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The Great American Brass Band Festival will return to Danville June 25-27, marking its 36th year as a free, family-friendly event celebrating brass music and community engagement. The three-day festival will feature performances from a variety of brass ensembles, highlighting both traditional and contemporary styles. 

In addition to live music, the festival will offer educational opportunities, including a free masterclass led by guest soloist Rex Richardson. Richardson, an internationally recognized trumpet performer and educator, has performed in dozens of countries and worked with prominent orchestras and ensembles.

See full article here at THE ADVOCATE-MESSENGER

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Rex is happy to announce he is now represented by Adelante Artists for concerts, clinics, and workshops. An exciting new chapter with a leading force in artist representation, recognized for advancing bold, original voices and shaping a more vibrant, inclusive cultural future.
“016 Fantasy by Rex Richardson is a highly virtuosic work for trumpet and piano, composed by one of today’s leading trumpet performers. The piece pushes the technical and expressive limits of the instrument, demanding exceptional control, endurance, and precision. Rapid passages, wide intervals, extreme registers, and complex articulations make this work particularly challenging. The piano part is fully integrated and engages in an intense musical dialogue with the soloist. Brilliant, powerful, and uncompromising, 016 Fantasy is intended for advanced performers and offers the audience an impressive display of modern trumpet virtuosity.”
-Editions BIM

I'm thrilled that Editions BIM and Editions Marc Reift have published my piece "016 Fantasy" for trumpet and piano. I wrote it to push myself to the very edges of my technique, as well as to challenge myself musically. However, for those of you who know this piece: this is a slightly shorter/less demanding version (no circular breathing required!), created for performance by Robbie Collins at the 2024 National Trumpet Competition. Thereafter, Robbie recorded the work.

Huge thanks to Robbie, to Marc Reift, and to Jeremy Mathez

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