2025 Schedule of Events
AH: Alumni / PDT: Paul Davenport / VKH: Von Kuster / MRH: Moscovich Hall
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
9:00am - Van Haney Competition Finals / MRH
10:00am - Opening Ceremonies / AH
10:00am - Kleinhammer Competition Finals / MRH
10:30am - Central Michigan University Trombone Choir / AH
11:00am - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Low Brass Recital / AH
11:00am - ITA Quartet Competition Finals / MRH
11:30am - Al Kay Masterclass “The Art of the Ballad” / PDT
12:00pm - Performing Artist Series Recital #1 / AH
12:30pm - Alciomar Oliveira “Cosmopolitan Trombone” / VKH
1:00pm - Polina Tarasenko Solo Recital / AH
1:00pm - Yaxley Competition Finals / MRH
1:30pm - Louis Setzer “Music for Trombone and Harp” / VKH
Wednesday schedule continued…
2:30pm - Audrey Ochoa jazz trombone recital / PDT
2:30pm - Tim Conner “Tension, Attention, and Intention!” / VKH
3:00pm - Texas Tech University Trombone Choir / AH
3:30pm - Gordon Wolfe and Peter Sullivan Duo Recital / AH
3:30pm - Megan Boutin: ITA Student Council Panel Discussion / VKH
4:00pm - Beltline Bones Recital “A New Approach to the Trombone Quartet” / PDT
4:30pm - IUP Trombone Choir / AH
5:00pm - Megumi Kanda Solo Recital / AH
7:30pm - UTRGV Trombone Choir / AH
8:00pm - SzEged TRombone ENsemble Concert / AH
9:45pm - Late Night Jazz / The Toboggan Brewery
THURSDAY, JULY 17
8:30am - Group Warm-ups / PDT, Room MB27, & Room MB227
9:00am - Participant Choir Rehearsals / PDT, Room MB27, & Room MB227
9:30am - Marcos Botelho “Gilberto, Gagliardi: Brazilian Master of the Tenor Trombone” VKH
9:30am - ITA Alto Trombone Competition Finals / MRH
10:00am - Robyn Smith Solo Recital / AH
10:30am - Toronto Symphony Orchestra Low Brass / PDT
10:30am - Marsteller Competition Finals / MRH
11:00am - Russ Zokaites “Bone Core Playlist” / VKH
11:30am - Tiffany Johns Solo Recital, Multi-Instrumentalist / AH
11:30am - Performing Artist Series Recital #2 / PDT
12:30pm - Quatre A4 Trombone Quartet Recital / AH
12:30pm - Wiehe Competition Finals / MRH
1:00pm - Al Kay Jazz Recital / PDT
1:30pm - Chris Van Hof “Trombone21: Performance Practice for Modern Musicians” / VKH
2:00pm - Bruce Tychinski “Expanding Your Repertoire for the Alto Trombone” / AH
2:30pm - Sterling Tanner “Resonant Renaissance: A Recital Celebrating Underrepresented Composers” / PDT
2:30pm - Axiom Brass Quintet Recital / VKH
3:30pm - Drew Bryant “Creating Canon: A Pedagogical Breakdown of Avant Garde Jazz Trombone” / PDT
4:00pm - Maximilien Brisson Early Music Recital / VKH
4:30pm - The Ohio State University Trombone Choir / AH
5:00pm - Josiel Konrad Jazz Trombone Recital / AH
7:00pm - Remington Competition Winners: Texas A&M University Kingsville Trombone Choir / AH
8:00pm - All-Star Trombone Choir featuring Jim Nova, Yu Tamaki Hoso, Vanessa Fralick, & Denis Jiron / AH
9:30pm - UNESCO Music City Street Party / Downtown London
FRIDAY, JULY 18
8:30am - Group Warm-ups / PDT, Room MB27, & Room MB227
9:00am - Participant Choir Rehearsals / PDT, Room MB27, & Room MB227
9:30am - Jason Sulliman “Reading the Room: Why Some Teaching Concepts Don’t Work for Developing Student Players” / PDT
10:00am - Charles Benroya Solo Recital / AH
10:00am - Gagliardi Competition Finals / MRH
11:00am - Performing Artist Series Recital #3 / PDT
11:00am - Roberts Competition Finals / MRH
11:00am - Canadian Armed Forces Trombone Choir / AH
11:30am - Jaime Morales Trombone Music from Latin America / AH
11:30am - Maximilien Brisson Early Music Masterclass / VKH
12:00pm - Smith Competition Finals / MRH
12:30pm - Megumi Kanda Masterclass / VKH
12:30pm - Composers’ Workshop Concert #1: Solos with Piano / PDT
12:30pm - University of Delaware Trombone Choir / AH
1:00pm - György Gyivicsán Solo Recital / AH
1:30pm - Shelly Suminski “The Kodály-Inspired Trombone: Techniques from Zoltán Kodály’s Pedagogical Approach” / VKH
2:00pm - Mattie Barbier Contemporary Classical Recital / PDT
2:00pm - Johnson and Fontana Jazz Competition Finals / MRH
2:30pm - University of Florida Trombone Ensemble / AH
2:30pm - Deb Scott & Karen Marston, “TexiCali Trio” / VKH
3:00pm - Vanessa Fralick & Doug Rosenthal Duo Recital / AH
3:30pm - BoneYard of Brass / PDT
3:30pm - Jason Hausback “Playing by Ear: Strategies for Developing Stronger Brass Skills and Musicianship” / BKH
4:00pm - Robinson Khoury Jazz Recital / PDT
4:30pm - CU-Boulder Trombone Ensemble / AH
5:00pm - Christian Lindberg and Friends, with Polina Tarasenko, David Sztranyak, Corey Sansolo with Axiom Brass / AH
7:30pm - Ithaca College Trombone Troupe / AH
8:00pm - Fred Wesley featuring ITF Jazz Artists / AH
9:30pm - UNESCO Music City Street Party / Downtown London
SATURDAY, JULY 19
9:00am - Participant Choir Concert / AH
10:00am - Joseph Brown “Singing Through Your Fundamentals: Connecting the Voice to the Trombone” / PDT
10:00am - Composers’ Workshop Concert #2: Trombone Ensembles / AH
10:30am - Lucas Kaspar “TromboKordion!” Recital / VKH
11:00am - Performing Artist Series Recital #4 / PDT
11:30am - Carli Castillon “Striving for Harmony: Gender Biases & Low Brass Higher Education” / VKH
11:30am - Brandon University Trombone Ensemble / AH
12:00pm - Yu Tamaki Hoso Solo Recital / AH
12:30pm - ITA Competition Winners’ Recital / PDT
1:00pm - ITF Youth Workshop Final Concert / AH
1:00pm - Brass Connection Quintet Recital / VKH
1:30pm - Angelo Cassanello “Chilé, the “Bone” & sounds & rhythmic styles / PDT
2:00pm - Michael Stanton “The Zimmermann Connection: Subverted Narratives of the Eighteenth-Century Trombone” / VKH
2:30pm - Cramer Choir Concert / AH
2:30pm - Andrea Neumann & Kirsten Lies-Warfield “Duets for Trombones by Women Composers” / PDT
3:00pm - Emmett Goods “Those Funky Bones: Exploring the Jazz Side of Clifford Adams & Fred Wesley” / VKH
3:30pm - Ken Thompkins Solo Recital / AH
3:45pm - Jonathan Allen “Tension? Huh? What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” / PDT
4:00pm - Kirsten Lies-Warfield “Join the Army: Women Allowed” / VKH
4:30pm - Fresno State University Dog Bones / PDT
5:00pm - Alain Trudel Solo Recital / PDT
7:00pm - Kai Winding Competition Winners: Capitol Bones / AH
8:00pm - Jimmy Bosch, Salsa & Latin Jazz / AH
9:45pm - Late Night Jazz / The Toboggan Brewery