Florida State Quintet to Perform Here

The Florida State University Brass Quintet will be appearing at Ithaca College on Wednesday, November 11, for a 10:30 a.m. lecture and recital in Ford Hall Auditorium. The session is free and open to the public.

Representing the performing artist faculty at FSU since 1975, the ensemble has performed in hundreds of concert and master classes throughout the southeastern United States and has completed two European tours. The quintet was recently invited to perform at the 1998 International Trumpet Guild Conference in Lexington, Kentucky, where they presented Robert Suderburg’s Concert Passages, a work commissioned by the FSU School of Music.

In addition to maintaining a busy performance schedule as a quintet, the individual members sustain a full-time teaching schedule in the Florida State University School of Music and are involved in numerous other musical activities, including principal positions in the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Their first compact disc recording, Strophes of the Night and Dawn, was released internationally in 1997 by Crystal Recordings.

Bryan Goff, trumpet, is coordinator of the winds and percussion division at FSU and has been a member of the faculty since 1974. He has appeared as a soloist and clinician throughout the United States and Europe both on modern trumpet and baroque trumpet. He served for 16 years as treasurer of the International Trumpet Guild and is a past-president of the National Association of College Winds and Percussion Instructors.

Scott Beckett, trumpet, is currently completing graduate work in trumpet performance at FSU, where he has served as a graduate teaching assistant for the past two years. He holds a bachelor of music degree in trumpet performance from East Carolina University.

Michelle Stebleton, horn, joined the FSU brass faculty in 1990. Holding two degrees from the University of Michigan, she is an active competitor and soloist throughout the United States, both on modern horn and hand horn. She has earned top awards in both the International Horn Society and the American Horn Competitions.

John Drew, trombone, joined the FSU faculty in 1980. Since that time, he has been active as soloist and clinician, including frequent appearances at both the International and Eastern Trombone Workshops. In 1992, he became the first recipient of the Neill Humfeld International Trombone Association Outstanding Teacher Award. Drew serves as southern division chairman of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors and was recently elected first vice president of the International Trombone Association.

Paul Ebbers, tuba, joined the ensemble in 1979. He has performed with Brassworks of Chicago, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, and the Pensacola Symphony.