Night and stars above that shine so bright.

   The mystery of their fading light.

   That shines upon our Caravan.
   -Duke Ellington

Following back to back 2nd place finishes at the Drum Corps Associates Championship, Minnesota Brass is proud to announce their 2010 program: Caravan.

An odyssey through the desert is what is in store for MBI fans this year. The story of our voyage will be told in five acts: Camp, Mirage, Sandstorm, Oasis, and Caravan. Musical selections for the production include: "Bangkok" (from Chess), "Danse Bacchanale" (Camille Saint-Saens), "Nefud Mirage" (from Lawrence of Arabia), "Kashmir" (Led Zepplin), "Scheherazade" (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov), and of course" Caravan" (Duke Ellington.)

"This is going to be a fantastic vehicle for our Corps," said Joel Matuzak-MBI Program Coordinator, "The music and concept allows us to continue to innovate in the all-age Drum Corps activity while maintaining a program that audiences will love. I couldn't be more excited!"

The creative staff from 2009 returns in its entirety:
Joel Matuzak, Program Coordinator/Percussion Arranger/Caption Supervisor
Andy Classen, Drill Writer/Arranger
Andrew Angle, Visual Caption Supervisor
Matt Kettelhut, Brass Arranger/ Brass Caption Supervisor
Gary Swanson, Colorguard Designer/Caption Supervisor
Matt Ferry, Percussion Arranger

Minnesota Brass begins it's 64th season on Saturday, January 2nd at Highland Park Senior High School in Saint Paul. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. Register for our open house and get more information here.