True North Brass burst on to the scene in 1997, and has since solidified its reputation as one of the world’s finest brass ensembles. With a roster of some of Canada’s finest brass instrumentalists, True North’s membership includes two outstanding composer / arrangers who create the ensemble’s fresh and unique programming. Proudly Canadian in focus and expression with a truly international outlook, True North Brass has been welcomed not only in Canada but in China and throughout North America. True North Brass has released four critically acclaimed recordings, been featured on CBC Television’s Opening Night program, is heard frequently on public and private radio and collaborated on other recording projects with such artists as the Elmer Iseler Singers, Rick Fox, Lori Cullen, Eleanor Daley and St. Michael’s Choir School.
True North Brass was featured at the International Brass Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia in March 2000. They accompanied Prime Minister Chretien’s 1998 trade mission to China, performing recitals in Beijing and Wuhan and directing masterclasses at the Beijing Conservatory. The quintet has also performed masterclasses and recitals at the Boston and New England Conservatories and toured British Columbia, Ontario, Tennessee, New York, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, New Hampshire, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Alabama, and Florida. True North Brass has appeared at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival on four occasions. Recent performances of the quintet include concerts in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, Boise Idaho, the Festival of the Sound, the Westben Summer Music Festival, The Barrie Colours of Music Festival, The International Trumpet Guild’s 2008 conference, West Liberty West Virginia, Walter Hall at the University of Toronto, Roy Thomson Hall with the Toronto Children’s Chorus, The Toronto Centre for the Arts with the Amadeus Choir, and the International Women’s Brass Conference, Toronto 2010. True North Brass was Ensemble in Residence at the University Of Western Ontario’s Don Wright Faculty of Music for the 2008/2009 academic year.
Performances in 2011/2012 include Music by the Sea in Bamfield BC, The Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Kelowna Community Concerts, Mass Brass at Koerner Hall, St. Simons Island Georgia, Messiah College in Grantham Pennsylvania and Muskoka Concert Association. True North Brass also appears with the Toronto Children’s Chorus at their annual Roy Thomson Hall Christmas Concert.
For the 11/12 academic year, True North is an Ensemble in Residence at Wilfrid Laurier Faculty of Music.
True North Brass is a Faculty Chamber Ensemble in Residence for Canada’s National Youth Orchestra
The ensemble’s most recent recording project is a transcription of Pictures at an Exhibition for brass quintet and organ by J. Scott Irvine. The members of True North Brass are Yamaha Artists associated with Yamaha Music Canada.
Canadian Artists Representation: Richard Paul Concert Artists: www.greatconcerts.com
US Artist Representation: Philip Truckenbrod Concert Artists: www.concertartists.com
For more information please visit: www.truenorthbrass.com
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