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Upcoming Shows

May 18 at 4 pm - Weston Public Library Concert Series Recital

@Weston Public Library
56 Norfield Rd, Weston, CT 06883

This is a free concert and open to the public. 

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May 22 at 4:15 pm - International Women's Brass Conference Recital

@University of Hartford 
200 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117

https://conference.myiwbc.org/

Past Shows

2025
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March 7 at 3 pm - NYU Initiative Fund Concert Series

@NYU Paulson Center 2nd floor
181 Mercer St, New York, NY

This is a free concert and open to the public. 

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2024

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October 21 at 12 pm - eGALitarian Brass in the Park

@Washington Square Park

This is a free concert and open to the public, sponsored by the Washington Square Park Conservancy.  

 

August 28 at 1 pm - Princeton Unruly Sounds

@Hinds Plaza
Sylvia Beach Way, Princeton, NJ 08542

This is a free concert and open to the public. 

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July 27th at 1 pm - eGALitarian Brass - playing classical, jazz and pop favorites

@Staten Island as a part of Summer Streets
address TBD

This is a free concert and open to the public. 

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July 18th at 4:45 pm - eGALitarian Brass w AJ Kostromina on Cajón

@Perelman Performing Arts Center - outside
251 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007

This is a free concert and open to the public. 

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July 3rd at 7 pm - eGALitarian Brass - Summer Party Band Show

@Open Sound Series
306 17th Street, Brooklyn

This is a free concert and open to the public. 

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June 24th at 10 am - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Plaza 33

@Plaza 33
W 33rd and 7th Ave

 

April 27th at 12 pm - Big Brass Concert - over 10 brass players from Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra and more will be collaborating for this event

@Pier 57 in Manhattan
25 11th Ave New York, NY

This is a free concert open to the public. 

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April 14th at 12 pm - Jazz Appreciation Concert

@Pier 57 in Manhattan
25 11th Ave New York, NY

This is a free concert open to the public. 

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April 7th at 4:30 pm - Jazz Appreciation Concert

Noone Auditorium at Our Lady of Angels Church

347 74th Street Brooklyn, New York 11209

@Marist CollegeTickets are available here.

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March 27th at 5 pm - Women in Music Day

@Marist College

3399 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

This concert was graciously supported by Marist, Tau Beta Sigma, and the Music Performance Trust Fund.

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March 21st at 9:30 pm - eGALitarian Brass at Mental Health Party

@Motel No tell in Manhattan

210 Avenue A New York NY
This concert featured our favorites from our brass band set collaborating with AJ Kostromina on drums. 

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March 8th at 11 am - International Women's Day Concert

@Nursing Home in Manhattan

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February 16th at 7 pm - Double bill with Kompass Quartet

@Threes Brewery in Brooklyn
33 Douglass Street Brooklyn, NY

This concert was supported by the Brooklyn Arts Council and the Music Performance Trust Fund.


January 13th at 6 pm - Saturdays at 6

@All Souls Church in Stonybrook
61 Main St, Stony Brook, NY 11790

 
2023

December 4th at 1 pm - Holiday Concert

@Washington Square Park in Manhattan
This concert was supported by the Washington Square Park Conservancy and the Music Performance Trust fund. 

November 27th at 7:30 pm - La Vida es un Carnaval

@Opera America in Manhattan
330 7th Ave 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001
 
September 16th at 8 am - Open Streets

@Open Streets stage in Manhattan

Avenue B between 10th at 11th st, New York, NY 


August 12th at 8 am - Summer Streets

@Summerstreets stage in Manhattan

51st st and Park Ave, New York, NY 

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July 11th at 7:30 pm - Naumberg Concerts Celebrates 100 years

@Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park
Terrace Dr. Near, W 72nd St, New York, NY 10019

We will premiere a new work by Anthony Davis, opening for A Far Cry. 

 
June 26th at 5:30 pm - Brooklyn Arts Council Gala

@National Sawdust

80 N 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249

This program will feature our favorite piece by Zoe Cutler "Fanfare for some Bad Bitches" as well as two surprise tunes collaborating with AJ Kostromina on drums. 

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April 29th at 2:00 pm - Bagels and Brass

@Goddard Riverside - Bernie Wohl Center

647 Columbus Ave (91st St), NYC
This program is a double bill between eGALitarian Brass and Dave Taylor's Trombone Ensemble. The composers featured include Kate Amrine, Dan Cooper, Craig Harris, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, Joshua Mirman, Gene Pritsker, David Saperstein, and David Taylor. For more information, please visit: https://composersconcordance.wixsite.com/2022-23-season

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March 13th at 8 pm - eGALitarian presents: New Works Performance/Masterclass

@Sacred Heart University
This program features our favorite pieces by Zoe Cutler, Cait Nishimura, Em Savarese, Kalia Vandever, Catherine McMichael, Katahj Copley, and more. 

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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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