On Sunday, September 18 The Jazz Ministers Big Band will be performing a concert in the sanctuary of Church of the Apostles UCC, at 1850 Marietta Ave. Lancaster, at 3 pm sponsored by Apostles Academy of Arts & Sciences. A free will offering will be received.

The Jazz Ministers Big Band features 18 musicians who find a common spiritual mission in sharing the gift of music through the Christian worship or concert experience. The group includes five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, piano, bass drums, and vocalists. The JMBB draws on a variety of musical selections that are frequently based upon standard Christian hymns and Gospel favorites. Among the selections in the band’s repertoire are arrangements by Ralph Carmichael, Chris McDonald, Dean Sorenson, Fletch Wiley, Ed Hogan, and selections from the Brentwood Jazz Orchestra library. For concert events, the band’s repertoire is expanded to include classics from the big band and jazz orchestra genres.