eGALitarian Brass is a chamber ensemble comprised of New York City's best women and non binary brass players. eGALitarian Brass is dedicated to performing and commissioning new works by diverse composers and breaking the boundaries of chamber music today. eGALitarian Brass enjoys performing indoors and outdoors for audiences of all ages, whether it is an 8 am set outdoors for a street festival, a 12 pm set at a senior center, or an 11 pm set in a brewery. eGALitarian Brass began as an ensemble with an interest in improving the lives of members of our community through music and we continue this part of our mission through our public performances. We love performing all styles of music from standard classical hits to newer classical music written by composers we collaborate with, arrangements of jazz and funk standards, and popular favorites.
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eGALitarian Brass has presented recitals at Newport Classical, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Women Composer's Festival of Hartford, International Women’s Brass Conference, New York Women Composers, and Spectrum’s Female Composers Festival. We have also performed throughout New York City, Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. eGALitarian Brass also collaborates with drums for performances throughout NYC at venues including Rockwood Music Hall, Drom, HONK Brass Band Festival, The Sampler, as well as private parties, parades and events. eGAlitarian Brass has also collaborated with Little Amal, Alice Austen House, The Penn District / Plaza 33, and Summer Streets for performances.
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In addition to our performances, we have been an Ensemble in Residence at Rutgers University, Sacred Heart University, Marist College where we have enjoyed presenting recitals, masterclasses, and led panel discussions. We have also worked with professional composers outside educational programs in both Concept Lab and Composers Concordance on developing new works for brass.
eGALitarian Brass is extremely passionate about recording new repertoire and bringing high quality recordings of brass chamber music by diverse composers into the public sphere. Our current released recordings include our first commission as an ensemble "When the Clouds Break" by Cait Nishimura and our new favorite anthem "Fanfare for Some Bad Bitches” by Zoe Cutler.
eGALitarian Brass has been awarded several grants over the years to fund our performances and commissions and we are so appreciative of the support.