Setting a cheerful tone for the upcoming holiday season with some big brass ones — but not too big — is the hope of the minds and musicians involved in a pair of concerts this weekend at ...

Trumpeter Erik Morales and The Louisiana Brass will return for a special Third Sunday Concert at Christ Episcopal Church in Covington on Dec. 15, presenting the Christmas Brass Spectacular IX.

The show “Christmas Wrapped in Brass” is scheduled to be performed by the Taku Winds brass ensemble at 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. The concerts, expected to be 75 to 90 minutes long ...