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UConn Brass Festival and Competition
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Location: University of
Connecticut, Storrs
von der Mehden Recital Hall and Music
Department
Join us on February 13, for a day-long Brass Festival featuring master classes, workshops and performances by the Atlantic Brass, the University of Connecticut Brass Faculty, and more.
Highlights will include
- Brass Chamber Music Competition and Workshop: Adult (College or older) Division and Pre-College Division
- Brass Solo Competition: Pre-College Division
- Master Classes, Clinics and Presentations
- Large Ensemble Reading Sessions for Participants
- Instrumental Sales and Publishing Vendors Exhibition Hall (Bach/Conn/Selmer, Shires, Cimarron Press, and more!)
- Featured performances by
- Atlantic Brass Quintet
- UConn Faculty Brass Quintet
- Additional Performances by
For information concerning the Pre-College, or Adult Division Competitions, please click here.
Click here to download and print a registration form in pdf format.
Festival Schedule (subject to change)
Sunday February 13, 2011
| 8:00 am |
Registration/Check-In Opens |
| 9:00 am |
Session I: UCONN Faculty Master Classes (trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba) |
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Vendor Exhibition Hall (open until 6:00pm) |
| 10:15 am |
Morning Concert: UCONN Faculty Brass |
| 11:00 am |
Session II: Open reherasal with the Atlantic Brass and UConn Faculty Brass, Dr. Jeffrey Renshaw, conductor |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch Break |
| 12:30 pm |
Session III |
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Competition Finals
- Pre-College Solo
- Pre-College Ensemble
- Adult Division Ensemble
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Brass Ensemble Reading Session, and clinic for large brass ensembles |
| 2:30 pm |
Session IV |
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Improvisation, Professor Earl MacDonald, UCONN Jazz Studies Coordinator; Tim Albright, Atlantic Brass Quintet |
| 4:00 pm |
Mid-Day Concert: The Classic Brass |
| 5:00 pm |
Session V |
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-Atlantic Brass Quintet Coaching Sessions with participant ensembles |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner Break |
| 7:00 pm |
Festival Concert featuring |
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-The Atlantic Brass Quintet
-UCONN Brass Faculty
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