26-29 JUNE 2017
DUBLIN BRASS WEEK
FESTIVAL BROCHURE €2
Now in its fifth year, Dublin Brass Week was founded in 2013 by Irish trumpeter, David Collins and his violinist wife, Sarah Sew. They were joined by trombonist and Captain in Defence Forces School of Music, Thomas Kelly, in 2016. Originally based in Dublin, David worked as a freelance trumpet player throughout the Republic of Ireland. In 2016 he joined the Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland as 2nd Trumpet & Principal Cornet. David founded Dublin Brass Week with the aim of linking the Irish brass music scene to like-minded musicians from the international brass community. DBW started as masterclasses for trumpet and has grown each year to invite 14 faculty and over 40 students representing full orchestral brass from throughout the world. The DBW Academy programme, launched in 2014, selects young brass players resident on the island of Ireland to participate in Dublin Brass Week and this year features six of Ireland’s most promising young musicians. Since its inaugural year, Dublin Brass Week has been based at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin City Centre. The RIAM and its Director, Deborah Kelleher, have provided unwavering support as Dublin Brass Week's main partner throughout the last five years. Astonishingly, Dublin Brass Week survives without any public funding. Our private sponsors have been essential in the continuation of Dublin Brass Week - you will see their adverts placed throughout the brochure and this year we have representatives from Buffet Crampon, Weimann, Yamaha and Denis Wick in person and they will see fantastic playing from both faculty and students during the week. To put on Dublin Brass Week with a team of three people is a huge commitment, particularly when all have careers as full-time professional musicians. With this in mind, we have decided the best way to continue with Dublin Brass Week is to present it biannually. We want to maintain our standards of excellence and continue to invite the very best brass players to teach, perform and study at Dublin Brass Week in the future. We look forward to seeing many of you again in June 2019 at the RIAM and at our concerts across Dublin City in the years to come. This year, we are delighted to present four concerts in addition to the masterclasses and DBW17 Concerto Competition Final. At this year's festival, there is something for everyone: Sergei Nakariakov and Maria Meerovitch perform a virtuosic recital at the National Concert Hall, Ryan Quigley gives a jazz quartet gig at The Grand Social, six of our Faculty give an extraordinarily varied concert at the Pepper Canister Church and our grand finale promises to include plenty of favourites for massed ensembles in the relaxed setting of The Sugar Club. We wish you all a great week of learning, inspiration and collaboration at DBW17!
Philip Cobb Philip Cobb was delighted to accept the Principal Trumpet position with the London Symphony Orchestra in July 2009 whilst still only 21 years of age. Philip is a fourth generation Salvationist and comes from a family that is intrinsically linked with Salvation Army music making at its highest level. From a young age, Philip regularly featured as a cornet soloist, appearing alongside his brother Matthew and father Stephen, accompanied by his mother Elaine. In more recent years he has appeared as a soloist in his own right, featured as a solo performer in London's Royal Albert Hall, as well as at the International Trumpet Guild conference in Boston, USA. Philip is a former student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, having studied with Principal Trumpet of the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Paul Beniston and also with renowned trumpet soloist Alison Balsom. In 2006 Philip competed in the prestigious Maurice André International Trumpet Competition. With former prizewinners going on to achieve international acclaim as both soloists and orchestral performers, Philip was awarded one of the major prizes in the competition as the Most Promising Performer. He was also awarded the 'Candide Award' at the London Symphony Orchestra's Brass Academy in 2008. In 2007 Philip released his debut solo CD; 'Life Abundant' with the Cory Band and Organist Ben Horden. His second solo CD, ‘Songs from the Heart’ with the International Staff Band, was released in 2012. In October 2016 he released his latest album, ‘Fantasy’ with the Central Band of the RAF. Philip is also actively involved with Superbrass, Eminence Brass and Barbican Brass ensembles. One of his other passions is film music and he enjoys the opportunity of pursuing this area of music-making with the LSO and also as a freelance trumpet player. Recent soundtracks on which Philip can be heard include: ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Twilight’, ‘New Moon’, ‘The Pirates’, ‘Shrek’, ‘A better life’, ‘Rise of the Guardians’ and ‘Monuments Men’. He was also featured in the recent opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. Philip Cobb is a B&S Artist and plays on the recently developed B&S 3137PCL Challenger II Philip Cobb Signature Model.
Mark David Mark David, Artistic Director and Head of Brass at the Royal Academy of Music in London, has enjoyed a distinguished career as a performer in some of the most prestigious ensembles in the world. He held the position of Principal Trumpet in the Philharmonia Orchestra for over twenty years, and is currently the Principal Trumpet of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and a member of the Nash Ensemble. He performed as a soloist with the Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall in the Haydn Concerto and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. He has also recently appeared as a soloist with
the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in London and Europe. His discography as a symphonic trumpeter is extensive and wide-ranging. He combines his performing activities with a busy schedule as a teacher and clinician. Mark describes his teaching philosophy as ‘guided self-discovery’, tailoring his teaching to the needs of each individual student. He draws on techniques and inspiration from a wide range of other disciplines such as skiing, swimming and golf to name a few. The brass department at the Academy is widely recognised as one of the foremost in the world and his former students populate prominent positions around the world.
Sergei Nakariakov Sergei Nakariakov has broken through more than a few of the perceived boundaries framing the world of the trumpet in classical music. Dubbed "The Paganini of the trumpet" by the Finnish press after a performance at the Korsholm Festival when he was only 13 years old, and in 1997 "Caruso of the Trumpet" by Musik und Theater, Sergei has developed a unique musical voice, which is, much more than a vehicle for astonishing virtuosity. His repertoire includes not only the entire range of original literature for the trumpet; but is continually expanding into broader territories, including many fascinating transcriptions, while he searches for ever new means of musical expression. At the same time, he has single-handedly brought the flügelhorn to prominence on the concert platform. Born in Gorky in 1977, Sergei began to play the piano when he was six years old, but moved on to the trumpet, after a spine injury in 1986 curtailed his piano studies. In the early years, his father tirelessly sought various trumpet teachers, however Sergei pays tribute to the technical and musical gifts he has learned from his father, Mikhail Nakariakov, who has transcribed a large repertoire of classical concertos for the trumpet - and with whom he studied daily from the very beginning, and since 1995 exclusively. From the age of ten Sergei started to perform with orchestras in major concert halls of the Soviet Union. In 1992 Sergei was a guest at the “Schleswig - Holstein Musikfestival” where he was awarded the "Prix Davidoff". Since then he has appeared in many of the worlds leading centres of music, including the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the Lincoln Center in New York, the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall in London. He collaborates with the world's most feted musicians, orchestras and conductors, most recently in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov. His international touring schedule includes performances in the foremost concert series all over the world, both with orchestra and in recital accompanied by his sister pianist Vera Okhotnikova or Belgian pianist Maria Meerovitch. In 2002 Sergei received the ECHO Klassik Award on ZDF as instrumentalist of the year from the German Phono-Academy. Sergei's discography with Teldec Classics International (Warner) has drawn the most enthusiastic public and critical acclaim; and incorporates the most famous trumpet concertos as well as two recital albums of virtuoso music for trumpet by Bizet, Paganini, de Falla, Gershwin and
Rimsky-Korsakov with pianist Alexander Markovitch. In Japan he appeared in a romantic film production impersonating a Russian trumpet player: “Taiga-no itteki” and also played in the soundtrack of the film. In 2006 Sergei Nakariakov premiered “ad absurdum” with Munich Chamber Orchestra, a concerto specially composed for him by Jörg Widmann, which features his unusual circular breathing capabilities. He later performed “ad absurdum” with BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiri Belohlavek at the Barbican, London. Sergei has served as a member of the jury for “BBC Young Musician of the Year 2006” Competition at the Sage Gateshead, England. In 2009 he premiered the trumpet concerto "PIETA" by Christian Jost dedicated to Chet Baker, with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg in Laeiszhalle. Sergei Nakariakov plays instruments by Antoine Courtois Paris.
Ryan Quigley Ryan Quigley is an award winning jazz and lead trumpet player and an in demand studio musician, composer, arranger and educator. Ryan Quigley has recorded and toured with artists such as Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, George Michael, Michael Bublé, Tom Jones, Robbie Williams, Bob Geldof, Randy Brecker, Till Bronner, Michel Le Grand and Kurt Elling. He has appeared as guest lead trumpet with the Metropole Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and BBC Big Band. Ryan Quigley was born in Derry, County Londonderry in 1977. He started playing the trumpet at the age of 11 and was brought up on a diet of Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, John Coltrane and Maynard Ferguson. He has recorded dozens of jingles, TV themes and independent movie soundtracks. His first CD, Laphroaigian Slip was released in June 2008 and has since won the Jazz Services Promoters’ Choice Award.
John Wallace Trumpet virtuoso John Wallace, one of the world’s most brilliant instrumental soloists, occupies a unique international position as a highly and widely sought after performer, educator, ensemble organiser, researcher and original programme planner. The breadth, brilliance and originality of his music making have brought his instrument and brass music to an entirely new, wide audience. John Wallace was born in Fife, Scotland, where as a young boy he was inspired by the expressive brass playing of the local bands. He read music at King’s College Cambridge and at a young age joined the London
Symphony Orchestra. He later became Principal Trumpet of the Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Trumpet of the London Sinfonietta. Wallace’s lively imagination and spectacular virtuosity inspired many contemporary composers to write concerti for him - including Sir Malcolm Arnold, the late Tim Souster, Harrison Birtwistle, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Robert Saxton, Dominic Muldowney, James MacMillan and Mark Anthony Turnage. International conductors also invited him to play concerti with them, and they have included Riccardo Muti, Sir Simon Rattle, Neeme Jarvi, Esa Pekka Salonen, Yuri Temirkanov, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Leonard Slatkin. John Wallace’s broad and eclectic interests led to his creation of brass ensemble The Wallace Collection - not coincidentally bearing both his name and the title of the famous collection of paintings in London’s West End. John Wallace has made The Wallace Collection’s remit a remarkable synthesis of performance, education and research. The ensemble has initiated many educational workshops and masterclasses worldwide and has embarked on a series of performances and recordings of international brass music through the centuries played on original, authentic instruments. The Wallace Collection has become a highly successful recording ensemble, with a remarkable breadth and diversity of repertoire. Wallace is formerly Head of the Brass Faculty at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He continues to give recitals and masterclasses around the world and has taken part in Arts Council tours in the UK and Australia and British Council events in South Africa and Russia. He researched the entire history and development of the trumpet for publication by the Yale University Press. He is also co-editor, with Professor Trevor Herbert, of the Cambridge University Press Companion to Brass Instruments.
Markus Maskuniitty Markus Maskuniitty, born in Rauma Finland, studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki as a student of Timo Ronkainen and in Berlin with Radovan Vlatkovic. Maskuniitty is prize winner of several international soloist competitions, including the International Horn Competition in Markneukirchen in 1991 and the ARDCompetition in Munich in 1994. In 1992 he was voted as "Brass Player of the Year" in Finland. Markus Maskuniitty is former principal horn of the Finnish Radio Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He is currently the principal horn of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. He was also member of the Bayreuther Festspielorchester. Maskuniitty has, besides orchestras, been member of several chamber music ensembles like Stockholm Chamber Brass and the Berliner Philharmonisches Octet and has been teaching at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover since 2000. In 2008 he was appointed the full professorship in Hannover.
David Pyatt Performing all over the world as a soloist, David was previously principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra and now holds the same position with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. As well as on many critically acclaimed solo recordings, David can also be heard on the soundtracks to many films including Star Wars and Harry Potter. David Pyatt was only 14 when he became BBC Young Musician of the Year. His subsequent solo career has taken him throughout the UK, as well as to Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan. He made his BBC Proms debut in 1993, and has reappeared many times since, at the Last Night in 2004, with his performance of Strauss 1 televised worldwide, and most recently with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (John McCabe’s Rainforest IV) and at the BBC Chamber Proms (Brahms and Ligeti Trios). Having been principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra since 1998, in 2012 he took up the same position with the London Philharmonic. David was named Young Artist of the Year for his recordings of the Strauss concertos and the Britten Serenade (EMI), while for Erato he has recorded the Mozart concertos with Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, horn and piano works with Martin Jones, and English music with Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Peter Donohoe and Levon Chilingirian. Subsequent recordings include Schubert’s Auf dem Strom for the Hyperion Schubert song edition, the Brahms Horn Trio with members of the Gould Piano Trio (Quartz) and Mathias’s Horn Concerto (Metronome). As a recitalist and chamber musician he has performed at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and in the Carte Blanche aux Vents series at the Louvre, Paris. David's many performances at the Edinburgh Festival, include a recital to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of legendary horn player Dennis Brain. David is a Professor of Horn at the Guildhall School of Music and in 2013 was appointed to the same position with the National Youth Orchestra.
Anneke Scott Anneke Scott is the leading period horn player of her generation. She is principal horn of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and The English Baroque Soloists, Harry Christopher’s The Orchestra of the Sixteen, Fabio Biondi's Europa Galante, ensemble Pygmalion, Irish Baroque Orchestra, The Dunedin Consort, The Kings Consort and Avison Ensemble as well as appearing regularly as a guest principal with orchestras and ensembles worldwide. Anneke is an active chamber musician and soloist - her debut disc, with fortepianist Kathryn Cok, of virtuosic music for natural horn and fortepiano from early nineteenth-century Vienna was released in June 2011 by
Challenge Classics. She is also a founder member of ensembleF2 with whom she performed the Mozart Horn Quintet at London's Wigmore Hall in April 2009 and with whom she has recorded two discs featuring the solo and chamber music of Franz Danzi. In 2015 “Stolen Beauties”, a disc featuring Anneke alongside Australian ensemble Ironwood was released by ABC Classics - focusing on chamber music for the horn by Mozart or stolen from Mozart. 2016 saw two separate CD releases with ensembles Anneke is active with - The Prince Regent’s Band (“The Celebrated Distin Family”) and Boxwood and Brass (“Music from a Prussian Salon”) both on the Resonus Classics. In 2010 Anneke was awarded a Gerard Finzi Travel Scholarship to undertake research in Paris in preparation for her recording of the Jacques-François Gallay Douze Grands Caprices on natural horn, released by Resonus Classics in October 2012. This was to form the first disc in a series of three, all featuring the works of Gallay. The second, with the natural horn ensemble Les Chevaliers de Saint Hubert, was released in 2013 with the third, featuring operatic fantasias with Steven Devine (piano) and Lucy Crowe (soprano) was released in Spring 2015.
Peter Moore In 2008, at the age of 12, Peter Moore became the youngest ever winner of the BBC Young Musician competition. In 2013 he won the Wind Section of the Royal Over-Seas League Competition. At the age of 18 he was appointed co-principal trombone of the London Symphony Orchestra and in 2015 joined the prestigious BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Scheme. Over the last year Peter has appeared as soloist with the Lucerne Symphony, Thailand Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Symphony Orchestra. He has given recitals at the BBC Proms in Melbourne, the Kumho Art Hall Yonsei in Seoul, SliderAsia Festival in Hong Kong, Wigmore Hall, Barbican and the Hay-on-Wye Festival. Engagements this season include concertos with the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast and in L’Auditori de Barcelona, and a recital tour of Columbia. He returns to Wigmore Hall both as soloist and as part of the ‘Alison Balsom Residency’, and premieres new works by Francisco Coll and Jack White. Since winning BBC Young Musician, Peter has appeared as soloist with the Northern Chamber Orchestra, Brighton Philharmonic, the Polish Chamber Orchestra at the Rheingau and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals in Germany, and at the European trombone festival The Slide Factory in Rotterdam. He has given recitals at major venues and festival throughout the UK and toured extensively in Australia and New Zealand. In 2010 his recording of the Gregson Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra was released by Chandos to critical acclaim. Passionate about pushing the boundaries of the trombone and bringing it to a wider audience, in 2015 Peter was appointed an Ambassador for the BBC Ten Pieces project which introduces children of primary and secondary age to classical music. He is mentored by Alison Balsom as part of the Royal Philharmonic Society/YCAT Philip Langridge Mentoring Scheme. Peter is a Yamaha International Artist.
Jörgen van Rijen Principal trombonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jörgen van Rijen is also much in demand as a soloist with a special commitment to promoting his instrument, developing new repertoire for the trombone and bringing the existing repertoire to a broader audience. He is a specialist on both the modern and baroque trombone. He has performed as a soloist in most European countries, as well as the United States, Canada, Japan, China, Korea, Russia, Singapore and Australia and performed concertos with orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Taiwan Philharmonic and Nagoya Philharmonic. In coming seasons Jorgen will appear as a soloist with orchestras such as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Antwerp, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Suisse Romande and the Orchestra of the Staatstheater Cottbus. Jörgen was awarded the Netherlands Music Prize in 2004, the highest distinction in the field of music, by the Dutch Ministry of Culture. In 2006 he received the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, which is presented yearly to a selection of the most promising and talented young international soloists and ensembles. He has won other major prizes, including first prizes at the international trombone competitions of Toulon and Guebwiller. In a review of his first CD, the music magazine 'Luister' wrote: 'Van Rijen is a real ambassador of his instrument, which is still not often used as a virtuoso brass instrument among composers. But there are not that many trombonists who reach the brilliant level of Van Rijen. In sound, dynamic, colour, musical understanding and expressiveness, Van Rijen is unequalled...'. Many new pieces have been written for Jörgen, including a trombone concerto by Theo Verbey, and works by Jacob TV and Florian Magnus Maier. In the spring of 2012 Jörgen has premiered a trombone concerto by Kalevi Aho that was written for him as a commission from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, with concerts with the The Hague Philharmonic, the Oulu Sinfonia in Finland and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In April 2017 he performed the world premiere of a trombone concerto by James MacMillan composed for him with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Ivan Fischer. It will be followed by concerts with orchestras in the USA, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. Jörgen teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatory and has been appointed International Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He is also an active chamber musician in ensembles such as the New Trombone Collective , RCO Brass and Brass United. He plays exclusively on instruments built by Antoine Courtois and has released 5 CDs on the label Channel Classics.
Helen Vollam Helen is Principal Trombone of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. She is a regular guest principal with orchestras and ensembles throughout the UK including the Britten Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Royal Northern Sinfonia. She studied with Denis Wick before going to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she studied with Eric Crees and Simon Wills. During this time she was Principal Trombone of the European Union Youth Orchestra and won the Bronze Medal in the Shell/LSO Music Scholarship. In 2003 she won the Woodwind & Brass Award and Philip Jones Memorial Prize in the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition. In demand as a teacher, Helen has given classes at the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Wells Cathedral School. She has adjudicated for BBC Young Musician, Royal Over-Seas League, BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award, British Trombone Society and International Trombone Association Competitions. She has played on numerous TV and film soundtrack recordings, including Star Wars The Attack of the Clones, three Harry Potter films, Inception, The Ides of March and Brave. She has been a member of Bones Apart since 2007 and arranges much of their concert repertoire. Some of her arrangements are published with BrassWorks, Denis Wick Publishing and Bones Apart Publishing.
Jens Bjørn-Larsen Winning the first prize at the Concours International d’Execution Musicale in Geneva 1991, marked the beginning of an extraordinary career as a tuba soloist for Jens Bjørn-Larsen. He was also awarded first prize in the Nordic Soloist Competition, the Grand Victor Borge Award, the Japanese Bunkamura Prize and the European Juventus Award. From 1987 until 2005 he held the position of principal tubist of the Danish National Radio Symphony and is now an associate member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. In 2002 he was appointed professor at the Hanover Hochschule für Musik und Theater, becoming the only fulltime distinguished professor for tuba in Europe. He also teaches at the Royal Danish Academy and is the international visiting tutor of tuba at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He travels as a B&S and Melton artist, playing recitals, performing solo concertos with major orchestras and giving masterclasses throughout the world. Jens Bjørn-Larsen appears at DBW17 with the support of Melton Meinl Weston and the Embassy of Denmark, Ireland.
Maria Meerovitch Maria Meerovitch was born in St. Petersburg and began her music education at the age of six. She studied at St. Petersburg Conservatory’s Junior Music Institute with M. Freindling and M. Lebed, and later under Prof. Anatol Ugorski at the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory, with piano as principal subject. In 1990 Meerovitch moved to Belgium after having received a scholarship from “Fonds Alex de Vries” – Y. Menuhin Foundation to study at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. She subsequently won first prizes at several International Competitions such as the G.B. Viotti in Italy and Ch. Hennen in the Netherlands. She has been performing around the world ever since, with appearances in solo recitals and chamber music concerts in venues and festival such as, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Bad-Kissingen Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Opera City Hall in Tokyo, Musikhalle in Hamburg, Newport Music Festival in Newport, Martha Argerich’s Meeting Point in Beppu, Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris, and National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. She has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras around the globe including Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Nordic Symphonie Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, and Mannheimer Philharmoniker. Her performance at The ECO Music Cruise 2010 led to immediate re-invitation to play with Pinchas Zukerman in 2011 and to perform as a soloist with the ECO and Maxim Vengerov conducting in the next season’s festival. Meerovitch has collaborated and recorded with a number of international chamber music partners (Martha Argerich, Philippe Hirschhorn, Saulus Sondeckis, Vadim Repin, Dora Schwarzberg, Boris Berezovsky, Daishin Kashimoto, Boris Brovtsyn, Dmitry Jurovsky, Elizabeth Watts, Mahler Chamber Orchestra Soloists) including her close duo partnership with Sergei Nakariakov, with whom she appeared in an ARTE production "Ich war nie ein Wunderkind" (I have never been a Wunderkind) in 2005. Together with Nakariakov, she also recorded Widmung (Dedication), which was released by Warner Classics.
FESTIVAL PIANISTS David Adams has been a prize-winning performer on both organ and harpsichord since becoming the first winner of the Dublin International Organ Competition in 1986. Adams has released a solo organ CD as well as recordings on Naxos, Black Box and EZM. Adams has taught at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Trinity College Dublin, conservatories in Freiburg, Berlin, The Hague, and currently lectures at the RIAM. Alison Procter has become widely recognised in the UK as a specialist in woodwind and brass accompaniment, working extensively at the Guildhall School of Music, Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music where she regularly accompanies masterclasses with many international visiting musicians including Stefan Dohr, Radovan Vlatkovich, Reinhold Friedrich, Matthias Hofs and Jörgen van Rijen. She is also Principal Accompanist for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Joanne Sealey works as an accompanist at both national and international level competitions and festivals including BBC Young Musician, Royal Over-seas League, British Flute Society, International Double Reed, International Trombone Federation, European Brass Forum and Lions Club International. In 2000 Jo was awarded Honorary Membership of Birmingham Conservatoire, where she works as accompanist and coach.
CONCERT 1 Monday 26 June, 6pm John Field Room National Concert Hall
Sergei Nakariakov Trumpet Maria Meerovitch Piano Rueff Sonatine for trumpet Schumann Arabesque Schumann Fantasiestücke op. 73 arr. for flugelhorn Scriabin Preludes: Op.11 n.11, Op.9 n.1 & Etude op.42 No.5 Kancheli Three pieces for violin and piano (flugelhorn, trumpet) Arban Variations on Bellini's "Norma"
Dublin Brass Week is delighted to present Sergei Nakariakov and Maria Meerovitch in their debut NCH recital. This early evening concert features a fantastically varied recital juxtaposing original works for trumpet/flugelhorn and piano, with transcriptions from Schumann to Arban, given by two world-renowned artists.
DBW17 Concerto Competition Final Tuesday 27 June, 5.30pm Katherine Brennan Hall Royal Irish Academy of Music
Finalists perform selected movements from the following concerti: Andrea Braun Peskin Trumpet Concerto Patrick Broderick Hindemith Horn Concerto Eoghan Cooke Haydn Trumpet Concerto Mark James Arnold Trumpet Concerto Ben Jones Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto Kyle MacCorquodale Brubeck Bass Trombone Concerto Hannah Miller Strauss Horn Concerto No.1 Emily Mitchell Tomasi Trumpet Concerto Samuel Taber Ewazen Bass Trombone Concerto Jamie Tweed Larsson Trombone Concertino Jury: David Collins (Chair) Mark David Markus Maskuniitty Jens Bjørn-Larsen Following first round audio submissions, 10 finalists were selected by a prescreening panel to proceed to the DBW17 Concerto Competition Final. The prescreening panel consisted of David Collins (DBW Artistic Director/Ulster Orchestra), Colm Byrne (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra) and Cormac Ó hAodaín (RTÉ Concert Orchestra). The finalists perform selected movements from their concerti at the Royal Irish Academy of Music to a competition jury consisting of DBW17 Faculty members.
CONCERT 2 Tuesday 27 June, 9pm The Grand Social
Ryan Quigley trumpet Greg Felton piano Dan Bodwell bass Shane O'Donovan drums Ryan Quigley makes a welcome return to Dublin directly from Glasgow Jazz Festival after the award winning "Ryan Quigley with Strings" perform at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. See the Faculty pages for Ryan's full biography. Greg Felton is a pianist and composer. He studied at Newpark Music Centre, Waterford Institute of Technology and with innovators such as Dave Liebman in the USA, Dave Douglas in Banff, Canada, and Dr. K.S. Subramaniam in Chennai, India. Highlights with the Greg Felton Trio and White Rocket include performances in New Delhi, Mexico City, at the Macedonian Biennale and a US tour. Dan Bodwell studied at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Hochschule für Künste, Bremen. He currently performs with the Nigel Mooney Quartet, Francesco Turrisi Trio, Julie Feeney, Dublin City Jazz Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Alex Mathias Quartet, the Quiet Music Ensemble, Irish Composer’s Collective, and Crash Ensemble, with whom he has premiered new works by Donnacha Dennehy featuring Iarla Ó Lionaird and Dawn Upshaw. Shane O'Donovan is a Dublin based drummer and producer, currently very active on the Dublin jazz scene. He has worked with top international musicians such as Guy Barker, John Stowell, Greg Osby, Greg Burke, and Loren Stillman. Upcoming electronic music releases include an EP on the Dublin based Label Kaboogie and a track on the second Elektron users compilation "Machine".
CONCERT 3 Wednesday 28 June, 8pm Pepper Canister Church
Byrd arr. Howarth Earl of Oxford's March for brass dectet Gabrieli arr. Klages O Magnum Mysterium for trombone octet Henri Busser Le Chasse de Saint Hubert for horn and piano* Richard Strauss Allerseelen Op.10, No.8 arr. trombone and piano+ Saint-Saëns Cavatine, Op. 144, for trombone and piano+ Karl Pilss Tre Pezzi - 1. Sinfonia – for horn and piano* Bruch Kol Nidrei arr. trombone and piano^ Arthur Pryor Thoughts of Love for trombone and piano^ INTERVAL Dukas Fanfare to La Péri for brass ensemble Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto Trad arr. Lindberg Gammal Fäbodpsalm for brass ensemble Richard Bissill Valse Noir for horn and piano** Piazzolla Café 1930 for tuba and piano Bellstedt arr. Hunsberger Napoli Philip Cobb Trumpet Markus Maskuniitty Horn* David Pyatt Horn** Peter Moore Trombone^ Helen Vollam Trombone+ Jens Bjørn-Larsen Tuba David Adams Piano Alison Procter Piano Joanne Sealey Piano
BYRD Trumpet: Matthew Frost, Michael Mullins, Frances Lole, Emma-Lee Meegan Horn: Patrick Broderick Trombone: Jamie Tweed, Dominic Clarke, Savannah Bone, Josh Cargill Tuba: Ben Jones
GABRIELI Trombones: Alistair Welsh, Dominic Clarke, Clara Daly Donnellan, Kent Giese, Savannah Bone, Jamie Tweed, Angus Butt, Samuel Taber
DUKAS Trumpet: Emily Mitchell, Julia Gåsvær, Catherine Pollit Horn: Ollie De Carteret, Oliver Davis, Conall McHugh, Rebecca Holman Trombone: Clara Daly Donellan, Kent Giese, Samuel Taber Tuba: Peter Cowlishaw
GAMMAL FÄBODPSALM Trumpet: Mark James, Eoghan Cooke, Taylor O'Hanlon, Andrea Braun Horn: Hannah Miller Trombone: Jamie Tweed, Alistair Welsh, Kyle MacCorquodale Tuba: Jonathan Myers
CONCERT 4
DBW17 Closing Concert Thursday 29 June, 8pm The Sugar Club
Programme includes: Sebastian Adams Fanfare world premiere Wagner arr. Liftl Jagd-Chor from Tannhäuser for horn octet Goedicke arr. Olcott Concert Etude for 12 trumpets Hazell Kraken for brass dectet Europe Final Countdown arr. for brass dectet and percussion Abreu arr. Iveson Tico Tico for brass dectet and percussion DBW17 Concerto Competition Winner DBW17 Massed Ensembles DBW17 Academy Ensemble The DBW17 Closing Concert features highlights from the week with massed ensembles (including students and faculty), the DBW17 Concerto Competition winner and the DBW17 Academy Ensemble. The concert also pays homage to pioneering brass groups - from Philip Jones Brass Ensemble to German Brass. The concert opens with a fanfare that Dublin Brass Week has specially commissioned from Irish composer, Sebastian Adams. Composer and viola player Sebastian Adams (b. 1991) is founder and co-director of Kirkos Ensemble and one of the directors of Fishamble Sinfonia. He is currently Composer in Residence with RTÉ lyric fm, and recent commissions include the Republic's three main orchestras. He has organised over 300 world premieres. He studied in RIAM (Kevin O’Connell & Jonathan Nangle) and in Vienna (Karlheinz Essl).
FRENCH HORN
TRUMPET
Emma-Lee Meegan Ireland Andrea Braun Switzerland
Julia Gåsvær Norway
Emily Mitchell England
Glen Carr Ireland
Mark James Scotland
Michael Mullins Ireland
Eoghan Cooke Ireland
John Kerr Northern Ireland
Taylor O'Hanlon USA
Matthew Frost England
Frances Lole Scotland
Catherine Pollit England
Patrick Broderick Scotland
Rebecca Holman England
Oliver Davis England
Anya Liggins England
Ollie De Carteret England
Conall McHugh Northern Ireland
Hannah Miller Ireland
Angharad Muir-Davies Wales
Clara Daly Donnellan Ireland
Samuel Taber England
Angus Butt Scotland
Kent Giese USA
Jamie Tweed England
Josh Cargill Northern Ireland
Kyle MacCorquodale Scotland
Alistair Welsh England
TROMBONE
Savannah Bone England
TUBA
Dominic Clarke England
Jack Cullen Ireland
Ben Jones England
Jonathan Mayers England
The Dublin Brass Week Academy is open exclusively to young brass players based in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It aims to bring together and nurture talented emerging brass students from across the island of Ireland. DBW Academists participate in masterclasses and ensemble coaching with the international faculty alongside their older degree-level and professional peers in a friendly and positive environment. Leo Brychta Trumpet
Euan Burke Trumpet
Fionnán Keogh Trumpet
Colm Hogan French Horn
Cecily Montague O'Brien French Horn
Rowan O'Brien Tuba
DBW17 ACADEMY
Peter Cowlishaw Wales
www.dublinbrassweek.com
in association with
Artistic Director David Collins • Festival Director Sarah Sew • Artistic Planner Thomas Kelly