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CLARION:
Off the Charts Feb. 7, 2026 - 7:30 St. John's Cathedral Spokane's mega-brass group will be performing off the charts! February with find Clarion rattling the rafters at
St. John's Cathedral with huge sounds from grand opera to hot rock, from ballet to disco, from cowboy to reggae to Broadway. This is a program with nothing but encores & show-stoppers back-to-back from start to finish. Clarion will be all over the map and maybe even surprise you with the places brass can go. Clarion is a 14-member brass group with percussion conducted by Andrea Olsen. William Berry prepares all of their musical arrangements, which have been played all over the planet. |
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The versatility of brass instruments in the hands of Clarion's amazingly virtuosic musicians means the group is as much at home with Puccini's Nessun Dorma, Copland's Billy the Kid and Orff's Carmina Burana as they are with Crocodile Rock,
Buffalo Soldier and Ghost Riders in the Sky. And they are certainly ready to try Defying Gravity!
Plan on flying into St. John's with Clarion's wild and beautiful mix of big brass adventure.
Buffalo Soldier and Ghost Riders in the Sky. And they are certainly ready to try Defying Gravity!
Plan on flying into St. John's with Clarion's wild and beautiful mix of big brass adventure.
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Watch the 2023 KSPS-PBS Clarion Holiday Concert Special now on YouTube.
And please consider the ways you can support local public television for supporting the performing arts in your community.
And please consider the ways you can support local public television for supporting the performing arts in your community.
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Clarion is the best brass around, 13 professional musicians on trumpets, horns, trombones, tuba, and percussion who can get their heads & fingers around any style of music at any level of technical difficulty. Conductor Andrea Olsen leads the group on its flights through the winter sky. Once again I would like to thank KSPS-PBS for presenting these Clarion concerts, and to thank everyone in Spokane along with the wider Northwest for turning out year after year to support creative & original holiday music. To the many of you who have said "It's just not Christmas without Clarion" - Merry Christmas!
William Berry Artistic Director |
If You Need A Little Christmas right now,
please enjoy every holiday song ever written
- all in one video.
please enjoy every holiday song ever written
- all in one video.
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Many people have told me that for them
"it's not Christmas without Clarion." But did you know you can stuff 14 musicians in a stocking? Clarion's CDs let you keep the holiday spirit year-round & spread the quirky joy! Order any or all of them now as a gift for yourself or your friends. Thank you for listening & enjoy the music! Wm. Berry |
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Photos by mcmullenphotography.com
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If you need a little Christmas
in the form of animated silliness, click below for Clarion's wild take on A Partridge in a Pear Tree. For more Clarion video, see the 2007 Northwest Profiles episode produced by KSPS Television featuring
William Berry & Clarion Brass on William's bio page. This incredible brass choir has been performing since 1992, recorded a bunch of CDs of original music written and arranged specifically for the group, and is known for breaking through stylistic barriers by playing in every imaginable genre. |