Jay Krush is a native of the

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area whose busy career includes performing, composing, arranging, teaching and conducting. A founding member of the

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-winning

Chestnut Brass Company The Grammy winning Chestnut Brass Company is a Philadelphia brass quintet founded in 1977 to advance the skill and artistry of musical performance, as well as the knowledge and understanding of musical history with particular regard to brass instr ...

, he has performed on tuba and historical brasses with that ensemble for twenty five years, touring to forty nine of the U.S. States and to Europe, South America, Asia, Canada and the Caribbean. He can be heard on recordings with the Chesntut Brass Company on the Sony Classical, Naxos, Newport Classic, Polygram, Albany, Musical Heritage Society and Crystal labels. Mr. Krush is also a tubist with the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra and on the faculty of the Boyer College of Music at

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

where he teaches tuba and euphonium and directs the Contemporary Music Ensemble. As a composer he has written over seventy works, including two symphonies, for a wide variety of media and has received grants and awards from the

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, the

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, the

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and others. Krush holds a bachelor's degree in composition from the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music (B.M ...

and a Master's in performance from

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, where he studied with the Chicago Symphony's

Arnold Jacobs Arnold Maurice Jacobs (June 11, 1915 – October 7, 1998) was an American tubist who spent most of his career with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He held that position from 1944 until his retirement in 1988. Jacobs was considered one of the fo ...

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