National Brass Ensemble – 2023
Pentatone – PTC 5187 049
Eun Sun Kim, conductor
Program
Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare ~ Richard Strauss
Deified ~ Jonathan Bingham
Brass Fantasy ~ Arturo Sandoval
The Ring ~ Richard Wagner (arranged by Timothy Higgins)
Personnel
Trumpets
Jeffrey Curnow (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Conrad Jones (Indianapolis Symphony)
William Leathers (Nashville Symphony)
Adam Luftman (San Francisco Opera & Ballet Orchestra)
Christopher Martin (New York Philharmonic)
Michael Sachs (Cleveland Orchestra)
Aaron Schuman (San Francisco Symphony)
Horns
Richard Deane (New York Philharmonic)
Richard King (Cleveland Orchestra)
Jennifer Montone (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Jonathan Ring (San Francisco Symphony)
Leelanee Sterrett (New York Philharmonic)
Jesica Valeri (San Francisco Symphony)
Robert Ward (San Francisco Symphony)
Nathaniel Silberschlag (Cleveland Orchestra)
Gail Williams (Chicago Symphony / Northwestern University)
Trombones
Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic)
Timothy Higgins (San Francisco Symphony)
Toby Oft (Boston Symphony)
Bass Trombones
Randy Hawes (Cleveland Orchestra)
Jim Markey (Boston Symphony)
Euphonium
Demondrae Thurmond (Indiana University)
Tubas
Jeff Anderson (Principal Tuba, San Francisco Symphony)
Yasuhito Sugiyama (Principal Tuba, Cleveland Orchestra)
Timpani
Paul Yancich (Principal Timpani, Cleveland Orchestra)
Percussion
Marc Damoulakis (Principal Percussion, Cleveland Orchestra)
Jacob Nissly (Principal Percussion, San Francisco Symphony)
James Lee Wyatt III (Percussion, San Francisco Symphony)
Harp
Trina Struble (Principal Harp, Cleveland Orchestra)
Meredith Clark (acting Principal Harp, San Francisco Symphony
Organ
Jonathan Dimmock (San Francisco Symphony)