NEC Brass Bash + James Thatcher

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The Brass Bash celebrates the students in NEC’s brass department, and features performances for mixed brass ensemble as well as from our horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba classes. In addition, the event concludes with a mass brass choir, featuring all of our students in the performance of Respighi's' The Pines of the Appian Way  from The Pines of Rome. This year’s iteration is proud to feature renowned horn player, James Thatcher!

James Thatcher began his professional career at age 16 when he played and studied in Mexico City with his uncle, Gerald Thatcher, former principal hornist with the National Symphony of Mexico. Subsequent instructors have included Fred Fox, Don Peterson, Wendell Hoss, James Decker, Vincent DeRosa and master classes with Hermann Baumann. Mr. Thatcher has been a member of the Phoenix Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the Pacific Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

He is currently principal horn of the Pasadena Symphony, the New West Symphony and the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, but principally he is a studio player, a recipient of the Most Valuable Player Award from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences and “arguably the most often heard horn player in the world” due to his performances on some 70 to 80 films per year for the last 20 years.

James has the enviable position of being the favored first horn of multiple Oscar-winning composer John Williams performing in such films as Always, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Sleepers (in which he received an on-screen credit), Nixon, Schindler’s List, JFK, Sabrina, Home Alone, Rosewood, Seven Years in Tibet and The Patriot as well as the fanfare for the 1992 Olympics. He also works regularly with other Hollywood greats Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Randy Newman, John Barry, James Horner and Alan Silvestri to name a few and can be heard as well in the tracks to Glory, The Rocketeer, Field of Dreams, Monster House, X-Men: The Last Stand, Robots, Spider-Man 3, Ice Age, Polar Express, Beowulf, Dances with Wolves, Toy Story, Cars, Maverick, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Constantine, National Treasure, Transformers, The Simpsons Movie, Night at the Museum, Dinosaur, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, King Kong, Signs, Lady in the Water, Peter Pan, First Knight, Hook, Independence Day and the Star Trek films. Most recently, Mr. Thatcher was deemed principal horn in James Newton Howard’s soundtrack of The Last Airbender directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

Thatcher has joined Kristy Morrell on the faculty of the USC Thornton School of Music as the co-professor of Horn. Notable students include J. Greg Miller.

This is an in-person event with a public live stream: https://necmusic.edu/live

  1. Anthony DiLorenzo | Crimson Sky

    NEC Trumpet Class
    Matthew Mihalko, Reynolds Martin, Eddy Lanois, Maxwell DeForest,
    Nelson Martinez, Daniel Barak, Cody York, Alexandra Richmond,
    Ko Te Chen, Matthew Dao, Sebastián Haros

  2. Joe Buono | Transcendental Chorales

    NEC Trombone Class
    Alexander Knutrud, Alexander Russell, Allie Klaire Ledbetter, Ethan Lehman,
    Jaehan Kim, Devin Drinan, Kevin Smith, Noah Korenfeld, Quinn McGillis,
    Becca Bertekap;

    bass trombone: Jason Sato, Ki Yoon Park, Roger Dahlin, Scott Odou,
    David Paligora, Shin Tanaka

  3. Daniel Crozier | Two for Three for Three Tubas

    NEC Tuba Class
    Hayden Silvester, James Curto, Masaru Lin

  4. Dmitri Shostakovich | Festive Overture, op. 96

    arr. J. G. Miller

    NEC Horn Class
    Grace Clarke, Connor Strauss*, Xiaoran Xu, Noah Silverman, Willow Otten,
    Mauricio Martinez, Qianbin Zhu, Elijah Barclift, Mattias Bengtsson

    James Thatcher, guest horn
    Masaru Lin, tuba
    James Markey, conductor

    * Boston Conservatory student




  5. John Williams | Far and Away

    arr. Steven Mahpar

    Matthew Mihalko, Reynolds Martin, Eddie Lanois, Maxwell DeForest, Nelson Martinez, trumpet
    Grace Clarke, Xiaoran Xu, Elijah Barclift, Qianbin Zhu, Noah Silverman, horn
    Quinn McGillis, Allie Klaire Ledbetter, trombone
    Shin Tanaka, bass trombone
    Ethan Lehman, euphonium
    Hayden Silvester, James Curto, tuba
    Eli Reisz, Isabella Butler, Felix Ko, percussion and timpani
    James Thatcher, conductor
     

  6. Alfred Newman | Overture to How the West was Won

    arr. Steven Mahpar

    Daniel Barak, Ko Te Chen, Cody York, Alexandra Richmond, Sebastián Haros, trumpet
    Qianbin Zhu, Roshen Chatwal, Matthias Bengtsson, Graham Lovely, Mauricio Martinez, horn
    Eli Canales, Becca Bertekap, trombone
    David Paligora, bass trombone
    Noah Korenfeld, euphonium
    James Curto, Masaru Lin, tuba
    Eli Reisz, Isabella Butler, Felix Ko, percussion and timpani
    James Thatcher, conductor

  7. INTERMISSION

  8. Jerry Goldsmith | “The Final Game” from Rudy

    arr. Steven Mahpar

    Eddy Lanois, Matthew Mihalko, Matthew Dao, Nelson Martinez, Maxwell DeForest, trumpet
    Noah Silverman, Elijah Barclift, Grace Clarke, Xiaoran Xu, Roshen Chatwal, horn
    Kevin Smith, Alexander Russell, trombone
    Jason Sato, bass trombone
    Jaehan Kim, euphonium
    Masaru Lin, Hayden Silvester, tuba
    Eli Reisz, Isabella Butler, Felix Ko, percussion and timpani
    James Thatcher, conductor

  9. John Williams | “Adventures on Earth” from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)

    arr. Steven Mahpar

    Reynolds Martin, Matthew Dao, Ko Te Chen, Alexandra Richmond, trumpet
    Graham Lovely, Mauricio Martinez, Willow Otten, Mattias Bengtsson,     Noah Silverman, horn
    Noah Korenfeld, Devin Drinan, trombone
    Ki Yoon Park, bass trombone
    Scott Odou, euphonium
    James Curto, Hayden Silvester, tuba
    Eli Reisz, Isabella Butler, Felix Ko, percussion and timpani
    James Thatcher, conductor

  10. David Arnold | “End Titles” from Independence Day

    arr. Steven Mahpar

    Daniel Barak, Matthew Mihalko, Eddy Lanois, Cody York, Alexandra Richmond, trumpet
    Willow Otten, Xiaoran Xu, Qianbin Zhu, Graham Lovely, Mauricio Martinez, horn
    Noah Nichilo, Quinn McGillis, trombone
    Roger Dahlin, bass trombone
    Ethan Lehman, euphonium
    James Curto, Masaru Lin, tuba
    Eli Reisz, Isabella Butler, Felix Ko, percussion and timpani
    James Thatcher, conductor

  11. Ottorino Respighi | “The Pines of the Appian Way” from The Pines of Rome

    arr. J. Friedman

    Daniel Barak, Cody York, Alexandra Richmond, Eddy Lanois, Sebastián Haros,
    Maxwell DeForest, Matthew Dao, trumpet
    Willow Otten, Graham Lovely, Mattias Bengtsson, Xiaoran Xu, Qianbin Zhu,
    Grace Clarke, Noah Silverman, Mauricio Martinez, Elijah Barclift, Roshen Chatwal, horn
    Noah Korenfeld, Becca Bertekap, Noah Nichilo, Allie Klaire Ledbetter,
    Alexander Russell, Quinn McGillis, trombone
    Roger Dahlin, Scott Odou, Ki Yoon Park, Shin Tanaka, bass trombone
    Reynolds Martin, Matthew Mihalko, Nelson Martinez, Ko Te Chen, offstage trumpet
    Jaehan Kim, Kevin Smith, Devin Drinan, offstage trombone
    Jason Sato, Ethan Lehman, David Paligora, euphonium
    James Curto, Masaru Lin, Hayden Silvester, tuba
    Eli Reisz, Isabella Butler, Felix Ko, percussion and timpani
    James Markey, conductor

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