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Borealis Brass is in the middle of a tremendously successful tour of Australia's Eastern coast. We had a wonderful welcome reception on December 2 at the Batemans Bay sports center. We were welcomed to country by two representatives of Australia's native peoples and given a demonstration of the digeridoo. The Shire mayor and general manager welcomed us as di PerfEx. Karen Gustafson and Hannah Johnston then performed the world premier of L'Imperatore Amato by Katia Tiutiunnik. Borealis Brass performed Sherri Marcia Damon's Amen and presented Silent Night with Hannah Johnston singing the first verse in Yupik. Thanks to Joel Forbes for the lyrics and training video for Hannah to sing them.
On December 3, we presented a lecture recital at the University of Wollongong Batemans Bay Education Center. This featured music by many composers as well as that of Katia Tiutiunnik in a context of using music to promote peace and understanding.
We performed a concert/clinic for the combined bands of Batemans Bay High School, Carrol College (Catholic High School) and St Perter's High School (Anglican) on the morning of December 4. That evening came the PerEx Gala Concert with premieres of works by Katia Tiutiunnik and performances of works by many other composers.
Today, we play at the Batemans Bay Jazz Club!
December 6, 2009
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| Borealis Brass was formed in 1994 to present performances of brass literature and commission new works. The permanent ensemble is trumpet, horn and trombone and additional instruments are added as needed. To date, Borealis Brass has commissioned new works from over forty composers from the Americas, Australia and Eurpoe. They performed for the Jubilee series "Women in Music: The Paradox of Love" created by the Foundazione Adkins-Chiti: Donne in Musica and the Vatican, The UNESCO World Forum on Music created by the UNESCO International Music Council, the City of Los Angeles and the Foundazione Adkins-Chiti: Donne In Musica, at the 2006 International Women's Brass Conference, in Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico and across the United States. Their performances have been broadcast on RAI SAT, Alaska Public Radio, ABC's (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) New Music Australia (Katia Tiutiunnki's music) and www.brasscast.com. Members of the group are University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty Dr. Karen Gustafson, trumpet, Jane Aspnes, horn, and Dr. James Bicigo, trombone, who perform as soloists and with ensembles in North America, Europe and Asia. Borealis Brass and its members are Yamaha Performing Artists.
_____________________________________________________________ Borealis Brass Plays Bicigo's Polar Fanfare "Official IPY Fanfare" Photo Credits for this website _____________________________________________________________ Congratulations to Victor Barranco new member of the US Army Blues! Victor
studied with Dr. Bicigo from 1998-2002. he went on to earn a BM in
Trombone Performance from The University of Minnesota with Thomas
Ashworth and masters and doctoral degrees from The University of North
Texas with Tony Baker.
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