Round Top Festival Institute

Tickets & Reception Dinner

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 Houston Brass Band.
The Houston Brass Band was founded in 2000 by several enthusiasts, some of whom had become aware of the genre from the superb little film “Brassed Off!”

In 2006, Houston Symphony trumpeter Robert Walp took over as Music Director after being introduced to the band by coaching the the cornets. This began a new era for the group. Rapidly the band’s improvement drew some of the most talented professionals and amateurs in the Houston area. The HBB moved to Christ the King Lutheran Church for its rehearsals and concerts, where it still performs regularly. The support of the musically educated audience at Christ the King has been a great boon to the band, notably at our annual concerts of German music. These concerts are musical thank-yous to the Houston Sängerbund, whose generous underwriting has enabled the band to build its library and embark on larger projects.

Valentine’s Day Library Fundraiser Concert

The Art of the American Song.

Dick Smith and Friends “The Art of the American Song” show pays homage to the great popular music composers including such names as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin and others who left us a legacy of popular music known around the world as The American Songbook. Most of their music was written over about a 75 year period, before the advent of Rock & Roll, and the era of bands writing & performing their own songs.