Septura Brass Septet to Perform at the Faulkner Center

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Septura Brass Septet

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The renowned British brass ensemble, Septura BrassSeptet, will present a program of classical chamber music at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center. The concert is part of Septura’s USA Tour 2018 and is sponsored by the University of Arkansas Department of Music.

BBC Music Magazine describes the group as "dazzlingly polished." Septura brings together London's leading players to redefine brass chamber music through the uniquely expressive sound of the brass septet. The group is the Ensemble in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has recorded 10 records for Naxos Records. 

Septura weaves an ever-increasing repertoire into its live events and has gained a reputation for engaging audiences with innovative and imaginative programming.
Septura’s members are the leading players of the new generation of British brass musicians, holding principal positions in the London Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Basel Symphony and Aurora orchestras.

Tickets are on sale now. To find times and ticket information visit faulkner.uark.edu or email faulkner@uark.edu — or stop by the Box Office, open from 1:30-5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

The Faulkner Performing Arts Center is part of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

About Septura Brass: By creating a canon of transcriptions, arrangements and new commissions for this brand new classical configuration, Septura aims to re-cast the brass ensemble as a serious artistic medium.  Currently Ensemble in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music, London, the group is recording a series of 10 discs for Naxos Records, each focused on a particular period, genre and set of composers, creating a ‘counter-factual history’ of brass chamber music.

About the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center: The newest performing arts center at the University of Arkansas — a renovation of the old Field House — is named the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center, in honor of the couple’s major gift to the project. Completed in September 2017, this world-class performance venue is 39,400 square feet, with seating for 587, and a stage that can accommodate as many as 250 performers. The center is the main performance venue for the university’s J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music and hosts guest musical activities for the university and Northwest Arkansas community.

About U of A Department of Music: The University of Arkansas Department of Music is housed in the George and Boyce Billingsley Music Building in the heart of the university's beautiful campus in Fayetteville. The department, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1951, has been a chartered member of Pi Kappa Lambda since 1984. Home to over 300 music majors and minors and more than 35 graduate students, the department has a faculty of 50 nationally and internationally recognized scholars, pedagogues and musicians. Our program offers degrees at the bachelor and master levels and offers an intensive one-year performer's certificate. Through generous support from alumni and friends, the Department of Music became an All-Steinway School in 2010. The University of Arkansas is the third SEC school to gain this distinction and one of only 150 universities worldwide with the honor.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines.