Training
•Bullet: Brass faculty teach each instrument: José Sibaja (Associate Professor of Trumpet), Leslie Norton (Associate Professor of Horn), Jeremy Wilson (Professor of Trombone; Area Chair: Brass and Percussion) and Bethany Wiese (Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium)
•Bullet: The Brass Performance degree sheet requires Brass Pedagogy, Brass Orchestral Repertoire, a junior recital and a senior recital
•Bullet: Instrumental ensembles (MUSE 1010) are required every semester in residence, along with four semesters of corequisite chamber music: both semesters of the first year and two more during the degree
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: The Blair Brass Quintet, founded in 1995, brings faculty members Sibaja, Norton, Wilson and Wiese together with trumpeter Alec Blazek, has concertized throughout the Southeast and plays school concerts for young audiences
•Bullet: Its members also provide private instruction and coach chamber music for Blair brass students
