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| EMERGING GUEST ARTISTS... |
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| GUEST ENSEMBLES... |
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Mark Emery / Matt Ara (trumpets)
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Stephen Nadel (horn)
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Brian L. Diehl (trombone
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Michael S. Milnarik (tuba)
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Roland Froescher / Adam Frey (euphoniums)
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Matthew K. Brown / Michael S. Milnarik (tubas)
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Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/lead vocals)
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Ted Casher (clarinet)
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Gary Bohan (cornet)
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Fran Morello (trombone/vocals)
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Michael S. Milnarik (tuba)
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Dave Markell (drums)
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Dave Harris / Seth Hamlin / Mark Hamilton / Bob Pilkington (trombones)
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Michael S. Milnarik (guest tubist)
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| Matthew K. Brown |
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| Matthew K. Brown, a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, began his musical studies on the classical guitar at the age of seven and started playing the tuba at the age of fifteen. At the age of seventeen he became the grand-prize winner of the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Concerto Competition, and made his concerto debut with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia later that same year to rave reviews: “Brown was exciting…..a tour de force!” (Allentown Morning Call); “The best performance of the {Vaughn Williams} tuba concerto I recall hearing!” (Bethlehem Globe Times). |
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| While a tuba student at Boston University, he studied with Sam Pilafian of the Empire Brass Quintet, and began his professional chamber music career as tubist and founding member of the award-winning Paramount Brass Quintet. Mr. Brown went on to study at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University with David Fedderly, principal tubist of the Baltimore Symphony. From 1991 through 1993, Mr. Brown was a member of the Washington Brass Quintet, based in Washington, D.C. |
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| A founding member of the Avatar Brass Quintet, he has performed hundreds of concerts throughout the United States, including weekly internationally televised performances from the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Brown is an active arranger, having arranged and transcribed over one hundred pieces for various brass ensembles, many of which are published by his own publishing company - Hawkeye Music Publications. |
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| Mr. Brown has held the principal tuba position with the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, and has also performed with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, the New World Symphony, the Miami City Ballet, Ballet Florida, the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony, Alea III, and Ensemble 21. |
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| From 1994 through 2000, he served as a member of the Artist Faculty at the prestigious Harid Conservatory of Music (now the Lynn University Conservatory) in Boca Raton, FL, where he taught applied tuba, coached chamber music, and conducted the brass ensemble. He has also served on the faculty at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan, Michigan State University, and Florida Atlantic University where he was a Schmidt Distinguished Teaching Fellow. |
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| Currently, Mr. Brown resides in Reading, Pennsylvania with his wife and two daughters. 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. He currently serves on the faculty at Millersville University. |
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| Adam Frey |
| Euphonium |
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One of the elite young brass soloists in the world, Adam Frey travels the globe invigorating the international music scene with his virtuoso talent, sensitive lyricism, and connection with audiences. Whether Adam’s performing with orchestras, wind bands, brass bands, or in solo recitals, audiences love his charismatic personality and accessible musical interpretations, and critics rave over his technical prowess and tenacious promotion of the euphonium.
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| A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Adam received his musical training at the University of Georgia and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. As a major young ambassador of the euphonium, Adam has more than 60 works that have been composed or specifically arranged for him. |
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| Adam has played with ensembles the world over, including the world famous Boston Pops, Cheju Symphony Orchestra in South Korea, and the Vaasa Symphony Orchestra in Finland along with symphonies in Seattle, Oregon, Atlanta, Greensboro, and Charleston in the United States. He also performs regularly with wind bands and brass bands that have included Soli Brass in Holland, Point of Ayr in Wales, the National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland and wind bands from Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong, and the United States to name but a few. |
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| As a champion for the euphonium, Adam has accomplished many firsts for the euphonium with especially noteworthy success in his early years in Young Artist competitions. Realizing success in these, he afforded audiences and conductors the chance to hear the euphonium elevated to the orchestral concert stage and also gain respect for the instrument’s repertoire and abilities. As a standout figure in the realm of euphonium players, Adam advocates a strong musical education for young players and has published articles internationally and served as an assistant editor of the Euphonium Source Book, a text dedicated to all things euphonium. He serves as president of The Euphonium Foundation Inc., a non-profit established to promote the euphonium, and as Artistic Director of The International Euphonium Institute, a one of a kind experience for young players from around the world to work up close and personal with leaders in the field of euphonium. Adam also serves as Adjunct Professor of Euphonium at Georgia State University and as an Artist Affiliate with Emory University. |
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| Adam has an impressive collection of recordings that range from his first solo recording, Listen to THIS!!,, with piano to Collected Dreams, an enchanting collection of traditional Scottish, Irish, and classical melodies with synthesizer to his pioneering recordings released with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra entitled Majestic Journey and Taking Flight. He also has partnered with former trombonist with the Empire Brass, Scott Hartmann, along with the Metropolitan Wind Symphony and Lawrence Isaacson in Little Buckaroos, which exhibits two virtuoso soloists and some lovely duets, including an entertaining rendition of the infamous Duelin’ Banjos (really duelin’ euphonium and trombone). In 2007, Adam released Beyond the Horizon featuring new works for the euphonium, many specifically composed for him. He also appears on ten other recordings as a collaborative artist and has been a featured soloist in broadcasts on BBC Radio 2, Swiss Cable Radio, and on numerous NPR stations in the US. |
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Adam Frey is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Guest Clinician
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| Dan Hunter |
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| Dan Hunter was born and raised in the greater Boston area. He received his Bachelors Degree in Music Performance from the University of Southern Maine School of Music, where he studied with Michael S. Milnarik. He then went to the Manhattan School of Music where he earned a Masters of Music Degree, where studied with Toby Hanks. While at the Manhattan School of Music he participated in master classes with Gene Pokorny of the Chicago Symphony and Chris Hall of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. |
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| Upon graduation Dan moved back to Boston and began working with many of the area's top organizations. As an orchestral musician Dan currently works with groups that include the Portland Symphony, Portland Ballet, Festival Orchestra and National Orchestra of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, and the Hillyer Festival Orchestra. As a chamber musician Dan has been a member of the Portland Brass Quintet since 2006, he has also performed with the Majestic Brass, Brass Connection, Commonwealth Brass, and New England Brass. |
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| In addition to his performing responsibilities Dan is the tuba and euphonium instructor at the University of Southern Maine, and maintains private teaching studios in both Maine and Massachusetts. He resides in Salem, Massachusetts. |
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| Jamie Lipton |
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Jamie Lipton holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and a master's degree from the University of North Texas, where she is now completing a doctoral degree in euphonium performance with a minorin conducting. Her teachers have included Rex Martin and Dr. Brian Bowman.
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| In 2006, Jamie won both the ITEC and Falcone Euphonium Solo Competitions. She recently took 3rd place in the Japan Wind and Percussion Euphonium Competition. Jamie has served as Adjunct Instructor of Euphonium at Henderson State University since 2007, and as Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass at Texas Woman's University since 2006. She is also in high demand as a private instructor for Dallas-area band programs, including Lewisville, Flower Mound, and Marcus High Schools. During the summer, Jamie teaches at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and the International Euphonium Institute. |
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| INNOVATA |
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| INNOVATA was born in late 1998 and has been heard throughout the Northeastern United States and Canada, in such major cities as New York, Philadelphia, Montreal and it’s hometown - Boston. Some performance highlights have been the Bar Harbor Music Festival - hailed by critics as “The proving grounds for young artists.”, the Arcady Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts, Music from Greensboro (VT), aboard the historic U.S.S. Constitution by invitation of the United States Navy, at PNC Park by invitation of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, on various public radio stations and at the famous Liederkranz Club in New York City. |
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INNOVATA is made up of top talent from around the country. The musicians have performed around the world and have appeared with such renown orchestras as the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony, Key West Symphony, and with other world class organizations ranging from chamber groups through Dixieland, jazz and pop music.
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| Unique to INNOVATA is music by composer Sanae Kanda. The style that Dr. Kanda writes in is very much like a movie composer. Her pieces each have a distinctive character to them that distinguishes one from the next. Dr. Kanda’s music is immensely popular with INNOVATA audiences and have become a staple of the INNOVATA repertoire. |
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| INNOVATA places special emphasis on education. All of the musicians have their own private music studios, and some hold college level teaching positions. Wherever they travel, INNOVATA always tries to make themselves available to young audiences. Individually, as well as collectively, the members of INNOVATA perform about 100 educational shows per year. |
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| COSMOPOLITAN QUARTET |
| tuba quartet |
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| cosmopolitan [koz-muh-pol-i-tn] adjective - Free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world. Belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world. |
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| This quartet truly lives up to it's name! The members are euphonium players Roland Froescher (Berne - Switzerland) and Adam Frey (Georgia - United States) and tuba players Matthew K. Brown (Pennsylvania - United States) and Michael S. Milnarik (Massachusetts - United States). These four players come from varied backgrounds performing with brass bands, brass ensembles, symphony orchestras, concert bands, brass quintets, Dixieland bands, jazz ensembles, and as soloists. The level of experience each member brings to the quartet formed an immediate cohesive sound. |
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| All of the members of the Cosmopolitan Quartet maintain college/conservatory level teaching studios, as well as their own private studios. |
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| DR.FIDGETY DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND |
| Dixieland and Jazz |
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| Dr. Fidgety is made up of top notch hand picked members! Mike Milnarik and Fran Morello talked for years about putting together a great Dixieland band to perform concerts and record with. With this in mind Mike and Fran sought the best in the Boston music scene. The band's current line up are the original names that were on that list of great musicians to contact. Adding to Mike Milnarik (tuba) and Fran Morello (trombone/vocals) enter Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Ted Casher (clarinet), Gary Bohan (cornet) and Dave Markell (drums). This dream team was put together in June of 2006. But don't let the length of time they've been together fool you! All of these players have an enormous amount of professional experience and the first time they played together was magic! |
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| Six months after their first "jam" together they recorded their first compact disc "Shake Your Butt!", which is scheduled to be released in early summer of 2008. All of the musical samples on this page are from that CD. Listen and judge for yourself what makes this band so special! |
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| BRASS PLANET |
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| Brass Planet is an ensemble boldly offering unique interpretations of the world's music. The group is made up of critically acclaimed performers with a wide range of musical backgrounds. From Salsa to Rock, Jazz to Baroque, Brass Planet fuses a multitude of styles and attitudes, presenting a new concept for brass ensemble guaranteed to send you into orbit! |
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| The talented members of Brass Planet have performed individually with such artists as David Byrne, Branford Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Joe Williams, Victor Borge, Joel Grey, John Rutter, Symphony of Mexico, Lalo Shifrin, Robin Williams and Danny Aiello - among many others. These globe trotting professionals have performed in nearly every major city in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America and also perform with such diverse ensembles as the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Les Miserables Brass Band, Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, Shirim, and Son Moreno. |
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Brass Planet is Boston's Global Village Brass Band.
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