Brass

Bulldog Brass Society

The Bulldog Brass Society is the premier graduate brass quintet at the University of Georgia. The Bulldogs were created in the fall of 1996. The ensemble has a repertoire ranging from Bach to 20th Century works. They also play more popular music including home grown arrangements by their members and by their coach, Fred Mills. The BBS has performed at the Southern Division MENC / Georgia Music Educators Association Conference in Savannah, GA and the Southeastern Composers League Convention. The quintet has also played throughout the community at the Centennial Celebration of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and at local churches, retirement communities, and outdoor public concerts.

The Georgia Brass

The Georgia Brass is made up of three brass quintets: The Odyssey Brass, an undergraduate quintet; the Bulldog Brass Society, the School of Music resident graduate brass quintet; and the George Brass Quintet, a faculty brass chamber ensemble whose current members are Fred Mills, Edward Sandor, Jean Martin-Williams, Philip Jameson and David Zerkel.

Horn Choir

The University of Georgia Horn Choir is an active performing ensemble for both horn majors and non-majors. Directed by Dr. Jean Martin-Williams, the Horn Choir meets twice per week, exploring traditional horn choir repertoire in addition to newer music and transcriptions. There is also opportunity to study and perform the repertoire for horn quartet. The Horn Choir performs annually at the Southeast Horn Workshop and has received invitations to perform at the International Horn Society Annual Conference. In addition, the Horn Choir frequently performs on campus and at venues in the Atlanta area. All members of the UGA Horn Choir receive academic credit for their participation.

Jazz Bands

The Jazz Bands are an important part of the University of Georgia Band Program. Auditions are held during the first week of fall semester and first week of spring semester to determine the personnel for both bands. The Jazz Bands perform several concerts locally and at important festivals and conventions during the spring semester. The UGA Jazz Band I, under the direction of Steve Dancz, has performed by invitation at the 1999 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland and the Vienne Jazz Festival in Vienne, France. The Jazz Bands have welcomed many guest artists and clinicians to UGA including Jamey Aebersold, Chris Vidala, Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Wynton Marsalis, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Willie Thomas, Marcus Roberts, and Eric Reed.

Trumpet Ensemble

There are more than sixty trumpeters studying on the UGA campus annually and nearly half are non-music majors. The UGA Trumpet Ensemble has performed twice at the annual convention of the International Trumpet Guild. Selected by taped audition, the Georgia Trumpeters premiered two works for six trumpets and played a couple of "standards" in Akron (1991). Billed as prelude concerts, the invited ensembles perform short concerts before one of the convention headliners' programs. In Maryland (1993), the Georgia ensemble opened for Allen Vizzutti.

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Trombone Choir

The UGA Trombone Choir, founded in 1967 by Dr. Philip Jameson, is one of the most active performing ensembles at the University of Georgia School of Music. The Choir specializes in performing a wide variety of musical styles -- from Renaissance to ragtime, from Baroque to Broadway. A recent priority has been to commission and perform several new works for trombone choir. The group has presented concerts throughout the Southeast, with special appearances at Georgia Music Educator's Association state conventions, the Georgia Composers League, the Unified Arts Conference, the Southeast Trombone Workshop, and thirteen Eastern Trombone Workshops. They also regularly perform in area schools and at community events.

Tuba Euphonium Ensemble

The University of Georgia Tuba Euphonium Ensemble was founded in the late 1970s by the late David Randolph and is currently under the direction of David Zerkel. While its most important function has always been to serve as a teaching medium, in which the students learn and experience the principles of section and ensemble performance, the UGA Tuba Euphonium Ensemble performs each quarter on campus and has presented programs at various regional and national venues. Recent performances include a critically acclaimed appearance at the 1995 International Tuba Euphonium Conference and a featured performance at the 1996 Southeastern Tuba Euphonium Conference.

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