The Brass Digest (No. 365)
5 Events This Week + 46 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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Jeremy E. Smith
Founder and Editor
Last Row Music
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📰 This Past Week’s News & Stories
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📅 Upcoming Events
June 16-21: International Euphonium Tuba Festival
June 16-18: Chicago Tuba/Euphonium Institute
June 16-18: Austin Trombone Camp
June 16-18: Dallas Youth Brass Band Summer Institute
June 19-22: William Adam International Trumpet Festival
📇 Recently Added Events
June 27-28: Brasstonbury with the Old Dirty Brasstards
September 13: U.S. Brass Invitational
💿 Albums Added to the Brass Albums Database
Seasons by Albert Miller (2025)
Dark Horse by Brittany Lasch (2025)
Paradise by The Westerlies (2025)
📚 New Additions to Books on Brass
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𝄢 Recent Works Added to Brass Music by Black Composers/Artists
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🎼 Recent Works Added to Brass Music by Women Composers/Artists
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New Brass Auditions
📯 French Horn: Wuppertal | Würzburg | Allentown | Eugene | Kansas City
🦴 Trombone: Fort Worth | Kennedy Center | Toronto | Dortmund | Basel | Florence
🎺 Trumpet: Finnish Radio | Elbland | Allentown (2) | Eugene | Philadelphia | U.S. Coast Guard | Saarländisches | Florence | Rostock
2️⃣🐑 Tuba/Euphonium: Spokane
🎓 College Job Postings
Horn: Rowan University
Trumpet: Saginaw Valley State University
Tuba: College of New Jersey
Brass: Aurora University
🎂 Brass Birthdays This Week
June 16 – Tom Harrell
🔗 New Links
Trumpet Artists: Will Leathers
Brass Bands: Foothills Brass Band
Brass Repair Directory: Musical Instrument Repair Shop
🎉 Recent Winners and Hires
Devin Drinan - Principal Trombone, North Carolina Symphony
Nathan McKinstry - Second Trumpet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Nathan McKinstry - Associate Principal/Second Trumpet, Kansas City Symphony
Omri Barak - Second Trumpet, Louisville Orchestra
Sam Huss - Fourth/Utility Trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra
James Beverly - Trumpet, The King’s Brass
Troy Archer - Trumpet, U.S. Navy Concert/Ceremonial Band
Pernilla Nilsson Brown - Tuba, Prinsens Musikkorps
Riley Lindsey - Tuba, Wichita Symphony Orchestra
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