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Quintet brings fun, variety to classical music

MOSES LAKE — When the words “brass music” are mentioned, most people picture a marching band, rows on rows of uniformed players belting out marches and school fight songs. Not five women on a stage pushing the boundaries of classical music. Yet that’s just what was happening at the Wallenstein Theater Thursday evening when Seraph Brass took the stage. The all-female brass quintet made Moses Lake the final stop on its Washington tour, invited by the Central Basin Community Concert Association. Before arriving at the Wallenstein, the group had made a stop at Moses Lake High School. “I had the opportunity today to hear the lovely ladies of Seraph Brass play at the high school in the band room,” said Frances Irwin, president of CBCCA. “If only you could have heard them, the students, you would have known why we're here.” ...