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Brass
Stephen Arthur AllenEuphonium Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen {D.Phil. (Oxon) [PhD Oxford University], GBSM (First Class, Honors), LTCL (performance), ABSM (performance), ABSM (teaching), ALCM (performance), Music Professor, Rider University} came to prominence in the UK as one of the finest euphonium players of his generation. He was awarded the ALCM at age 16 and achieved national distinction in competition, winning the Open section of the British National Solo Championships, and on television. He was awarded a Royal Academy Scholarship by legendary brass band composer Eric Ball, OBE and Geoffrey Brand, conductor of Black Dyke Band. He played principal euphonium with leading British brass bands (including Sun Life (Stanshawe), Carlton Main, City of Coventry, Birmingham School of Music, William Davis, Newham) under the batons of Major Peter Parkes, James Watson and Edward Gregson. In 2004 he founded the Princeton Brass Band and in 2008 brought the first North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) trophy back to New Jersey in the history of that organization, which he also serves on the Board of Directors. Additionally Dr. Allen is a world authority in the operas and music of Benjamin Britten. He is widely published and has articles on the Beatles, Radiohead and Burton’s Batman (1989) in the works. He is also Music Professor at Rider University where he teaches a wide range of courses.
Email: sallen@rider.edu 
Alan BaerTuba Alan Baer joined the New York Philharmonic on June 21, 2004, as Principal Tuba. He was formerly principal tuba with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. His other performing credits include recordings with The Cleveland Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy, performances with the Peninsula Music Festival of Wisconsin, New Orleans Symphony, Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, Ojai Festival Orchestra (California), Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed as a featured soloist, touring several countries in Europe, including Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and France. Mr. Baer began his undergraduate work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he studied with Dr. Gary Bird. He completed his bachelor of music degree with Ronald Bishop at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and has done graduate work at the University of Southern California, Cleveland Institute of Music, and California State University, Long Beach, where he studied with Tommy Johnson. While in Long Beach, Mr. Baer taught at California State University, where he also directed the university tuba ensemble and the brass choir. In Milwaukee, Mr. Baer was adjunct professor of tuba and euphonium at the University of Wisconsin and director of the Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Alan currently serves on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music in New York City. 
Conrad HerwigJazz Trombone New York jazz trombonist Conrad Herwig has recorded seventeen albums as a leader. His latest release on Half Note Records, "Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis" was recorded live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC. With special guests Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Valentin, and Brian Lynch this recording received a 2005 GRAMMY nomination. This CD is the long awaited follow up to the 1998 Grammy-nominated "Latin Side of John Coltrane". His other recent solo recordings include "Obligation", "Que Viva Coltrane", co-led with Brian Lynch, and "Heart of Darkness" on Criss Cross Records, which received 4 1/2 stars in Downbeat Magazine. He has also been voted #1 Jazz Trombone(TDWR) in the 1998, 1999, and 2002 Downbeat International Jazz Critic's Poll. Conrad has been a featured member in the Joe Lovano Nonet (featured as a soloist on Lovano's Grammy Award winning "52nd St. Themes"), Tom Harrell's Septet and Big Band, and the Joe Henderson Sextet. Conrad has also performed and recorded with Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta II and Afro-Caribbean-Jazz Octet, Paquito D'Rivera's Havana-New York Connection, and the Mingus Big Band (often serving as musical director). Herwig is a recipient of performance and teaching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and is currently Professor of Jazz Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Conrad has been on the Board of Directors of the International Trombone Association. An in-demand jazz educator, Conrad Herwig is a Conn-Selmer clinician and performs on Bach Stradivarius trombones, as well as composing and arranging exclusively using Sibelius Music Notation software.
Office: RHL 209A | Phone: 732-932-3177 
David KraussTrumpet David Krauss was appointed Principal Trumpet of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 2001. A native of New York, he earned both Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees from the Juilliard School as a student of William Vacchiano and Chris Gekker. Further studies with James Pandolfi and Wynton Marsalis. Prior to joining the MET, he performed with a variety of ensembles in and around New York City including The Orchestra of St. Lukes, Orpheus, New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, New England Bach Festival Orchestra and on several Broadway shows. He has filled in as guest Principal Trumpet with The Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. As a chamber musician he has performed at the Marlboro Music Festival, Bridgehampton Music Festival, Saito Kinen Festival, and as part of the MET Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall with James Levine.
Douglas LundeenHorn Douglas Lundeen received his D.M.A. from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of music. He has played principal horn with orchestras in Costa Rica, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh, is principal horn of the Princeton Symphony, and has played principal horn for the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, and the Riverside Symphonia, as well as playing on Broadway with "Jeckyll and Hyde" and "Aida. Dr. Lundeen won first prize for solo natural horn in the 1987 American Horn Competition. Since then he has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey, and has been a recitalist at workshops of the International Horn Society and the International Early Brass Society. He has played principal horn with original instrument orchestras in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Vancouver and Washington, D. C.. His recordings can be found on the Sony, Newport Classics, Musical Heritage Society, Koch and Centaur labels. hear Performance Samples
Office: Levin Theater 203 | Phone: 732-932-3616 
Matthew MuckeyTrumpet Matthew Muckey joined the New York Philharmonic in June 2006. He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in music, studying with Charles Geyer and Barbara Butler. A native of Sacramento, California, he has appeared as soloist with the Omaha Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, California Wind Orchestra, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, and on NPR’s program, From the Top. He has also played with the Boston Pops Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Chicago Civic Orchestra. Mr. Muckey was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center during the summers of 2003 to 2005, and was the recipient of the Roger Voisin Award in 2004 and 2005.
Michael PowellTrombone Michael Powell is one of the most sought-after trombonists in New York City. Since 1983, Mr. Powell has been a member of the celebrated American Brass Quintet. He performs and records regularly as principal trombonist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Little Orchestra Society, Speculum Musicae, and the Aspen Festival Orchestra. Mr. Powell has appeared as soloist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Kansas City Philharmonic, and at the Aspen and New Hampshire music festivals. He also performs on Broadway, records for radio, television and the cinema, and has been recorded on many major record labels. He frequently appears with such diverse ensembles as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Zankel Band, Music Today, Musical Elements, the Classical Band, and P.D.Q. Bach. He has taught master classes in Trombone and Chamber Music all over the world. Mr. Powell commissioned and recorded the Sonata for Trombone and Piano by Eric Ewazen, with the composer as pianist, on the Well-Tempered label. He is also a faculty member of The Juilliard School, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the Aspen Music Festival.
Office: Rehearsal Hall | Phone: 732-932-8791 
John RojakBass trombone John Rojak has been a member of the American Brass Quintet since 1991. He is bass trombonist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York Pops, Little Orchestra Society, Stamford Symphony, and played the 16-year run of Les Misérables on Broadway. He has performed and recorded with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus, the New York Chamber Symphony, and as solo trombone of Solisti New York. He has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, for Pope John Paul II, and with Metallica. Active as a soloist and clinician, Mr. Rojak was the first bass trombonist to be artist-in- residence at Quad City Arts in Illinois and Iowa, performed concerti in the U.S. and Asia, and has been featured at the International Trombone Association Workshops in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Boulder, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.. His first solo recording, "The Romantic Bass Trombone" with pianist Robert Koenig is on MMC Records. He is also featured on the CD, "Eric Ewazen’s Bass Hits" playing Rhapsody for Bass Trombone and Strings with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Symphony, and the soon to be released Walter Ross’ Trombone Concerto No. 2 with the New York Chamber Symphony. He has given master classes and recitals in the United States, Japan and Mexico, and has been adjudicator for many competitions, including Concert Artists Guild and Fischoff. Mr. Rojak is on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, Bard College, Brooklyn College, New York University, and the Aspen Music Festival.
Office: Music Building | Phone: 732-932-9302 Jim Rotondi Jazz Trumpet Trumpeter Jim Rotondi attended North Texas State University, where he graduated with a degree in trumpet performance. While in Texas, Jim was awarded first place in the International Trumpet Guild's jazz trumpet competition for the year 1984. Following his college training, Jim began recording and touring internationally with the Ray Charles Orchestra. He subsequently commenced a six- year tenure with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. During this time Jim also became a member of organist Charles Earland's quintet. He currently tours with his own group, as well as with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and Grammy-winner Toshiko Akiyoshi and the collective known as One For All, which features a front line of Eric Alexander and Steve Davis. Jim's extensive recording experience most recently includes the release of his fifth date as a leader, titled "Destination Up", for the Sharp Nine label following the successful release of four CDs on the Criss Cross Jazz label. He can also be heard on several of Charles Earland's Highnote Records releases, alongside saxophonist Eric Alexander, with whom Jim made his recording debut on Eric's Delmark release "Straight Up". Other recordings include saxophonist George Coleman's Octet, featuring Harold Mabern, as well as drummer Ray Appleton's Sextet, which features Slide Hampton, Charles McPherson, and John Hicks. Jim is also a member of the aforementioned One For All, whose Sharp Nine Records releases "Too Soon To Tell" and "Optimism" received critical acclaim from Cadence, JazzTimes, and The Detroit Free Press. 
Scott WhitenerBrass instruments, Conducting Scott Whitener, Professor of Music in the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University, is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the University of Michigan, and Rutgers. At Juilliard, he was first trumpet of the Juilliard Orchestra under the distinguished French conductor, Jean Morel, who influenced his conducting. He began his professional career with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra where he played under Pablo Casals, among others, and later played at the American debut of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio of Munich under Raphael Kubelik at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Whitener's book, A Complete Guide to Brass: Instruments and Technique (Schirmer Thomson), now in its third edition, is used at over one hundred universities and is considered the definitive work in the field. He was invited in June, 2006 to present a lecture on playing the trumpet in the high register at the International Trumpet Guild Symposium. Professor Whitener participated in the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble program in Horncastle, England. It was this experience that inspired him to found the Rutgers University Brass Ensemble in 1993. He also studied the interpretation of 16th and 17th century music at Stanford University. Dr. Whitener taught conducting for twenty-four years. Among his former students are Paavo Järvi, principal conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and regular guest conductor of major orchestras throughout the world, and Gail Lee a guest conductor of orchestras in the Czech Republic and the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. She was for four years associate conductor of the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Professor Whitener serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Music and Chair of Brass.
Office: Rehearsal 011 | Phone: 732-932-8860
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