Watertown First Brigade Band | Music on Mondays

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This semester, the Watertown First Brigade Band starred as the featured artists in ��ԭ��’s Music on Mondays concert series. Performing nineteenth century band works, the group presented two concerts: one at 6PM for families with young children and another at 7PM for the Watertown area community. The Watertown First Brigade Band models itself after the band formed by eighteen Union soldiers from the Brodhead Brass Band in 1864. Under the command of General William T. Sherman, these men left rural Wisconsin and participated in military campaigns in Northern Georgia and the Carolina’s. More than 130 years later, men and women of varied ages and occupations keep the tradition alive by performing around 40 concerts a year. For preserving historical music, the group receives support from the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Heritage Military Music Foundation. For the concert in Burckart Hall, the brigade members play 1860’s band music in period outfits and on antique instruments. After the concert, they allowed attendees to touch the instruments. “I thoroughly enjoyed the First Brigade concert!” commented Samuel Robertson, who got to hold some of the antique instruments. “My favorite parts were getting to see the different antique instruments, hearing their rich, mellow tone, and, […]

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Watertown First Brigade Band | Music on Mondays

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