Workman, master didgeridoo artist; Darius Kaufman, bagpiper; local favorites the Bob and Norm Duo (guitarists and vocalists).
Ms Beck is not your usual French Horn master, in Westchester or anywhere: once known for showing up at gigs on her motorcycle, instrument slung over her back, she surprised the audience (and the members of Top Brass) by expertly twirling and tossing a baton at the end of a Sousa march – a skill she cultivated in her teens.
This musical extravaganza is always designed for the enjoyment of our audiences and will most definitely entertain everyone regardless of their preferred style of music.
Event Details
| Where | Katonah Village Library 26 Bedford Rd, Katonah, NY 10536 |
| Next on | This event is over. |
| Time | 3:00 pm |
| Price | $0 |
More About Katonah Village Library
About: With the help of a modest collection of books donated by the Katonah Village Improvement Association (now known as Katonah Village Improvement Society), the Katonah Village Library opened on December 10, 1880.
It boasts the area's largest reference section. Besides the general adult division, it also houses a well-stocked children's library.
Director: Van Kozelka. Her e-mail address is vkozelka@wlsmail.org
Membership: Anyone who is a Bedford resident and has a Katonah postal address is eligible for a library card, which are issued free of cost. Anyone who works, goes to school or owns property in Bedford may also apply for a card.
Services: Like all public libraries in the Westchester Library System, the Katonah Village Library provides free access to the Internet and computer terminals.
Special services include a meeting room for use by community groups, large-print books and a microcomputer for public use. The library sponsors an annual winter concert and poetry series as well as public lectures.
Collection: Its collection contains more than 60,000 items, including books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, audiobooks and CDs. It also has more than 200 periodicals, with an archive going back five years, microfilms of The New York Times from 1960 and of local papers from 1900. Moreover, there are more than 1,500 recordings, business reference tools and the complete New York Consolidated Laws Service.
Hours: The library is open during the following hours:
Mon, 10am - 8pm (for adults and kids);
Tue, Thu, 10am - 6pm (adults), 10am to 5:30 pm (kids);
Wed, 10am - 8pm (adults), 10am - 5:30 pm (kids);
Fri, 10am - 5:30pm (adults and kids);
Sat, 10am - 5pm (adults and kids);
Sun, 1pm - 5pm (adults and kids).
Summer hours (third weekend in June through Labor Day):
Sat, 10am - 1pm (adults and kids);
Sun, closed
E-mail: katref@wlsmail.org
Other events here
- New "Mother Goose Time" added at Katonah Village Library! Weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am–11:30 am
- Benefit for the Katonah Village Library - Spring into Summer Fri, Jun 1, 8:00 pm–11:00 pm
