Stan Kenton Christmas Brass 2024
Sun, Dec 15
|West Heights UMC
Time & Location
Dec 15, 2024, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
West Heights UMC, 745 N Westlink Ave, Wichita, KS 67212, USA
About the event
Experience the Joy of Christmas with the Stan Kenton Brass at West Heights United Methodist Church on Sunday, December 15 at 10:30am!
Come celebrate the joy of Christmas with the exhilarating music of Stan Kenton Christmas Brass. On Sunday, December 15 at 10:30am, West Heights UMC presents its 49th annual Christmas concert featuring soaring trumpets and roaring brass, sounding out traditional carols that bring forth the spirit of the season.
Stan Kenton was born in the Delano area of Wichita in 1911 and became a pianist, composer, arranger, band leader and jazz educator. We are delighted to be able to share the Stan Kenton Christmas brass again this year!
This began at West Heights when Newt Graber, pianist, band leader and "gig king of Wichita" got a group of about 22 jazz musicians together to perform at the church. It has been a tradition ever since. After Newt's death in…