Performances in the Park
A Free Musical Series
Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets and savor the elegant and eclectic strains of accomplished South Florida Concert Performers in an open-air setting.
Sponsored by:
Delray Yacht Cruises
SunSentinel
American Federation of Musicians
Delray Beach Parks & Recreation
Sunday, January 3rd
The Florida Brassworks
The Florida Brassworks under the artistic directorship of Jim Bermann is comprised of the finest brass players now living in South Florida. Their repertoire is always varied encompassing a wide range of music from rock to pop, classical to jazz and Gershwin to Sousa. The members of The Florida Brassworks have performed with the major orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Mexico and South America and locally with The Palm Beach Pops, Bob Hoose Orchestra, Frank Derrick Big Band, Key West Symphony, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Strauss Symphony of America, Treasure Coast Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet, Palm Beach Opera, Ballet Florida, Palm Beach Symphony, Florida Philharmonic and Maltz and Riverside Theatres in addition to work in the local recording studios and with touring shows and orchestras. Their versatility in the field of music is second to none.
Sunday, March 7th
Trombones Unincorporated
Trombones Unincorporated was inspired by a desire to perform music in the style of the big bands using only trombones (6) with a rhythm section including piano bass and drums. The blend of the trombones only band gives a very unique sound which easily adapts to any style of music. The members of the band led by Steve Sigmund and Jim Bermann have been with The Ray Charles Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman and countless others.
The members of the band are also first call players in the recording studios as well as for local and traveling shows and orchestras. We dedicate today's concert to our late friend and mentor, trombonist Art Sares and our colleague and dear friend, composer, arranger, pianist, bass player and you name it, Connie Atkinson, who sadly recently passed way.
Sunday, April 25th
The Frank Derrick Big Band
Drummer, Frank Derrick, has led a multifaceted national and international music career. His many theatrical credits include Bubbling Brown Sugar, The Wiz, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and Sophisticated Ladies. He has performed with numerous legends and artists including Redd Foxx, The Platters, Eartha Kitt, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Woody Herman Orchestra, The Pointer Sisters, The Louis Armstrong Legacy Band, and Donna Summer, and has conducted on the concert stage for John Pizzarelli and Lanie Kazan. He toured worldwide with Cab Calloway for ten years and was drummer for “The David Letterman Show” on NBC.
Frank has hand picked the best musicians in the profession as members of his band all of whom he has worked with on countless occasions and are featured on his recent CD which was honored with listings in several categories in the Grammy nomination process
For more information, please call Danielle Beardsley at (561) 243-7277 or email her at beardsleyd@mydelraybeach.com
Veterans Park is located at 802 NE 1st Street, Delray Beach (Atlantic Ave. and the Intracoastal)
