Nicolee Kuester performing Hastings’ Forest Song, Oct. 2023

TILT Brass Orchestra at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, Oct. 12, 2022
Performing Julius Eastman’s If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? (1977)
Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk

Led by co-founder Chris McIntyre, TILT Brass is a Brooklyn-based organization dedicated to redefining and transforming contemporary brass music. Formed in 2003 in New York City, TILT is known for inventive and inclusive concert programs, striving to expand the repertoire for brass chamber music and large ensembles. Founded by McIntyre and Gregory Evans, TILT Brass’ various projects present a wide range of composer voices , having presented well over 60 premiere performances. It has worked directly with composers such as Zeena Parkins, Christian Wolff, Nate Wooley, and John King and David Behrman with the Merce Cunningham Dance Co. Its personnel includes many of the brightest stars from the local brass community in configurations ranging from solo and chamber groups to experimental brass orchestra. TILT can be heard on releases by the Tzadik, New World, Chaikin, Pleasure of the Text, and Non-Site labels. [more]

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“As typecasting goes, brass instruments have been assigned some of the juicier roles in music. But a new generation of players and composers is redefining the repertory and experimenting with different modes of expression. TILT Brass… [is] a force in this movement, dedicating itself to commissioning and performing new music for brass.”

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TILT Brass with Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain, May 2017
[by M. Morissette]


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