The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble

The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble: Pragmatic Optimism

by Michael P. Gladstone
April 11, 2007

Directed by drummer/composer/arranger and educator Wade Barnes, The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble has been hard at work with their own recordings as well as spreading the word across the United States with concerts and clinics. The seventeen-member group consists of residents of Brooklyn, New York, and most of these musicians have deep roots insofar as experience and commitment are concerned. If Pragmatic Optimism is any indication of their talents, then there should be a bright future for this organization. ...

The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble at Sugar Hill Supper Club April 7th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 3, 2007

Jazzpazazz Preservation Society Incorporated Presents Jazzpazazz Connections: From Memory to Digital Storytelling

Celebrating The Musicians Of Brooklyn

Featuring The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble, Directed by Wade Barnes

Date: April 7 Time: 1pm-4pm Sugar Hill Supper Club 609-615 Dekalb Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11216 (718)797-1727

Cover: $20.00

The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble has emerged, since its inception in 2001, as one of the great bands. Its members have extensive experience, along with ...
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The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble CD Release Party for "Pragmatic Optimism" Fri., Mar. 2nd 7:30 PM at the Sugar Hill Supper Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 27, 2007

The CD release party for “Pragmatic Optimism", by The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble, will be held at Sugar Hill Supper Club on Fri., MARCH 2, 2007. Performance from 8-10 pm, doors open at 7:30 pm. Sugar Hill Supper Club 609-615 Dekalb Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11216 Ph. 718-797-1727 Cover: $10.00/adults Children under 12/free The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble has emerged, since its inception in 2001, as one of the great bands. Its members have extensive experience, along ...
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The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble CD Release Party for "Pragmatic Optimism" Fri., Mar. 2nd 7:30 PM at the Sugar Hill Supper Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 1, 2007

The CD release party for “Pragmatic Optimism", by The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble, will be held at Sugar Hill Supper Club on Fri., MARCH 2, 2007 Performance from 8-10 pm, doors open at 7:30 pm. Sugar Hill Supper Club 609-615 Dekalb Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11216 Ph. 718-797-1727 Cover: $10.00/adults Children under 12/free The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble has emerged, since its inception in 2001, as one of the great bands. Its members have extensive experience, along ...
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Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble Visits Southern Vermont Schools

Source: All About Jazz
March 5, 2004

Thanks to a generous grant from the Vermont Arts Council, the Vermont Jazz Center will be presenting the Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble, a fifteen-piece big band who will perform in two educational concerts and offer two jazz clinics. These concerts and clinics will be the first opportunity for many area youth to experience live music from a group that has authentic, deep roots in the lineage of jazz. The members of this group have performed and recorded in all styles including ...
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