Upcoming Schedule

2001

• May 3-8th: Germany with NOVUM, Neue Elbland Philharmonie

Five concerts with Haydn Trumpet Concerto:
• May 3 in Pirna, Tannensäle, 7:30 pm
• May 4 in Grossenhain, Kulturzentrum Krone, 7 pm
• May 5 in Coswig, Börse
• May 6 in Riesa, Stadthalle Stern, 7:30 pm
• May 7 FREE DAY-probabaly teach masterclass
• May 8 in Crimmitschau, Theater, 7:30pm
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• May 23rd: Concert in Atlanta with Georgia Brass
• May 24-26th: ITG Conference
• June  10-16th: Teach and play at Summit Brass, Raphael Mendez Institute

Cincinnatti CC of Music
• June 17-July 1st: Concerts and Masterclasses with Sao Paulo State Band, Brazil
• July 1-6th: Play with Evandro Matte & Fernanado Costi ensembles, SOAR & NH Band

Porto Alegre & Caxais do Sul
• July 7-14th: Concerts & Masterclasses at Londrina Festival, Brazil
• July 15-27th: Dir. Brass Festival at Hartwick College, Oneonta NY
• July 21st: Brass Spectacular w/Dean, Ohanian, Zalkind & Perantoni
for more info: Phone: 800 -388 0337
• July 28-Aug 5th: Villersexel Academy of Brass & Dance

Villersexel, France
Concerts & Masterclasses with BQs; with guests Epsilon Brass
• August 12th: Georgia Brass perform at  Fall Convocation at 6 pm
• August 17-25th: EPSIVAL - Epsilon Brass - Brass Festival in Yrieix la Perche

(near  Limoges -about 400 Kms south of Paris, in the center of the France).

Recent Schedule

2001

• March 14-18th: SECOND UGA BRASS QUINTET COMPETITION  & Brass Festival Conference 2001

At UGA Hodgeson & Ramsey Hall March 14th to 18th, 2001.
Application information is available on the UGA web site.

2000

• May 6-20th:  School of Music at "Univeridade Federal de Goias" Concerts and workshops.
• May 24-27th: International Trumpet Guild at Purchase, NY
• June 19-24th: Narbonne, France, Festival and Brass Quintet Competition, soloist and Jury
• June 26th: Peanut Brass Quintet. Performance in Valdosta, GA
• June 28-July 11th: Soloist and workshops at "Londrina Festival" in Londrina, Brazil.
• July 12-22nd: Director of Hartwick College Summer Music BRASS Festival in Oneonta NY.

Masterclasses and BQ performances with Festival Brass including Dan Parentoni, Marty Hackelman, Larry Zalkind & Malcolm McNab.
• July 24-29th: Chateau de Villersexel,  France. Solo recitals and masterclasses.
• July  30-August 5th: FAME Summer School in Lawrenceville, NJ. Soloist and masterclasses.
• August 23-27th: Maria Tafler Brass Tage – Niederosterreich (Melk)

Masterclass and Concerts with "Art of Brass Vienna".
• October 14th: Concert with the RENNQUINTETT in Sundern, Germany

part of Sauerland Herbst

• Luurs Metalls Course: From February 5-8, Fred was in Valencia, Spain, to play with the Spanish Brass, teaching and playing solos.  A brass quintet course was also being held there.
• March 9-13, 1999: UGA Brass Quintet Conference in Athens, Georgia.
• March 23, 1999: "Swinging Spring with the Georgia Brass" featuring some "Fresh Gershwin" with Sammy Nestico.
• Concerts in Germany:
• 08.April: Pauluskirche in Hambach with Axel Thirolf (trumpet) and Ullrich Loschky (organ)
• 09.April: Lutherkirche in Worms with opus 5 (brass quintet)
• 10.April: St. Johannis Kirche Wuerzburg with opus 5 (brass quintet)
• 11.April: Zentrum in Zell (near Stuttgart) with opus 5 (brass quintet)

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• 12.April: Alte Feuerwache in Mannheim with Mannheim Brass
• 13.April: Evang. Kirche in Kirn with Klaus Huck (trumpet) and Ullrich Loschky (organ)
• 14.April: Gustav-Adolf-Kirche in Schifferstadt with the RENNQUINTETT

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• Workshop/Concert in Austria:
• 15. - 18. April: Workshop in Neuhofen/Ybbs, OSTARRICHI-KULTURHOF
• 18. April: Pfarrkirche Neuhofen/Ybbs with Hans Gansch (trumpet) and Michael Stephanides (organpositv)

• Fred Mills performed and taught at Summit Brass's Raphael Mendez Institute this June at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
• From July 16 to 25, Fred  performed and directed masterclasses at the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival in Oneonta, NY. There was a special Brass Spectacular on July 25, featuring the "Bulldog Brass" and the "Festival Brass Quintet".This group includes Fred Mills, Dan Perantoni  (tuba professor, Indiana University), Tom Bacon (horn professor, Arizona State), Larry Zalkind (solo trombone, Utah Symphony), and Tim  Morrison (former solo trumpet with the Boston Pops, and presently free-lance artist in Hollywood, California, movie studios). All five gentlemen also performed on the brass faculty solo recital July 23.
• From July 27 to August 10, Fred Mills was in  Australia with the "New World Brass Quintet".  The "World" includes  Michael Thompson (horn soloist, English Chamber Orchestra) , Floyd Cooley (tuba, San Francisco Symphony), Paul Goodchild (solo trumpet, Sydney Opera), and Michael Mulcahy (trombone, Chicago Symphony) & Mills.  The Australian National Academy of Music was the hosts to a course for 25 of the best young Australian brass players in Melbourne for a 2 week residency. The "World" gave solo recitals, masterclasses and quintet concerts in Melbourne.
• Jever Brass Academy: Fred Mills gave masterclasses Sept 16-20 along with a solo appearance with a quintet from the "World Brass". This quintet had a night free from their busy German tour.
• Fred recorded a CD with Rennquintett, a German brass quintet. Mills and More is released now. See the Rennquintett web page for details.