Brass Roots Quintet presents concert at Charleston Heights Arts Center

The Brass Roots Quintet will perform a free concert at 3 p.m. June 16 at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St.

The quintet's wide-ranging repertoire embraces all styles of music. Selections may include Russian folk songs, Civil War medleys, classical music, ragtime, blues or standards such as "Fly Me to the Moon."

Call 229-6383 for details.

The five members are Gary Cordell and Rock Lombardo on trumpet, Walter Boenig on trombone, Doug Beasley on horn and Dan Uhrich on tuba.

Boenig toured with the Glenn Miller and Harry James orchestras before performing in local showrooms and forming his own band.

Cordell has performed with the Nevada Symphony, Nevada Chamber Orchestra and Nevada Opera Theater.

Lombardo has played with brass quintets, symphonies and opera companies.

Beasley is band director at Greenspun Middle School and a member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Symphonic Band.

Uhrich is a veteran Las Vegas musician who has performed with local symphonies.