WIU's annual Brassfest 2009 will feature "Brian Frederiksen, Bruce Nelson, and Luis Loubriel" on Sunday, January 25, 2009.
Brassfest is a daylong festival, featuring performances, clinics, a buffet dinner, and an opportunity to play in the Festival Brass Choir during the evening concert.
More information can be obtained here and by contacting Dr. Bruce Briney
BC-Briney@wiu.edu or call 309-298-1123.
You can download these files in PDF format.
July 30, 2008: New Audio File, Pedagogy and Alumni pages added.
Recent graduate and trumpet studio member Paul Killinger has been accepted into the Musicology doctoral program at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Best of luck, Paul!
- Congratulations to graduate student Diana Miller for winning both the Illinois MTNA Young Artist Brass Competition and the Western Illinois University Concerto Competition. Diana will compete in the MTNA East Central Division Contest in January and perform the Tartini Trumpet Concerto in D Major on February 29.