The following serves as a compilation of significant brass instrument concerts, recitals, and gigs in the NYC area: baroque, classical, ‘new’ music, jazz, experimental & avant garde. Info is culled from other sources and subject to change.
November 28
The Westerlies – delightful new music trumpet-trombone quartet
8:00 pm Roulette Brooklyn
November 16
MSM Faculty Recital Steve Norrell, Bass Trombone
Miller Recital Hall
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
October 19
American Brass Quintet – The premier chamber ensemble in the US.
7:30pm Paul Recital Hall Juilliard, $20
Kevin Cobb and Louis Hanzlik, trumpets
Eric Reed, horn
Michael Powell, trombone
John D. Rojak, bass trombone
Ed. by RAYMOND MASE Elizabethan Consort Music, STEVEN SACCO Little Suite of Miniatures, ROBERT PATERSON Shine for Brass Quintet (NY Premiere), CLINT NEEDHAM Brass Quintet No. 1 “Circus”, Ed. by RAYMOND MASE Canons of the 16th Century, SEBASTIAN CURRIER Cadence, Fugue, Fade
October 9
Manhattan School of Music Brass Orchestra
7:30 pm Borden Auditorium 123 Claremont Ave., free no tix needed
R. STRAUSS Fanfare “Stadt Wien”; EWAZEN Symphony in Brass; CHOU Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni; PROKOFIEV (arr. Plourde) Allegro marcato from Symphony No. 5; PROKOFIEV (arr. Snedecor) Romeo and Juliet Suite; HORNER (arr. Bissill) Titanic Fantasy for 12 horns
September 25
The New York Gypsy Festival at Drom
Cocek Brass Band 9:15pm
Raya Brass Band 11:45pm
Sept. 24-29
Thursday, September 24
“Without a Frame” @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3
8:30pm – $15 (plus $10 drink min) – Age Restriction: 21+ Only
Friday, September 25
Thomas Bergeron’s “Sacred Feast” @ The Dimenna Center (Norman S. Benzaquen Hall)
8pm – $22
Saturday, September 26
“Signatures in Brass” @ Jazz Gallery
7:30 & 9:30pm – $22
Sunday, September 27
The Jonathan Powell Latin Jazz Sextet @ Blue Note
11:30AM & 1:30 PM – $35 (includes brunch & drink)
“Blast of Brass″ @ Brooklyn Children’s Museum
12pm – FREE (No Ticket Required)
“Visionaries – Night 1″ @ Downtown Music Gallery
7-10pm – $10
Monday, September 28
Masterclass w/ Eddie Henderson @ The New School
4pm – FREE (No Ticket Required)
“Visionaries – Night 2″ @ Downtown Music Gallery, 7-10pm – $10
September 23
Fanfaraï – French-Moroccan-Algerian brass band
8:30pm at Drom Ave. A
September 22 – 27 Peter Evans, trumpet, resident at The Stone
9/22 Tuesday (HM), 8 pm
Evan Parker’s US Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
Evan Parker (soprano sax) George Lewis (electronics, trombone) Sam Pluta (electronics) Craig Taborn (piano) Ned Rothenberg (bass clarinet, clarinet, shakuhachi) Peter Evans (trumpets)
10 pm: Rocket Science, Evan Parker (tenor and soprano saxes) Peter Evans (trumpets) Sam Pluta (electronics) Craig Taborn (piano)
9/23 Wednesday (AV)
8 pm: Peter Evans, Amirtha Kidambi, Leila Bordeuil and Brandon LopeZ
Amirtha Kidambi (voice) Peter Evans (trumpet, piccolo trumpet) Leila Bordeuil (cello) Brandon Lopez (bass)
10 pm: Quartet Improvisations: David Byrd-Marrow (french horn) Peter Evans (trumpets) Anthony Orji (bass clarinet) Brandon Lopez (bass)
9/24 Thursday (KR), 8 and 10 pm, Pulverize the Sound
Peter Evans (trumpet) Tim Dahl (electric bass) Mike Pride (drums)
9/25 Friday (BS),8 pm
Peter Evans Quintet
Peter Evans (trumpets, compositions) Ron Stabinsky (piano, synth) Tom Blancarte (bass) Jim Black (drums, electronics)
9/26 Saturday (KR), 8 pm
Zebulon Trio, Peter Evans (trumpet) John Hébert (bass) Kassa Overall (drums)
10 pm, Zebulon + David Bryant
Peter Evans (trumpet) David Bryant (piano) John Hébert (bass) Kassa Overall (drums)
9/27 8 and 10 pm
House Special: Peter Evans (trumpet) Levy Lorenzo (percussion, electronics) Paul Wilson (keyboards, piano, electronics) Sam Pluta (electronics) Kassa Overall (drums)
September 17
Amir El-Saffar & Two Rivers – amazing Middle Eastern / Maqam Jazz. Quarter-tone trumpet!
8:00pm, $20, Symphony Space
September 13
Sumari: Matt Lavelle (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, alto clarinet) Jack DeSalvo (mandola, cello, guitars) Tom Cabrera (bodhrán, tar, riq, doumbek, bass drum) – at Shapeshifter Lab