Ed Neumeister

Composer Demo, Music for Film, TV and Concert Stage

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Reflection CD, Ed Neumeister Quartet

Welcome!!

2/5/2012 7:36:06 PM -
Just came from the JEN conference in Louisville, KY. Played a concert in quartet with Michael Wolff, John Goldsby & Danny Gottlieb. We played Spring Street, Gobblers Nob, The Peackocks and Take A Train from the New Standards and Reflection Cd's. No rehearsal, just "hit". These tunes/arrangements are not easy, to say the least, but these guys did their homework and played them as if they'd been playing them for years. Actually, that's not completely true. It is true that they came prepared. I'd sent them pdf files of the charts and mp3's from the recordings. But, one of the things that made the concert "special" from my point of view was that this combination of players had never played this music together before. Actually, we had never played together in this combination. Consequently there was an "edge" from the "newness".
Relatively complex music takes time to feel comfortable with and there's nothing like taking the time to rehearse properly so that everyone is prepared to play freely, without abandon. But, do to everyone's schedules, we didn't have the "luxury" of rehearsing for the gig. Now, I could have decided to play "simple" tunes or music that we were all familiar with, but I knew these guys would be able to deal with my "stuff". And they did!

The combination of the newness and the individual players confidence and mastery resulted in a wonderful concert, if I do say so myself. The audience appeared to agree with that assessment.

Also gave a lecture/demonstration on Creative Practicing - Practice Creatively.

Coming up (see events for details):

February 6-13 New York
February 14-18 Elon University, North Carolina
February 20 Composers Collective Concert at Vitello's, Los Angeles
February 22 Mona Lisa Trio with John Beasly & Edwin Livingston at Vitello's
March 6-10 Loyola University, New Orleans LA

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Take a Lesson with Ed in New York February 7 - 13

Elon University Artist in Residence February 14-18

Composers Collective Concert
Vitello's

Lessons with Ed Los Angeles February 20 - March 5

Mona Lisa Trio at Vitellos February 22
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Study Jazz Trombone in Graz Austria
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Loyola University Artist in Residence
Loyola University

	Compositions for Film & Stage
	Music for concerts, film and theater.

	Take a Lesson with Ed on-line or live
	I am offering lessons in composition, arranging, improvisation (for all instruments) and trombone live and via Skype internet video conference. - I'll be in: New York: February 6 - 13 Los Angeles February 20 - March 5. - While in New York in and Los Angeles, I’ll have time for a limited number of private or group lessons in Composition, Improvisation and Trombone. Please contact me if interested. Contact me now to schedule a lesson or class.

	Guest artist, soloist, conductor and or clinician
	Master classes and workshops covering the subjects (but not limited to): Creative Practicing (of course) plus Composition, arranging, jazz improvisation, big band, brass playing, musicianship, improvisation for non-improvisers, practicing, posture, breathing and focus and others. Recent clinics, workshops and masterclasses have included; Sibelius Akadamia, Helsinki, Finland. Conservatories of Music in Vienna, Linz & Graz(Austria), Copenhagen, Århus & Odense (Denmark), Malmö (Sweden), Amsterdam, Hilversum, the Haag(The Netherlands) Luzern, Switzerland and San Francisco. Jazz in August Festival, Lisbon (Portugal), New York University, University of Southern Arizona, University of South Carolina, California State Universities at San Jose, Hayward and Santa Rosa Junior College, Webster University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Jazz School – Berkeley, CA, De Anza College, Ohlone College.

	CDs, Trombone Technique Book, Scores and more
	Here you can find information and be able to buy Ed's book Trombone Technique through music, his latest 2 CDs Reflection and New Standards and his compositions for many different ensembles including Big Band and Octet. See Eds complete Catalog.

Reflections CD (Mail Order)

Reflection is the latest recording from the Ed Neumeister Quartet and features the great Austrian pianist Fritz Pauer and New York stalwarts Drew Gress and John Hollenbeck on bass and drums. We have been together for more than seven years, so this is a “band”. “New Standards”
MeisteroMusic, released last year, was our first recording. It’s no mystery that players get to know each other by playing together, so when the...