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Upcoming Performances

August 15 at 8pm at The Suffolk - Performing behind Larry McCray, 2026 Blues Music Award Nominee for Album of the Year & Song of the Year. Purchase tickets here: https://thesuffolk.org/event/larry-mccray/

Recent Performances 

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2026
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May 9 
- JT's first Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) recital featuring works by living composers including Tomáš Borl, Martin Ellerby, Megumi Kanda, Eldad Tsasbury, and Carolina Calvache. 
May 3 - Performed John Luther Adams's "Crossing Open Ground" as part of the Band on a Can's 2026 Long Play Festival in Fort Greene Park. 
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March 28 - Performed Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Eduardo Leandro.
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February 28 - Performed Jessie Montgomery's "Transfigure to Grace" and Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite (1919)" with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Michelle Merrill. 
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2025 
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October 11 - Principal trombone for Brahms Symphony No. 1 with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alan Kay.
November 8 - Performed Fernando Arroyo's "Al Pie de la Montana", Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2, and Schumann's Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Anthony Parnther.​
May 21 - International Women's Brass Conference (IWBC) -
 Performed a trio recital with Matthew Nienow and Andrea Neumann. 
April 23 - Final Mater's Recital featuring works by Jean-Michele DeFaye, Perry Goldstein, Charles Small, Jane Saunders, and Léon Stekke. 
March 29 - Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Eduardo Leandro. Performing Ibert's Flute Concerto and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5.
March 6 - Contemporary Chamber Players Concert at Stony Brook University.
​February 19 - EarFest. Performing Jane Saunders's Signal, Breath & Frame: Six Short Studies for Trombone and Fixed Media. 
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​2024 
November 19 - JT premiered a solo for trombone, electronics, and visuals composed by Jane Saunders at the Contemporary Chamber Music Concert, as well as performing on Reiny Rolock's New Work for cello, clarinet, trombone, percussion, and electronics. 
November 2 - Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jens Georg Bachmann. Performed Debussy's Prelude à L'après-midi d'un faun, Ravel's La valse and Daphnis et Chloe, Suite 2, and Patrick Burgan's La Chute de Lucifer with trombone soloist, Matthew Nienow.
​October 5 ​- Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Paul Watkins. Performing Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 and Elgar's Enigma Variations.
April 30 - JT's first Master's recital featuring works by Bozza, Casterede, Busser, Albinoni, Corelli, and Telemann.
April 8 - Battle of the Big Bands featuring the Stony Brook Jazz Orchestra, Hofstra University Big Band, and LIU Post Big Band.
March 23 - Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra Concert with Paul Watkins, conductor. Highlights include Brahms 2, Grime's Near Midnight, and Bartok's ​Viola Concerto.
February 17, 2024 - Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra Concert performing Bruckner 4 with Jens Georg Bachmann, conductor.
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2023
December 2 - Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra Concert with Alan R. Kay, conductor. Highlights include Coleridge-Taylor's Christmas Overture as well as Falla's Three Cornered Hat Suite.
December 11 - Stony Brook Jazz Orchestra directed by Marty Ehrlich.
​November 4 - Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra Concert performing Shostakovich 9 with Anthony Parnther, conductor.
October 8 - Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra Concert with Eduardo Leandro, conductor.
May 14 - Trombonist of Beluga Brass Quintet playing during the University of Hartford commencement ceremonies.
May 5 - Substitute principal trombone with the Wesleyan Orchestra. 
April 24 - Hartt Foot in the Door NAXOS Recording session for composer Ken Steen's moments after...
March 8 - Hartt Foot in the Door Concert featuring the music of Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, David Lang. 
February 20 - Hartt Brass Ensemble performs at the annual Hartt Collage Concert. 


2022
May 15 - Trombonist of the Graduate Brass Quintet playing during the University of Hartford commencement ceremonies.
May 3 - NAXOS Recordings with the Hartt Wind Ensemble for works by Shuying Li and Jess Turner. 
​March 27 - Performing group in Open Source: Queer Coded - An LGBTQ+ Concert.
March 26 - Hartt Wind Ensemble Diversity Concert featuring the music of composers in residence: Carlos Simon (Amen!), Omar Thomas (Come Sunday), Kevin Day (Havana), and Valarie Coleman (Fanfare for Uncommon Times).

2021
December 17 - HartAttack A Cappella and the University of Hartford A Cappella Coalition open for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. 
December 3 - Hartt Orchestra Concert - Marconi's Picture Palace, Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2, and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 - Pathetique (principal trombone).
November 3 - Hartt Composition Dept. Public Werks Concert. Premiered Haneef Nelson's Experiments in Brass: The Fairy Tale.
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