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The Rum River Brass is a quintet consisting of experienced players from the northern part of the Twin Cities. They play an eclectic repertoire, including jazz, classical transcriptions, ragtime, pop, Dixieland - in short, just about anything! The band plays at weddings, corporate functions and appears regularly at concerts-in-the-park in many local cities. The Rum River Brass were featured at the 2011 Bloomington Jazz Festival.
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What they're saying about The Rum River Brass...

"...the decision to ask them back was an easy one;
they are professional, polished, and the music was
​a great fit for our [graduation] ceremony."
 
- Andrea Halverson, Director of Curriculum & Instruction,
Kaleidoscope Charter School
"A musical cornucopia of great music performed by
personable and talented musicians."
 
- Tom Larson, Director,
Sandhill Center for the Arts

"...the band helped make the occasion a special one...
I recommend the Rum River Brass to anyone that asks."
 
- Todd Mahon, Executive Director,
Anoka County Historical Society
"[The Rum River Brass are] always prepared
and fit perfectly into whatever our choirs are doing. 
[Ours] is a happy and cherished relationship."

- Michael Sahlen, Minister of Music and Worship
Word of Peace Lutheran Church, Rogers, MN
"Thank you for helping make our Family Music Night a big success!
Your playing sounded great and the little instrument demos were perfect."

- Ginny Jacobson
Musikgarten of Anoka
"Thank you all for making my [wedding] day so wonderful!
I’ll definitely be recommending you to anyone I know
looking for a brass quintet for a wedding or any other special event."

- Stephanie Schulz
"Our congregation is absolutely in love with the sound
generated by this ensemble. They are superb musicians!"
 
- Krista Elsenpeter Tarbox, Music Director,
St. Timothy's Catholic Church, Maple Lake, MN

Rum River Brass featured on ABC Newspaper's "Hometown Sound"!

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