Three Views: Music for trombone, piano & percussion / Mark Hetzler

Composer & Trombone: Mark Hetzler

Born in Sarasota, Florida in 1968, Mark Hetzler began playing his Dad’s trombone at the age of twelve. He went on to receive a B.M. from Boston University and an M.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music. Mark was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and completed a three-year fellowship with the New World Symphony, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.

For more information, please visit www.music.wisc.edu/faculty/bio?faculty_id=4.

Composer: Dennis Llinás

Dr. Dennis Llinás is the Associate Director of Bands at Louisiana State University. As a composer, Llinás has been commissioned to compose works for musicians from across the country. Recently, two works have been recorded by Mark Hetzler, trombone professor at The University of Wisconson, on Summit Records on two separate albums in 2012.

For more information, please visit http://wp.music.lsu.edu/faculty-staff/llinas-dennis/.

Composer: James Stephenson

Chicago area composer James Stephenson’s works have been performed by leading American orchestras and hailed by critics as having “straightforward, unabashedly beautiful sounds” and “Stephenson deserves to be heard again and again!” (Boston Herald). His music incorporates a fresh and energizing sound scape that delights the audience while maintaining integrity and worthwhile challenges for the performing musicians.

For more information, please visit www.stephensonmusic.com.

Composer: David Vayo

David Vayo (born 1957) is the Fern Rosetta Sherff Professor of Composition and Theory and Composition Department head at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he teaches composition, improvisation, and contemporary music.

For more information, please visit www.davidvayo.com.

Composer: Stephen Rush

Stephen Rush is a Full Professor at the University of Michigan, where he has taught for 25 years. Rush’s extensive compositional output includes five operas, chamber music (some of which is standard repertory), orchestra work and over 150 scores for dancers.

For more information, please visit stephenjrushmusic.com.

Performers: 

Martha Fischer, piano
Jessica Johnson, piano
Anthony Di Sanza, percussion
Todd Hammes, percussion
Sean Kleve, percussion