Brass Flexibilities

Anne McNamara

18 min · 1 de dic de 2025
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An interview with Anne McNamara Anne McNamara is the Associate Professor of Trumpet at Illinois State University where her duties involve teaching applied trumpet, performing in the ISU faculty brass quintet, and serving as the Associate Director of the School of Music. In addition to her duties at ISU, Dr. McNamara works regularly as a freelance trumpeter including recent performances with Athena Brass Band, Sinfonia de Camera, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Fountain City Brass Band,Heartland Festival Orchestra, Champaign-Urbana Symphony, Louisville Orchestra and Louisville Master Chorale.

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