Sunday December 19, 2010 - 11am

Christmas Concert! Sacred Hearts & St. Stephen Church (in Carroll Garden, Brooklyn) presents the Arcadia Brass Quintet in concert. Led by Jim Lake & Angela Gosse, the Arcadia Brass once again bring their Christmas Concert to the outer boroughs. "It's like going to Lincoln Center, but it's right around the corner." Corner of Hicks Street & Summit Street, Brooklyn, NY. This concert is FREE and open to the public.

Saturday December 18, 2010 - 8pm

Annual New York Repertory Orchestra Benefit Concert...
celebrating the 100th birthday of Samuel Barber...
and the 200th birthday of Robert Schumann

PROGRAM:
Barber: Music for a Scene from Shelley
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherazade
Soloist: Eric Jacobsen, cello
LOCATION:
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
(145 West 46th Street - between 6th & 7th Avenues)
ADMISSION: $10 (it's a benefit, after all...)
Click here for a flyer for this concert

Sunday October 31, 2010 - 5pm

I'm playing lead trumpet for a Gospel-style concert featuring the remarkable piano virtuosos The Altino Brothers. The event is a benefit for LRBC Scholarship Fund, and includes the Altino Brothers' Chamber Choir and Orchestra with the LRBC Mass Choir. Lenox Road Baptist Church, 1356 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Tickets: $30 (Call 718-941-3359 ext. 4)

Friday October 29, 2010 - 8pm

I'll be playing principal trumpet in the annual Halloween Concert with One World Symphony at the neo-Gothic church St. Ann & The Holy Trinity. This year's program includes:

Gounod: Faust (1859, highlights)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre (1872)
Leon Boellmann: Toccata from Suite Gotique (1895)
Jason Candler: Boneyard (2010, world premiere)

Come in costume. Tickets & info at OneWorldSymphony.org

Saturday October 23, 2010 - 8pm

I'm playing trumpet with the Dicapo Opera Orchestra for their production of Puccini's La Boheme. In Manhattan at East 76th Street & Lexington Avenue. For tickets and info, visit Dicapo Opera online.

Sunday September 19, 2010 - 7pm

I'm playing principal trumpet for an orchestra concert entitled, "Imagine" - music by John Lennon, Richard Strauss, Prokofiev, Messiaen, Shostakovich, and a premiere by Sung Jin Hong, who is conducting the concert. In Manhattan at Church of the Holy Apostles at 9th Avenue & 28th Street. Visit the One World Symphony website for tickets and more info.

Friday September 17, 2010 - 8pm

"IMAGINE" - I'm playing principal trumpet for this eclectic, thought-provoking program of music by John Lennon, Richard Strauss, Prokofiev, Messiaen, Shostakovich, and a premiere by Sung Jin Hong, who is conducting the concert. In Brooklyn at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church at Montague & Clinton Streets. Visit the One World Symphony website for tickets and more info.

Saturday September 11, 2010 - 5:45pm

One World Symphony has been invited to participate in The September Concert 2010, Saturday September 11th — a day that has become a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Members of One World Symphony will perform in front of the New York Public Library at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street beginning at 5:45 pm. The performance is free and open to the public. One World Symphony will perform Antonin Dvorak's Serenade for Winds and Strings and Sung Jin Hong's Sidewalk Sketches (world premiere, 2010). Sidewalk Sketches, a site-specific work commissioned by the September Concert Foundation, is a tribute to New York City composers and writers. Watch for my solo from the top of the steps of the beautiful Beaux Arts library.

Sunday June 6, 2010 - 7pm

I get to show off in this program - solo trumpet parts for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and jazz combo & strings arrangements of fancy French cabaret songs by Edith Piaf. The piano soloist is Lloyd Arriola, the ensemble is One World Symphony. This program looks like a very good one, so come if you can.

Two performances - Sunday is at our new venue in Manhattan at 9th Avenue and 28th Street (Church of the Holy Apostles). Tickets are $40 (30 for students and seniors) and are available at the door. If you're interested in this performance, contact me - I may be able to get a few FREE tickets. You can visit the orchestra's website here.

Friday June 4, 2010 - 8pm

I get to show off in this program - solo trumpet parts for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and jazz combo & strings arrangements of fancy French cabaret songs by Edith Piaf. The piano soloist is Lloyd Arriola, the ensemble is One World Symphony. This program looks like a very good one, so come if you can. Two performances - Friday is in Brooklyn Heights at St. Ann and The Holy Trinity Church - corner of Clinton & Montague streets. Tickets are $40 (30 for students and seniors) and are available at the door. If you're interested in this performance, contact me - I may be able to get a few FREE tickets. You can visit the orchestra's website here.

Saturday May 22, 2010 - 8pm

A friend just recently invited me to perform with the New York Repertory Orchestra. This will be my 1st concert with them. I'll be playing 2nd trumpet. It's a great program, a nice big orchestra, and a gorgeous performance space. The soloist is excellent. And the concert is free.

Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Jennifer Grimaldi, soprano soloist
Debussy: La Mer
Click here to to see the flyer for this concert.
LOCATION: Church of St. Mary the Virgin
(145 West 46th Street - between 6th & 7th Avenues)
ADMISSION: FREE

Sunday May 9, 2010 - 7:30pm

I'm playing solo trumpet in this chamber orchestra version of Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, at Ansche Chesed Synagogue in Manhattan with One World Symphony. Tickets at the door. More info at OneWorldSymphony.org

Friday May 7, 2010 - 8pm

I'm playing solo trumpet in this chamber orchestra version of Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity in Brooklyn with One World Symphony. Tickets at the door. More info at OneWorldSymphony.org

Sunday April 25, 2010 - 4pm

Angela and I are the two trumpets in the orchestra for Dicapo Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The Dicapo Opera Theater is in Manhattan at Lexington Avenue and East 76th Street. Ticket info is here. This run is 4 performances.

Friday April 23, 2010 - 8pm

Angela and I are the two trumpets in the orchestra for Dicapo Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. If you've never been to Dicapo, you should definitely give it a try - big opera in a small theater is a unique experience. The theater is in Manhattan at Lexington Avenue and East 76th Street. Ticket info is here. This run is 4 performances.

Saturday April 17, 2010 - 8pm

I'm playing trumpet in the orchestra for Dicapo Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The Dicapo Opera Theater is in Manhattan at Lexington Avenue and East 76th Street. Ticket info is here. This run is 4 performances. If you've never been to Dicapo, you should definitely give it a try - big opera in a small theater is a unique experience.

Thursday April 15, 2010 - 7:30pm

Angela and I are the two trumpets in the orchestra for Dicapo Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The Dicapo Opera Theater is in Manhattan at Lexington Avenue and East 76th Street. Ticket info is here. This run is 4 performances. If you've never been to Dicapo, you should definitely give it a try - big opera in a small theater is a unique experience.

Sunday April 11, 2010 - 3pm

I'm playing trumpet with the Bronx Arts Ensemble & Fordham University Choir at Fordham University Church at the Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx.

Saturday April 10, 2010 - 8pm

I'm playing trumpet with the Bronx Arts Ensemble & Fordham University Choir at St. Paul the Apostle Church, in Manhattan at Columbus Avenue and West 60th Street.

Saturday March 20, 2010 - 8pm

American Premiere

of DONIZETTI'S REQUIEM

On the Death of Bellini (1835)

I'll be playing trumpet with the Dicapo Opera Theatre Orchestra, Dicapo Resident Vocal Artists, and the noted Amor Artis Chorus in the American premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's Requiem. "Turning away from the florid vocal style of his earlier operas, Donizetti commemorated the death of his great operatic predecessor, Vincenzo Bellini, with a choral work of uncommon dramatic force. Never heard live in America before, the requiem - long overshadowed by Verdi's - has nevertheless been recorded by two legendary tenors, Nicolai Gedda and Luciano Pavarotti." Conducted by Johannes Somary. The performance is in the beautiful church of St. Jean Baptiste on Lexington Avenue at E. 76th Street in Manhattan. Click here to order tickets in advance.

Sunday March 7, 2010 - 3pm

A Russian Winter program with One World Symphony. I'll be playing principal trumpet AND piano in this program that includes two works by Tckaikovsky: his Piano Concerto No. 1 (Christopher Johnson, piano soloist), and Scenes from his opera "The Queen of Spades." Also on the program is Rachmaninoff's Vocalise. The concert is at Ansche Chesed Synagogue - 251 West 100 St. at West End Ave, Manhattan. We'll be performing the same program in Brooklyn on Friday March 5 (see below).

Friday March 5, 2010 - 8pm

A Russian Winter program with One World Symphony. I'll be playing principal trumpet AND piano in this program that includes two works by Tckaikovsky: his Piano Concerto No. 1 (Christopher Johnson, piano soloist), and Scenes from his opera "The Queen of Spades." Also on the program is Rachmaninoff's Vocalise. The concert is at the church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, 157 Montague Street (at Clinton Street), Brooklyn Heights. We'll be performing the same program in Manhattan on Sunday March 7 (see above).

Sunday January 24, 2010 - 4pm

Die Fledermaus! I'm playing principal trumpet for this production with One World Symphony. The performance is at Ansche Chesed Synagogue in Manhattan (corner of West End Avenue & West 100th Street). For tickets and more information, visit One World Symphony online. This classic operetta is full of comedy and beatiful, memorable tunes. A very enjoyable way to spend an evening, and a great introduction to opera if you've never been to one before.

Friday January 22, 2010 - 8pm

Die Fledermaus! I'm playing principal trumpet for this production with One World Symphony. The performance is at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights (corner of Montague & Clinton Streets). For tickets and more information, visit One World Symphony online. This classic operetta is full of comedy and beatiful, memorable tunes. A very enjoyable way to spend an evening, and a great introduction to opera if you've never been to one before.

Sunday January 10, 2010 - 11am

Christmas continues! Sacred Hearts & St. Stephen Church (in Carroll Garden, Brooklyn) presents the Arcadia Brass Quintet in concert. Led by Jim Lake & Angela Gosse, the Arcadia Brass once again bring their Christmas Concert to the outer boroughs. "It's like going to Lincoln Center, but it's right around the corner." Corner of Hicks Street & Summit Street, Brooklyn, NY. This concert is FREE and open to the public. Check out the concert flyer here. (Note the date has changed - the December performance was postponed to January due to snow)