Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Members of Ensemble Connect perform Jennifer Higdon’s Book of Brass. This performance was part of Ensemble Connect Up Close: Rotae Passionis, which was filmed in Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing on January 31, 2026. For this Up Close concert, the ensemble’s artistic partner was world-renowned conductor, music director, and 2025–2026 Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist Marin Alsop, who curated a program of new music and participated as a conductor. View the full concert here: youtu.be/g4EMeZ4qOqI

Performers
Will Sands, Horn
Grace O’Connell, Trumpet
Brian Olson, Trumpet (Alum)
David Seder, Trombone
Zachary Haas, Bass Trombone (Guest)

Marin Alsop, Artistic Partner

Valerie Insardi, Lighting Designer


00:00 - Ramp Up
03:22 - Acrostic
07:35 - Glide & Fade
12:40 - Punch It Up


“Book of Brass”
Written by Jennifer Higdon
Lawdon Press (ASCAP)

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