May 9, 2008

(May 8, 2008 - Nashville, TN)  Award winning Utah singer-songwriter BRENN HILL makes his debut with a symphony orchestra when he appears with the Reno Philharmonic at the sixth annual Wells Fargo Rhythm & Rawhide Benefit Concert on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the new Tuscany Ballroom in the Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada. Hill eagerly anticipates this significant moment in his career. “I am honored and excited to be part of this year’s Rhythm & Rawhide concert,” Hill explains. “It will be my first time performing with an orchestra and I look forward to presenting my tunes with Barry Jekowsky at the podium and all those talented musicians around me. It will be wonderful to hear my material from this new perspective, especially with the magnificent arrangements provided by my fellow Utahn Sam Cardon, who seems really to understand where my songs come from.” 

Hill, who is thirty-one years old and lives in Hooper, Utah, has been called “the future of cowboy music.” Billboard magazine says, "Hill is a bridge between western music's best traditions and the future of the genre as cowboys and cowboy singers evolve with the changing times." With six albums and numerous music industry awards and accolades to his credit, Hill has a career that’s on the move. Like his previous albums, Hill’s current Red Cliffs Press CD, What A Man’s Got To Do, contains songs that speak boldly of life in the modern mountain west, songs punctuated by crisp cinematic imagery and confident melodies.  But while the central themes present in Hill’s other CDs are once again apparent in his new material, What A Man’s Got To Do reveals a new maturity in Hill’s songwriting as he offers his deepest exploration yet of the core values of the cowboy.  

The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted for the last time as music director by Barry Jekowsky, will perform with Hill and also with cowboy poet Rod Nelson. Over the years Rhythm & Rawhide, which is a collaboration of the Reno Rodeo Foundation and the Reno Philharmonic Association, has brought together unique music combinations of the symphonic orchestra with western singers and cowboy poets. Rhythm & Rawhide’s funds go to the Reno Rodeo Foundation and the Reno Philharmonic Association to benefit children and the arts in northern Nevada. Last year, the event raised over $200,000. 

The Peppermill Hotel Casino is located at 2707 South Virginia Street in Reno, Nevada. The gala  evening begins with a VIP cocktail party at 5:00 pm, followed by dinner and concert at 6:30 pm.    Tickets are available by phoning The Main Event at 775-323-2380 or by ordering online at themaineventreno@aol.com.  

More can be learned about Brenn Hill at his website, www.brennhill.com.