The Mission of Spiritus Collective

    Through concert performances and educational outreach projects, Spiritus Collective is committed to expanding the presence of historical brass instruments and their repertoire within the cultural community. The ensemble is interested in exposing a rarely heard repertoire and intends to provide audiences the opportunity to hear works that have not been heard since they were performed over three centuries ago. Spiritus Collective offers a unique opportunity to witness historical brass instruments in performance, by musicians who are committed to bringing to life music’s link to the past. Although period instrument ensembles have existed for many decades, ensembles containing historic brass instruments as key personnel are quite rare, especially in the United States. Because the ensemble performs music on period instruments, their performances alone serve an educational element, however Spiritus Collective can provide additional programs that supplement a traditional performance.

    Members of Spiritus Collective are passionate about introducing audiences to period instruments and have successfully incorporated pre-concert lectures with performances. These lectures assist the audience members by connecting these unusual instruments with the repertoire that they are about to hear as well as the place of brass instruments in music and social history. Sharing their experience and research is vital to Spiritus Collective and the ensemble plans to participate in educational and informative projects including all age groups on a regular basis, whether through pre-concert lectures, presentations made within concerts, informal question and answer sessions, demonstration-based lecture recitals or advanced level historical performance practice oriented masterclasses or collaborative rehearsals.