Members of Canadian Brass to Perform March 25

Caleb Hudson and Achilles Liarmakopoulos, members of Canadian Brass, will perform March 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan McLean Center.
A recital featuring the Caleb Hudson and Achilles Liarmakopoulos Trio, presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton, is planned for Saturday, Mar. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center, in addition to a Masterclass for brass players that will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. (Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent.) Both the concert and masterclass are free of charge.
A recital featuring the Caleb Hudson and Achilles Liarmakopoulos Trio, presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton, is planned for Saturday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center, in addition to a Masterclass for brass players that will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. (Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent.) Both the concert and masterclass are free of charge.

On Saturday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m., Performance Music at The University of Scranton will present “In Recital” featuring the Caleb Hudson and Achilles Liarmakopoulos Trio. The 7:30 p.m. recital will take place in the Houlihan McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue. Hudson and Liarmakopoulos will be joined by pianist Ahmed Alom, and the recital will feature a virtuosic selection of music, according to Performance Music Conductor and Co-Director Philip Kuehn. Admission is free, with seating on a first-come, first-seated basis. 

In addition, Hudson and Liarmakopoulos will also offer a free masterclass for brass players at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Participants under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent.

Currently a member of the Canadian Brass and a graduate of The Juilliard School with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Hudson possesses a wide range of musical styles, and his performance genres and venues range from soloing in Carnegie Hall to performing with early music ensembles and appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He is known for his piccolo trumpet mastery of Bach’s infamous Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, and has performed it around the world with ensembles including Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Israel Philharmonic Soloists and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He enjoys writing and arranging music for Canadian Brass and many of his works have been performed, published, and recorded by them on two albums, Canadian Brass: Perfect Landing and Canadian Brass: Great Wall of China.

According to Conductor and Co-Director Cheryl Y. Boga, “Caleb is no stranger to Houlihan-McLean. He visited the University on an almost annual basis for many years both with the NYTE and as a clinician for our brass seminars, and was our music technology mentor as we started our Scranton Isolation Informances broadcasts during the pandemic. His generosity is as remarkable as his talent.”

Hudson currently serves as assistant professor of trumpet at the University of North Texas College of Music, where he is devoted to teaching and sharing his love for music with students.

Liarmakopoulos, trombonist of the Canadian Brass, holds degrees from the Yale University School of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, San Francisco Conservatory and the Philippos Nakas Conservatory. He has performed as a recitalist in China, Panama, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Greece. In 2013, salsa icon Ruben Blades invited him to perform at his concerts at Lincoln Center and Madison Square Garden. Liarmakopoulos has been the adjunct trombone professor at Brooklyn College at CUNY University in New York since 2014, and began teaching at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2020. He has also performed and recorded with the genre bending American band Pink Martini. In 2020, Liarmakopoulos was elected as a member of the Board of Advisors for the International Trombone Association.

Alom is a Cuban-born pianist whose versatility spans Jazz, Latin Jazz, and Classical genres. Having played with notable artists in all of these genres, he is a member of the Latin-Grammy Winner Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet. His versatility among contrasting styles of music have led him to collaborate regularly with Philippe Quint, Steve Hackman, Teddy Abrams, Paquito D’Rivera and Pedrito Martinez, among others.

The primary focus of Performance Music at The University of Scranton is its student choral and instrumental performing ensembles. There is no music major at the University, and all enrolled Scranton students (undergraduate and graduate) from every major are eligible for membership in the University bands, choirs and string ensembles, with neither an audition nor enrollment fee required for membership. Hundreds of students participate in the ensembles each year. Other programs within the department, including guest artist concerts, World Premiere Composition Series, Nelhybel Collection, and Scranton Brass Orchestra, closely coordinate programming with the student ensembles and offer unique opportunities for student musicians in the ensembles to hear, observe, interact and perform with numerous world-class musicians and artist-teachers.

For further information on the concert, call 570-941-7624 or visit the Performance Music webpage (scranton.edu/music). For more info on Hudson and Liarmakopoulos, please visit www.hudsontrumpet.com and www.achillestrombone.com.

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