The Spire Series is pleased to sponsor the Bay Street Brassworks (BSB), an internationally acclaimed touring ensemble and one of America's finest and busiest brass ensembles. This award-winning quintet was founded in 1995 and performs everything from Bach to Be-Bop. BSB is also the premiere educational brass ensemble of its kind and currently a performing ensemble for Young Audiences Chapters, including Young Audiences of Maryland. BSB has performed hundreds of educational programs, masterclasses and clinics for kindergarteners through high school seniors.

BSB's eclectic program at First & Franklin will include arrangements of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra; Alexander Borodin's Polovtsian Dances; Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing; Chuck Mangione's Children of Sanchez; Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's Stairway to Heaven; Joe Zawinul's Birdland; and Bix Beiderbecke's Davenport Blues and many other favorite tunes.

BSB’s discography includes Fresh Off The Boat - Folk Music From Around The World (2002), American Escapades (2006), and Brass on Fire (2011). BSB received the Grand Prize at the 2003 New York Brass Conference International Brass Quintet Competition.

Following the concert, there will be a reception with snacks and drinks where you can meet the musicians and mingle with other music lovers.

Tickets available online (Paypal) or at the door. $10.00 (fulltime) students, $20.00 general admission