Contact: Public Relations
(863) 680-4118

The Empire Brass performs
at Florida Southern College

LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 28, 2002) - Florida Southern's Festival of Fine Arts welcomes the nationally renowned quintet, Empire Brass, to Branscomb Auditorium Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

The quintet presents over 100 concerts a year around the world, performing brass music ranging from Bach and Handel to jazz and Broadway. The group has performed on network television and commercial and public radio networks nationwide, and is the first brass ensemble to win the prestigious Naumberg Chamber Music Award.

Tickets are $20. FSC students are admitted free of charge; cost for non-FSC students is $10. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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