Department of Music

• Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
• Old Cabell Hall, Room 107
• 3:30pm
• Free

Dr. Brad Edwards will present a masterclass on "Ensemble Ear Training." This masterclass will involve students from the UVA Trombone Ensemble as well as other UVA ensembles, but the topic will be of interest to all musicians.

With a style that has been variously described as "passionate," "fiercely vigorous," and even "humorous," Brad Edwards has appeared as a soloist before audiences around the country. His solo credits include radio and television broadcasts, premieres of new music, guest recitals at colleges and regional workshops, and concertos with student and professional orchestras and wind ensembles. He was a featured soloist and recitalist with the United States Army Band at the Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington D.C. As a member of the United States Air Force Concert Band in Washington D.C., he was twice featured as a soloist. He has performed with such ensembles as the Baltimore Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, the brass choir of the National Symphony, Hartford Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, the Charlotte Symphony and the Baltimore Opera Orchestra. He has shared the stage with such diverse artists as Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Olivia Newton John, Wynona Judd, the Gatlin Brothers, Robert Merrill, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Roger Daltry. In 2007, he was selected to be participant at the prestigious Alessi Seminar in New Mexico.