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Chuck Daellenbach has brought music, imagination and humour to Canadian Brass since the group was formed in 1970. Playing a key role in all of the group’s ground- breaking projects, world travels and on over 100 recordings, Chuck and his gold-plated & carbon-fibre tuba are the bedrock of the massive Canadian Brass repertoire – from Baroque to jazz. Chuck comes from a long line of German and Swiss musicians and, during his upbringing in Wisconsin, his father gave him daily music lessons.

As a teenager, Chuck began studies with legendary Chicago Symphony tuba player, Arnold Jacobs and throughout his career whenever possible would stop in to see his mentor, Mr. Jacobs.

After earning a Ph.D. at the age of 25 from the Eastman School of Music, Chuck headed north to teach at the Music Faculty at the University of Toronto. His academic plans were soon derailed when he met trombonist Gene Watts. Together they formed this unique brass quintet with Chuck on Tuba.

For the next 38 years Gene and Chuck guided Canadian Brass to the top of their field, through thousands of wonderful perfor- mances and fantastic opportunities including two “command” performances for the Queen of England. Chuck’s dialogue during concerts has kept audiences engaged (and in stitches) for many years helping to establish a bridge of appreciation for great music of all types to musicians and non-musicians alike. Possibly the most recognized tuba player in the world, having appeared on over 100 recordings, Chuck has performed with many of the greatest musicians and conductors of the last 40 years.

The definition of a multi-tasker, Chuck always has several projects in the works at once and somehow keeps track of it all. Among his various projects is a series of 200 brass works published by Hal Leonard, many accompanied by CDs, played by music students around the world. He is President of Canadian Brass Publishing as well as Opening Day Entertainment Group, the group’s record- ing label. Chuck has also enlisted the services of his wife, MB, a fine musician in her own right, to do A&R, production and direct social media for Opening Day as well as support the management of the Brass in Canada.

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Called “a superstar of the trumpet” by conductor JoAnn Falletta, JOE BURGSTALLER is a long-time trumpeter and arranger with the famed Canadian Brass, and over his 9-year tenure with group has performed thousands of concerts across the Americas, Europe, and Asia ,made countless television and radio appearances, performed in front of more than 50 orchestras, and has recorded 13+ CDs, multiple Top-Ten Billboard Hits and received two Juno nominations.

Now Professor of Trumpet at Arizona State University, Joe also spent years as an international soloist (USA, Canada, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, et al.), and a clinician, including his Change Your Mind, Change Your Playing® seminars. Prior to ASU, he was for 11 years at The Peabody Institute, having been named in 2008 a Distinguished Visiting Artist, an honor also given to Midori and Marin Alsop.

Joe’s discography also includes hit classical solo CDs, and his crossover CDs were Top-50 on the JazzRadio charts and the Roots Radio Report (under Paul Simon but right above the Beastie Boys). His License To Thrill was the subject of The INNERView (~100 million viewers across Pan-Asia) on Korea’s Arirang Television, as well as an hour-long feature on Sirius-XM Classical Radio.

His formidable online presence includes the world’s most viewed version of La Virgen de la Macarena (4.6 million Youtube views) and his popular Trumpet Warmup Show, livestreamed weekly on Facebook with upwards of 25,000 viewers in 30+ countries. The Show returns from hiatus this Fall, highlighting Joe’s pedagogy and his students’ own informative segments.

Joe first joined the Brass at the age of thirty. Prior to the Brass, he was a full-time soloist with Columbia Artists, performing 60 solo concerts every season with his Rafael Méndez Project, and was a member of the acclaimed modern music group Meridian Arts Ensemble.

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Ashley Hall-Tighe is an internationally renowned musician, educator, certified life coach and the newest member of the Canadian Brass.

With a performing career that spans over two decades, Ashley’s mission is to create environments that encourage curiosity, connection, and deep personal engagement with her audiences. From the Sydney Opera House to the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China, she radiates an “energetic joy” (Rochester Post Bulletin) through her “warm tone, stunning technique and expressive artistry” (Cincinnati Enquirer). Since 2008, Ashley has been the principal trumpet of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, enjoying the multidisciplinary collaborations and innovative programming of the Summermusik Festival each August.

As an educator and life coach, Ashley combines her passion for whole-person development with a methodical approach to improvement. She is on the trumpet faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and is a sought-after clinician at music schools around the country. In addition to working with students directly, she frequently lectures on strategic practice planning as well as respiratory mechanics in collaboration with her physician/musician husband, Nathaniel Tighe. Ashley is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation and through her coaching practice, she empowers individuals to unlock their potential and align their lives with their values. To learn more about Ashley’s expansive music-making journey visit www.ashleyhalltighe.com, or follow her on Instagram @coachingthewholemusician to see frequent updates from her life both on the road and at her log cabin home with her amazing husband and two children.

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One of the most celebrated trombonists of his generation, Achilles Liarmakopoulos is the trombonist of the Canadian Brass. He is in demand as a soloist and performs often with Pink Martini.

He has toured extensively throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia, performing and educating in the world’s most important venues and institutions.

Achilles holds degrees from the Yale University School of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, San Francisco Conservatory and the Philippos Nakas Conservatory in his hometown of Athens, Greece. Upon completion of his studies, he won the position of principal trombone of the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra. Achilles has also performed with the Malaysian Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony and European Union Youth Orchestra, among many others.

As a recitalist, Achilles has performed in China, Panama, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Greece, USA and Canada, having been awarded honors at competitions around the globe. At the age of 18, he gave two solo performances at Walt Disney Hall as the Grand Prize Winner of the Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition judged by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has gone on to win prizes at the Christian Lindberg International Competition, the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe (YMFE) and the International Trombone Festival’s Robert Marsteller/Conn-Selmer and Larry Wiehe solo competitions, to name a few. Achilles was also awarded the Alexandros S. Onassis Foundation and Greek State Scholarship Foundation educational scholarships.

His discography includes five solo albums, “Obvious” with French harp Soloist Coline-Marie Orliac, -“Ethereal” with 20th and 21st century lyrical works from around the world, “Trombone Atrevido” dedicated to Choro music from Brazil, “Discoveries” with contemporary compositions on the ODEG label, “Tango Distinto” with Astor Piazzolla’s music on the NAXOS label – five recordings with the Canadian Brass and numerous appearances on classical, pop, Latin, and other albums.

In 2013 salsa icon Ruben Blades invited him to perform at his concerts at Lincoln Center and Madison Square Garden.

Achilles has been the adjunct trombone professor at Brooklyn College at CUNY University in NY since 2014, and began teaching at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA in 2020.

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One of the many Canadian pig-farm-raised magician horn player professors in the world, Jeff Nelsen has thrilled audiences and mentored students for over thirty years. Having recently entered his fourteenth year touring and recording with Canadian Brass, Jeff Nelsen has also performed concerti with orchestras on six continents, and in the horn sections of dozens of orchestras including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Montreal Symphonies. His latest performances with the Chicago Symphony in 2023 was of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone…way too much fun!

Jeff is Professor of Music (horn) at the prestigious Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he teaches full-time as a horn, chamber music, and performance coach. He is founder of Fearless Performance LLC, a company that focuses on training musicians and entrepreneurs to improve their mental game so they consistently perform their best. In 2011 he gave his celebrated TED Talk on Fearless Performance. He partnered with Dr. Katy Webb to create Elevate! – a thriving online Fearless Performance based course collective and performance community. A huge Broadway musical fan, Jeff played the complete run of two Broadway shows in NYC that were nominated for Tony awards – “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (Sherman Brothers) and “The Pirate Queen” (Boublil and Schönberg). Jeff has toured with Michael Bolton and Barry Manilow, has recorded with Michael Buble and the pop band “Barenaked Ladies”, and has performed on dozens of movie and video game soundtracks including the game Halo. Jeff most enjoys performing with his wife, mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen, on recital and orchestral pops series. A former President of the International Horn Society (2014-16), Jeff performs on his Dieter Otto 180 K-JN (Nelsen Model) horn he co-designed with German horn-maker Martin Ecker, and his mouthpiece he co-designed with Scott Laskey.

Aside from creating musical magic, Jeff is an enthusiastic magician, and often adds touches of illusionary arts to performances. He is a magician member of the Academy of Magical Arts at the world famous Magic Castle in Los Angeles. His most magical time is spent with his enchanting wife, mezzo-soprano Nina Nelsen and their two spellbinding sons Rhys and Blair.