Connecting trumpeters with composers of some great new works!
Classical music is a LIVING art form! Where would we be had Anton Weidinger not asked Haydn and Hummel to write for his newfangled chromatic trumpet? My professional life has been inspired by the incredible voices of our time, the Beethovens of tomorrow. Among the things I am most proud to leave behind are the works I have commissioned alone or with consortia and those works I have been lucky enough to bring to their first audience.
That work has been institutional as well as personal. From 2011 to 2018 I served on the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild, chairing its New Works Committee and sitting on its Commissioning Committee — the bodies charged with bringing new music into the trumpet world and getting it into players’ hands. The list below is the same project at individual scale.
Publishers are named where a work is in print, and piano reductions are noted. If you are programming any of this music and want to talk it through, write to me at majesty@majesticbrass.com.
Works for Trumpet and Orchestra
- George Tsontakis – True Colors for Trumpet and Orchestra (Published by PocoForte Music)
Commissioned for Eric Berlin by Albany Symphony Orchestra - Evan Hause – Trumpet Concerto (published by E.B. Marks) Piano Reduction Available
Commissioned for Eric Berlin by Albany Symphony Orchestra
Works for Trumpet and Band
- Evan Hause – Concerto for Trumpet – (published by E.B. Marks) Piano Reduction Available
Wind Ensemble Orchestration Commissioned by Eric Berlin for the UMass Wind Ensemble - Stephen Paulus – Concerto for Two Trumpets (Published by Paulus Publications)
WE Orchestration Commissioned by Eric Berlin for the 2007 International Trumpet Guild Conference - James Stephenson – Duo Fantastique for Two Trumpets and Band (Published by Stephenson Music)
Commissioned by Eric Berlin and the Charles Schlueter Foundation for the 2007 International Trumpet Guild Conference - James Stephenson – Concerto for Trumpet (Published by Stephenson Music)
WE Orchestration Commissioned by Eric Berlin for the 2007 International Trumpet Guild Conference - Jeffrey Wayne Holmes – Continuum for Trumpet, Trombone and Wind Ensemble (Self Published)
Commissioned by Eric Berlin for the UMass Wind Ensemble, Eric Berlin and Greg Spiridopoulos - Joseph Turrin – The Sounding of the Call
Part of the premier consortium for 2012 Ellsworth Smith Competition
Works for Trumpet and Piano
- Robert Bradshaw – Notes for Buddy for Trumpet and Piano (Published by Beauport Press)
Commissioned by Eric Berlin in honor of his beloved canine companion of 14 years - Evan Hause – Concerto for Trumpet Piano Reduction (published by E.B. Marks)
Piano reduction Commissioned by Eric Berlin - Robert Bradshaw – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (part of premier consortium) (Beauport Press) Howard Buss – Skylines for Trumpet and Piano
Premiered by Eric Berlin at ITG 2003 Fort Worth
Works for Trumpet Ensemble
- James Stephenson – UnPlugged for Eight Trumpets
Commissioned by Eric Berlin for the UMass Trumpet Ensemble for 2015 National Trumpet Competition - Jeffrey Wayne Holmes – Sevens Realm for Seven Trumpets (Self Published)
Commissioned by Eric Berlin for the UMass Trumpet Ensemble for 2015 National Trumpet Competition - Jeffrey Wayne Holmes – Herald Emeritus Fanfare for Four Trumpet (Self Published)
Written in honor of Walter Chesnut - Emmanuel Rubin – Trumpetasia for Trumpet Ensemble
Chamber Works including Trumpet
- James Stephenson – Martha Uncaged (part of commissioning consortium)
- Evan Hause – Street Jam for Trumpet and Bongos
Commissioned by Eric Berlin for 2005 ITG Recital Bangkok, Thailand - James Stephenson – Vignettes for Trumpet and Percussion (Published by Stephenson Music)
Commissioned by Eric Berlin for 2005 ITG Recital Bangkok, Thailand - Salvatore Macchia – End of the Matter for Trumpet and Percussion
Written for Eric Berlin and Eduardo Leandro - Eric Ewazen – Three Lyrics for Trumpet and Marimba
Arrangement for Eric Berlin and Eduardo Leandro for 2005 ITG Recital Bangkok, Thailand - Charles Bestor – Concerto Piccolo for Trumpet and Electronics
- Michael Elison – Elegy for Trumpet, Saxophone and Percussion
Commissioned for “Uncommon Trio” Eric Berlin, Demetrius Spanaeas and Mark Adamski