Published October 2, 2024
MONROE, LA – The School of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Louisiana Monroe is
preparing to host two concerts. Performer-Composer Brian KM will present a recital
for horn and electronics on October 7. 956 Brass, a faculty brass ensemble from the
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will present a recital on October 23.
Brian KM – Monday, October 7 – 7:30 p.m.
Performer-composer Brian KM will present “Picture This”, a recital for horn and electronics
on Monday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall on the ULM Campus.
He will also hold workshops for ULM students on music and entrepreneurship, artificial
intelligence code of ethics for artists, and electronic music composition.
Brian has performed his original compositions for horn and electronics in over 100
venues in the United States, Australia, and Canada, and served as Principal Horn of
the United States Navy’s US Pacific Fleet Band in Pearl Harbor, Hawaiʻi. While serving
in the Navy, he was a featured soloist and regular horn player for the organization’s
premiere brass quintet, Harbor Brass and wind quintet, Trade Winds. He has performed
at five FRINGE Festival Events and was featured at The International Horn Society
Conference in 2021, as well as The Boston New Music Initiative in 2022 and 2024.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in music therapy along with a performance certificate
from Shenandoah Conservatory and a master’s degree in horn performance from the University
of Maryland.
Admission is free and open to the public.
956 Brass – Wednesday, October 23 – 7:30 p.m.
956 Brass, a faculty brass ensemble from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley,
will present a recital on Wednesday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn
Recital Hall.
The members of 956 Brass are William Haugeberg, DM, Monica C. Martinez, DMA, and Alexander
Sanso, DMA. In addition to holding faculty positions at UTRGV, all three are active
professional musicians, having performed as soloists, chamber musicians, and in orchestras
throughout the region and beyond.
Their program will include original and transcribed works for brass trio by Anton
Reicha, Gina Gillie, Ivette Herryman Rodriguez, and Shanyse Strickland.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the ULM School of Visual and Performing Arts, visit ulm.edu/vapa
