USAF Offutt Brass performs in Ipswich Monday

Offutt Brass, the brass ensemble from the United States Air Force Heartland of America Band will perform a free, family-friendly entertaining and patriotic community concert on Monday, March 25, 2019 at 7 p.m. in the Ipswich School Theatre.

This outstanding six-member musical group from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is comprised of two trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba and percussion. With a program that features a wide musical variety of classical, jazz, popular marches, and patriotic favorites, Offutt Brass displays the Air Force's excellence, precision and innovation in every performance.

Their program titled "An American Musical Journey," includes works by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, John Williams, and Arthur Pryor's virtuosic trombone feature, the "theme & Variations on the Blue Bells of Scotland."

These talented musicians proudly represent the more than 660,000 Air Force professionals around the world who relentlessly protect and defend the freedoms we cherish.

This event is FREE and open to the public, although tickets are required. To download electronic tickets, visit http://www.usafheartlandofamericaband.eventbrite.com or pick up hard-copy tickets from the office of the Ipswich Tribune on Highway 12. For more information call 426-6471.