Curtis Brass and Percussion Ensemble
Curtis Institute of Music students perform over 100 free recitals during the semester, held on most Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.
Please note: Performance programs are subject to last-minute changes and cancellations.
Program
| BARFIELD | Invictus |
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| COLL |
… de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme … (“whose name I do not care to remember … ”)
Curtis Brass and Percussion Ensemble |
| WALKER |
Music for Brass, Sacred and Profane
Justin Bernardi, trumpet |
| RAUTAVAARA |
A Requiem in Our Time
Curtis Brass and Percussion Ensemble |
| INTERMISSION | |
| ELLINGTON | "Sophisticated Lady," arr. Luther Henderson |
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"Don't Mean a Thing," arr. Luther Henderson
Franz Maury, trumpet |
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| BERNSTEIN |
West Side Story Suite, arr. Eric Crees
Curtis Brass and Percussion Ensemble |
Artists
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Blair is the bass trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra, which he joined in 1986. He has made solo appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, and National Symphony of Taiwan, as well as at many international and domestic trombone conferences.
Mr. Bollinger has given recitals and master classes in Brazil, Chile, China, Holland, Israel, Japan, Poland, Taiwan, and throughout the United States. His recordings include a solo CD (Fancy Free), two discs with Four of a Kind trombone quartet, and a disc with the Canadian Brass. His trombone is the Bollinger Model bass trombone by the S.E. Shires Company of Hopedale, MA; a trombone he helped design.
About the Performers
Hamza Able, from Jacksonville, Fla., and Casablanca, Morocco, a student of Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the Harry L. and Cecilia F. Slavin Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.
Martina Adams, from Philadelphia, a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Thomas and Patricia Vernon Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.
Justin Bernardi, from Keller, Texas, a student of David Bilger, is the Suzanne Roberts Cultural Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2017.
Dasara Beta, from Cleveland, a student of David Bilger, is the Mary Louise Curtis Bok Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Natanel Bikov, from Petah Tikva, Israel, a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Jack Bryant, from Atlanta, a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Arlene and Irving Tashlick Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.
Diogo Fernandes, from Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, is the Dorothy J. del Bueno Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.
Derek Gullett, from Uniontown, Ohio, a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, is the Edwin B. Garrigues Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.
Griffin Harrison, from Rochester, N.Y., a student of Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr. Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.
Megan Hurley, from Honolulu, Hawaii, a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Nellie Lee Bok Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Nicholas Ivy, from Seminole, Fla., a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Alice Madge and William J. Middleton Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Ethan Marmolejos, from Watchung, N.J., a student of Craig Knox and Paul Krzywicki, is the Dr. Bong S. Lee Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Franz Maury, from Paris, a student of David Bilger, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Tae McLoughlin, from South Orange, N.J., a student of Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the Carol Coe Conway Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.
Raul Orellana, from Parkland, Fla., a student of David Bilger, is the Abigail Rebecca Zubrow Cohen Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.
Christine Ott, from Rochester, N.Y., a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Bob and Caro Rock Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.
Changwon Park, from Suwon-si, Korea, a student of Blair Bollinger, is the Louisa Knapp Curtis Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Marcus Shaw, from Ossining, N.Y., a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Bernard M. Guth Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Zachary Thomas, from Tucson, Ariz., a student of Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
James Vaughen, from Champaign, Ill., a student of David Bilger, is the Stanley and Bertha Rogasner Fellow and entered Curtis in 2018.
Special Thanks
The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series. The Curtis Institute of Music receives funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.