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eGALitarian Brass is a chamber ensemble comprised of New York City's best women and non binary brass players. We love commissioning new repertoire, collaborating with composers, and performing music by historically underrepresented composers whether we are performing a recital, church service, or special event. We encourage listeners to smile and dance as they recognize their favorite tunes from traditional classical repertoire, jazz and funk, and our arrangements of popular favorites. We have presented recitals at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Women Composer's Festival of Hartford, International Women's Brass Conference, New York Women Composers Gala, Spectrum's Female Composer's Festival, as well as NYC venues including Rockwood Music Hall, Drom, Summer Streets and more. 

New York City based low brass specialist Gina Benalcazar is one of the most in demand doublers on the scene. Having degrees in both Classical Performance and Jazz Studies, Gina’s playing can be described as having deep understanding of low brass technique and jazz harmony and language. Under the mentorship of artists such as Michael Dease, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Luis Bonilla, David Gibson, and Doug Purviance, she has had the opportunity to work with some of the world's most prolific band leaders. She can be found playing with The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The Roy Hargrove Big Band, Etienne Charles’ Creole Soul, The Rufus Reid Big Band, and others along with subbing on Broadway with Moulin Rouge and Some Like It Hot. She also holds the Trombone and Euphonium seat for the new production of Cornelia Street. In 2017 she won the seat of Bass Trombonist for Rodney Whitaker’s Jazz Orchestra at Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando Florida, is the Bass Trombonist of the Dee Dee Bridgewater Big Band, holds a Tenor Trombone seat in the Ulysses Owens Jr. New Century Big Band and holds the Bass Trombone seat in David Gibson’s Big Band. She’s also played as a sideperson with various ensemble orientations and worked in education with artists such as Michael Dease, Alon Yovnai, Chris Potter, Michael Mossman, Rodney Whitaker, David Gibson, Luis Bonilla, Marshall Gilkes, Conrad Herwig, Kenny Rampton, Marlene Rosenburg, and many more. She is also one of the Administrative Faculty at the Brevard Jazz Institute, under the direction of Michael Dease.

Gina Benalcázar López, Bass Trombone
Pronouns: she/her
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