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February 13, 2007
Free Workshops and Concerts at First Annual "Brass Fest"
Trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba students and aficionados have the opportunity to perform with top brass artists for free during the Pennsylvania Academy of Music's First Annual Brass Fest on March 17 and 19. The two-part event features workshops, master classes, and performances by the Academy Brass Quintet and internationally-renowned trumpeter Jens Lindemann. Both events are free and open to the public. More information is available by calling the Academy at 717.399.2296.
The details are as follows:
Saturday, March 17, noon to 4:00 p.m.
The Academy Brass presents workshops and performances, including a performance by the Auscultation Brass; Liberty Place Event Room, 313 West Liberty Street, Lancaster.Monday, March 19, 7:00 p.m. Master Class followed by 8:00 p.m. Concert
Jens Lindemann, trumpet, with the Academy Brass Quintet; Liberty Place Event Room, 313 West Liberty Street, Lancaster.
Trumpeter Jens Lindemann is hailed as one of the most celebrated soloists in his instrument's history. He has played in every major concert venue in the world - from the Philharmonics of New York, Los Angeles, London, Manchester, Munich, Hamburg, Lucerne and Berlin to Tokyo's Suntory Hall and even the Great Wall of China. His career has ranged from appearing internationally as an orchestral soloist, recording with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, being heralded as an official trumpeter for the N.H.L. Stanley Cup finals to playing lead trumpet with the renowned Canadian Brass. Lindemann has also won major awards ranging from Grammy and Juno nominations to winning the prestigious Echo Klassik in Germany as well as receiving an honorary doctorate. He has made numerous television and film appearances and has also performed in football and baseball stadiums in the United States for over 70,000 fans. As one of the world's most exciting young trumpet soloists, the Los Angeles-based Lindemann is internationally endorsed by the Yamaha Corporation and performs exclusively on 24K gold plated trumpets. All five members of the Academy Brass have performed extensively as members of orchestras and ensembles. Trumpeter Rodney Mack, who began trumpet studies with his cousin, Wynton Marsalis, recently wowed Lancaster audiences with his performance of "Carnival in Venice" at the Academy's February Twilight Concert program. He has been invited to give master classes at the Juilliard School, the North Carolina School for the Arts, the National Trumpet Competition and the International Trumpet Guild Conference. He has also been invited to teach at the Eastern Music Festival and the Interlochen Music Academy. He teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of Music.
Trumpeter Wayne Du Maine currently performs with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Brooklyn and Long Island Philharmonics, New York City Opera, New York Big Brass, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and many more. He is on the faculty of Columbia University.
French horn player Andrew Downing is a founding member of the Inscape Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of traditional and avant-garde music for orchestra and chamber ensemble. As a chamber artist, he has also performed with the Carolina Brass, National Philharmonic Wind Quintet, and the Philharmonia Ensemble. He is on the faculty at the Pennsylvania Academy of Music.
Andrew Walls, trombone, is currently Adjunct Assistant Professor of Low Brass at Franklin and Marshall College and is a music teacher and band director at Eastern York High School. He teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of Music.
Matthew K. Brown, tuba, was a founding member of the Avatar Brass Quintet, with whom he has performed hundreds of concerts throughout the United States, and was formerly on the faculties of the Harid Conservatory of Music, Florida Atlantic University, Michigan State University, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Brown is an active arranger, having arranged and transcribed over one hundred pieces for various brass ensembles. In addition to performing and conducting, he is well known as an avid collector and dealer of antique phonographs, and researcher/lecturer/impersonator of John Philip Sousa. Brown is on the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of Music where he also serves as Director of Outreach.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Music is a non-profit pre-collegiate institution dedicated to the musical advancement of its students. Founded in 1990, the Academy attracts students from an immediate nine-county area as well as from around the world, who study disciplines ranging from instrumental, chamber music, orchestra, opera and vocal performance to music composition and theory, improvisation, accompanying ,jazz and recording. The Academy has a widely accomplished international faculty and is one of only 12 autonomous pre-collegiate music schools in the country accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
