Sylvia Alimena, now in her 38th season as Music Director and Conductor of Brass of Peace, will kick off her Brass of Peace 50th Anniversary season with a concert featuring BOP alumni who currently hold positions in our United States premiere bands. Several BOP Alumni Premier band members have broken through a long-existing glass ceiling. Those performing include; Blakely Carroll, trumpeter and the first woman to join the United States Air Force Band trumpet section; Aislin Carpenter, trumpeter also of USAFB trumpet section; Caeley Niess, trumpeter and first female lead trumpeter in the United States Navy Band Brass Quintet; Katie Franke, trombone and the first woman to join the President’s Own Marine Band trombone section; Diego Stine, tuba; and Liam McConlogue, horn both of the United States Army Band. They will be joined by current members of Brass of Peace. The program includes works of Gabrieli, Strauss, Bruckner, Suppe, Debussy, Guilmant, Lauridsen, Wagner, Benedetto.
