Graham Ashton is a British-born naturalized American trumpeter and composer for brass. Ashton first formed his group, the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble in London in 1989, then reformed the ensemble with virtuoso brass players from New York City. In addition to his own compositions Ashton has sought new compositions for trumpet from other composers. He is Professor of Trumpet and Chair of Brass at
Purchase College, State University of New York
The State University of New York at Purchase (commonly Purchase College or SUNY Purchase) is a Public college, public Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Purchase, New York. It is one of 13 comprehensive colleges ...
since 1999.
Selected compositions
*"Birdsong"
*"Fantasia Upon a Ground after Purcell"
*"Fantasy on Catherine's Song"
Discography
*''The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble plays the music of
James Pugh and Daniel Schnyder''
Signum Records
Signum Records, also known as Signum Classics, is a classical musical record label in the UK founded in 1997.
The label began with a project to make the first recording of the complete works of Thomas Tallis.
The artists for the Tallis recordin ...
*''Scenes of Spirits'', Signum Records
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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