John Ellis

Potsdam Brass Quintet in North Creek NY, 12/22

John — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:06:17 +0000

The Potsdam Brass Quintet will perform a holiday concert at the North Creek Community Center December 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm.

Potsdam Brass Quintet Holiday Concert

John — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:42:33 +0000

The Potsdam Brass Quintet will be performing their 9th annual holiday concert Friday December 7, Potsdam Presbyterian Church, 7:00. Joining them will be Laura Toland, Organ, Julie Miller, Piano, and Jill Pearon, Soprano. The concert is free, but all donations will benefit the Jubilee Christmas fund.

Capital BrassWorks Holiday Concert

John — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:39:21 +0000

Capital BrassWorks holiday concert, Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. 7:30 pm, Centretown United Church, Ottawa.

Les Violons du Roy performs Mozart Requiem

John — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:25:07 +0000

Les Violons du Roy and la Chapelle de Quebec, conducted by Bernard Labadie, perform the Mozart Requiem in D minor and the Cherubini Recquiem in C minor at the Festival de Lanaudiere August 5th at 8:00 pm. For more information go to:

www.violonsduroy.com

Ottawa Symphony Orchestra

John — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:19:56 +0000

The Ottawa Symphony performs Estacio Rrenergy, Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, and the Shostakovich 5th Symphony.

8:00, Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, Ottawa Canada

www.ottawasymphony.com

Faculty Recital

John — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:16:35 +0000

John Ellis presents a faculty recital, performing works by Stravinsky, Ewazen, Telemann, Stephenson, Steinberg, Turrin, and Bolling.

7:30 pm, Snell Music Theater, SUNY Potsdam

Crane School of Music Faculty Gala

John — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:12:45 +0000

The Crane School of Music Faculty present the opening Gala concert of the 2011-2012 season.

7:30 pm Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam

Summer Practice

John — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:08:50 +0000

I just finished three wonderful weeks working with young trumpet students, first at the Music For All Summer Symposium at Ball State University in Muncie Indiana, and then at our own Crane Youth Music. It’s always an inspiration spending time with young players. Their enthusiasm and energy is so motivating!

Summertime for many of us means time off from our regular routine – no classes, not as many concerts, etc. I always view summer as a great opportunity to get to know the trumpet again. Here are a few suggestions for summer practice:

1. Set goals. This can be as easy as saying you are going to play the trumpet every day! (an excellent goal, in my opinion…) It’s a great time to work on areas of our playing that might get neglected during the regular season. Clean up that double tonguing? Play through all the Arban Characteristic studies? Clarke studies? This is the time…

2. Learn new material. Without all the pressure of multiple concerts, this is a great time to start learning new material. Start looking at new works, begin working on recital material or orchestral excerpts, or just explore. Transcribe and memorize some jazz trumpet solos – even if you don’t play jazz.

3. Make practice your daily meditation. Flow studies, scales and arpeggios make great meditative practice routines. Don’t try to play them faster or better – just play them. Enjoy the moment. Which leads to the final suggestion;

4. Have fun! Enjoy your trumpet. Make music.

Have a great summer!

Summer is here!

John — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:08:51 +0000

Summer is finally here! That means warm weather, local veggies, long walks with the dogs, playing long tones on my deck. It also means some exciting summer events are happening.

June 20-24th I will be teaching at the Music For All summer symposium on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie Indiana, sponsored by Yamaha. It should prove to be an exciting week of fun and learning.

June 27-July 8 will be Crane Youth Music at the Crane School of Music. Always a fun camp, it will include performances by the Potsdam Brass Quintet, and the Orchestra of Northern New York.

July 16 Capital BrassWorks will present a concert at the Westben Arts Festival in Ontario Canada. As always, it should be a fantastic concert!

August 5th I will again be performing with the wonderful orchestra Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle du Quebec at the the Festival de Lanaudiere in Quebec. We will be presenting one of my favorite works, the Mozart Requiem.

I hope all of you have a restful and productive summer!

Les Violons du Roy – le Festival de Lanaudiére

John — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:58:10 +0000

Les Violons du Roy will be playing at the Festival de Lanaudiére in Quebec Ont., the largest classical music festival in Canada – sharing the stage with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony.

Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec conducted by Bernard Labadie will perform the Mozart Requiem and the Cherubini Requiem.