Spring Low Brass Day

Sunday, April 13th, 2025


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Schedule (updated on 3/25)

Exhibits open 11:30-2:15 (Gammage 209)

10:30-11:30 Group warmups and mass choir rehearsals

  • Tubas/Euphoniums – Gammage 311
  • Trombones – Gammage 301

11:30-1:00 Lunch/Exhibits

1:00-2:20 Orchestral Excerpt master class with the trombones of the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and tubist Kevin Bock
Gammage 301

Excerpts to be be chosen from:

  • Holst Planets
  • Hindemith Mathis der Maler
  • Brahms Symphony No. 4
  • Wagner Rider of the Valkyries
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
  • Bruckner, Symphony No. 7

2:30-3:15 Master classes

  • Alyson Johnson – Gammage 301 “Sprouting Sound: Tips for teaching and building a studio of young students”
  • Sam Revis – Gammage 209 “Writing for the Low End: Tips and Tricks”
  • Elijah Ramirez and Jonah Brabant – Gammage 311 “Expanding Technique Through Daily Fundamentals”

3:30-4:30 Concert No 1: Tubas and Euphoniums (Evelyn Smith Theater)

4:30 Dinner

6:00 Concert No 2: Trombones (Evelyn Smith Theater)

Performing groups:

Concert 1
CGCC Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
ASU Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
Mass Tuba Euphonium choir
Concert 2
Bones Southwest
CGCC Trombone Ensemble
SCC Trombone Ensemble
ASU Trombone Choir
Mass Trombone Choir