ABODA QLD is pleased to announce that the brass quin­tet, BoB, will be per­form­ing at the ABODA 25th Anniversary Din­ner dur­ing QBOC2010.

They’re bold, they’re brassy and they per­form an eclectic assort­ment of works from the brass rep­er­toire ran­ging from the Renais­sance to present day. They are BoB!

This newly formed Bris­bane ensemble com­bines the diverse exper­i­ence of five mas­ters of brass who between them have a wealth of exper­i­ence includ­ing inter­na­tional, national and state orches­tras, and jazz, Latin and brass bands.

Since their incep­tion in Novem­ber 2008, the ensemble has enjoyed a busy per­form­ance sched­ule, appear­ing in con­certs at the Uni­ver­sity of Queens­land, Queens­land Con­ser­vat­orium of Music, the Bris­bane Fest­ival and the Uni­ver­sity of South­ern Queensland.

BoB strives to bring the highest qual­ity of brass play­ing, with a touch of magic, to your event. For more inform­a­tion or book­ings, con­tact Armin Terzer, armin@terzer.info, 0431 592 252.

BoB are:

BOB SCHULTZ (trum­pet): at the age of 23, Bob has already estab­lished him­self as one of the most sought after lead trum­pet play­ers in Bris­bane, with fre­quent vis­its inter­state. While his main strengths lie in jazz and impro­visa­tion, Bob is equally at home in the clas­sical, con­tem­por­ary and pop­u­lar music worlds. A true cros­sover artist, he hardly ever has a day not on the job, while also find­ing time to share his expert­ise with the future generation.

MITCHELL BUCKLEY (trum­pet): hav­ing com­pleted his Bach­elor of Music Stud­ies recently, and look­ing into fur­ther con­cen­trat­ing on the edu­ca­tional aspects of brass play­ing, Mitchell’s career mainly involves close con­tact with young people all over Queens­land. Cur­rently employed in three loc­a­tions across the state, he also plays with the Queens­land Sym­phony Orches­tra, Queens­land Youth Orches­tras, Bris­bane Brass and vari­ous other ensembles.

ARMIN TERZER (horn): a truly inter­na­tional artist, Armin moved to Bris­bane in 2007 after res­id­en­cies of vary­ing length in Italy, Lon­don and China, and per­form­ances across the world, includ­ing Ams­ter­dam, Beijing, Cairo, Lon­don, New York, Paris and Sydney. His research doc­tor­ate con­nects him to com­posers, arrangers, per­formers, teach­ers and stu­dents around the world, and the same can be said for his per­form­ance activ­it­ies. With BoB, Armin is suc­ceed­ing in estab­lish­ing an ensemble of inter­na­tional qual­ity with an ever grow­ing local, national and inter­na­tional outreach.

GREG AITKEN (trom­bone): the elder of the group, Greg’s list of accom­plish­ments are vast. Cur­rently run­ning the premier brass shop in Queens­land, Brass Music Spe­cial­ists, Greg is also a very act­ive con­ductor (Bris­bane Brass until recently), per­former (all kinds of trom­bones, bass trum­pet), and since early 2009, the Head of Brass at the Queens­land Con­ser­vat­orium. A man with seem­ingly unlim­ited skills and resources, Greg con­tin­ues to be an inspir­a­tion for gen­er­a­tions of musicians.

MATTHEW MCGEACHIN (bass trom­bone): the young­est mem­ber of the group, at 21 years of age, Matt has built him­self a repu­ta­tion as one of the lead­ing young bass trom­bon­ists in Aus­tralia. Fre­quent appear­ances with the Queens­land Sym­phony Orches­tra, West­ern Aus­tralia Sym­phony Orches­tra, Sydney Sin­fonia (to name a few) and a pleth­ora of awards and prizes have earned Matt the respect and admir­a­tion of his peers.