3rd Sunday Concert Series at Christ Church

THE THIRD SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES

THE THIRD SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES NEWS RELEASE

Christ Episcopal Church
120 S. New Hampshire Street
Covington, Louisiana 70433

Media Contact: Margaret Mashburn
(985) 626-5714
mmashbur@bellsouth.net

November 24, 2007

BRASS CONCERT IN THIRD SUNDAY SERIES

The Third Sunday Concert Series at Christ Episcopal Church in Covington will host the Southeastern Brass on Sunday, December 16 at 5 p.m.

The all-faculty quintet will choose among a collection of diverse music for the evening's performance to include interesting and captivating arrangements of Holiday favorites as well as other works for brass quintet.

Performing will be Bryan DePoy on trumpet, Casie Forbes on tuba, Logan Place on trumpet, Frederick Wild on horn, and Timothy W. Schneider on trombone.

Bryan DePoy is currently the Assistant Dean for the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Southeastern Louisiana University. He earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from Indiana University, the Master of Music Degree from the University of New Mexico, and the Doctor of Music from Florida State University. Dr. DePoy became a member of Southeastern’s music faculty in 1999 after serving on the faculty at Delta State University from 1993-1999. He was the Professor of Trumpet at Southeastern prior to assuming his current position. As an accomplished musician and teacher, Dr. DePoy has performed and given clinics abroad, including Australia, England, and Sweden. In addition, he has a wide variety of performance experience, including performances with orchestras such as the Memphis Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. Additionally, he has been a regular member of the Saenger Theater Orchestra, and has performed with such legends as Mel Torme, Barry Manilow, and Yanni. He has recorded with the renowned New Mexico Brass Quintet and the jazz vocal group Five By Design. Dr. DePoy’s former students, which number in the hundreds, are currently performing or teaching across the country, and several have continued their graduate studies at prestigious institutions such as Indiana University, the University of Maryland, and Howard University.

Casie Forbes is among the newest generation of female tuba soloists in the United States today. In December of 2003, she earned a Masters of Music degree in tuba performance from Louisiana State University where she studied with Dr. Joseph Skillen. Prior to this, she was a student of Dr. Kenneth Kroesche at Western Carolina University, where she received a Bachelor's degree. In the fall of 2004, Ms. Forbes began her teaching career as the Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. She is also the Music Director at St. John Catholic School in Plaquemine. In addition, Ms. Forbes assists at local high schools around Baton Rouge and teaches for the Salvation Army. As an emerging artist, Ms. Forbes has competed around the country, as well as in Canada. In 1998, she was selected to give her first performance in Carnegie Hall in New York City with the National Wind Ensemble. She was Runner-up in the Music Teacher's National Association's National Brass Solo Competition in 1999. In the following year, Ms. Forbes spent her summer performing with the Walt Disney Collegiate All Star Band in Orlando, Florida and won the Jackson County Civic Orchestra's Concerto Competition performing as a soloist with that orchestra. In 2003, she was a semifinalist in the Hellam Young Artists' Competition in Springfield, Missouri. Currently, Ms. Forbes is the Assistant Band Director at Fountainebleau High School in Mandeville.

Logan Place is currently the trumpet instructor at Southeastern Louisiana University. Prior to his arrival in 2007, Mr. Place worked as an active freelance musician and teacher in Texas and Arkansas. He holds a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, a Masters degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of North Texas, and has completed studies toward a Doctorate in Trumpet Performance from the University of North Texas. Mr. Place has performed with numerous orchestras, wind ensembles and chamber groups, including the South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Allen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra at Park Cities, and the Little Rock Wind Symphony. Additionally he can be heard on recordings with the University of North Texas Wind Symphony, University of North Texas Symphonic Band, and the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra. As an active Baroque Trumpet performer Mr. Place has performed with the Orchestra of New Spain and the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra. In 2005 Mr. Place won the Fantini Division of the Baroque Trumpet Competition held every year as a part of the National Trumpet Competition in Fairfax, Virginia.

Frederick Wild is in his third year of teaching and his second year as the talented music instructor at Northshore High School. Previously, he was the Assistant Director of Bands at Fontainebleau High while concurrently serving as the horn instructor at Southeastern. Mr. Wild graduated cum laude from Loyola University in 1998, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. After receiving his Master’s in Music in French Horn Performance from Florida State University in 2000, Mr. Wild pursued a career as a professional musician and has performed with many ensembles throughout the south including the Tallahassee Symphony, Florida West Coast Symphony, Savannah Symphony, and the Symphony of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Since returning to his native New Orleans Mr. Wild has performed with Josh Groban, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Jefferson Performing Arts Society. In addition to his teaching duties at Northshore High School, Mr. Wild is the Assistant Principal Horn of the Gulf Coast Symphony.

Timothy W. Schneider is the Principal at Fontainebleau Junior High School in Mandeville. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from the University of New Orleans, a Master of Music Education from Loyola University in New Orleans, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. Before assuming his current post, Dr. Schneider was the Assistant Principal and Director of Bands at Northshore High School. Dr. Schneider has also served as Instructor of Trombone and Euphonium at Southeastern Louisiana University from 1993 – 1995. In 1995, Dr. Schneider was honored as Bandmaster of the Year by LBA and was chosen Teacher of the Year at Northshore High School in 2001. Dr. Schneider is currently the principal trombonist with the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, a regular member of the Saenger Theater and Tulane Summer Lyric Orchestras, and a substitute with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed for such artists as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Frankie Valle, and the Temptations. He was a founding board member of the Musical Arts Association of Slidell and a member of the Slidell Community Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble.

All concerts in the Third Sunday series are free, open to the public, and followed by a reception where the audience can meet the performers.

The series is supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered by the St. Tammany Arts Commission.

Christ Church is located at 120 S. New Hampshire in Covington at the entrance to Bogue Falaya Park. For more information, contact the church office at (985) 892-3177.