Orchestra’s “Shift” series of informal concerts continues Wednesday

By Peter Alexander Nov. 4 at 1:32 p.m.

The Boulder Philharmonic will present  “Brass and Booze,” their third “Shift” concert presenting their musicians in unusual venues and smaller groups, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons.

“We wanted to reach out into some new areas,” the Phil’s executive director Mimi Kruger says. “The idea is that people can get to know our musicians and connect in a different way.”

Wednesday’s program presents members of the Boulder Phil brass section playing music with jazz and Afro-Cuban influences. It will include new pieces as well as Duke Ellington’s “Do Nothin’ until You Hear from Me” and Freddie Mercury’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Each of the Shift programs opens at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, and will be repeated in another venue. Wednesday’s “Brass and Booze” program will be repeated at Wild Provisions Beer Project in Boulder April 22, 2025. The first two programs featuring string ensembles—“Groove” and “Americana Redefined”—will be repeated at the Dickens Opera House in Longmont Monday, Nov. 25, and Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, respectively.

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“Brass and Booze”
Players from the Boulder Philharmonic

• Informal program includes Ellington, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Afro-Cuban influenced music

7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6
Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, Colo.

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Wild Provisions, 2209 Central Ave., Boulder, Colo.

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