John Marcellus and The Bemus Bay Pops

John Marcellus

Since 1978 Professor Marcellus has been a member of the Eastman Brass and Conductor of the Eastman Trombone Choir and Bionic Bones. He was appointed Principal trombone of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in 1979 and Music Director of the Brighton Symphony Orchestra in 1980. He is currently President of the, Jamestown Musical Association, Local 134 of the American Federation of Musicians, and was re-elected Vice-President of the 20,000 member New York State Conference of Musicians, AFM. He is a Co-producer of the Bemus Bay Pops where he appears as soloist and also performs with the Eastman Virtuosi, Slee Sinfonietta of the University of Buffalo , and as an extra with the Rochester and Buffalo Philharmonics, St. Louis Symphony, Syracuse Symphony and the National Philharmonic in Washington .

Professor of Trombone, Eastman School of Music, Principal Trombone, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Co-Producer, Assistant Conductor, Bemus Bay Pops

Chair of the Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion Department of the Eastman School from 1988 to 2004 he was formerly Principal Trombone of the National Symphony Orchestra (1965-1978); Asst. 1 st Trombone with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Tubist and Trombonist with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Organizations he has served include the International Trombone Association where he was a founding member and President in 1990. The Eastern Trombone Workshop, which he founded with John Melick at Towson State University . His guest conducting engagements includes the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. National Music Camp at Interlochen, Penfield Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Symphony Orchestra and the U.S. Naval Academy Band.

He has appeared as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Penfield Symphony Orchestra, Brighton Symphony Orchestra, Norfolk Chamber Orchestra, US Navy Band, US Army Band, Greater Miami Community Band, Pensacola Concert Band, Elkhart Concert Band, International Trombone Workshop, Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington, DC and the music festivals of Eastern Music Festival, Brevard Music Center and Interlochen Academy of the Arts.

He has been a free lance musician with the Eastman Brass Quintet, Empire Brass Quintet and Friends, Brass Band Journal of the Library of Congress, All-American Main Street Band, Non-Parielle Band, Slee Sinfonietta, University of Buffalo , National Symphony Brass Quintet, Washington Theatre Chamber Players, Contemporary Music Forum, and the Toronto based Toca Loca contemporary ensemble. Solo recitals and master classes have been in Paris , Cologne , Stuttgart , Hannover, London , Birmingham , Manchester and also in Japan , Australia , Sweden , Finland , Austria , Netherlands , Poland , Denmark , Thailand , Brazil and Budapest , Hungary . In June 2009 he will appear as soloist with Jiggs Whigham in a tribute to the famous American trombonist Kai Winding. He will be featured at the International Trombone Festival in Aarhus , Denmark with Jiggs Whigham to honor the Danish born Kai Winding.

Honors
Lifetime Acheivement Award presented by the Eastern Trombone Workshop in March 2009.. The Eastman Trombone Choir 2009 Spring tour included performances in Williamsport and Gettysburg , PA , Eastern Trombone Workshop, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and the National Presbyterian Church in Washington .

Discography
John Marcellus, Trombone, Euphonium, Bass Trumpet

Songs, Dances and Incantations , American Music for Trombone (2003) Albany Records
Calls and Echoes , Eastman Brass (2002) ESM-CD
60 th Anniversary , Eastman Trombone Choir, John Marcellus, Director (2001)ESM-CD
John Philip Sousa , The Non Parielle Band, (Euphonium, 1990) Capitol-EMI
Circus Band Music , The All-American Main Street Band, (Euphonium, 1992)Capitol-EMI
A Thousand Pearls , Eastman Brass with James Johnson, Organ (1993) P.O.B. 4838, Key West , FL , 33041 Conch Classics CC-1
Music for Christmas , Eastman Trombone and Horn Choirs, (1980) Stoldat, SZM-0120 John Marcellus and Verne Reynolds, Directors
Early Music for Brass , Eastman Brass Quintet (1980) Pantheon FSM 63903
American Brass Band Journal Revisited , (1975) Sine Qua Non (Empire Brass Quintet and Friends, directed by Frederick Fennell) SAS-2017
19th Century American Ballroom Music (1975) Nonesuch H-71313 (Smithsonian Social Orchestra and Quadrille Band, James Weaver, Director)
Our Musical Past , Frederick Fennell, Director, (1975) Library of Congress, 19th Century Instrumental Music. LCM-2068
The Contemporary Composer in the U.S. (1975) Turnabout/Vox, TV-S 3446 "'Once," In Memoriam, Martin Luther King by Thomas Beveridge
The Contemporary Music Forum , Washington , D.C. Opus One, No. Marches Militaires Metaphoriquement by Emerson Meyers

National Symphony Orchestra with Antal Dorati (1975-78)

Be Glad Then, America , London Records CS-26442
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 CS-6793
Tchaikovsky: Tone Poems, Vol. 1 CS-6841
Tchaikovsky: Tone Poems, Vol. 2 CS-6891
Messiaen: La Transfiguration De Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ Head 1 & 2
Gerhard: The Plague Head 6
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts from the Ring (Bass Trumpet) London CS-6970

Radio and Television

Eastman Brass, CBS Sunday Morning, Charles Kuralt, Narrator in "The Three Wise Men" by John Harbison, Christmas Eve, 1989.
Eastman Brass, 13 Part Concert Series , American Public Radio, produced by Barbara Walters, WXXI-FM, Rochester , NY , 1986.
Eastman Trombone Choir, concert broadcast, WXXI-FM, January, 1985.
Eastman Brass in Concert, WXXI-FM, April, 1985.
Eastman Brass, Hochstein School of Music, WXXI-FM, September, 1985."The Benge Trombone," produced by Barbara Walters, WXXI-FM, Fall, 1985.
Solo Trombone Recital, delayed broadcast, WXXI-FM, December, 1984. Eastman Brass in Concert ," WXXI- TV, Channel 21, produced by Chris Zimmerman, November, 1983.
Eastman Trombone Choir, Requiem by Gabriel Fauré produced by Barbara Walters, WXXI-FM, March, 1982.
"From Kings to Commoners," James Galway host, with Eastman Brass, Cleveland Quartet, Eastman Trio, National Public Broadcasting System Video tape, August, 1982.
"Ruth Somogi, Woman Conductor," with Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Video- tape, National Public Broadcasting System, September, 1982.
Eastman Brass in Concert, Simulcast WXXI-Channel 21, WXXI-FM, March, 1981.

Marcellus was named Kilbourn Professor in 1982 as a member of the Eastman Brass. His studies on trombone included William Cramer ( Florida State University ), Lewis Van Haney and Edward Herman (New York Philharmonic, Gordon Pulis (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), and Armand Sarro (National Symphony Orchestra). His conducting teachers include William F. Cramer of the Monteux Conducting School; Richard Lert of the American Symphony Orchestra League and Lloyd Geisler, Associate Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra. His degrees in music include a Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland and the Masters and Doctorate of Music from the Catholic University of America.

He has also been soloist with many community, university bands and orchestras throughout the United States and Canada and is an Artist Clinician with the Buffet Crampon, USA-Courtois trombones Premieres and commissions of new music include over 50 contemporary works. His publications appear in the NACWPI Journal, The Instrumentalist , and Accent ; music arrangements are published by Kendor, Belwin-Mills, Briar Music and he appears on recordings of London/Decca, Nonesuch, Library of Congress, Turnabout, Opus One, Stolat, and Sine Qua Non. His Solo CD, Songs, Dances, and Incantations: American Music for Trombone , is published by Albany Records. Other CDs include Calls and Echoes with Eastman Brass, Eastman CD Series; Eastman Trombone Choir 60th Anniversary CD, Eastman CD Series. Honors include the International Trombone Association's Highest Award for Pedagogy, Performance and Literature (1999), New York Brass Conference Dedication for Achievement in Brass Performance (1997), Mu Phi Epsilon Musician of the Year (1997). He was formerly on the faculties of the North Carolina School for the Arts (1965-68), Catholic University (1966-78), Howard University (1967-70), American University (1968-78), Chautauqua (1979-), Interlochen Arts Academy (1982-83).

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