The Brass Digest (No. 349)
12 Events This Week + 52 Items Added To The Website
Welcome to this week’s edition of Brass Digest, where I recap stories, auditions, events, and links added to the website.
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📰 This Past Week’s News & Stories
New Release "Live at the Captain’s Cabin" Celebrates Trumpeter Charles Tolliver
Tetra Brass Set To Release Album of Music by Glazunov and Simon
📅 Upcoming Events
November 18-19: Nicholas Payton in Denver, Colorado
November 18: UNLV Brass Ensemble in Concert
November 21: The Killers Hot Fuss on Brass with Old Dirty Brasstards
November 21-23: 2024 National Conference of the Brazilian Euphonium and Tuba Association
November 22: Boston Brass at The Ohio State University
November 22: Old Dirty Brasstards at The Blues Kitchen Shoreditch
November 23: Beyoncé on Brass with Old Dirty Brasstards
November 23: Ångström Brass presents: resonances in Kansas City
November 23: Nicholas Payton in Roanoke, Virginia
November 24: Ohio University High School Horn Day
November 24: Carol Jarvis Performs Peaslee Arrows of Time with Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra
November 24: Tomer Maschkowski Bass Trombone Recital in Chicago, Illinois
📇 Recently Added Events
November 26: Brass For Africa "Christmas Spectacular" with Old Dirty Brasstards
December 7: Christmas with Septura Brass
December 8: Christmas with Septura Brass
December 12: Christmas with Septura Brass
💿 Albums Added to the Brass Albums Database
7x7By7 by Brian Lynch (2024)
Sui Generis by Tim Hagans (2024)
📚 New Additions to Books on Brass
No Updates This Week
𝄢 Recent Works Added to Brass Music by Black Composers/Artists
No Updates This Week
🎼 Recent Works Added to Brass Music by Women Composers/Artists
No Updates This Week
New Brass Auditions
📯 French Horn: Philadelphia | Fort Worth | Colorado | Frankfurt Radio | Royal Concertgebouw | Israel | Westfalen | Bergische | Berlin | Leipizig | Nürnberg | Berlin | Harzer
🦴 Trombone: Bremerhaven | Saarländisches | Virginia | Chautauqua | Oslo | Harzer | Frankfurt Radio | U.S. Army | Royal Australian Air Force
🎺 Trumpet: NDR | Zürich | Frankfurt | Essen | Anhaltisches | Des Moines
2️⃣🐑 Tuba/Euphonium: U.S. Army (2) | Berlin | New Bedford
🎓 College Job Postings
Trombone: University of South Alabama
Trumpet: Hofstra University | University of Northern Iowa
Tuba/Euphonium: University of Central Florida
🎂 Brass Birthdays This Week
November 19 – Tommy Dorsey
22 – Jimmy Knepper | Gunther Schuller
25 – Nat Adderley
🔗 New Links
Trombone Studios: Florida State University
🎉 Recent Winners and Hires
Jordan Milek Johnson - Bass Trombone, Houston Grand Opera
Samuel Wamhoff - Principal Trombone, Modesto Symphony Orchestra
Hiram Rodriguez - Second Trombone, Modesto Symphony Orchestra
Samuel Wamhoff - Second Trombone Substitute, San Francisco Opera
Alexander Felker - Bass Trombone, York Symphony Orchestra
Nestor Welmane - Solo Trombone, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
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