True North Brass on Amherst Island, Ontario

I must say, when I saw the booking for Amherst Island coming up, I got quite excited to make the concert date the centre of a small vacation for Scott and myself.  It is a 6 hr. drive from Owen Sound so we started out for Kingston the day before the concert and...

Al Kay’s Many Festive Gigs of Late 2012

I had a busy December gig schedule with some Christmas TNB events. The first was a grueling drive up the 401 (for a noon concert in Gatineau) with trumpet player Steve Woomert after an 8pm Ellington Nutcracker concert! We arrived around 2:30am, checked into our rooms,...

York University Community Band Festival

Join True North Brass on Saturday May 5, 2012 as they performing and conducting a workshop from: 12:00-1:00 and 2:00-3:00 in Room 235 of York University. Another reason to come out is that we’ll be offering a special deal on CDs this weekend: pay only $35 when...