AUBURN - As war continues in the Mideast, and Pakistan is under martial law, a concert trio hopes audiences will reflect on the state of the world as a program titled “Reflections of Peace” is performed 4 p.m. Sunday, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

The Brass Roots Trio, who have played for audiences throughout the United States and are frequent visitors to England, are anxious to play at the chapel, which they know is well-known for the quality of its acoustics and the beauty of its setting. The suggested donation price for tickets is $10.

“Reflections of Peace” is a program of spirituals, gospel, jazz and contemporary sacred music interspersed with readings from scripture and poetry,” said pianist Rosetta Senkus Bacon, a West Virginia native who has performed with Metropolitan opera soprano Judith Raskin.

Bacon is joined onstage by French horn player Douglas Lundeeen and Travis Heath on trumpet and flugelhorn. Lundeen is recognized as one of North America's leading players of the valveless natural horn, while Heath is equally adept at both jazz and classical styles, twice having played lead trumpet for the late Ray Charles in concerts broadcast on PBS.

The Brass Roots Trio has performed at many of the country's most famous churches, including the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and Robert H. Schuller's Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif.

Songs in Sunday's concert include several co-written by Bacon, along with more well-known pieces such as “Amazing Grace” and “I'll Lift You Up,” an international hit for Josh Groban.

Among the group's many stellar reviews, Jennifer Shepard of “The Living Church Magazine” described their show as “Garrison Keillor meeting Aaron Copland on Bourbon Street.” The trio excells at “taking traditional hymnody and re-spinning it in the genre of jazz.”

Between selections, many Biblical passages, as well as excerpts from work such as Ada Aharoni's “A Bridge of Peace,” will be read.

Among the Bible readings is Psalm 63, a psalm of David's when he was in the Desert of Judah. It well sums up what the Brass Roots Trio hopes to convey in their music and program - “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.”

If you go

What: The Brass Roots Trio

When: 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11

Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 17 William St., Auburn

Cost: Suggested $10 donation

For details: Call 253-3331