🤝 6th Annual Brown Branch Big Band Holiday Show

Celebrate this holiday season with the Brown Branch Big Band Jazz at Portland Center Stage. Now in its sixth season, this two-night celebration features directors Domo Branch and Charlie Brown III guiding a heavy 15-piece lineup of regional and national musicians. With their signature blend of original compositions and reimagined classics, the group is keeping our city's big band tradition alive.

This year's featured vocalist is LaRhonda Steele. The big band's lineup includes saxophonists Hailey Niswanger, Nicole McCabe, Max Roark, Leon Cotter, and Mieke Bruggeman; trombonists Kyle Molitor, James Powers, and Adriana Wagner; trumpeters Noah Simpson, Abner Deitle, Austin Ford, and Justin Copeland; bassist Finn Jones; as well as band directors Domo Branch on drums; and Charlie Brown III on piano.