Brass Choir
Brass Choir General Information
Available for one academic credit starting in the fall semester of 2009! Brass Choir is a 20-30 member ensemble dedicated to performing quality brass music at a high level while fostering a spirit of community among brass players on the River Campus. Open to experienced trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba players who played throughout high school. Auditions may be necessary to determine the competency of new members before acceptance into the group can be guaranteed. Repertoire includes fanfares, Renaissance pieces, contemporary literature written specifically for brass, and arrangements of light classics and popular music. Members are invited and encouraged to arrange or compose for the group. Recent selections performed by the Brass Choir include Chris Hazell's Three Brass Cats, Fanfare from "La Peri" by Paul Dukas, Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, and Eric Ewazen's Symphony in Brass.
Rehearsals take place on Friday afternoons from 2:30-4:30pm in Strong Auditorium. Contact director Josef Hanson for more information or to join the group.
Brass Choir Members
Josef Hanson
Director, UR Brass Choir
Manager of Music Performance Programs
Advisor, BA/MA program in Music Education
Courses: MUR 101
207 Todd Union
jhsn@mail.rochester .edu
Phone: (585) 273-5157
Fax: (585) 273-5337
M.A., Eastman School of Music
Josef Hanson is the Manager of Music Performance Programs on the River Campus of the University of Rochester, handling the coordination of all performance-related activity for the College's music ensembles and lessons program. In addition, Hanson directs the Brass Choir, teaches MUR 101 (Elements of Music), serves as the College's advisor for the combined BA/MA program in music education, teaches a multitude of music courses at The Highlands of Pittsford through the UR Office of Special Programs, and is also a faculty member at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester. A native of Maryland, Hanson graduated summa cum laude from Towson University in Baltimore with a Bachelor's degree in music education and also received a Master's degree in music education from the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. His M.A. thesis discusses the development of a contextual Internet-based teaching application for beginning instrumental music instruction. A born and bred percussionist, Hanson switched to trombone in high school and went on to concentrate in trombone performance and music history as an undergraduate. A former music educator in the Frederick County (MD) Public Schools, Hanson has taught instrumental, choral, and general music courses in a wide variety of settings, with students aged kindergarten through adult. He is also a former conductor of the Frederick Symphonic Band. Josef currently resides in Fairport, NY with his wife Katy.
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