| 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Atrium

Concert for Caring featuring the Sonorous Brass Company

Directed by Bartolo Vargas of Puerto Rico

Saturday, June 20
2:00 - 3:30 pm
St. Paul's Atrium (815 East Grace Street)

(Richmond, VA)-On Saturday, June 20th at 2:00 pm, St. Paul's will host a Concert for Caring featuring the 'Sonorous Brass Company,' directed by Bartolo Vargas of Puerto Rico. The brass ensemble will perform "Celebración" by Saviel O. Cartagena and Alberto Guidobaldi's "Fanfarria."

Vargas is a world-renown euphonium player with a Euphoniumist BM from Indiana University and MA from the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. Vargas has performed with the Caribbean Tuba and Euphonium Quartet, the Puerto Rican brass quintet Bronces, and the Puerto Rico State Band. He has also performed as a soloist with the Colombia Symphony Orchestra, the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Band, and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss's symphonic poem Don Quixote.

The cost of admission to this concert is caring for others. The musicians ask that attendees bring one food item to contribute to the St. Paul's Food Pantry for those who are hungry. St. Paul's specializes in serving individuals who are on a special medical diet due to diabetes or renal failure. Needed items include canned meats, vegetables, pasta sauce, canned fruit, cereal, and beans. Low salt and low sugar items preferred.

St. Paul's Concerts for Caring food vouchers will also be available for individuals who can't get to the grocery store or forget to bring an item. 100% of any donation will be used to purchase items for the food pantry.

The concert will take place from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm in the Atrium of St. Paul's Episcopal Church (815 East Grace Street, Richmond). Free parking is available in the St. Paul's parking garage (entrance is on 8th Street between Grace and Franklin Streets).

Questions? Call Kimberly Allen with St. Paul's at (804) 545-5405 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Members of the Sonorous Brass Company perform as part of a quartet at the Downtown Community Ministries (DCM) Palm Sunday Service, 2009.