APEX Ensemble

APEX is a 13 piece horn-driven musical experience sure to invigorate your mind, body and soul with an energetic mix of 60’s San Francisco Bay Area funk, rock, fusion, world music and jazz. For this concert, APEX will feature special guest vocalist Lloyd Dugger, in his final VT performance interpreting Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life.”APEX is an all-star line-up of the best large band musicians Vermont has to offer from the Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band, Renegade Groove, Saturn People’s Sound Collective, Movement of the People, Afinque, Kat Wright’s Soul Band and many others.The evening line-up includes:Dan Liptak – tenor saxophone/soprano saxophoneBarb Smith – alto sax/fluteTom Cate – bari sax/bass clarinetBrian Boyes – trumpetMatt Avery – tromboneMatt Harpster – guitarPatrick J. Markley – bassIra Friedman – keysNicola Cannizzaro – percussionAndy Gagnon – percussion/vocalsLloyd Mitchell Dugger III – vocalsShannon Dugger – vocalsStefanie Weigand – vocals