Darryl White, Scott Anderson, Craig Fuller, K. Craig Bircher, Alan Mattingly

Plans for the Spring!

We have a couple of interesting performances this spring. One is at the BrassFest at Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina. We will be performing with our Director of Bands on the horn chair. Dr. Carolyn Barber has toured with us before and we are happy to have her back for this tour.

In addition to the BrassFest, we will be working on new repertoire for our UNL recital. We have always enjoyed playing with Mary Bircher. She is a wonderfully insightful musician and the harp adds a new color to the brass quintet timbre. She will join us on William Schmidt's Music For Scrimshaws .

The University of Nebraska Brass Quintet
Darryl White and K. Craig Bircher, Trumpets
Alan Mattingly, Horn
Scott Anderson, Trombone
Craig Fuller, Tuba
Mary Bircher, Harp
March 12, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Kimball Recital Hall
program (coming soon)

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Recent Performance Photos

Publicity for BrassFest at Gardner-Webb University on February 17, 2012

Performance of Copernicus with the US Army Band (Pershing's Own) on January 29, 2011

Meadowlark Music Festival (September 18, 2010)

We had a great time playing at the festival! It was a bit Autumnal that evening, but the audience was receptive and we got to play some of our favorite music!

Thanks to Tamara Cass for all of her hard work putting this together. She did a wonderful job.

Czech Premiere of Copernicus with the Prague Castle Guard Band (They're amazing!)

Playing at the top of a Czech Castle!

The Program

We found a centuries-old pub! Craig, Scott, Craig, Alan, Joel, Anita, and Darryl.

2009 Omaha Chamber Music Society (photos courtesy of John Kubat)

The University of Nebraska Brass Quintet at the Concerthall of the Westbohemian Museum in Plzen in 2007.

Quintet Member Bios:

Darryl White is Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, but his talent is more than academic. This accomplished faculty member, lecturer and soloist is an expert performer, earning a name at jazz festivals, clubs, orchestras and studios as a soloist. As a faculty member, lecturer and soloist of the Mile High Jazz Camp since 1990, White’s performance experience includes a wide range of idioms. He has appeared as guest soloist with the Omaha Symphony, Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, Mesa Chamber Orchestra, Grand Junction Symphony, Lake Forest Chamber Orchestra, Roaring Fork Jazz Festival, University of Nebraska Faculty Brass Quintet, the University Faculty Jazz Quartet and many other solo appearances and guest clinicians with college jazz bands and orchestras across the country. A native of Warren, Ohio, White has been playing trumpet since the age of 10. Before his current position at the University of Nebraska, White’s first college teaching experience was at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo. in 1993 where he taught for two years. White holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Youngstown State University, a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Colorado. While in Denver, he was a member of the Aries Brass Quintet-in residence at University of Denver-Lamont School of Music and the Denver Brass. At Lamont he was Instructor of Trumpet and also participated with the Faculty Jazz Quintet.White can be heard on several recordings including performances with the Denver Brass, “Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue” on Centaur Records, 1997; and “America, The Golden Dream” on Delos International, 1996. He can also be heard on the Capri Record Label with tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman. White can be heard on the 1999 release, “Hard Times”, featuring jazz great Joe Bonner and a 1997 release entitled “Out on Whim”.White currently has two solo recordings released. The first is a 1999 release entitled, “Ancient Memories,” and a 2002 release entitled “In the Fullness of Time";. This newest release features several original compositions including “Lil I” featured on the PBS special “New Beginnings”.  

K. Craig Bircher is Lecturer of Music and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has performed as Associate Principal Trumpet of the Omaha Symphony, Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Opera Omaha since 1981. Mr. Bircher is frequently featured as a jazz soloist on the Orchestra’s Super Pops Series and has also appeared as soloist with the Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Orchestral performances outside of Omaha include the Des Moines Metro Opera and the Colorado Music Festival. A native of Hutchinson, Kansas, he holds degrees from Wichita State University and the University of Michigan where he studied with Armando Ghitalla. He has been on the faculty at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Creighton University. Mr. Bircher is an enthusiastic performer of all types of chamber music and has performed at the New College Music Festival, New York Brass Quintet Seminar, Annapolis Brass Quintet Festival, Vermont Mozart Festival, Bach Aria Festival and Summit Brass Conference. He is a founding member of the Gore Range Brass Quintet, a quintet spending it’s summers in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado since 1983 and has toured and recorded with the Boulder Brass. He is often heard in recital with Omaha Symphony principal harpist, Mary Bircher. The duo has two recordings, "Celebrations and Ceremonies" and "A Royal Celebration," featuring music of Handel for trumpet and harp.

Alan Mattingly is Associate Professor of Horn at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where his duties include the private instruction of the horn studio, conducting the horn choir, and teaching music theory and aural skills classes. Prior to his a! ppointment at UNL, Mattingly was the horn professor at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC, where he performed with the Smoky Mountain Brass quintet, and was principal horn with the Spartanburg (SC) Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hendersonville Symphony, and associate principal/third horn with the Asheville (NC) Symphony Orchestra.   Mattingly received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Alabama and his Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees from Florida State University where his principal teachers were Charles Snead and William Capps, respectively. While attending the University of Alabama, where he was twice a concerto competition winner, Mattingly played third horn with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. While at Florida State University, he was principal horn with the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra and second horn in the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. He also took first prize at the state and regional rounds of the MTNA Collegiate Artist Competition and had a second place finish in the University Division of the American Horn Competition. His other orchestral engagements have included the Owensboro (KY) Symphony Orchestra and the Paducah (KY) Symphony Orchestra. Mattingly has performed throughout the United States, Canada, England, and Russia with major performances at conventions of the International Horn Society, the International Trumpet Guild, the Spoleto Festival, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.

Scott Anderson is Professor of Trombone at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the head of the Brass and Percussion Area and trombonist in the University of Nebraska Brass Quintet. Dr. Anderson has taught at St. Cloud State University, the University of Minnesota, the MacPhail School of Music, and Dana College. He earned degrees from the University of Minnesota (DMA 1995), Northwestern University (MM 1987) and Iowa State University (BM 1985). He studied with Thomas Ashworth, the late Frank Crisafulli and Dr. David Stuart. Dr. Anderson is active as a recitalist, chamber musician with the University of Nebraska Brass Quintet and as an orchestral musician. He has performed solo recitals throughout the United States including Iowa State University, Concordia University, Luther College (Iowa), Trinity College (Texas), The University of Memphis, St. Cloud State University (Minnesota) and the University of Nebraska. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Dallas Brass, the Strategic Air Command Band, the ACC Heartland of America Band, the Twin Ports Wind Orchestra, the University of Nebraska Wind Ensemble, the University of Nebraska Symphonic Band, the Omaha Wind Symphony, the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, the Iowa State University Symphony Orchestra, the Lincoln Municipal Band, the New Music Agency and the Iowa State University Wind Ensemble. As a member of the University of Nebraska Brass Quintet, he has toured extensively throughout the United States as well as internationally with recitals in the Czech Republic. Anderson is an active orchestral performer on trombone, tenor tuba and bass trumpet and has performed nationally and internationally as Principal and Second Trombone with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Omaha Symphony and the Des Moines Symphony and as second trombone in the Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Ballet and Opera Omaha. He has performed under the direction of a number of conductors including Osmo Vanska, Christopher Hogwood, John Williams, Eiji Oue, Robert Shaw, Neeme Järvi, Christoph Eschenbach, David Zinman, Michael Stern, Hans Vonk, Christopher Wilkins, and Edo de Waart. As lead or principal trombonist, Dr. Anderson has performed on numerous national touring productions including Chicago, The Producers, Ragtime, 42nd Street, A Chorus Line, Hello Dolly and Victor/Victoria. He has also played in concerts backing Lou Rawls, The Lettermen, Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme, The Moody Blues, The Temptations, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Pam Tillis, Mannheim Steamroller, Marvin Hamlisch and Mark O'Connor to name a few. Scott is a Courtois performing artist.

Craig Fuller is Senior Lecturer of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Principal Tubist of the Omaha Symphony. He is a frequent soloist with the Omaha Symphony, both on tour and on the Orchestra's Omaha series concerts. Fuller has performed in the Chicago Symphony for a week of Subscription Concerts in Orchestra Hall with Daniel Baremboim conducting. Earlier in his career, he also played extra tuba with the Boston Symphony and toured with the Henry Mancini Orchestra. Fuller is a graduate of Indiana University where he received his undergraduate degree and a Performer's Certificate. His primary teacher was Harvey Phillips and other teachers have included Gene Pokorny and Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony, Ronald Bishop, of the Cleveland Orchestra and Roger Bobo, formerly of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.Mr. Fuller also attended the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood as a Beranek fellowship recipient. He participated in the Yale Summer School of Music and Art, the Aspen Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West.In 1985 he was recognized by the Omaha Jaycees for his community service and professional achievements and named an "Outstanding Young Omahan". Craig is a clinician for Custom Music Company, distributor of Hirsbrunner Musical Instruments, AG Sumiswald, Switzerland. He also is a consultant for the N. P. Griffith company of Omaha, maker of tuba and euphonium mutes.

For quintet booking or concert information contact Scott Anderson at: 402-472-2488