Motor City Brass Band, with Music Director and Conductor Gordon Ward, presents our 2022-2023 season finale concert: The Best of Broadway!

Join us tomorrow, Sunday, June 4 @ 3:00 pm at the stunning Ford Community & Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are still available online at the box office (https://bit.ly/3M1k4PM). The box office will open at 1:00 pm tomorrow for walk-up ticket sales. The MCBB hotline is also taking orders until 11 pm tonight at 248-788-6618. Seating is general admission and the doors open at 2:30 pm.

A special thank you to our concert sponsors Myrna Hitchman and Mary Catherine Emerson.

Tomorrow's Program

The music of Broadway comprises a wide range of themes, styles, and stories. MCBB will present a program with some of the best music to have come from The Great White Way, including Les Misérables, Hamilton and Porgy & Bess, plus a medley of music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Breezin Down Broadway, a medley by Goff Richards, provides a lively opening to the concert with tunes from Broadway shows like Kiss Me Kate (1948), My Fair Lady (1956), The Music Man (1957), and more.

The second half of our show opens with You Can't Stop the Beat, the "contagiously elating" final number in the 2002 musical Hairspray. Members of the Hairspray Live! cast lovingly mocked the song as “You Can’t Stop to Breathe.”

Our season concludes with Les Misérables, a crowd pleaser that has been entertaining audiences around the world since its 1985 premiere in London. With some of the most recognisable songs in musical theatre, the classic story of Jean Valjean and revolutionary France is the longest-running musical in the history of the West End. This Concert Suite from Les Misérables highlights the very best of Boublil & Schӧnberg's Tony Award-winning score, arranged for brass band by Gavin Somerset.

MCBB 2023-2024 Season

Motor City Brass Band's 2023-2024 season will be revealed at tomorrow's concert. A program insert will include descriptions of each concert and an order form for a great price on season tickets.

Season postcards for 2023-2024 will be mailed to homes soon and the new season will also be featured in upcoming social media and email newsletters.

Thank You to MCBB Chair Sponsors

Thank you to our Motor City Brass Band chair sponsors. MCBB musicians volunteer their time, and the generosity of our chair sponsors provides funding to cover MCBB's annual operating expenses.

Financial support of MCBB plays a vital role as we bring the joy of brass band music to the community. Without generous supporters like you, we would not be where we are today. MCBB remains more committed than ever to presenting the highest quality public performances, educational programs, and an Academy Band for rising new musicians.

Information about how to Sponsor-a-Chair for the 2023-24 season will be released in August. For details, contact Development volunteer Tom Hitchman at 4hitchman@gmail.com

Please consider making a contribution to MCBB. All donors are rcognized in the concert programs, and as a 501(c)(3) organization, donors receive an acknowledgement letter for tax purposes.

Donate online at the link below, or mail a check payable to MCBB: Motor City Brass Band, 24901 Northwestern Highway, suite 312, Southfield, MI 48075.

Upcoming MCBB Performances

Sunday, June 4 @ 3:00 pm

Thursday, June 22 @ 7:00 pm

Sunday, October 29 @ 3:00 pm

Saturday, November 18 @ tbd

Sunday, December 17 @ 3 pm

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