The Brass Digest (No. 358)
4 Events This Weekend + 41 Items Added To The Website
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Brass Digest, where I recap stories, auditions, events, and links added to the website.
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📰 This Past Week’s News & Stories
📅 Upcoming Events
February 22: Jaime Morales-Matos Faculty Trombone Recital
February 22: Gateways Brass Collective at ETSU Brass Day
February 22-23: Marsalis Trumpet Concerto with the Richmond Symphony
February 23: Dan Hinman Faculty Trombone Recital
📇 Recently Added Events
March 6: Appermont Trombone Concerto with the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble
March 29: The Ohio State University Trombone Day
April 6: Barfield Trombone Concerto with the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble
June 5-12: Cleveland Trombone Seminar
💿 Albums Added to the Brass Albums Database
Woven by Jeremy Pelt (2025)
Playground by Gijs Levelt (2025)
📚 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: Colorado | Houston | Kalamazoo | Sarasota
🦴 Trombone: Kansas City | Gävle | Bavarian State | Arizona | Colorado | North Carolina | Deutsche Radio
🎺 Trumpet: Berlin | UAE | Erie | Illinois | Sacramento | Sarasota | Toronto | U.S. Navy Fleet Bands | Basel | Netherlands Radio | Brussels
2️⃣🐑 Tuba/Euphonium: U.S. Navy Band
🎓 College Job Postings
Trumpet: State University of New York at Fredonia
General Brass: Berklee College of Music
🎂 Brass Birthdays This Week
February 22 – George Roberts
23 – Al Aarons
24 – June Clark | Vincent Bach
25 – Lonnie Hillyer
28 – Thad Jones | Bill Hughes
29 – George Chisholm | Abe Lincoln
31 – Herb Alpert
🔗 New Links
No Updates This Week
🎉 Recent Winners and Hires
Kaspar-Oskar Kramp - Principal Trombone, Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Jeffrey Curnow - Trumpet, Indiana University
Ethan Shrier - Principal Trombone, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Grant Futch - Tenor Trombone, U.S. Navy Concert/Ceremonial Band
Polina Tarasenko - Solo Trombone, Gewandhausorchester (2024 Audition)
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