brass chamber music

The joyful radiance of trumpets and horns, the fulsome resonance of a beautiful historic church and the jubilant strains of favorite carols sung but once a year. The Utopia Brass Quintet performs Festival of Carols with organist Collin Richardson Sun., Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. in St. Mary Catholic Church, in German Village.

It’s 2009, and the Great Recession is draining bank accounts and devouring dreams everywhere. In New York City, four freelance French horn players…