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Purchase College State University of New York is proud to host
The 32nd Annual New York Brass Conference
April 16 and 17, 2004
Highlighted with two special events at
the prestigious
*Purchase College Performing Arts Center:
Friday 8:00 pm: Salute to
Mark Gould
Principal Trumpet Emeritus Metropolitan Opera, Professor of
Trumpet The Juilliard School
Featuring
a Brass Spectacular Gala Concert with the innovative Graham Ashton Brass
Ensemble, the
New
York Trumpet Ensemble, and an All-Star Festival Brass Ensemble conducte
Saturday 8:00 pm: Salute to Rob
McConnell
Internationally renowned valve trombone virtuoso -
"The Boss of Boss Brass"
Performing with a New York dream tentet:
Saxes: Alto-Lawrence Feldman,
Tenors-Ted Nash & Tim Ries, Trumpets: Bob Millikan, & Tony Kadleck
Trombones:
Rob McConnell, & Jim Pugh, Piano: Kenny Ascher, Bass: Chip Jackson, Drums:
Dennis Mackrel
The 2004 two-day Brass Conference festival will celebrate the
artistry
of some of the world's finest brass
players including:
William Vacchiano: Principal Trumpet Emeritus New York Philharmonic
Mark Gould: Principal Trumpet Emeritus, Metropolitan Opera
Phil Smith: Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic
Neil Balm: New York City Ballet Orchestra
Lee Soper: New York Freelance Trumpeter
Jim Pandolfi: Ex-member trumpet section Metropolitan Opera
Pasi Pirinen: Principal Trumpet, Finnish Radio Orchestra
Jim Miller: Cornetto/Natural Trumpet and Early Music Specialist
Stephen Burns: International Trumpet Soloist
Benjamin Wright: Boston Symphony
Graham Ashton: Professor of Trumpet, Purchase College
Chris Gekker: International Trumpet Soloist, Professor of Trumpet University of Maryland
William Fielder: Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
Jim Pugh: International Trombone Soloist & Professor of Trombone, Purchase College
Joe Alessi: Principal Trombone, New York Philharmonic
Nicolas Drabek: Principal Trombone, Paris Orchestra
Eijiro Nakagawa: Jazz Trombone Soloist/Japan
Debbie Weisz: Jazz Trombone Soloist
Rob McConnell: Jazz Valve Trombone Soloist
John Clark: Professor of Horn, Purchase College
Jeff Lang: Principal Horn, American Symphony
Gail Williams: Professor of Horn, Northwestern University
Marcus Rojas: New York Freelance Tubist
Steve Johns: Tuba, New York City Ballet and Opera
Bob Malone: Renowned Yamaha Trumpet Designer
Eastman Bionic Bones directed by John Marcellus
Manhattan Brass Quintet
New York Trumpet Ensemble directed by Mark Gould
The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble
The Juilliard Trombone Choir conducted by Joe Alessi and Virginia Allen
Confluence Horn Quartet
New York Alphorn Consort
Ray Vega Sextet
Ingrid Jensen Duo
Tim 0uimette Ensemble with Guest Soloist: Warren Vache
Purchase Jazz Orchestra directed by Todd Coolman
"My artistic life has been guided by a simple principle: to seek excellence, immerse myself in it and allow its restorative power to inspire me. The artists we invited to the inaugural New York Brass Conference hosted by Purchase College are some of the greatest in the world. Come be renewed and inspired by their artistry.."
Mark Gould, co-Artistic Director
2004 Brass Conference Honoree
Exhibitions throughout the conference by leading publishers, instrument and mouthpiece manufacturers, and dealers.
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Please check in periodically for updates or feEl welcome to call:
NYBC: (212) 581.1480,
Purchase College: (914)
251.6987
*Performing Arts Center Box Office (914)
251.6200
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NEW YORK BRASS CONFERENCE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
Headquarters: 315 West 53rd Street NY. NY. 10019
(212) 581-1480 (212) 489-5186 fax
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