Blackstone
Music
Blackstone Music
Matthew
McGarrell, Director
Blackstone Music
ensembles include The Bay Chamber Orchestra, The Bay Wind Players, The
Blackstone Parade Band, The Blackstone Concert Band, The Blackstone Swing
Orchestra, The Blackstone Brass, The Blackstone Traditional Jazz Band and The
Gazebones. Our groups have performed throughout New England from Camden, Maine
to Newport, Rhode Island at public and private events on Boston Harbor (Water
Music), at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, at the Museum of the Rhode Island
School of Design, at the New York Yacht Club, at Harvard University, at
Northeastern University, at Brown University, at the University of Rhode Island
and at numerous hotels and function halls including The Charles Hotel, The
Providence Omni Biltmore Hotel,The Roger Williams Casino and Blithewold
Gardens.
Biographical Information
Matthew McGarrell
is the Director of Bands and Senior Lecturer in Music at Brown University. In addition
to conducting the Wind Symphony and Jazz Band he teaches courses in music
theory, jazz history and transcription & analysis of jazz and is the
Advisor to the Brown Band. Raised in New Hampshire, he is a graduate of the
Loyola University College of Music in New Orleans where he studied trombone
with Richard Erb. Prior to his appointment at Brown in 1984, he performed with
professional orchestras and jazz bands (including the New Orleans Philharmonic,
the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra and the New Orleans Saints Stadium
Jazz Band) and taught at the University of New Hampshire and Northeastern
University. He has adjudicated and guest conducted high school and college wind
groups in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, The Netherlands, France,
Spain, Italy, Portugal and Japan. McGarrell's professional affiliations include
the New England College Band Association, The College Band Directors National
Association and the International Percy Grainger Society of which he is a
member of the Board of Trustees. During his sabbatic leave (January - August
2003), McGarrell was living in Portugal where he played trombone with the Banda
Filarmónica de Covőes. He is
currently preparing editions of Portuguese band music collected in Portugal for
performance by American bands.
Contact Information
email: blackstone_music@cox.net
telephone: 401/855-4668
address: 100
Grandview Avenue, Lincoln, RI 02865
Links
Wind
Performance Groups at Brown University
The Brown Wind
Symphony: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Music/ensembles/windsymphony.html
Jazz at Brown:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Music/ensembles/jazzband.html
The Brown Band: http://www.brown.edu/Students/Brown_Band/index.html
Last Revised:
10/27/06