Emblems: American Music for Solo Tuba & Piano

Featuring

Justin Benavidez
Nick Weiser
Michael Daugherty
Bruce Broughton
Donald Grantham

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Performer Biography

Justin Benavidez was the first tubist to receive both the New Horizons Fellowship and the Orchestral Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival.

Composer Biography

Bruce Broughton, composer of the "Sonata for Tuba and Piano," is best known for his many motion picture scores, including "Silverado" and "The Rescuers Down Under."

Performer Biography

Justin Benavidez, the tuba player on this album, is Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Florida State University and was previously at Ithaca College School of Music.

Performer Biography

Nick Weiser, the pianist on this album, is proficient in both jazz and classical idioms, having performed at the Umbria Jazz Festival and Montreux Jazz Festival.

Composer Biography

Bruce Broughton has won a record 10 Emmy awards and received an Oscar nomination for his score to "Silverado" and a Grammy nomination for "Young Sherlock Holmes."

Composer Biography

Michael Daugherty's music has earned him three Grammy Awards, including Best Classical Contemporary Composition for his "Metropolis Symphony" and "Deus ex Machina."

Composer Biography

Michael Daugherty, composer of "Reflections on the Mississippi," is the son of a dance-band drummer and one of five brothers, all professional musicians.