Anne McNamara

The ISU Trumpet studio is excited to host Professor Wiff Rudd from Baylor University on Monday October 28-Tuesday October 29, 2024. All events are open to the public.

Anne has the following scheduled performances for Fall 2024:

Sunday September 15th, 1-5 pm ISU ILMEA Band Audition Preparation Day
*Interested high school students should sign up here

Heartland Festival Orchestra A Deep Dive into Beethoven’s 7th Symphony
Saturday September 28th, 7:30 pm, Five Points Washington

Illinois State University Faculty Brass Quintet Recital
Tuesday November 5th, 7:30 pm, Kemp Recital Hall ISU campus

Heartland Festival Orchestra Chaplin’s “The Kid” & “The Count”
Saturday November 9th, 7:30 pm, ICC Performing Arts Center

IWBC Holiday Brass: St. Louis, MO
Monday December 2-Tuesday December 3, 2024

Peoria Ballet Company The Nutcracker
Saturday-Sunday December 14-15, 2024

 

Anne had an amazing time performing and presenting at the 2024 International Women’s Brass Conference in Mito City, Japan this past August. She performed the flugelhorn solo chair with the Sakura Brass band (combined Athena Brass Band and Japan Ladies Brass) on the Friday night concert. Anne also presented on her qualitative research, “Behind their Desk: The Collective Experience of Non-Male Trumpet Professors” that Friday morning at the conference.

 

On Friday June 14, 2024, Drs. Anne and Shawn McNamara presented a workshop on Brass Pedagogy for the Illinois State University Band Director Workshop.
McNamara Band Director Workshop Presentation Handout

Anne enjoyed presenting on her research at the ITG 2024 conference. Here is a write up from ITG.

Anne will have a few performances during summer 2024:

Heartland Festival Orchestra, May 25th, 7:30 pm Five Points Washington
Red, White & Rhapsody in Blue

International Trumpet Guild Conference New Words Recital #1
Wednesday May 29th 12:30-2 pm Garden Grove, CA

Sinfonia de Camera, July 13th, 7:30 pm Hessel Park Champaign, IL

International Women’s Brass Conference,Athena Brass Band featured concert Mito City, Japan, 7:30 pm, Friday August 16th

On February 1, 2024, Anne performed flugelhorn with the Athena Brass Band at the Ohio Music Educator’s Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

It was such a blast making new connections and reconnecting with friends. The band sounded incredible! Anne’s looking forward to performing on flugel again with them in Japan at the 2024 International Women’s Brass Conference!

Anne will present with the I.S.U. Faculty Brass Quintet at the Illinois Music Educator’s Conference on Thursday January 25th at 3 pm at the Peoria Civic Center.
FBQ Handout: How to Utilize Chamber Music to Strengthen Your Instrumental Music Program

She is also presenting a class with Dr. Ianthea Calhoun at the Ohio Music Educators Association Conference on Friday February 2nd at 8 am in Cleveland, Ohio. Anne is also performing the flugelhorn chair with the Athena Brass Band at the Thursday February 1st evening concert. For more details: OMEA Guidebook
Fundamental Frameworks for Trumpet Handout

This Fall 2023, Dr. McNamara will have several performances that are open to the public. For livestream information, please visit: https://events.illinoisstate.edu/organizer/school-of-music/

Anne McNamara Illinois State University Faculty Recital:
Sunday September 3, 2023, 1 pm, Kemp Recital Hall

Heartland Festival Orchestra Concert: Video Games in Concert
Saturday September 23, 2023, 7:30 pm, Five Points Washington

Dr. Angelo Favis Faculty Recital performance:
Tuesday September 26th, 2023, 8 pm, Kemp Recital Hall

Illinois State University University Chorale Concert Performance:
Sunday October 15th, 6 pm, Center for Performing Arts

Heartland Festival Orchestra Concert: The Original Phantom of the Opera Film with Orchestra Saturday October 28th, 7:30 pm, Five Points Washington

Illinois State University Civic Chorale Handel’s Messiah
Sunday November 12th, 3 pm, Center for Performing Arts

Illinois State University Wind Symphony Featured Soloist
Wednesday November 15th, 8 pm, Center for Performing Arts

Heartland Festival Orchestra and the Peoria Ballet’s Nutcracker
Performances: December 9th & 10th

 

We had a tremendous 2022-2023 school year! In addition to many successful performances on campus, we had several guest artists come work with the studio: John Cord, Matt Vangjel, Raquel Samayoa and Jacinda Ripley. Three of our students graduated and are heading off to grad school too!

In April, I.S.U. Trumpet Studio member and president of the Music Student Multicultural Association, KT Freimuth, helped host the first ever Music and Disability Convocation through the help of the School of Music, the Sage Foundation and assistance from Dr. McNamara. The convocation featured guest artists Dr. Catherine Lewis, Andy Slater and Molly Joyce.

In mid May, Dr. McNamara performed the solo flugelhorn chair with the Athena Brass Band at their spring concert in Louisville, KY!