14th, 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th Century Music from the Yale Brass Trio
Yale faculty members, Allan Dean (trumpet), Scott Hartman (trombone), and William Purvis (French horn) to be joined by pianist, Mihae Lee for concert, March 2
As part of Yale’s continuing Faculty Artist Series, the Yale Brass Trio—Allan Dean, trumpet, Scott Hartman, trombone, and William Purvis, French horn—will be joined by Mihae Lee on piano in a concert at 4 pm, Sunday, March 2, 2003, in Trinity Lutheran Church (corner of Wall & Orange Streets, New Haven). The program will include works dating from the 14th through the 20th centuries, with compositions by Ewazen, Schumann, Nagel, Peaslee and Poulenc. Admission is free. For more information, contact the School of Music Concert Office at 203 432-4158, www.yale.edu/music.
Allan Dean, trumpet, is a member of Summit Brass and the St. Louis Brass Quintet. He was a member of the New York Brass Quintet for eighteen years and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble for ten years. Since 1963 he has been an active freelance musician in New York City, in concert and on recordings. Mr. Dean is involved in baroque and Renaissance music performed on original instruments. He is a founding member of Calliope: A Renaissance Band and the New York Cornet and Sacbut Ensemble. He has numerous recordings of brass and early music on the RCA, Columbia, Nonesuch, Pro Arte, CRI, Musical Heritage, and Summit labels.
Scott Hartman, trombone, began his career by joining the Empire Brass Quintet and the Boston University faculty in 1984. As a trombone soloist and with his various chamber groups, Mr. Hartman has taught and played concerts throughout the world and in all &Mac222;fty states. He has been featured with the Boston Esplanade Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, BBC Radio Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and National Symphony. He has recorded for the Angel EMI, Sony, Telarc, Summit, and Dorian labels.
William Purvis, French horn, is principal French horn of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, hornist and conductor of Speculum Musicae, and a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He is a frequent guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Chamber Music Northwest. Among Mr. Purvis’s many recordings are Mozart’s second and fourth horn concertos for Deutsche Grammaphon; more than forty recordings with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s on Telarc and Music Masters; Horn Trios of Brahms and Ligeti on Bridge; and Peter Lieberson’s King Gesar with Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Serkin, and Emanuel Ax for Sony.
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For Calendar Editors:
Sunday, March 2, 2003 at 4 pm, Trinity Lutheran Church (Corner of Wall & Orange Streets)
Yale Brass Trio. Allan Dean, trumpet. Scott Hartman, trombone. William Purvis, French horn. With Mihae Lee, piano. Works by Ewazen, Schumann, Nagel, Peaslee and Poulenc. Admission is free. Information: 203 432-4158, www.yale.edu/music.