ACE Brass to perform
Te Awamutu Music Federation is pleased to be hosting ACE Brass in their first concert for 2021.
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing worldclass chamber music into the concert halls of New Zealand.
They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops in schools.
Huw Dann (trumpet) is the brass unit co-ordinator at the University of Auckland and the Principal Trumpet of the Auckland Philharmonic.
Emma Eden (horn) is principal horn of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and was a recipient of the Winston Churchill Fellowship for study in Berlin.
John Gluyas (trombone) is a graduate of the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music, an outstanding orchestral musician, and has worked in the commercial music scene in musicals such as Aladdin, Wicked, and Mary Poppins as well as recording for film soundtracks and TV advertisements.
ACE Brass have the big personalities to match their big sound — they are playful and charismatic.
You are likely to experience anything from declamatory fanfare to sultry tango, lively early music to jazz works, warm classical music to angular contemporary works from this versatile trio.
Works by New Zealand composers Helen Bowater and Josiah Carr will also feature.
This concert is part of a New Zealand wide tour which is organised by Chamber Music New Zealand.