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P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
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The Canadian Brass
A Christmas Experiment
The kids of the Canadian Brass help create a unique Christmas pageant.
53 minutes
Color / Stereo
Grade Level: 3-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1998
Copyright Date: 1997
ISBN (VHS): 1-56029-777-8
Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete
Produced by Rhombus Media
Featuring: The Canadian Brass, Bach Children's Chorus, Georgian Bay Children's Choir, Canadian Children's Dance Theatre, Paul and Isabelle Duschesnay, and Robert Desrosiers
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"Yes, Virginia, there is a musical Christmas special with taste."
The (Toronto) Globe and Mail
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The top brass quintet in the world recruits their own kids to help create a unique Christmas pageant. Together they weave a tapestry of visual elements through 15 segments, each built around a particular Christmas carol.
The Brass are costumed, according to the dictate of the kids, as musical wind-up toys, angels, the Three Kings, a Christmas tree and Santa Claus. What results is a festive and spontaneous "free for all" where the kids run the show and where the Brass playfully indulge in their own experiment.
Awards:
Gold Apple, National Educational Media Network Competition
Silver Rose, Golden Rose Festival of Montreux
5 Nominations, Gemini Awards
Finalist, The New York Festivals
Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film Festival
Reviews:
"The Canadian Brass has earned its widespread appeal by combining superb musicianship with humor and theatricality - The sense of genuine warmth and good cheer generated by viewing this film might be a perfect cure for holiday cynicism or stress in this or any other year." Richard McRae, Associate Librarian, University at Buffalo Music Library MC Journal: the Journal of Academic Media Librarianship
"Yes, Virginia, there is a musical Christmas special with taste." The (Toronto) Globe and Mail
Related Subjects:
Canadian Studies
Christmas Carols
Creativity
Holidays
Music
Performing Arts
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Harry in Wonderland
Masterclass with Menuhin: Extraordinary meeting between two prodigies of the violin.
Magnificat: Contrast of styles in performing Bach's most joyous work.
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