Brass Quintet And Bagpipe December Concerts Coming To Waukesha

WAUKESHA, WI -- Tickets are now on sale for a festive series of four mid-December Christmas concerts, with proceeds to benefit the work and programs of The Salvation Army of Waukesha County.

Two groups of musicians are featured this year, the skilled North Coast Brass Quintet, whose performers have played with stars including Aretha Franklin, The Temptations and Frank Valli; and also, the award-winning Pipes and Drums of St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy, a brigade of bagpipes led by Scottish bagpipe builder and master, Major Brian Donaldson.

The Christmas concerts started three seasons ago, and last year produced two sell-outs and one standing room-only event. “We encourage patrons to head for our website as soon as they can – WaukeshaSalvationArmy.org – to purchase their tickets, ensuring they’ll be able to attend the concert of their choice,” said Major Nelson De La Vergne, now in his fifth year as corps officer of the county-wide Salvation Army headquarters.

How to Go:

Tickets, and more detailed information is available on the charity’s website at WaukeshaSalvationArmy.org

The concerts—four in three days – are staged across Waukesha County in notable venues of architectural or historic interest, including:

Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6:45 p.m. at Highview Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

Friday, Dec.14 at 6:45 p.m. at First Baptist Church, one of Waukesha’s oldest churches in
downtown Waukesha, directly across Grand Avenue from the Cutler Public Library.

Saturday, Dec. 15 at 1:45 p.m. in the Froedtert Chapel of the Chimes of Wisconsin Memorial Park,
a beautiful Gothic worship space immediately south of Capitol Drive in Brookfield

Saturday, Dec. 15 at 6:45 p.m. in the Noble Victory Memorial Chapel located at St. John’s
Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield.

“We stage these concerts to not only to say thank you to our current supporters, but also to meet new people who may have never been aware that they have their own, local Salvation Army headquarters, dedicated to this specific county and its needs,” said De La Vergne.

All tickets are general admission. Doors open half an hour before curtain, with single adult tickets offered at just $14, seniors at just $12, and those under 18 at just $10.

Graphic Courtesy Salvation Army