Mnozil BrassThomas Gansch / Trumpet and Flugelhorn Robert Rother / Trumpet and Flugelhorn Roman Rindberger / Trumpet and Flugelhorn Leonhard Paul / Trombone and Basstrumpet Gerhard Füßl / Trombone Zoltan Kiss / Tenortrombone and Alto Trombone Albert Wieder / Tuba

Thursday Evening, April 14, 2016 at 7:30 Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor

86th Performance of the 137th Annual Season

Tonight’s performance is sponsored by Old National Bank and is supported by The Sarns Family, Stout Systems, and Jo-Anna and David Featherman.

Media partnership provided by WEMU 89.1 FM.

Mnozil Brass appears by arrangement with Opus 3 Artists, New York, NY.

The photography, sound recording, or videotaping of this performance is prohibited.

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P R O G R A M

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This evening’s program will be announced from the stage by the artists and will be performed with one intermission.

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A R T I S T S

Mnozil Brass has established itself as one of the world’s premiere brass ensembles. With over 130 performances a year, the group has sold out houses from the farthest reaches of the European continent to Israel, China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the US, and has captivated audiences with their blend of immense virtuosity and theatrical wit. No wonder their videos have garnered millions of YouTube views and their fans have traveled countless miles to hear them play.

During the current season, the group returns to North America with their hit show Yes! Yes! Yes! Hailed as “seriously funny” and “whimsically brazen,” the show blends original compositions with classical favorites, jazz standards, and popular hits. As always, the repertoire is presented with the group’s iconic humor in scenes so clever that they would be worthy of Monty Python.

Mnozil Brass takes their name from the “Gasthaus Mnozil,” a restaurant across

the street from the Vienna Conservatory, where, in 1992, seven young brass musicians met and began playing at a monthly open-mic. Since then, the group has embraced repertoire for all ages and stages of life: from folk to classical to jazz to pop; all executed with the same fearlessness, immense technical skill, and typical Viennese schmäh (almost impossible to find an English translation, but best rendered as a kind of sarcastic charm!).

In their time away from touring, Mnozil Brass has recorded eight albums and six DVDs. They’ve collaborated on three operetta and opera productions, and composed and recorded the music for the 2006 film Freundschaft. The group has been nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Award and won the prestigious Salzburger Stier Cabaret Prize in 2006.

UMS welcomes Mnozil Brass in its UMS debut this evening.

Photo (previous spread): Mnozil Brass; photographer: Carsten Bunnemann.

M AY W E A L S O R E C O M M E N D . . .

4/15 Zafir: Musical Winds from North Africa to Andalucía4/16 Bavarian Radio Orchestra4/23 The Bad Plus Joshua Redman

Tickets available at www.ums.org.

O N T H E H O R I Z O N . . .

4/16 2016–17 Season Launch Party (Rackham Graduate Building, 4th Floor, 915 E. Washington St., 5:30 –7:30 pm)

Free and open to the public; no registration is required.

T O N I G H T ' S V I C T O R S F O R U M S

Old National Bank —The Sarns Family—Stout Systems—Jo-Anna and David Featherman

Supporters of this evening’s performance by Mnozil Brass.