Stan Kenton Christmas Brass
Sun, Dec 14
|West Heights UMC
Join us as we celebrate 50 years of Stan Kenton Christmas Brass!
Time & Location
Dec 14, 2025, 10:30 AM
West Heights UMC, 745 N Westlink Ave, Wichita, KS 67212, USA
About the event
Experience the Joy of Christmas with the Stan Kenton Brass at West Heights United Methodist Church on Sunday, December 14 at 10:30am!
Come celebrate the joy of Christmas with the exhilarating music of Stan Kenton Christmas Brass. Sunday, December 14 at 10:30am, West Heights UMC presents it's 50th annual Christmas concert featuring soaring trumpets and roaring brass, sounding out traditional carols that bring forth the spirit of the season.
Stan Kenton was born in the Delano area of Wichita in 1911 and became a pianist, composer, arranger, band leader and jazz educator. We are delighted to be able to share the Stan Kenton Christmas Brass in 2025.
This began at West Heights when Newt Graber, pianist, band leader and "gig king of Wichita," got a group of about 22 jazz musicians together to perform at the church. It has been a tradition ever since. After Newt's death in 1995, Henry…