Winners Announced in the Co-op Press Brass Recording Competition

Co-op Press is pleased to announce that the winners in the 2004 Co-op Press Brass Recording Competition. Dr. Kenyon Wilson, was awarded the first prize of $500 and a CD release for his recording of Sy Brandon’s "American Fantasy" for tuba and piano. A Trombone Quintet consisting of Sara Albert, Tzu-Yang Chou, John McClave, Henry Henninger, and Justin Clark received the second prize of $300 and a CD release for their recording of Sy Brandon’s "Tapestries". The Hartford Brass Quintet was awarded third prize of $200 and a CD release for their recording of Sy Brandon’s "Canzon" for brass quintet.

Tubist Kenyon Wilson is currently a freelance musician in the Atlanta, Georgia area. He serves on the faculties of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Anderson College in South Carolina and performs with several orchestras in the region, including the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera and the Augusta Symphony Orchestra. His past teaching positions include full-time appointments at Central Michigan University, Valdosta State University, and the Baku Music Academy in Azerbaijan where he served as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. He has performed recitals in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia.

Sara Albert, Tzu-Yang Chou, John McClave, Henry Henniger, and Justin Clark are studying at the Manhattan School of Music. They are also free-lance musicians in the metropolitan New York area.

The Hartford Brass Quintet consists of Lerslie Rottner, principal trumpet with the Manchester Symphony and the Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, Peter Olson, a fee-lance trumpet player in the Central Connecticut area, Roger Caruk, who plays horn with the New Britain Symphony and the Connecticut Virtuosi, Fred Bagnall, trombonist with the Hartford Jazz Orchestra and the Manchester Trombone Quartet, and Daniel Green, who performs on tuba with the Hamden Wind Symphony and the Hartford Pops Band.

All three recordings will be released on Emeritus CD 20051 "Fantasies and Realities" that includes solo and chamber music of Sy Brandon during 2005. It will be available directly from theorchard.com or by special order from storefront and internet retail outlets. The music is available from Co-op Press at cooppress.hostrack.net or P.O. Box 204 Wrightsville, PA 17368-0204. The next Co-op Press Brass Recording Competition is scheduled for 2010.