The Wellsboro Community Concert Association’s 2022-2023 season continues with the Philadelphia Brasson 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. This is the second in the series of six concerts.

One of unique strengths of the Philadelphia Brass is the palpable sense of respect, affection and musical enjoyment among its members. This allows the players to perform with exceptional flexibility and cohesiveness, and enhances the ensemble’s appeal to audiences of all ages.

Critics and the public alike have enthusiastically praised the diversity of the group’s repertoire, technical virtuosity, superb musicality and humorous and informative educational dialogue from the stage. Their playing has been celebrated as “artistry of the highest caliber” and “dazzling technique.”

The Philadelphia Brass was formed in 1988 with a mission to perform the best of brass quintet literature from all periods and styles while educating the public to the pleasures, subtleties, and complexities of chamber music.

The group has produced five CDs: “Renaissance and Baroque”, “Joan Lippincott and Philadelphia Brass”, “Christmas”, “Christmas in the Grand Tradition” with Peter Conte and the Wanamaker Organ, and “The Anniversary Album”, and is featured in Family Portrait and Smoky Mountain Fanfare, 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, including 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, among many others.

The ensemble has toured extensively throughout the United States and the United Kingdom and has completed two well-received tours to Bolivia on behalf of the U.S. State Department in collaboration with the Asociacion pro Arte y Cultura’s Baroque Festival based in Santa Cruz.

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.

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

Admission to the concert with Matthew Ball aka The Boogie Woogie Kid on Saturday, April 22, 2023 is $20 for an adult. The other four are $25 each per adult, including the 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.

Children 12 and under accompanied by a paying adult are admitted free. A student who is 13 to 18 will be admitted for $5 per concert.

All concerts start at 7:30 p.m. and are held in the Coolidge Theatre.

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.