The Wellsboro Community Concert Association’s 2022-2023 season continues with a performance by the Philadelphia Brassthis Friday, Nov. 4at 7:30 p.m. in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro.

The Philadelphia Brass is composed of some this country’s leading brass professionals. Members are: Anthony Cecere of New Jersey on French horn; Robert Gale on trombone and Steven Heitzer and Brian Kuszyk, both on trumpet with all three from in and around the Philadelphia area; and Scott Mendoker of Massachusetts on tuba.

Cecere has been a member of Philadelphia Brass for almost 20 years and Kuszyk for the past 30 years.

The Philadelphia Brass appeals to audiences of all ages. “We play classical to user-friendly contemporary to big band jazz,” said Mendoker. “Most of our big band jazz arrangements were written specifically for us,” he said.

Critics and the public have praised the diversity of the group’s repertoire, technical virtuosity, superb musicality and humorous and informative educational dialogue from the stage.

The Philadelphia Brass was formed 34 years ago in 1988 with a mission to perform the best of brass quintet literature from all periods and styles.

The group has produced five CDs and is featured in two pieces on the Summit Records CD, “David Sampson – Notes from Far Away Places”.

Individually, Philadelphia Brass members have performed with the world’s top musical ensembles. Among them are the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.

The Philadelphia Brass has toured extensively throughout the United States and the United Kingdom and has completed two tours to Bolivia.

A season pass to attend the five remaining concerts is $75 for one adult accompanied by minor children, 12 and under and represents a saving of $45 versus paying a total of $120 for five individual tickets. All five start at 7:30 p.m. and will be in the Coolidge Theatre.

A season pass for a student, 13 to 18, is $25 or $5 for each of the five remaining concerts.

Admission to each of four of the concerts is $25 per adult. The $25 concerts are: Philadelphia Brass on Friday, Nov. 4; Charm City Junction on Friday, Dec. 9; Lunasa on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 and The Revelers on Friday, May 19, 2023.

The concert with Matthew Ball aka The Boogie Woogie Kid on Saturday, April 22, 2023 is $20 for an adult. Children 12 and under accompanied by a paying adult are admitted free.

Information, season tickets and tickets for individual concerts are available by visiting www.wellsborocca.org or by calling the Deane Center at 570-724-6220 or can be purchased at the door on Nov. 4 beginning at 7 p.m.