Trumpeter’s Multi-Track Competition and Diversify the Stand Collaboration Releases

Published: 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Summary

The Trumpeter's Multi-Track Competition partnered with Diversify the Stand to create innovative video premieres featuring underrepresented composers, combining multi-track recording expertise with diversity advocacy in classical music.

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The Trumpeter's Multi-Track Competition (TMTC) and Diversify the Stand collaborated on a Call for Scores initiative that selected 8 works from underrepresented composers to bring these pieces into mainstream trumpet ensemble repertoire.

Partnership Overview

💡 Collaborative Impact: This initiative represents a groundbreaking fusion of technical innovation and social advocacy, combining TMTC's multi-track recording expertise with Diversify the Stand's mission to amplify underrepresented voices in classical music.

Diversify the Stand provides accessible educational music for younger musicians by commissioning composers marginalized by race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, and orientation. The organization has raised over $25,000 to commission 24 composers and create 60 new works for developing musicians.

TMTC Integration brought together the competition's multi-track recording expertise with Diversify the Stand's mission of amplifying underrepresented voices, creating a platform where innovative recording techniques meet social consciousness in classical music.

Other Directors

Marcus Grant serves as TMTC co-director and trumpet educator at Longwood University, providing artistic leadership and compositional expertise to the collaborative initiative.

David Koch participated as TMTC co-director, contributing both artistic leadership and performance in the collaborative initiative that showcased living composers through multi-track video production.

Featured Composer Premieres

Hestia Climbs Down Off Her Pedestal

Zae Munn | David Koch

Zae Munn has taught theory and composition for many years at Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana, directing the Summer Composition Intensive each summer. Her extensive catalog includes works for large and small instrumental ensembles, two operas, and numerous choral and vocal works, all available through various publishers and music distributors. Visit zaemunn.com for her complete works list.

Letters You Never Wrote, No. 6

Jessica Rudman | Brandon Dicks

Jessica Rudman creates music that inspires empathy for social issues through stories of myth, magic, and the modern world. Described as a "new music ninja" (Hartford Advocate), she blends lyrical melodies, sensual harmony, and vibrant color to draw listeners into her dramatic narratives. Her music has been performed by groups including the Arditti Quartet, the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Riot Ensemble, and the Omaha Symphony's Chamber Orchestra. She was a 2019 Connecticut Artist Fellow and a 2019-21 Composer Fellow in The American Opera Project's Composers & the Voice program, receiving awards from SCI/ASCAP, Boston Metro Opera, the College Music Society, the International Alliance for Women in Music, and others. In Fall 2022, she joined the faculty at the University of Utah as Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory. More information at jessicarudman.com.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

arr. Steffi Tetzloff

Steffi Tetzloff is a passionate trumpet performer, educator, and arranger pursuing her Doctorate in Music Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature at James Madison University under Dr. Chris Carrillo. She holds a Master of Music in Instrumental Performance from The Hartt School and dual degrees from Oklahoma State University (BM in Instrumental Performance and BS in Economics). Steffi has performed with the New Britain Symphony Orchestra, Hartt Symphony Orchestra, Hartt Wind Ensemble, Hartt Trumpet Ensemble, Foot in the Door contemporary ensemble, and Carousel Brass Quintet. She learned arranging in a seminar hosted by Phil Snedecor in spring 2020 and has since completed numerous arrangements for brass quintet and trumpet ensemble.

All Shall Come

Cameron Johnson | Brandon Dicks

Cameron Rodgers–Johnson is an aspiring composer and educator from Birmingham, AL, studying Instrumental Music Education at the University of Alabama–Birmingham. He studies trumpet with Dr. James Zingara and Dr. Steven Roberts while performing with the UAB Marching Blazers, Symphony Band, Wind Symphony, Jazz Combo, Jazz Ensemble, UAB Gospel Choir, and Trumpet Ensemble I. As a member of the Theta Theta Chapter of KKPsi National Honorary Band Fraternity, he serves as Music Chair for UAB's Chapter. His compositional works span large ensembles (concert band, jazz ensemble) and chamber groups (brass quintet, trumpet ensemble), with goals to diversify his musical reach as both composer and educator.

Burning River

Cody Ray | Brandon Dicks

Cody Ray (he/him/his) is a freelance composer and performer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His works have been performed and/or recorded by ensembles including the Grammy Award-winning Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra, and The Oberlin Conservatory Brass Ensemble. His compositions have been selected for the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, The International Trumpet Guild Conference, the Akron New Music Festival, and the U.S. Navy Band's International Saxophone Symposium. He holds an M.M. from Western Michigan University and a B.M. from the University of Akron. Visit CodyCray.com.

Requiem

Laura Millar | David Koch

Laura Millar is an Ohio-based performer and composer specializing in ambient-inspired trumpet music. As a freelance trumpet performer, she plays for local orchestras and churches, enjoying her role as 2nd cornet in the Central Ohio Brass Band. She holds degrees in music education (bachelor's) and performance (master's) and is a member of the International Women's Brass Conference. Laura participated in the 2022 Westben Performer-Composer Residency program. Her compositional work focuses on music for solo trumpet (often with electronics) and trumpet ensemble, creating pieces that are slow, melodic, and highly expressive. Her hope is that her music brings people whatever they need in the moment.

Blessed Assurance Trumpet Ensemble Arrangement

arr. Joseph Ittoop

Featured arrangement expanding traditional hymn repertoire for trumpet ensemble performance.

Call for Scores Impact

The collaborative initiative selected 8 works through a competitive process, establishing a model for promoting underrepresented composers while advancing multi-track recording artistry. This approach created educational resources that serve both as performance repertoire and technical demonstrations for the trumpet community.

The project represents a significant step in diversifying classical music programming while showcasing innovative recording techniques that define the future of musical performance and education.

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