Japan 2020 University Faculty Showcase

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 

See you in Osaka!