UNC Brass Day
Saturday, November 2, 2024 | UNC Campus Commons
Brass players of all levels are invited to the UNC campus for this free event! The day will include master classes, All-State audition prep sessions, student and faculty performances and more. See the schedule and guest artist info below, and register to let us know you'll be attending.
Schedule
8:30 a.m.
Check In
9 a.m.
Warm-up Workshop
10 a.m.
Mass Brass Choir Rehearsal
11 a.m.
Q&A with UNC Faculty
12 p.m.
Lunch & Visit Exhibits
2 p.m.
All-State Audition Prep Clinics
3 p.m.
Mass Brass Choir Rehearsal
4 p.m.
Final Concert
UNC Brass Faculty, Guest Artists, Student Mass Brass Choir
Guest Artists
Bill Pfund
Bill Pfund received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Dana School of Music of Youngstown University and his Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.
He has studied trumpet with Esotto Pellegrini, principal trumpet with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and Roger Voisin, former principal trumpet with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He has also studied briefly or consulted privately with: Bernard Adelstein, principal trumpet with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; Adolph Herseth, former principal trumpet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Josef Levora of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic; Bill Lang and Maurice Murphy of the London Philharmonic; Philip Jones of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Knud Hovaldt, Copenhagen, Denmark; Bo Nilsson of the Malmö Philharmonic, Sweden; and Tony Plog, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, recording artist, and soloist as well as composer.
Author of The Trumpeter's Pedagogical Guide, Bill Pfund’s Beginning Trumpet Method, Bill Pfund’s Intermediate Trumpet Method, and Bill Pfund’s Problem Solving Exercises. Mr. Pfund has conducted studies regarding the relationship of tooth position to a trumpeter's range, endurance, and tone quality. The Trumpeter's Pedagogical Guide has been translated into Chinese and Mr. Pfund was invited to Taiwan to present clinics related to this publication in May, 1994.
Mr. Pfund has been a regular member of the Youngstown University Faculty Brass Quintet, the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, and The United States Army Band, Pershing’s Own, Washington, D.C. Professor Pfund has taught at Youngstown University and The University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is retired from The University of Northern Colorado, as Professor Emeritus, and has played principal trumpet with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rocky Mountain Brass Quintet for more than 30 years. Professor Pfund was the 1990 recipient of the Lucile M. Harrison award as outstanding teacher of the year at UNC.
Mr. Pfund has been active with the International Trumpet Guild since its beginning. He has served as the chair of the ITG Solo Competition, the Jazz Competition, and as a judge for the Solo Competition, and the Orchestral Excerpt Competition. Pfund has performed in the Festival of Trumpets concert for nearly every conference, and organized the event for the 2004 Conference. The University of Northern Colorado Trumpet Ensemble under his direction has commissioned and premiered two new works at ITG Conferences. Pfund has served two terms as Vice President, and was President from 2007 to 2009.
Mr. Pfund has given trumpet master classes and/or performances in Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Thailand, Russia, and China.
In addition to his position as Associate Principal Trumpet in the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Pfund continues to be active as a soloist, performer, lecturer, and maintains a private trumpet studio in Greeley, Colorado.
Adam Bartczak
Though rooted in jazz, Denver-based trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator Adam Bartczak reaches into many walks of music. His compositions have been performed by the West Point Academy’s Jazz Knights, the University of North Texas One O’clock Lab Band, the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra, and his own Adam Bartczak Republic, among other groups.
A Colorado native, Adam grew up playing in jazz, rock, reggae, Afro-Cuban, and Dixieland bands, to name a few. In addition to jazz, blues, and soul, his music and playing are influenced by various popular and world music styles.
He earned a BM from the University of Colorado at Boulder before joining Denver-based hip-hop/jazz collective Yo, Flaco! (American Music Award nominee and winner of Jim Beam’s Best Un-signed Band in America) with whom he recorded three albums and toured extensively.
He moved east to attend the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he studied with Bob Brookmeyer, earned a MM in Jazz Composition, and had numerous works performed by the Jazz Composers’ Workshop Orchestra and the Jazz Composers’ Ensemble.
Recent projects have included presentations of works at the Jazz Education Network Conference, and for the West Point Jazz Knights Composers Forum, where he worked with esteemed jazz composer Jim McNeely. Adam worked on The Soul of Jewish Music, which premiered in Los Angeles and featured iconic violinist Itzhak Perlman. Performances of his arrangements for jazz orchestra have featured artists such as Donny McCaslin, Jeff Coffin, Robin Eubanks, Brian Lynch, Bill Pierce, and Geoffrey Keezer. As a performer, he has shared the stage with artists such as Ron Miles, Karl Denson, Del the Funky Homosapien, Big Gigantic, and Ziggy Marley.
Currently, he lives in Colorado and performs with a variety of groups. He taught for many years at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. He also taught at the University of Northern Colorado, where he earned a Doctorate in Jazz Studies with a secondary emphasis in Classical Composition. He plays with several local groups, including his own jazz quintet, which has performed at the Telluride Jazz Celebration on three occasions. His first release as a leader, the Adam Bartczak Republic’s “Grass Is Greener” is available on Dazzle Recordings. Adam also leads regular performances of his jazz quintet, The Democracy, which received a Pathways to Jazz grant to record their debut album, and has recently released its second album.
