Events

The annual Fall Brass Showcase is a department-wide competition featuring three of the top bands selected from a pool of audition submissions. These exceptional ensembles will compete for the chance to be featured alongside our special guest at the Spring Brass Showcase.
 

Trumpeter and composer Philipp Schwarz presents the PhilippHarmonic Bigband in a program ranging from swing and jazz-classical fusion to Cuban and Brazilian music.

Trumpeter Luke Young presents a performance of jazz standards.

The Berklee College of Music Brass Department welcomes acclaimed trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and educator Sean Jones for a special master class with Berklee brass students.

 

This event is designed to welcome new and returning brass principals at Berklee College of Music. Attendees can greet friends and make new ones, hear from faculty, and learn more about what is new and exciting in the Brass Department this year.

Trumpeter Aiden Thieme presents a program of original compositions and jazz standards.

Violin soloist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport performs Concerto in D for violin and orchestra by Wynton Marsalis. The evening will also include the overture from Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Florence Price's Dances in the Canebrakes, and selections from John Williams's score for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

For his senior recital, trombonist Colin Marcel presents a program that bridges classical, jazz, fusion, and Latin styles.

Idriemeka Bailey presents Guided, a recital shaped by her influences and artistic identity.

Trumpeter Walker McSween presents a set of electronic improvisations with his band, Sautéed Grabba.