Salt River Brass is once again performing with its Holiday Pops to enthrall and entice audiences of all ages. The Salt River Brass transforms the desert into a winter wonderland with a fun and inspiring holiday concert for all ages. A new musical arrangement of Let It Snow by Sam Pilafian along with other holiday favorites including Frosty the Snowman, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, and Santa Claus is Coming to Town is bound to get you into the holiday mood. The empyrean tunes of Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria, Alfred Reed’s Russian Christmas Music, and the conclusion from the Organ Symphony by Saint-Saens catch the astuteness and beauty of the holiday spirit. And like always Soprano Melissa Spevacek will be there to sing O Holy Night, rounding out the holiday celebration for the whole family.

Imagine 27 brass and percussion sensations forging the upbeat grandeur of a military band, the full-throated sonorities of a symphony orchestra, and the warm intimate sounds of a chamber group. This is exactly what the Salt River Brass band, is popular for. The band skillfully plays everything from light classics and marches to show tunes and folk melodies.

Salt River Brass' unequaled "British" style of orchestration; uses lyrical cornets, instead of trumpets for the higher melodies, mellow tenor horns, baritones and euphoniums for mid-range melody, counter-melody and harmony, two sizes of tubas for strong harmonic foundation and trombones for blazing color and accent. This unique style helps the band in delivering a rich, deep sound, which is very different from the aggressiveness of quintets and marching bands.

Its musicians established the popular band in January 1988. Since its birth the Salt River Brass have performed and wowed audiences in the Valley's best concert locales. It has also got honors in three North American Brass Band Association competitions, and has presented outstanding guest soloists, ensembles, and conductors to valley audiences.

World famous performers such as; Scottish cornet sensations Phillip McCann and Roger Webster, Welsh euphonium soloists Bob and Nick Childs, euphonium soloist Steven Mead, conductor / arranger Ray Farr, New York Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Philip Smith, Geoffrey Brand, eminent conductor of the City of London Wind Ensemble and Wayne Bailey and Sam Pilafian, celebrated individuals and resident at ASU have all performed with the band.

The Salt River Brass band conducts yearly concert seasons at the Chandler Center for the Arts playing to some of the largest regular season audiences in the metro Phoenix area.