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• Congratulations to Elizabeth Toles (MM) on being invited to join the Athena Brass Band for concerts in May 2023!  Elizabeth has also recently joined the Georgia Brass Band as their bass trombonist!

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• Congratulations to Dalton Hooper for being named the runner-up for the State Division of the MTNA Young Artist Solo Competition!

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• Congratulations to Danny Alford for winning a sublist audition for the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra!  Danny was also invited to the 2022 Raphael Mendez Brass Institute and the Third Coast Trombone Retreat. Most recently, Danny has advanced to the final round of the UGA Concerto Competition!

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• Congratulations to Jonas Ventresca for accepting a position as camp counselor for the 2022 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp!  Jonas also won the staff concerto competition!

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• Congratulations to Trey Heaton for being named as a semi-finalist for the 2022 Southeast Trombone Symposium solo competition!

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• Congratulations to Andrew Taylor (BM - 2020) for being accepted into the Artist Diploma program at Carnegie Mellon University!

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• Congratulations to Will Panter (BM - 2021) for accepting the TA position for his MM in Wind Conducting at Western Michigan University!

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• Congratulations to Riley Bahin (BM - 2020) for accepting the Brass Quintet TA position for doctoral studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder!

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• Congratulations to Matt Walley (MM - 2012) for being appointed as Instructor of Low Brass at Rowan University! Matt is also the personnel manager for The Orchestra Now!

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• Congratulations to Blake Lawson (MM - 2021) for being appointed as Instructor of Low Brass at Limestone College and Newberry College!  Blake was also a finalist in the recent Second Trombone audition for the Symphony Orchestra of Augusta. 

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• Congratulations to Davis Clark (BME - 2021) for being appointed to the Director of Bands position at Clarke Middle School!

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• Congratulations to Will Panter (BME - Senior) for being appointed to the Director of Bands position at South Effingham Middle School!   Will was also recently a recipient of the 2021 UGA Presidential Award of Excellence....an honor reserved for the very best of the graduating class.   Bravo Will!

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• Congratulations to Studio Alum Marley Gilbert (BM - Composition) for being accepted into the MM Composition Program at the University of Edinburgh!   Amazing news, Marley! 

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• Check out recent interview with Dr. Bynum @UGA Research. 

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• Dr. Bynum's contemporary chamber group MOD[ular] Ensemble is featured on Peter Van Zandt Lane's album New Cartography, which is in consideration for a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Small/Chamber Ensemble Performance.  

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• Dr. Bynum was awarded the 2020 Creative Research Award, representing the Arts & Humanities.  This was in recognition of his solo release  Catalyst.   He was also promoted to Full Professor.  

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• Welcome to our outstanding freshman class for Fall 2020:

  • David Cain - BME

  • Kaylin Cox - BME

  • Jonas Ventresca - BME (bass)

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• The UGA Trombone Choir has been invited to perform at the 2020 American Trombone Workshop in Washington, D.C.!   

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• Congratulations to Blake Lawson (MM) and the rest of the Bulldog Brass Society for being selected to the final round of the 2020 Osaka International Chamber Competition!  They were 1 of 9 groups chosen from around the world!  

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• Congratulations to Noah Jackson (BME 2020) for his recent appointment as Director of Bands at Brantley Co. High School!  Bravo Noah --- you're going to do amazing work there!

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• Congratulations to Greer Blackmon (BME 2020) for his recent appointment as 6th Grade Band Director at  Henderson Collegiate, in Durham, NC!  Bravo Greer --- we are so proud of you!

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• Congratulations and good luck to studio members Brandon Shook, Noah Jackson, and Greer Blackmon as they move into student teaching for Spring 2020!   Continue to make us proud!

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• Congratulations to Andrew Taylor (BM - Senior) for advancing to the final round of the UGA Concerto Competition!  

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• Congratulations to Calvin Morris (DMA) for joining the faculty at Alabama A&M in Huntsville, as Adjunct Instructor of Trombone!   

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• Dr. Bynum will be on the road for an October 2019 SEC Recital & Masterclass Tour :

  • 10/16 - University of Georgia​

  • 10/18 - University of Alabama

  • 10/19 - Auburn University

  • 10/21 - Vanderbilt University 

  • 10/22 - University of Tennessee 

  • 10/23 - University of Kentucky

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• Welcome to our outstanding incoming class:

  • Iain Cooke - BM Therapy

  • Spencer Daughtry - AB

  • Tylan Davis - BME

  • Wyatt Dover - BM Performance (bass)

  • Cullen Findley - BM Performance (bass)

  • Kayla Graves - Minor

  • Dalton Hooper - BM Performance/BME

  • Blake Lawson - MM

  • Kristina Nash - BME

  • Kevin Schoeller - DMA

                                                                        

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• Congratulations to Kyle Moore (MM - bass trombone) for being named a finalist for the ATW Division III National Solo Competition!  The final round will take place on March 6th at the American Trombone Workshop.  

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• Dr. Bynum will perform George Walker's Trombone Concerto with UGASO (April 2019)

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• Congratulations to the following Studio Members:

  • Greer Blackmon - selected as a School of Music Ambassador​

  • Will Panter - selected as a School of Music Ambassador

  • Will Panter - selected (again) as a Dawg Camp Counselor

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• Dr. Bynum will perform Launy Grøndahl's Trombone Concerto with the Cumberland Orchestra at the 2019 Sewanee Summer Music Festival

 

• Dr. Bynum performed an Artist Recital at the 2018 International Trombone Festival in Iowa City

  • Colgrass - Mystic with a Credit Card​

  • Biedenbender - Radiant Spheres

  • Copland - Emily Dickinson Songs

  • Barfield - Red Sky (world premiere of piano reduction)

  • arr. Sung - Moonlight River

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• We are very excited to welcome to the newest members of the UGA Trombone Studio!

  • Calvin Morris - DMA | Florida A&M and the University of Florida

  • Crews Owen - BM | Norcross High School 

                                                                        

 

• Congratulations  and thank you to the following Studio Members, as they graduate and move on:

  • Luke Anders (AB & Pre-Med) - Attending Med School at the ​Medical College of Georgia

  • Jordan Stone (MM) - Attending University of North Texas  for Doctoral study

  • Paul Nelson (BM) - Attending University of Southern California for MM study

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• Congratulations to the following Studio Members:

  • Steve Jessup - Bulldog Brass selected for Aspen Music Festival ABQ Seminar

  • Andrew Taylor - Accepted into Sewanee Summer Music Festival & Eastern Music Festival

  • Kyle Moore - Accepted into Southeast Trombone Symposium & Sewanee Summer Music Festival

  • Luke Riddle - earning a contract to march 2018 Carolina Crown

  • Luke Anders - accepted into Medical School at Emory, Mercer, and Medical College of GA

  • Jordan Stone - accepted into DMA programs (IU, UNT, and CCM)

  • Will Panter - accepted into the Dawg Camp Counselor program

  • Paul Nelson - accepted into MM programs (USC, UT-Austin, FSU, and TXST)

 

• Congratulations, and thank you to Duncan Lord (BME) as he moves into student teaching this semester!  He has been an amazing addition to the studio, and will be missed.

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• Dr. Bynum will be a featured soloist with the UGA Wind Symphony for two concerts this fall.  He will perform Anthony Barfield's Red Sky on their October 25th concert, and for MidFest - on December 7th. 

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• We are very excited to welcome to the newest members of the UGA Trombone Studio!

  • Davis Clark - BA in Music | Oconee Co. High School ​

  • Joel Clevenger - MM in Trombone Performance | Jacksonville State University

  • Grace Hohnadel - BME | Washington Co. High School 

  • Kyle Moore - MM in Bass Trombone Performance | Southern Mississippi University

  • Will Panter - BME | Fannin Co. High School 

                                                                        

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• Congratulations to the following UGA Trombone Studio members for their summer achievements:

  • ​Jordan Stone (MM - bass):  Alessi Seminar & Sewanee Summer Music Festival 

  • Steve Jessup (DMA): Cleveland Trombone Seminar

  • Assata Bellegarde (BM - bass): Southeast Trombone Symposium 

  • Luke Riddle (BME): Phantom Regiment

  • Greer Blackmon (BME - bass): UGA Jazz in NYC

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• The UGA Trombone Choir will be performing for the President's Reception at the 2017 GMEA Conference on Friday, January 27th.  Stay tuned for program info!

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• Congratulations, and thank you to both Dustin Cofer (BME) and Brad Gwynn (BME) as they move into student teaching next semester!  Both have been amazing additions to the studio, and will be missed as they move on to bigger and better things.  

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• Congratulations to Paul Nelson (Junior BM) for the upcoming EP release from his band Mister Tie-Dye!  Paul handles the trombone duties and arranges charts for the group. Bravo!

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• Congratulations to Luke Riddle (Freshman BME) for getting a call back with the Phantom Regiment!  Next round will be in mid-January!

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• Dr. Bynum will be soloing with the Hodgson Wind Ensemble on Thursday 10/6 @ 8pm in Hodgson Hall.  He will be giving the state premiere of Dana Wilson's Concerto for Trombone.  Live Stream @ 8pm EST

 

• Congratulations to Paul Nelson (BM - Junior) for the successful premiere performance of his group              Mister Tie-Dye!  The group recently played a two hour set to a packed house at Hendershots, and featured several of Paul's arrangements and originals.  

 

• Fall 2016 Trombone Choir & Studio Performance Calendar:

  • Wednesday - 11/2 @ 5:30pm | Ramsey Recital Hall

  • Tuesday - 11/15 @ 2:15pm | Oconee Middle School

  • Wednesday - 11/30 @ 5pm | Studio Recital in Edge Hall​

  • Thursday - 12/8 @ 7:30pm | Talmadge Terrace Retirement Community

 

• Welcome to the new members of the 2016-17 UGA Trombone Studi​o!

  • Steve Jessup - DMA

  • Jordan Stone - MM (bass trombone)

  • Assata Bellegarde - BM (bass trombone)

  • Nick Evans - BME

  • Marley Gilbert - BM

  • Matt Knox - BME

  • Luke Riddle - BME

  • Callan Russell - BME    

  • Brandon Shook - BME

  • Andrew Taylor - BM

 

                                                                        

 

• Dr. Bynum has been asked to play the entire 2015-16 season with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra! As a sign of strong support from the UGA administration, he has received a partial leave for the academic year.  Nathan Zgonc & Brian Hecht have both signed on to help with the weekly schedule.  Each student will receive lessons from Bynum, Zgonc, and Hecht in a rotational system.  

 

• Congratulations to Thomas Carroll (BM) for recently completing USMC basic training.  Thomas was tapped for the Officer Candidate Program, and will enter the Corps as a 2nd Lieutenant upon graduation from UGA this spring.  Thomas is a double-major in Music Performance & Physics, Volunteer Firefighter, Section Leader for Redcoats, Iron Man Competitions....and still practices more than most!  We are very proud of you Thomas!

 

• Be looking for Dr. Bynum's new commercial solo release to hit the shelves in mid-August.  Catalyst features the music of Anthony Plog, Aaron Copland, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gabriel Stockhausen, and Jean-Michel Defaye.  It will be available through Potenza Music.  

 

• Congratulations to the new Redcoats Section Leaders:  Thomas Carroll, Paul Nelson, and Malik Henry!

                                                                        

 

• Congratulations to Matt Norman (MM) for being named a finalist in the ITA Lewis Van Haney Orchestral Excerpt Competition!  The finals were held at the ITF in Valencia, Spain.  Matt played well and was runner-up.  Matt has also been named as a participant for the 2015 Alessi Seminar!  

 

• Farewell and thank you to several outstanding individuals who will not be with us next year!   Austin Blake, Kevin Schoeller, Ally Moody, Damon Haynie, Larry Starkey, and Chris Brown.  You are all very special people, and we wish you the very best.  Don't be strangers!

 

• Congratulations to Chris Brown (DMA) for being named a semi-finalist for the New World Symphony Orchestra bass trombone audition!  Chris also recently received 3rd place at the 2015 Zellmer Trombone Competition - sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra.  

 

• Congratulations to Austin Blake (MM) for accepting a position (after succesful audition) into the US Navy Fleet Bands! Anchors Aweigh, Austin...we'll miss you next year!

 

• Congratulations to Jake Reeves (BM) for being accepted into the 2015 Eastern Music Festival! Jake was also the State Winner for the MTNA Young Artist Solo Competition!

 

• Congratulations to Kevin Schoeller (BM/BME) for accepting a TA at the University of Wisconsin.  He will be entering the MM program, where he will study with Mark Hetzler.  Kevin also received offers from Indiana University (among others).  Kevin was recently named runner-up for the State Division of the MTNA Young Artist Solo Competition!

 

• Congratulations to Wilson Wong (DMA) for being appointed as a Counselor at this summer's Masterworks Festival! Wilson was also recently named a finalist for the New World Symphony Orchestra (bass trombone)!

 

• Congratulations to Luke Anders (BA) for recently being named as a Tate Scholar for UGA!  Double majoring in Biology and Music...and he makes it look easy!

 

• Congratulations to Brad Gwynn and Dustin Cofer for successfully passing their Sophomore Barrier Exam!