University and collegiate faculty make incredible contributions to the trombone community around the world, and the ITF is proud to feature their artistry in our University Faculty Showcase Recital Series, now in its third year. Faculty below were chosen through a peer-reviewed, competitive process, to perform new and emerging repertoire at the 2020 Festival, in Osaka, Japan.
2020 University Faculty Showcase Winners
Dr. Philip Martinson
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Contrapunctus (Mirrors), Donald Appert
Dr. Justin Isenhour
Winthrop University
As in Stone and Steel, Leonard Mark Lewis
Dr. Hana Beloglavec
Louisiana State University
Chemical Reaction, Marc Mellits
Dr. Cory Mixdorf
University of Arkansas
So Far So Close, Áron Romhányi
Dr. Nathan Dishman
Iowa State University
Three for Two (or One or Three), Antonio Garcia
Dr. Austin Seybert
Northern Kentucky University
Vanishing, Catherine McMichael
Dr. Drew Leslie
Colorado State University
Five American Dances, James David
Dr. Michael L Robinson
Mahidol University
Vicissitudes, Greg Turner
Doug Farwell, Steve Wilson, and Taylor Hughey
Valdosta State, University of Texas at El Paso, and Brass for Africa
New untitled work, Paul Basler
Dr. Jeremy Marks
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Turning Point, Elizabeth Baum
Dr. Benjamin Marks
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
The Green Lion Eats the Sun, Liza Lim
Dr. Michael UnderwoodMichael Underwood
University of Arkansas Little Rock
Ballade, Robert Boury
Tom Riccobono
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Sonata for Trombone by Kenji Bunch, Kenji Bunch
Dr. Karen Marston and Dr. Deb Scott
Mount San Antonio College and Stephen F Austin State University
Untitled new work