The River City 6 is a Pittsburgh-based brass ensemble composed of 6 dynamic performers from the famed River City Brass Band. You will experience all of the excitement of a Brass Band performance combined with the intimate setting of a small but magnetic and hilarious quintet with 6 members! How can that be? The band just added an exciting percussionist to the usual quintet configuration of 2 trumpets, French horn, tuba and trombone - so they call themselves the world's largest quintet! The addition of the percussionist noticeably enhances the sound spectrum of the group.

All members of RC6 are expressive musical artists chock-full of personality and wit and play a wide variety of musical styles with high-octane energy. Each is a soloist and each adds a special stylistic flavor to the mix. There are moments of great delicacy balanced with great power – and some raucous jazz licks contrasted with clean and clear classical execution. They may even sing a few songs for you.

The mission of the group is to delight the audience with a truly unique concert experience. They have crafted a program that attempts to engage the audience with a good helping of music they know and love, to challenge them with some music they may not know (but just might come to love as well), and to make the whole experience as much fun as possible. A sampling of the program would include a Sousa march, a suite from West Side Story, a xylophone solo, a cowboy/country tuba specialty, an Irving Berlin medley and Just A Closer Walk.

River City 6 Also, see our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/rivercity6 for more including a recording.