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Pictured: Felipe Brito Quintet

International Trombone Festival 2024
Schedule of Events

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

10:00am - Opening Ceremonies (Van Cliburn)
10:00am - Van Haney Finals (Robert Car Chapel)

10:30am - Alex Iles (Van Cliburn)

11:00am - Hakeem Bilal (Pepsi Co Hall)
11:00am - Kleinhammer Finals (Robert Car Chapel)

11:30am - Doug Yeo “Rochut: More than Bordogni” (Band Room)

12:00pm - Donny Pinson (Ed Landreth)
12:00pm - Glissando Trombone Ensemble (Van Cliburn)
12:00pm - Dr. Emmet C. Goods, Jazz Trombone (Pepsi Co)

12:30pm - Nick Finzer (Van Cliburn)

1:00pm - Performing Artist Showcase #1 (Pepsi Co)
1:00pm - Carson King-Fournier “Performance and Pedagogy on Multiple Low Brass Instruments” (Band Room)
1:00pm - ITA Quartet Finals (Robert Car Chapel)

2:00pm - Sasha Romero & Jen Hinkle (Van Cliburn)

2:30pm - Drei Bones Trombone Trio “Trios Old and New” (Ed Landreth)
2:30pm - Connexus Trombone Duo (Pepsi Co)

3:00pm - TCU Trombone Choir with Guest Soloists (Van Cliburn)
3:00pm - Robert Edwards, Jazz Trombone (Band Room)
3:00pm - Marsteller Finals (Maudy North Lecture Hall)

3:30pm - Them Bones Jazz Trombone Ensemble (Ed Landreth)

4:00pm - Tim Connor “You Must be Present to Win!” (Band Room)

4:30pm - Jen Krupa (Pepsi Co)

5:00pm - Texas A&M Commerce Trombone Choir (Ed Landreth)

5:30pm - American Brass Quintet (Ed Landreth)

7:30pm - University of Central Arkansas Natural Slides (Ed Landreth)

8:00pm - Viento Sur Trombone Quartet and Trombone de Costa Rica (Ed Landreth)

9:30pm - Late Night Jazz at Rusty Nickel IceHouse

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THURSDAY, MAY 30

8:00am - Group Warm-Ups & Participant Choirs (all venues)

9:30am - John Rojak Masterclass (Band Room)
9:30am - “Diversity Considerations in Programming” Noelia Escalzo, Rob Deemer, Natalie Mannix, Mayumi Shimizu, Douglas Yeo, Dave Taylor (Ed Landreth)

10:00am - Performing Artist Showcase #2 (Pepsi Co)
10:00am - Alto Competition Finals (Maudy North)
10:00am - Dunwoody Mirvil (Van Cliburn)

10:30am - Benny Sluchin “Music and Electronics in the age of AI” (Band Room)
Joseph Rodriguez (Ed Landreth)

11:00am - Roberts Competition Finals (Maudy North)
11:00am - Trombones of Middle Earth “Second Breakfast” (Van Cliburn)

11:30am - Timbercreek High School (Pepsi Co)
11:30am - Noelia Escalzo “New Latin American Repertoire for the Development of Trombone Technique” (Band Room)

12:00pm - Günter Bollman (Pepsi Co)
12:00pm - Wiehe Finals (Maudy North)

12:30pm - Seven-19: A Genre-Crossing Duo of Trombone & Guitar (Van Cliburn)
12:30pm - The Four Horseman Trombone Quartet (Ed Landreth)
12:30pm - Exhibitors Round-Table “New Innovations” (Band Room)

1:00pm - Performing Artist Showcase #3 (Pepsi Co)

1:30pm - West Texas A&M University Trombone Choir (Van Cliburn)
1:30pm - Jan Donner (Band Hall)

2:00pm - Angelo Casanello and Friends “To the South of the South: Poetry and Melody” (Ed Landreth)
2:00pm - Hillary Simms (Van Cliburn)

2:30pm - West Virginia University Trombone Ensemble (Pepsi Co)

3:00pm - Lamar University Trombone Quartet (Ed Landreth)
3:00pm - Angel Subero (Pepsi Co)
3:00pm - Puerto Rico Trombone Quartet (Van Cliburn)

3:30pm - Austin Pancner “Breathe, Move, and Perform: Break Free From Unwanted Tension and Pain” (Ed Landreth)
3:30pm - Kyle Gordon “New Standards” (Van Cliburn)
3:30pm - Ron Barron “Saint-Saens, Stewart, and the BSO: A Personal Discovery” (Band Room)

4:30pm - Slides in Harmony Trombone Quartet (Ed Landreth)
4:30pm - Felipe Brito Quintet (Van Cliburn)

5:00pm - International Women’s Trombone Choir (Ed Landreth)

6:00pm - Amanda Stewart special presentation on safe and healthy work environments (Van Cliburn)

7:30pm - Texas A&M Kingsville trombone ensemble (Ed Landreth)

8:00pm - Monarch Brass with special guests the International Women’s Trombone Choir (Ed Landreth)

9:30pm - Late Night Jazz at Rusty Nickel IceHouse

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FRIDAY, MAY 31

8:00am - Group Warm-Ups & Participant Choirs (all venues)

9:30am - Nathan Siler and Douglas Yeo “Trombone Chamber Music of Vaclav Nelhybel” (Van Cliburn)
9:30am - Alexandra Zacharella “Exploring and Transcribing the Sonatas of Anna Bon” (Band Room)

10:00am - Trombones de Asunción Trombone Quartet (Ed Landreth)
10:00am - Tyler Junior College Trombone Choir (Pepsi Co)
10:00am - Gagliardi Finals (Maudy North)

10:30am - Performing Artist Showcase #4 (Pepsi Co)
10:30am - Robinson Giraldo “Creating, Interpreting, and Disseminating Colombian Andean Music” (Band Room)

11:00am - University of Missouri Trombone Ensemble (Van Cliburn)
11:00am - Yaxley Finals (Maudy North)

11:30am - Benny Sluchin Recital (Van Cliburn)
11:30am - Nate Zgonc and Brian Hecht “Elevate Your Daily Routine” (Band Room)

12:00pm - Natalie Cressman (Pepsi Co)
12:00pm - Smith Finals (Maudy North)

12:30pm - Trombone Retreat Podcast featuring Wycliffe Gordon (Ed Landreth)

1:00pm - UTRGV Trombone Choir (Van Cliburn)

1:30pm - Omni Brass (Van Cliburn)
1:30pm - Performing Artist Showcase #5 (Pepsi Co)

2:00pm - Evelyn Carlson (Ed Landreth)
2:00pm - David Yacus “Presentation on Historical Trombone Performance Practices” (Band Room)
2:00pm - Jazz Competition Finals (Maudy North)

2:30pm - Jeanette Velasco “Ni de aquí ni de allá” (Van Cliburn)

3:00pm - University of Texas / Tyler Trombone Ensemble (Ed Landreth)

3:30pm - The Leon Brothers Experiment (Ed Landreth)
3:30pm - Keller Central & Eller High School Combined Trombone Choir (Van Cliburn)
3:30pm - “Trombone Research Roundtable” Simon Willis, Benny Sluchin, Doug Yeo (Band Room)

4:00pm - Jim Nova: Trombones at the Movies (Van Cliburn)

5:00pm - Mayumi Shimizu (Van Cliburn)

6:15pm - Pre-Concert talk for Fort Worth Symphony (Bass Performance Hall)

7:30pm - Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra featuring Peter Steiner and Constanze Hochwartner (Bass Performance Hall)

9:30pm - Late Night Jazz at Rusty Nickel IceHouse

NOTE SPECIAL VENUE: Bass Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth. This is for the preconcert talk and the performance.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1

8:00am - Participant Choir Warmups (Van Cliburn)

9:00am - Participant Choir Performance (Van Cliburn)

9:30am - David Yacus (Ed Landreth)
9:30am - Gretchen McNamara “Combining Mindfulness and Movement in Preparation for Practice and Performance” (Band Room)

10:00am - University of Mississippi Trombone Ensemble (Van Cliburn)
10:00am - Tarleton State University Trombone Choir (Pepsi Co)

10:30am - Dennis Bubert (Van Cliburn)
10:30am - Performing Artist Showcase #6 (Pepsi Co)

11:00am - Compass Quartet (Ed Landreth)
11:00am - Lucas Borges “Across Latin America: A Recital of Solo and Duo Latin American Music for Trombone” (Band Hall)

11:30am - Gaither High School Trombone Ensemble (Van Cliburn)
11:30am - Center Stage Brass

12:00pm - ITF Youth Workshop Concert (Van Cliburn)

12:30pm - ITF Composers’ Workshop Concert #1 (Ed Landreth)
12:30pm - University of South Alabama Trombone Choir (Pepsi Co)
12:30pm - : Succesfully Winning a Collegiate Position: Simple Steps for Success, Thomas Zugger (Band Room)

1:00pm - Vincent Gardner (Pepsi Co)

1:30pm - Cramer Choir (Pepsi Co)
1:30pm - Ellie Abbott “An Argument for Japanese-Composed Music in American Classical Repertoire” (Band Room)

2:00pm - ITA Competition Winners’ Recital (Pepsi Co)

2:30pm - Dallas Asian Winds with soloists Mark Davidson, and Megan Boutin (Ed Landreth)
2:30pm - John Hagan “Alec Wilder’s Sonata for Bass Trombone: An Arrangement for Chamber Winds and Rhythm Section” (Band Room)

3:00pm - ITF Composers’ Workshop Concert #2 (Pepsi Co)

3:30pm - University of North Texas U-Tubes (Van Cliburn)

4:00pm - Wycliffe Gordon (Van Cliburn)

5:00pm - Texas A&M University Trombone Choir (Van Cliburn)

5:30pm - Dave Taylor (Van Cliburn)

7:00pm - Winding Competition Winners: Michigan State University Jazz Trombones (Ed Landreth)

8:00pm - Jazz Night: Strata Big Band with All-Star Soloists