Host Ensemble
Louisville Brass is the resident brass chamber ensemble at the University of Louisville School of Music. Comprised exclusively of School of Music faculty, Louisville Brass is committed to artistic performance and to the sharing of knowledge of literature and styles through clinics and master classes. The ensemble is well-versed in a wide range of styles, and the repertoire list ranges from the Renaissance to jazz. The members of Louisville Brass are Michael Tunnell and Herbert Koerselman, trumpets; Bruce Heim, horn; Brett Shuster, trombone; and John Jones, tuba.

Clint Needham is currently a Jacobs School of Music Doctoral Fellow in composition at Indiana University. He received a BM in composition from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory and an MM from Indiana University, and has studied with Claude Baker, David Dzubay, Per Mårtensson, P.Q. Phan, Sven-David Sandström, Richard Wernick, and Loris Chobanian. Clint has also studied with Robert Beaser, Sydney Hodkinson, Christopher Rouse, and George Tsontakis at the Aspen Music Festival as a Susan and Ford Schumann Composition Fellow. Clint’s music has been performed by the American Brass Quintet, American Composers Orchestra, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, New York Youth Symphony and the Oberon Trio, among others.

Lauren Bernofsky began her musical training at age seven as a violinist, and she was later introduced to composition while studying at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. She holds a bachelor's degree in violin and composition from the Hartt School of Music, a master's degree in composition from the New England Conservatory, and a doctorate in composition from Boston University. She has written music for ensembles ranging from solo instruments to chamber music to symphony orchestra. Dr. Bernofsky has been the recipient of numerous commissions, and her compositions have been performed across the United States as well as in Canada, Norway, Germany, Wales, Iceland, New Zealand, and Australia.