Concerto – Trumpet and Piano

This work is dedicated to my great friend and superb trumpet player, Rex Richardson. It was premiered by Judith Saxton at ITG 2012 Columbus, Georgia and has subsequently been performed many times by some of the world’s leading trumpet and euphonium players. Rex Richardson performed the concerto at the opening gala concert of the Sydney International Brass Festival in 2014 and at ITG 2015 Columbus, Ohio with the President’s Own Brass Ensemble.

Richard Stoelzel is scheduled to record the concerto for CD in Poland in late 2015. Australian trumpet player Yoram Levy has performed the work in Hobart, with the Tasmanian university chamber orchestra.

The concerto has also proven to be very popular among euphonium players. Scott Kinmont of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra gave the premiere euphonium performance with the Lurline Ensemble and Matthew Van Emmerik is recording a version for solo euphonium string quartet and piano for his soon to be released CD. In July 2015 Fletcher Mitchell performed the concerto at the Italian Brass Week, Florence Opera House, conducted by Alain Trudel.