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11TH ANNUAL TCU TROMBONE SUMMIT

About the TCU School of Music

The TCU School of Music is a nationally recognized, award-winning institution that features distinguished faculty and talented student body of 325+ majors and hundreds of non-majors. As one of TCU’s designated Centers of Focus, the School of Music creates an exciting musical environment where students grow as artists, educators and individuals.

Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, TCU’s program provides professional training for performers, teachers, scholars and composers, plus a broad array

of undergraduate courses for non-music majors.

Award-winning student orchestral, winds and percussion groups; jazz ensembles; and choral, opera and chamber music groups form the core of the hundreds of performances that expand Fort Worth and the Metroplex’s strong cultural climate. Recitals, master class-

es and seminars by faculty and guest artists enrich the curriculum. The TCU School of Music is committed to the expansion and generation of new music, evidenced by recent

commissions and premieres.

More than 70 TCU faculty members are leaders in performance, music education, scholarship and conducting. Students come from all over the world to TCU, where they enjoy a special relationship with their faculty mentors. TCU music alumni populate the globe in pursuit of their music careers, having distinguished themselves as performers, educators, scholars and composers including positions in major orchestras, as faculty

members in prestigious universities, professional conductors, and performers in various other musical ensembles.

TCU School of Music Mission

To foster excellence in performance, teaching, creativity, and scholarship while affirming music as an integral part of a classic liberal arts education.

TCU School of Music Vision

To become a world-class university school of music, acknowledged as one of the finest in the country.

www.music.tcu.edu


11th Annual TCU Trombone SummitDr. David Begnoche, Artistic Director

March 1-2, 2020PepsiCo Recital Hall, TCU School of Music

Schedule of Events

Sunday, March 1, 2020

1:00pm Amanda Hudson Masterclass

2:00pm Peter Steiner Masterclass

3:30pm Hakeem Bilal Masterclass

4:30pm David Begnoche Clinic

5:00pm Nick Finzer Masterclass

6:00pm Dinner Break

7:00pm Finale Concert Featuring the TCU Trombone Choir with soloists: Peter Steiner, Nick Finzer, and Hakeem Bilal

Monday, March 2, 2020

7:00pm TCU Trombone Summit Faculty Recital Barry Hearn - Dallas Symphony, Principal Trombone Joe Dubas - Fort Worth Symphony, Principal Trombone Amanda Hudson - Dallas Winds Barney McCollum - Dallas Winds Dr. David Begnoche - TCU School of Music Dr. Michael Bukhman - piano, TCU School of Music TCU Trombone Choir


Peter Steiner, trombone and Costanza Hochwartner, pianorepertoire will be announced form the stage

Intermission

TCU Trombone Choir with guest soloists

Curt Wilson Main Course* Nick Finzer, soloistNick Finzer The Guru Nick Finzer, soloistRobert Garwell Purple Mosaic* Hakeem Bilal, soloistTill Meyn Chronokinetic* Peter Steiner, soloist

11th Annual TCU Trombone SummitMarch 1, 2020

7:00 PMPepsiCo Recital Hall

Finale Concert

11th Annual TCU Trombone SummitMarch 2, 2020

7:00 PMPepsiCo Recital Hall

Faculty Recital

Steven Sacco Fantasy David Begnoche, tromboneFrancis Poulenc Oboe Sonata Joseph Dubas, tromboneFerdinand David Concertino Barry Hearn, trombone

Michael Bukhman, piano

Intermission

TCU Trombone Choir with guest soloists

Anton Bruckner, arr Begnoche Os justi meditabitur sapientiam

Martin Blessinger Dark Energy*Soloists: Amanda Hudson, Joseph Dubas, Barney McCollum

Tommy Pederson Blue TopazDr. Jason Oliver, bass trombone soloist

David Wilborn Fantasy on an Anglican HymnWith

Barry Hearn, Amanda Hudson, Joseph Dubas, Barney McCollum, Dr. Jason Oliver

*Works commissioned for the TCU Trombone Choir


2020 TCU Trombone Choir

Tenor Trombone

Austin AndradeJuan BalderasCarlito Chavez

David ClaryTim Lewis

Austin MarlowTopy Nguyen

Kaitlyn NorwoodAlondra Ramirez

Nijel SmithIvan TerriquezOmar Urritia

Bass Trombone

Emma BebeBrandon Carrasco Hunter Kuhlman

John LoThanasit Pimnipaptrakul

Percussion

Aaron Mincey


Dr. David Begnoche is Associate Professor of Trombone in the TCU School of Music.Previously on the faculty at the Longy School of Music, Dr. Begnoche has also served as artist-in-residence at Northeastern University and chamber music coach at Harvard University.

Dr. Begnoche maintains an active performing career with groups throughout the U.S. and abroad. His extensive professional performing experience includes titles positions with the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra (Chicago), Sarasota Opera (FL), Albany Symphony (NY), Spoleto Festival Orchestra (Italy), Charleston Symphony Orchestra (SC) and AIMS Festival Orchestra (Austria). He has performed with the Dallas Opera Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra, and has recorded with Boston Pops under John Williams. His commercal

credits include performnaces in a variety of styles and venues, including appearances with Al Jarreau, Bill Watrous and Barry White.

A recipient of the Priddy Fellowship in Arts Leadership, Dr. Begnoche is a frequent and eager performer of new music and a strong advocate for American music, in particular. He can be heard on première recordings of works by John Harbison, Gian Carlo Menotti, Steven Stucky, Virgil Thomson, and Charles Wuorinen, to name a few. Contemporary music ensembles Dr. Begnoche has performed with include Essential Music (NY), Fulcrum Point (Chicago), and, as solosit, with the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. Reflective of his advocacy of new music, Dr. Begnoche has been active in the commissioning of solo and chamber works. His work with Pulitzer Prize winner John La Montaine resulted in the final version of the composer’s Trombone Quartet (2006).

Dr. Begnoche is a founding member of trombone quartet Stentorian Consort whose debut CD, Myths and Legends, released on Albany Records in 2007, is comprised of world premiere recordings of original compositions for trombone quartet by American Composers including Mr. LaMontaine’s Quartet. he Consort’s second recording, Diversions, again featured original works as well as collaborations with guest artists Joseph Alessi and Peter Ellefson.

Dr. Begnoche has presented masterclasses at numerous universities throughout the United States including University of Michigan, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the Juilliard School of Music, and USC Thornton School of Music, to name a few.

The Mystic (CT) native has served as International Trombone Association Affiliates Manager and AIM Membership Coordinator for two years, and serves on the ITA Competitions Committee. He has written articles and conducted interviews for the ITA Journal, the Brass Herals, and the American Composers Forum. Dr. Begnoche holds degrees from the University of North Texas (DMA), Manhattan School of Music (MM), and the New England Conservatory of Music (BM). His principal teachers include Douglas Yeo (Boston Symphony Orchestra), John Swallow (New York Brass Quintet), Steven Norrell (metropolitan Opera Orchestra), and Michael Mulcahy (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).

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Proudly hailing from Washington, D.C., Hakeem Bilal is one of the most sought-after trombonists today. His performances have been called “A dynamic concert experience” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and he has been featured on Pittsburgh Today Live on CBS and Talking Pittsburgh on NBC. Mr. Bilal performs across many genres of music with ease and teaches internationally. Most recently, he performed a three week tour of Asia, performed at the Indianapolis 500, and taught masterclasses in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Beijing, China. Mr. Bilal holds degrees from The Peabody Conservatory and Carnegie Mellon University and now resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

Mr. Bilal is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at West Virginia University and remains in high demand as an orchestral player and soloist. He is a regular extra with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony; he has recently performed with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and West Virginia Symphony. He also serves as the Bass Trombonist of C Street Brass, a member of River City Brass, and the MC of Beauty Slap. Mr. Bilal was featured as a guest artist at the 2016 Trombone Summit in Fort Worth, Texas and was invited to perform at the 2018 International Trombone Festival in Iowa. His main teachers include Randall Campora of the Baltimore Symphony, Dr. Denson Paul Pollard of the Metropolitan Opera, Dr. David Begnoche of Texas Christian University, and Murray Crewe of the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Prior to his appointment at West Virginia University, Mr. Bilal was on faculty at Youngstown State University in Ohio. In addition to being seen in various education and performance videos on YouTube, Mr. Bilal can be heard on all streaming formats with Beauty Slap, C Street Brass, River City Brass Band, and on PBS Great Performances with The Cleveland Orchestra.

Dr. Martin Blessinger is an Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Texas Christian University. He holds a DM in Music Composition from Florida State University where he was a University Research Fellow, studying with Ladislav Kubik and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. He received undergraduate and master’s degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, studying with Sheila Silver and Perry Goldstein. Prior to arriving at TCU, he worked as a Lecturer in Music Theory at the Ithaca College School of Music.

Blessinger’s works have been performed around the country and abroad by distinguished soloists, collegiate ensembles, professional groups, and community organizations, as well as on conferences and festivals at the national and international level. His orchestration of Jessica Grace Wing’s score for the critically-acclaimed off-Broadway musical Lost won Best Music in the 2003 New York City Fringe Festival and received a revival performance by the Arizona Onstage Theater Company. Further, he has won awards from the Diana Barnhart American Song Competition (cum laude, for Cradle Song), the Eppes String Quartet Competition (for Postcard from the Americas), the Illinois Wesleyan University Young Composers Competition (for Fanfare for Brass Quintet), the NACUSA Young Composers Competition (for Duo for Saxophone and Piano), and ASCAP.

In 2014, Blessinger served as guest composer for the Talis Festival & in Saas-Fee, Switzerland and has since been a featured composer on the Cliburn Foundation concert series (Fort Worth), the Basically Beethoven concert series (Dallas), and with the Texas New Music Ensemble (Houston). Further, he was an invited composer at the 2018 Beijing Modern Music Festival/International Society for Contemporary Music World New Music Days Festival in Beijing, China and has been named the 2020 Texas Music Teachers Association Commissioned Composer.

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Pianist Dr. Michael Bukhman has concertized across the United States, Israel, Canada, Europe, China, and Japan. Awards and honors include: medalist in the 2009 Hilton Head International Piano Competition; top-ranked winner of the 2005 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship; first-prize winner at the 2006 Corpus Christi International Competition for Piano and Strings; and laureate of the 2006 Gina Bachauer Competition at the Juilliard School.

An avid chamber musician, Michael has performed with some of the greatest artists of our time, including Itzhak Perlman, Kim Kashkashian, Nobuko Imai, Dawn Upshaw, Peter Frankl, Donald Weilerstein, Roger Tapping, Anthony Marwood, and others. He has also performed with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Music For Food concerts. Festival appearances include Yellow Barn Music Festival, The Perlman Music Program, and the Ojai Music Festival.

He served as visiting assistant professor of music at Bard College, where he founded Play/Chat@Bard, a concert series showcasing young musicians in performance with informal conversation. He had previously taught at Vassar College, and served on the faculties of the Young Artist Program at Yellow Barn Music Festival and the Killington Music Festival.

Michael attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a student of Robert Shannon, where he recorded the complete 24 Preludes and Fugues of Shostakovich, becoming the first in Oberlin’s history to graduate with Honors in Piano Performance. He received his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Robert McDonald. Michael is currently on the faculty of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX.

Joseph Dubas joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra as Principal Trombone in 2019. Prior to his appointment in the FWSO, he held positions in the Richmond Symphony and Sarasota Orchestra. He has also performed with the Florida Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Joseph Studied at Northwestern University where he was a student of Michael Mulcahy, Timothy Higgins, Randall Hawes, R. Douglas Wright and Christopher Davis. While in Chicago, Joseph was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and served as a Civic Fellow, engaging in creative outreach programming and project design as well as chamber and solo recitals.

Joseph has been a fellow at the Pacific Music Festival and the Music Academy of West, where he was a finalist in the 2018 Concerto Competition. in 2017, he won the International Trombone Association Lewis Van Haney Prize.

Joseph grew up in Falls Church, VA. In high school, he studied with Barry Hearn, who remains an important influence and mentor.

Outside of the trombone, Joseph loves sports and the outdoors. He likes Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Soccer, Yoga, and Hiking.

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Nick Finzer is one of the most dynamic musicians of the millennial generation. An award-winning composer, arranger, producer, educator and trombonist, Finzer is bringing the joy and power of Jazz to traditional fans and the most modern 21st century audiences. He’s on a mission to be a passionate voice defining the sound of Jazz in this age while also bringing street cred to the trombone with a bold, tight sound. Born into the musical world (Mom Sherry Finzer is an international flutist), Finzer developed a fascination for the music of Duke Ellington and found himself, in high school, performing at the annual Essentially Ellington competition of Jazz at Lincoln Center. It was then that he decided to pursue a life in music himself. His budding talent was recognized by Wycliffe Gordon who began a mentorship by writing four pieces for the young Finzer while he attended the Eastman School of Music. Nick went on to get his masters at Juilliard’s prestigious Jazz program where he was mentored by trombone legend Steve Turre. In 2011 Nick was the winner of the Eastern Trombone Workshop’s National Jazz Trombone Competition and was a finalist in the 2010 International Trombone Association’s Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone Competition. Two tracks appearing on Nick’s debut album “Exposition” (Outside in Music) garnered Finzer a pair of accolades: The prestigious American Society of Composers and Performers (ASCAP)’s Herb Alpert Award for young composers (2013 & 2015) When away from NYC, Finzer can be found touring the globe not only with his own projects, but as part of Anat Cohen’s Tentet, teaching workshops and masterclasses, and appearing with YouTube sensation Postmodern Jukebox. Finzer has joined the group on television, in viral videos with millions of views, and on tours across North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Finzer has performed at top jazz clubs, festivals and concert halls with Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Newport Jazz Festival with Anat Cohen, Lucas Pino’s No Net Nonet, Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project, the Grammy Award Winning Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Bob Stewart’s Double Quartet, Frank Wess, Terrell Stafford, Lewis Nash, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Walt Weiskopf, Slide Hampton, Frank Kimbrough, Carl Allen, Steve Turre and many more. Nick also has a firm commitment to education and developing the next generation of musicians and music lovers. 2018 saw Nick’s appointment as the inaugural Assistant Professor of Jazz Trombone at the legendary University of North Texas (home of the very first degree in jazz studies). Finzer serves as the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Institute for Creative Music; a non-profit dedicated to exploring improvisation and creativity for musicians and audiences of all levels. From 2014-2016, Nick served as the Visiting Professor of Jazz Trombone at Florida State University. Nick published his first book in 2013 Get Ahead (A Practical Guide for the Developing Jazz Trombonist) and relaunched that book as an interactive online course in June of 2017. Nick also curates an online Virtual Studio where students can engage with weekly video content to bring their playing to the next level.

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Robert Garwell is a Professor Emeritus of Music from TCU. He served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication from 1989 to 1999. Previously he held administrative and teaching positions at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Drake University and the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. From 1990-92 he served as President of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans. He has composed for a wide variety of music ensembles including orchestra, chorus, band, jazz ensemble, percussion ensemble, cello ensemble, flute ensemble, trumpet and trombone choirs, and assorted solo and chamber music groups, as well as composing incidental music for theatre.

Barry Hearn, a native of Bloomington, Texas, is the principal trombonist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that, he was assistant principal trombonist of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., where he completed seven seasons.

Hearn was a member of The United States Army Ceremonial Band in Washington, D.C., from 2002 to 2009. Also, he was a member of The United States Army Field Band at Fort Meade, Md., from 2000 to 2002. In 1995, Hearn graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), where he studied with Andrew Russell. In addition to his degree at UTA, Hearn earned a Master of Music from the University of Illinois, where he studied with Elliot Chasanov, and the Professional Studies Certificate from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Dr. Per Brevig.

In 1993, Hearn won the International Trombone Association’s Robert Marsteller Solo Competition. Three years later, he won the ITA’s Frank Smith Solo Competition. In 2003, he won the International Women’s Brass Conference Grand Prize. In addition, Hearn has won second prize in the Kingsville Young Arts Solo Competition, was a finalist at the Patrons of Wisdom Competition in Toronto and was a semifinalist at the Concert Artists Guild, St. Louis Orchestra Concerto and Sorantin Concerto Competitions.He thoroughly enjoys life with his wife Laura and two sons, Spencer and Jeremy.

Austrian keyboard artist Constanze Hochwartner is an international touring solo organist and pianist as well as part of the Duo Steiner-Hochwartner. Her 2019/2020 season involves a world tour including solo performances on the organ as well as duo concerts in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the USA. Constanze received her first piano lessons at the young age of three, before being accepted into a class for gifted students in 2005 at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. After graduating from high school, she switched her focus from piano to organ and started her studies in concert performance for organ with Univ. Prof. Ulrich Walther. Simultaneously, she studied instrumental and vocal pedagogy with an additional focus on piano and graduated in the Fall of 2017. In October 2019 she finished her Master’s degree studying with Univ. Prof. Karin Tafeit (organ) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. She has also been mentored by Univ. Prof. Gunther Rost. Constanze has given solo performances around the globe, including organ concerts in Europe, the United States, and South America. She performed as a soloist in the Graz Cathedral in 2015 and 2016 and at the “Grazer Orgelfrühling” 2016 in the Herz Jesu-Kirche in Graz. In June 2017 she gave a recital in the parish church of St. Xaver in Leoben and concerts with the brass ensemble of the University of Music and Performing Arts. In 2017, Constanze began collaborating with trombonist Peter Steiner and formed the DuoSteiner-Hochwartner. For their debut 2017/2018 season the Duo maintained an ambitious international performance schedule, including an 8-week USA tour (40 concerts), a concert at the Wartburg Festival (Eisenach, Germany), and a series of concerts in Europe (Switzerland, Italy, and Austria). The 2018/2019 season highlights include a 3-month World Tour with both solo organ recitals and performances with the Duoin South America, Asia, Europe, and the United States. Other performances with the Duo during the 2018-2019 season included a tour in Japan and two additional USA tours. Constanze’s debut album SAPPHIRE, in collaboration with Peter Steiner,was released inJuly 2019 under the Berlin Classics label. Their CD Release Tour brought them to Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States.

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Amanda Hudson is a native of Southwest Harbor, Maine and a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she received her Master of Music degree in Trombone Performance. She holds additional degrees from the Mannes College of Music and Interlochen Arts Academy. Amanda has held positions with the New Mexico Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, Symphony in C, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, and Dallas Winds. She lives in Argyle, Texas with her husband and daughter.

Dr. Till MacIvor Meyn is Professor of Theory and Composition at Texas Christian University. He earned degrees from U.C. San Diego, Indiana University, and USC’s Thornton School of Music.

Till’s music has had international performances in Switzerland, France, Italy, Cuba, China, Spain, Ukraine, and Slovenia. Performances of his music in the United States include those at Carnegie Hall, Bass Performance Hall, Clarinet Fest, the Biennial Saxophone Congress, The Florida State University Festival of New Music, the Society for Composers, Inc. National and Regional Conventions, National Flute Association Conventions, the College Music Society National Convention, at the Manhattan School of Music, and at the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses National Seminar at Harvard, among others.

Till is often commissioned to compose new works, most recently to open the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 – 2020 season. He was a finalist in the Areon Flutes Commissioning Project, has been a featured composer at the Cliburn at the Modern series, a finalist in the NFA Newly Published Music Competition for ‘Urban Ragas,’ and earned first prize in the NACUSA Texas Composition Contest for ‘Celestial Mechanics.’

Barney McCollum, originally from Stephenville, TX, received his bachelor’s degree from East Texas State University in Music Education where he studied trombone with the late Dr Neill Humfeld. After attendance at ETSU, he auditioned and was accepted into the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band in Washington DC where he worked from 1980 - 1988. It was here where he played extensively with the National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, Wolf Trap Filenne Center Orchestra, Baltimore Opera Orchestra, and Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. In 1988, he received a Master of Music degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington DC where he studied with the late Milton Stevens, principal trombone of the National Symphony Orchestra. Additional studies have been with Charles Vernon of the Philadelphia/Chicago Symphony Orchestras, and David Fedderly of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. McCollum enjoys a rich, active, free-lance musical life in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. He currently performs with the Dallas Wind Symphony, East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Plano Symphony Orchestra, and regularly appears with the Fort Worth Symphony and Dallas Opera.

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Originally from Orlando, FL., Dr. Jason Oliver began playing the trombone at the age of 11. An accomplished soloist and performer from an early age, Dr. Oliver was the recipient of the Florida Music Teachers Association annual concerto competition for the brass division and earned a full music scholarship to the University of Central Florida. He attended the University of New Mexico for his Graduate work and was awarded a teaching assistantship in the jazz department where he directed the 2nd jazz band. Upon completion of his graduate work in New Mexico, he moved to the north Texas area where he began his doctoral studies at the University of North Texas. He graduated in 2010 with the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trombone performance and a minor in music theory.An experienced performer in many genres of music, Dr. Oliver has toured the United States and Canada with the Glenn Miller Jazz Orchestra and the Jimmy Dorsey Band. His orchestral experience has included performances with the Dallas Pops, Sherman Symphony, Plano Symphony, Irving Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, and the New Mexico Symphony. While living in Florida, he was also a musician for the Walt Disney World Company and Sea World where he played for various special events and occasions. Today, Jason can be heard performing as a founding member of the Center Stage Brass and InVersion Band Dallas (Top 40 / Cover Band).

Italian trombonist Peter Steiner’s playing has been described as “beautifully controlled with a vocal sound” and he is recognized around the world as “a new trombone star within his generation” who “plays with total control”. In 2019 he was honoured as a Prize Winner at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia. At the age of 23, Peter Steiner was appointed Trombonist of the Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic for the 2016-2017 season. Prior to that engagement he served as Principal Trombonist with the Colorado Symphony for the 2014-2015 season. He has performed as guest trombonist with the Munich Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, New York Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. His 2018-2019 season involved extensive international travel and featured over 100 performances, including a 3-month World Tour of the United States, Europe, Asia and South America with Constanze Hochwartner (piano/organ) as Duo Steiner-Hochwartner, as well as solo concerts with orchestras around the globe. Other highlights for this season include a CD release tour throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States in July 2019, and solo appearances at the Lille (France) Trombone Festival and International Trombone Festival (Indiana, USA).

Mr. Steiner has soloed with numerous ensembles around the world including, most recently, the Mariinsky Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfõnica Brasileira in Rio de Janeiro. He has had the privilege of performing the world premiers of Eric Ewazen’s “Visions of Light” (Chamber Orchestra Version) and Gilles Rocha’s “Fly or Die” with Brass Band accompaniment. He has been featured in solo recitals during the 2016 and 2017 International Trombone Festivals and the 2018 Wartburg Festival (Eisenach, Germany). He can be heard on his debut album, UNITED, which was released in January 2017 under the HELLOSTAGE Label, in collaboration with Hsiao-Ling Lin (piano) and Silver Ainomäe (cello). His second album, SAPPHIRE was released in July 2019 under the Berlin Classics label, in collaboration with pianist Constanze Hochwartner. Mr. Steiner began his studies at the Music Conservatory in his hometown of Bolzano, Italy before continuing his studies at The Mozarteum of Salzburg (Austria). In 2016 he graduated from The Juilliard School in New York City with a Performance Diploma. His major teachers and influences include Joseph Alessi, Warren Deck, Nitzan Haroz, and Dany Bonvin. Mr. Steiner is a Performing Artist for the Thein Instrument Company and performs on his signature model “Bel Canto” trombone.

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Curt Wilson was born in Fort Worth and is a graduate of Polytechnic High School. He has a BME and MM degrees from TCU. Additional study in composition was completed at the University of North Texas. Curt Wilson has taught at TCU since 1976. Prior to that, he served as Director of Bands at Ashland University; Ashland, Ohio (1972-1976). From 1968-1972, he was on the music faculty at Valley City State College; Valley City, North Dakota. As a professional woodwind performer, he has played with Fred Waring and the Penn-sylvanians (1966-68), Tex Beneke, Harvey Anderson Orchestra, and many others. In addition to conducting marching bands, wind ensembles, and jazz ensembles, he has also conducted the TCU Symphony, Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He has also served as Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Concerts in the Garden Big Band since 1998.

Mr. Wilson has written more than 150 compositions and arrangements for marching band, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, and choir. His arrangement of Dave Brubeck’s Blue Rondo Ala Turk was performed in 2002 at the International Clarinet Conference held in Stockholm, Sweden by the Texas Clarinet consort and in 2007 they performed his Antonio Carlos Jobim Medley at CLARINETFEST in Vancouver, B.C. His Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble was performed at the In-ternational Trumpet Guild (ITG) Conference in 2003 by Los Angeles studio trumpet artist Jon Lewis. In July of 2004, his elegy for solo tuba and band (Rainbows) was performed at the International Tuba/Euphonium Conference in Budapest, Hungary by German tuba artist Marcus Theinert.

In 2005, the New York Pops Symphony Orchestra and the TCU-Fort Worth Concert Choir performed his Christmas music in Carnegie Hall. His Christmas music for choir and orchestra has also been performed by the TCU Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Las Vegas Philharmonic. Curt Wilson’s jazz ensemble music is available thru Walrus Music Publications.

As a member of ASCAP, he has received an ASCA(PLUS) Award every year since 1985 honoring his com-mitment to the composing and performance of serious concert music. Curt Wilson has been a member of Local 72 AFM since 1959 and is a charter member of IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators). He has served as the president of the Texas Unit of IAJE. In addition to conducting numerous All-Region jazz ensembles thru-out the state, in 2001, Professor Wilson conducted the Texas All-State Community College All Star Jazz Ensemble at the annual TMEA Convention in San Antonio. The TCU Jazz Ensemble has ap-peared as the featured college jazz ensemble at TMEA five times since 1976.

Mr. Wilson is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and Phi Mu Epsilon, plus Inter-national Who’s Who in Music, Outstanding Young Men in America, Who’s Who in Fine Arts Education, and Who’s Who in American Education. Curt Wilson has been the recipient of the Dean’s Teaching Award (2001) and the College of Fine Arts Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Schol-ar (2005).

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TCU SCHOOL OF MUSICUPCOMING EVENTS

March 20-21 TCU Jazz Festival, featuring Rufus Reid $10, free with TCU ID

April 1 Guest Artist: Niels-Ole-Bo, trombone PepsiCo Recital Hall, 7pm

April 4 Flute Festival April 4–5 HornFest! 2020

April 14 Wind Symphony Concert – TCU Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium, 7pm

April 20 Percussion Ensembles Concert – TCU Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium, 7pm

April 21 Jazz Combos Concert – TCU Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium, 7pm

TCU Summer InstituteTCU Opera Camp (*New*) – June 1 – 5TCU Saxophone Workshop – June 8 & 9TCU Yamaha “Sounds of Summer” Percussion Camp – June 9 & 10TCU High School Music and Leadership Experience – June 15 – 18TCU Middle School Band Experience – June 19 & 20TCU Flute Workshop – June 22 & 23TCU Harp Workshop – July 8 – 10TCU All-State Choir Camp Purple Camp – July 12 – 15 White Camp – July 15 – 18TCU String Workshop – July 20 – 22

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