Chris Carrillo currently performs as a member of the Victoria and Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestras. He has recently performed with the symphony orchestras of Abilene, Austin, Jackson, Jacksonville, and Tupelo as well as with the opera companies of Austin and Memphis. Active also as a chamber musician, he has performed as a member of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Nexus Chamber Ensemble, and the Barbwire New Music Project throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Chris can be heard on several recordings on the Reference Recordings label and most recently recorded with the Dallas Wind Symphony. Chris resides in Kingsville, Texas and is a trumpet professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Robert Cannon, trumpet
Robert is a member of the Austin Symphony, the Austin Lyric Opera Orchestra
and the Pinnacle Brass. He also performs with the Austin Chamber Music
Center, the University of Texas Faculty Brass and is a busy free-lance
musician in the Austin, Texas area. He is an adjunct faculty member
of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and teaches privately
in the Austin area. He has studied with some of the top brass
players in the world from orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic,
the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony, among others.
He has a Doctoral degree in Trumpet from the University of Texas at
Austin.
Michael Hengst, trumpet
Mike is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
While completing his undergraduate degree in trumpet performance, Michael
appeared as soloist with the UNCG Orchestra. He is also a founding member
of the award-winning AA Brass Quintet. Mike earned his master's degree
at the University of Texas where he is currently a DMA student and graduate
teaching assistant. Recently, Mike has been a finalist in the Crawford
Trumpet Competition, the UT Concerto Competition, and the 2005 National
Trumpet Competition where he earned 3rd prize in the master's division.
Miki Sasaki, trumpet
Miki Sasaki is currently a tenth grader attending Anderson High School
in Austin, Texas. He has been playing the trumpet since the age of seven,
studying with Faith Holley, Bernie Nero, Eric Johnson and Ray Sasaki.
He plays with the Anderson High School Band and Orchestra and has been
chosen for All-Region Band and Orchestra for the past five years. Miki
attended Interlochen Arts Academy in summer 2005, where he played principal
trumpet in the middle school orchestra. In 2004 he was First Prize winner
in the Middle School Division solo competition at the National Trumpet
Competition in Fairfax, Virginia. In January 2005, Miki was the National
First Prize Winner in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
Junior Brass Competition held in Seattle, Washington.
Ray Sasaki, trumpet
Ray is Professor of Music at The University of Texas at Austin and holds
the Frank C. Erwin Jr. Centennial Professorship in Fine Arts. Previous
to his appointment to The University of Texas in 2001, Ray was Professor
of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign from 1975-2001.
Ray is currently a member of the St. Louis Brass Quintet, Tone Road
Ramblers and the University of Texas Faculty Brass Quintet.
Timothy A. Shaffer, trumpet
Timothy, DMA, received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The University
of Texas at Austin, his Master of Music degree in trumpet performance
from The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, and his Bachelor
of Music degree in trumpet performance from James Madison University.
He is the trumpet instructor at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor,
and is in his twelfth season as principal trumpet for the Abilene Philharmonic
Orchestra. Dr. Shaffer is a member of the Pinnacle Brass Quintet, performs
with the Austin Symphony Orchestra and the Austin Lyric Opera, and is
an active freelance musician in the Austin metropolitan area.
Brian Shaw, trumpet
A performer and composer, Brian Shaw maintains an active schedule on
modern and baroque trumpet. As a solo performer, he has placed first
in several international competitions. Brian holds degrees from Eastern
Illinois University (B.Mus.) and the Eastman School (M. Mus.). While
at Eastman, Brian was a student of James Thompson and served as principal
trumpet of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. A current member of the Austin
Lyric Opera Orchestra, has appeared as a soloist with the Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Alabama Symphony, the Baltimore Handel Chorus,
and the Eastman Conductor's Orchestra.
An avid supporter of new and old music alike, Brian performed a series
of recitals of newly commissioned music accompanied by Dr. W. David
Hobbs, professor of piano at Eastern Illinois University in March 2006.
More recently, he also presented a concert of J.S. Bach's cantata arias
on period instruments. His books as a jazz scholar are published by
Universal Edition and Advance Music. A doctoral fellow at the University
of Texas, Brian has studied with Ray Sasaki. He resides in Austin, Texas
with his wife, Paula, a freelance flutist and teacher, and their dog
Sally. In the fall, they will move to Baton Rouge, where Brian will
begin his first year as Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies
at Louisiana State University.
Tom Siders, trumpet
Tom is a freelance trumpet player and teacher in the Austin, TX area.
He has just completed a Bachelor of Music degree in trumpet performance
at the University of Texas at Austin as a student of Ray Sasaki, and
will begin a Master of Music degree at Rice University's Shepherd School
of Music in the fall, where he will study with Marie Speziale. He is
a founding member of the City Limits Brass, which is made up of University
of Texas School of Music students, and has performed with many groups
in the Central Texas area, including the Austin City Brass and the Brazos
Valley Symphony. Tom was also a member of the University of Texas Trumpet
Quartet, which won third place at the 2005 National Trumpet Competition
in Fairfax, VA. In addition, Tom has participated in music festivals
across the United States.
Joel D. Bright, horn
Joel holds a Bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at
Austin in horn performance. Joel is the business manager and a founding
member of Austin City Brass. He performs frequently with the Corpus
Christi Symphony Orchestra and the Victoria Symphony while freelancing
and teaching extensively throughout the Austin area. He has also performed
with the Austin Symphony, Austin Lyric Opera, Ballet Austin and the
Corpus Christi Ballet Orchestra. He held the 3rd horn position in the
Monterrey Symphony Orchestra (Mexico) for three seasons. His teachers
include Patrick Hughes, Stuart Hutto and Wayne Barrington. He is currently
the Education Director for the Austin Chamber Music Center where he
organizes and oversees a year-round chamber music academy and summer
workshops for children of all ages. Joel, the Executive Director of
the Austin City Brass Ensemble, is very grateful to all of the musicians
and volunteers for their time and talent in making this concert a reality.
Tom Hale, horn
Tom Hale is principal horn of the Austin Symphony and Austin Lyric Opera
and has performed with orchestras in Houston, San Antonio, Victoria
and Laredo. Dr. Hale has been a member of the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
in Charleston, South Carolina, and Spoleto, Italy, since 1987 as both
performer and conductor. He has served on the faculties of the University
of Texas, Texas State University and Southwestern University in Georgetown.
He is a founding member of the Pinnacle Brass Quintet and the Wild Basin
Winds and performs regularly with the Capital of Texas Brass Quintet,
Chamber Soloists of Austin, the Victoria Bach Festival, Bear Valley
Music Festival, and A. Mozart Fest. Dr. Hale holds degrees from Texas
Tech University (B.ME., M.M.) and the University of Texas (D.M.A.).
Patrick Hughes, horn
Patrick Hughes, Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Texas
at Austin, performs with UTBRASS and the University of Texas Winds (faculty
quintets). He was recently honored as a 2005 Outstanding Teacher in
the UT College of Fine Arts.
He also enjoys an active free-lance career, subbing and playing extra
with the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin, the San Antonio Symphony,
the Waco Symphony Orchestra, and the Victoria Bach Festival.
Prior to his appointment at UT, Patrick taught horn and theory at the
University of New Mexico from 1995-2001, played principal horn with
both the Santa Fe Symphony and Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra,
and performed throughout the US and in China with the New Mexico Brass
Quintet.
He has held other teaching appointments at Ithaca College and SUNY Fredonia
and has performed with a number of groups in the past including Santa
Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, New Mexico Symphony, Erie (PA) Philharmonic,
Duluth-Superior Symphony, Cedar Rapids Symphony, and the New Columbian
Brass Band (KY). Mr. Hughes earned degrees from St. Olaf College and
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ed Tschoepe, horn
Ed Tschoepe has degrees in Physics and Horn Performance from the University
of Texas at Austin. After spending 3 years in Miami playing in the New
World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, Ed moved
to Valladolid, Spain where he performed for 7 years with the Orquesta
Sinfónica de Castilla y León. He's been back in Austin
since 1998, freelancing on the horn and developing web-based interactions
for HCI Training. He is currently Second Horn in the Austin Symphony
Orchestra.
Roger E. Simmons, horn
Roger received his Bachelor of Music (BM '96) and Master of Music
(MM '98) degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. He is currently
2nd horn in the Austin Lyric Opera Orchestra and Principal horn in the
Corpus Symphony Orchestra. During the day, Roger is a Branch Office
Manager of Linsco/Private Ledger Corp., the largest independent financial
services firm in the country. He has been a Registered Representative
since 1999 helping over 150 families in the central Texas area. Roger,
his wife Amy, and their 13-month-old daughter Abbie, currently live
in New Braunfels
Nathaniel Brickens, trombone
Nathaniel, Professor of Music at The University of Texas at Austin,
teaches trombone and serves as director of the award-winning and internationally-acclaimed
UT Trombone Choir. He holds a D.M.A. from The University of Texas at
Austin, an M.M. from the University of Michigan, and a B.M. from Southern
University. As a free-lance trombonist, he has performed with the St.
Louis Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Houston Symphony, Opera
St. Louis, the Austin Symphony, the Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra,
and with a wide variety of popular artists. He has toured nationally
as trombonist in the Texas Opera Theater Orchestra (the touring arm
of the Houston Grand Opera), the Paragon Brass Ensemble, and the Chicago-based
Black Music Repertory Ensemble. He has performed on NBC's Today Show
and on the stage of many of our nation's finest concert halls. He is
a vocal advocate for the trombone and an active member of the International
Trombone Association. He served as ITA President (2002-2004), and presided
over meetings in Helsinki, Finland and Ithaca, New York. An artist/clinician
for Bach/Selmer Musical Instruments, he has performed at festivals in
Austria, Brazil, Germany, Finland, Russia, and The Netherlands. His
teachers include Donald Knaub, Paul Adams, Glenn P. Smith, and David
Waters.
Darin Cash, trombone
Darin L. Cash is a freelance trombonist and brass teacher in the greater
Austin area. He serves as assistant principal trombone with the Austin
Lyric Opera Orchestra, and is a founding member of AustinBones trombone
quartet. Darin earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University
of Texas at Austin in 2006. He also holds a Master of Music in Trombone
Performance from the University of Texas at Austin (2002) and a Bachelor
of Music in Education from the University of Texas at Arlington (2000).
Darin performs regularly with regional orchestras and chamber ensembles,
including The Austin Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony and Austin Brass Ensemble.
Over the past few years, Darin has participated in some of the most
prestigious trombone competitions in the world. In 2001, he was awarded
runner-up in the International Trombone Association’s Frank Smith
solo competition. In 2003, he was selected as a finalist in the Zellmer-Minnesota
Orchestra trombone competition, where he was awarded third prize. He
has also performed at music festivals across the United States, in Europe,
and in South America.
Jonathan Lombardo, trombone
Jonathan is Principal Trombone of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
a position he has held since 2004. He has played with the Syracuse,
San Antonio, Albany, and Aspen Chamber Symphonies as well as The Spoleto
Festival Orchestra. Jonathan began playing trombone at age eleven in
his hometown of San Antonio, Texas and continued his studies at the
Interlochen Arts Academy under Thomas Riccobono from 1996-1999. He earned
a Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School in 2003 where he
studied with Joseph Alessi and Per Brevig. As a soloist, Jonathan has
performed recitals in New York, Texas and Michigan. His performance
of Nina Rota’s Concerto for Trombone with the Juilliard Orchestra
was featured several times on NPR’s Performance Today. In 2005,
he was a guest soloist with the University of New Mexico Wind Ensemble
while participating in the prestigious Alessi Seminar. As a teacher
he maintains a private studio in Buffalo and has given master classes
across the United States.
Matthew P. Wood, trombone
Matt is an active performer, educator, and clinician in both the Austin
and San Antonio areas. He regularly performs with the Austin City Brass
and BrassFX quintets as well as with the Austinbones trombone quartet.
In addition, Matt can be heard in a variety of jazz and rock bands throughout
Central Texas. Matt holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trombone
performance from the University of Texas at Austin. At UT, he was a
student of Dr. Nathaniel Brickens with whom he also studied at the University
of Missouri - Columbia.
Billy Gayman, bass trombone
Billy has performed with the Austin City Brass quintet since 1998. He
is also a founding member of the Austinbones trombone quartet. Billy
is freelance performer and private instructor in the central Texas area.
He and his family reside in Austin. Prior to moving to Austin, Billy
attended the University of Texas at Arlington. In 1998, he graduated
with a Bachelors Degree in Music Theory and Composition. After graduating
from UTA, Billy moved to Austin to enroll in the graduate music program
at UT, serving as the trombone studio teaching assistant from 2000-2004.
While at UT he earned his Masters degree in performance in 2000, and
his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2004. He has performed with several
professional orchestras, including the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony,
Austin Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic, San Angelo Symphony, as well
as several regional orchestras. Dr. Gayman also performs regularly with
several jazz groups in the central Texas area. Billy’s trombone
playing has greatly benefited from the vast musical knowledge of Nathaniel
Brickens, Donald Knaub, Andrew Russell, and Gary Barkey.
Steven M. Hendrickson, bass trombone
Steven received his BA in bass trombone from Iowa State University in
1989. He then moved to Texas and finished an MA in Performance (1992)
and a DMA (1998) from The University of Texas at Austin. Steven was
adjunct instructor in low brass at Texas A&M Kingsville from 1997-1998,
and then at Southwestern University from 1998-2006. He is currently
a free-lance musician in the Austin area and has played with the Austin
Symphony, the Mid-Texas Symphony, the San Angelo Symphony, the Cedar
Rapids Symphony (Iowa) and the Austin Community Orchestra. To pay the
bills, he is a Systems Analyst for the College of Fine Arts at The University
of Texas at Austin.
Yutaka Kono, tuba
Dr. Yutaka Kono is currently Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium
at Texas A&M University-Kingsville and the assistant conductor of
Kingsville Symphony Orchestra. He has earned a Doctor of Musical Arts
Degree in Tuba Performance at The University of Texas at Austin and
has also received his Bachelors of Music from Bowling Green State University
in Ohio, and his Master of Music in Tuba performance degree from the
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He previously taught at The University
of Texas at San Antonio and University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton,
Texas. Dr. Kono is a highly active performer on tuba. As a soloist,
he is the winner of the concerto competition held at the University
of Minnesota in 1996, and has appeared with numerous orchestras in this
country. As a chamber musician, Yutaka has appeared with Austin Symphony
Brass Quintet, Austin City Brass, Austin City Brass Ensemble, and the
jazz ensemble Tina Marsh’s Creative Opportunity Orchestra. His
orchestral credits include the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, Austin
Symphony Orchestra, New Texas Music Festival Orchestra, Bowling Green
Symphony Orchestra and Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra. Yutaka studied
with Steven Bryant, Ivan Hammond and Ross Tolbert of Minnesota Orchestra.
David Davenport, timpani
Dr. David Davenport received his musical training from the Cleveland
Institute of Music and the Indiana University School of Music, where
his teachers were outstanding principal players in the Cleveland and
Philadelphia Orchestras. David has been on the faculties of the Schools
of Music at the University of Kentucky, University of Vermont, and the
Indiana University School of Music, and UT Pan-American. Concurrently,
David has performed in numerous professional venues, including opera,
ballet, symphony orchestra, chamber music, baroque ensembles and new
music ensembles. Dr. Davenport was the founding Music Director of the
South Texas Youth Symphony, and served as Principal Percussion and Assistant
Conductor with the Monterrey (MEX) Orchestra. David is currently the
Director for LBJ/LASA Orchestras. He has directed the Austin Youth Symphony,
and has been nominated to “Who’s who of American Educators”
for four straight years.
Graeme Francis, percussion
Born in 1981, Graeme Francis is a native of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
He
received his undergraduate degree in Honors Music Education from the
University
of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, a Masters in Percussion Performance
at
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and is currently in his second
year of
Doctoral studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also Lecturer
in
Percussion at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His percussion
instructors include Dr. Jill Ball, Dr. Tom Burritt, Doug Howard, Kalman
Cherry,
Ed Smith, Tony Edwards, and Brannen Temple. He has performed with the
San
Antonio Symphony, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Prince Edward Island Symphony
Orchestra, the Rome Festival Orchestra, the Austin Chamber Music Festival,
and
the UWO Sunday Chamber Music series. His musical activities encompass
a wide
variety of music from orchestral to jazz to world percussion.
Graeme has recorded with the Meadows Wind Symphony on the Gasparo label,
and
with University of Texas Chamber Singers for Naxos records.
Terry McKinney, percussion
Terry received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Texas at
Austin (1998) and his Master of Music from Texas A&M University
at Commerce (2000) where he was adjunct at Tyler Junior College and
University of Texas at Tyler. He is a freelance performer and private
instructor in central Texas. Terry was a member of the Sky Ryders and
Velvet Knights Drum & Bugle Corps, performed with the North East
Texas Symphony Orchestra, Audio Inversions, various eclectic groups,
and is a regular performer with the Austin Civic Orchestra. Currently,
Terry is the Director of Percussion at Westwood High School. His teachers
include Tony Edwards, Brian DelSignore, and Matthew Strauss.
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