Ballantyne Brass Quintet
Booking Info
The Ballantyne Brass Quintet is available for:
* Church Services (Traditional and Contemporary)
* Weddings (Baroque, Classical and Popular)
* Schools (Concerts, Children’s Concerts, Brass Clinics)
* Special Events and Holiday Celebrations (concert favorites from over five centuries of rich brass music, to Broadway Show arrangements, Ragtime, Dixieland, popular ballads from the 1930’s and 1940’s, lush Christmas arrangements, beautiful church hymns, and Sousa marches)
About Us
Chris Fensom, Trumpet
Chris Fensom enjoys a diverse career as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and as a teacher. As a member of the Ballantyne Brass Quintet since its beginning, he has played in various locations in and around the Charlotte area. He also teaches a full studio of trumpet students at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Additionally, in 2005, he became a member of the Charleston Symphony after having held positions in the Charlotte Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony. He began his orchestral career with the Virginia Symphony, based in Norfolk, Virginia as Assistant Principal Trumpet.
Prior to these engagements, he earned his Bachelor’s degree at McGill University in Montréal as well as a Master’s degree with a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, Tara, and daughter, Hannah.
Tadd Hoffman, Trumpet
Tadd Hoffman, an alumnus of The Juilliard School in New York, is a free-lance orchestral and solo trumpet player. He has performed at such venues as Alice Tully Hull, Avery Fisher Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, and Carnegie Hall and throughout Europe. While at The Juilliard School, he was a student of Melvyn Broiles, Raymond Mase, William Vacchiano and Philip Smith, and performed with the Juilliard Orchestra and Symphony. In addition to being a professional free-lance musician, Mr. Hoffman is an Information Technology Consultant in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Judith White, French Horn
Judith White grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She studied at Vanderbilt University and played in the Nashville Symphony, as well as doing “backups” for country-western musicians. After moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, she studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory. She later played in the Roanoke, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina Symphonies. Judith currently plays in a horn quartet, the Charlotte Civic Orchestra, and the Ballantyne Brass Quintet.
Josh Diaz, Trombone
Josh Diaz is the founder of the Ballantyne Brass Quintet. Originally from Eastern Pennsylvania, Josh has been a freelance Trombonist in Charlotte, North Carolina since his arrival in the Queen City in 2003. With over 30 years experience, his background includes Latin, Big Band, R&B, Gospel, Orchestral, Musicals and Chamber Ensembles. He studied at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania under James Erdman, former Principal Trombonist of the “Presidents Own” Marine Band.
Ron Elmore, Tuba
Ron Elmore holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied with William Bell and Harvey Phillips. He has held various positions as a high school and college band director in Indiana and Ohio. A professional tubaist and electric bass player, Mr. Elmore is also Assistant Conductor and a Board Member of the Charlotte Concert Band and Assistant Conductor of Choral and Instrumental Music at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is an original member of the Ballantyne Brass Quintet.
Repertoire
Classics
Air on the G String - Bach
Allegro Maestoso (“Hornpipe”) - Handel
Canzona per Sonare No. 4 - Gabrieli
Canzona per Sonare No. 1 - Gabrieli
Canzona Bergamasca - Scheidt
Carmen Suite No. 1 - Bizet
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Escape - McKee
Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (from Messiah) - Handel
Farandole from “L'Arlesienne No. 2” - Bizet
Fugue in G Minor (“The Little”) - Bach
Grainger Suite - Grainger
Grand Valley Fanfare - Ewazen
Londonderry Air - Traditional
Malaguena from Espana - Albeniz
Overture to Berenice - Handel
Purcell Suite - Purcell
Quintet - Kamen
Rondeau - Mouret
Royal Fireworks Music - Handel
Scherzo - Cheetham
Serenata from Espana - Albeniz
Sevilla - Albeniz
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Vuelta del Fuego - McKee
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Jazz
A Foggy Day - Gershwin
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Maschwitz/Sherwin
Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Waller
Alexander’s Ragtime Band - Berlin
Amazing Grace - arr. Henderson
American Patrol - Meacham
As Time Goes By - Hupfeld
Beale Street Blues - Handy
Bound For Glory - arr. Leiby
Chicago Fisher - arr. Nagle
Chinatown - Jerome
Deep River - arr. Henderson
Fascinatin’ Rhythm - Gershwin
I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
In The Mood - Garland
Just A Closer Walk - arr. Gillis
Look For The Silver Lining - arr. Holcombe
Love Walked In - Gershwin
Makin’ Whoopee - Donaldson/Kahn
Moonlight Serenade - Miller
Puttin’ On The Ritz - Berlin
St. Louis Blues - Handy
Stardust - Carmichael
Summertime - Gershwin
That’s A Plenty - arr. Gale
The Roaring Twenties - arr. Nagle
Tuba Tiger Rag - arr. Henderson
You Made Me Love You - McCarthy
Marches and Americana
A Sousa Collection - Sousa
America the Beautiful - Ward
Amparito Roca - Texidor
Ashokan Farewell - Ungar
Battle Hymn of the Republic - arr. Edwards
Colonel Bogey March - Alford
Dixie - Emmett
I Feel Pretty - Bernstein
March Imperial - Holcombe
Maria - Bernstein
New York, New York - Ebb
Pennsylvania Polka - Lee/Manners
Somewhere - Bernstein
The Liberty Bell – Sousa
The Washington Post - Sousa
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