Brass Residency

Director: Jens Lindemann
Visiting Artists: Alain Trudel, other visiting artists to be announced.

This new residency program is unique to any other program in the world and is intended specifically for emerging and established artists who are prepared to think beyond the current status quo of the brass industry. Musicians will be mentored in a variety of areas including concert programming and presentation, competition and audition preparation, and marketing strategies. Guest experts will also give seminars on press kits, web sites, and attaining professional management. Musicians take part in master classes and private lessons, have the opportunity to perform during the Banff Summer Arts Festival, and can book studio time to record a demo CD. Pre-formed ensembles as well as individual solo applications will be adjudicated for this competitive international program.

Faces of Music & Sound:

Read about an alumnus of this program on the Faces of Music & Sound.

• Rosalee Morrison - French Horn, Canada

Audio Clips:

The atmosphere of The Banff Centre's music programs is about friendship, support, and fun while working to achieve new levels of artistic growth. Participants work and perform with each other and the faculty members in a collegial atmosphere.

Listen to a clip of Jacob Cooper's Quintet for Brass, performed by the brass faculty members Alain Trudel and Jens Lindemann with master class participants Daniel Rosenboom, Carla Marie Brown, and Ben Perrier.

Artists taking part in the summer music programs have the opportunity to gain performance experience in a wide variety of musical settings - as soloists, in small chamber groups, and in chamber orchestras.

Listen to a clip of the Foothills Brass performing Gwyneth Walker's Shaker Tunes: Simple Gifts.