Bay Street Brassworks

Glen Johnson: Trumpet

A native of Dayton, Ohio, Glen is the founding member of Bay Street Brassworks. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from the University of Cincinnati’s Conservatory of Music where he studied with Alan Siebert and Marie Spetziale, and his Masters of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore where he studied under Steven Hendrickson. He also attended the Tanglewood Music Festival’s Empire Brass Seminar where he studied with Rolf Smedvig, Jeffrey Curnow and Joseph Foley.

Glen Johnson’s orchestral resume includes engagements with a number of symphony orchestras including the Baltimore (MD) Symphony, Annapolis (MD) Opera Orchestra, Maryland Philharmonic, Kennett (PA) Symphony, Peoria (IL) Symphony, Dayton (OH) Philharmonic, Lancaster (PA) Symphony, National Honors Orchestra, Maryland Symphony, and Annapolis (MD) Symphony orchestras, Columbia (MD) Pro Contare Festival Orchestra, and Annapolis (MD) Chorale. He holds the position of Principal Trumpet with the Anne Arundel Symphony Orchestra, Westminster (MD) Masterworks Chorale, Capital Brass Quintet (DE), and performed with the Monumental Brass Quintet, and the Washington (DC) Community Brass Ensemble. Glen has held the position of Principal Trumpet and Associate Principal Trumpet with the Peoria (IL) Symphony, and the Peoria (IL) Symphony Brass Quintet.

As a soloist, Glen has given recitals at the Peabody Conservatory, Cincinnati Conservatory, Wright State University, University of Dayton, Mc Daniel College, and Anne Arundel Community College performing works including the Haydn Trumpet Concerto, and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. He currently holds the position of adjunct professor of trumpet at both Mc Daniel College and Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland. Glen has performed world wide touring Korea, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden. He performs more than 100 engagements annually, and to his scholarly credit, Glen has been publicized in the International Trumpet Guild Journal.

Douglas Fraley: Trumpet

A native of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Douglas Fraley began playing trumpet at the age of nine. Douglas earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Education and Performance from Ithaca College, graduating Magna Cum Laude and earning the Pi Kappa Lambda Award and the Herbert Mueller award, given to an outstanding trumpet major each year. After completing his undergraduate studies, Douglas received a Master of Music Degree from the University of Maryland at College Park. His teachers include Frank G. Campos and Chris Gekker. In addition, Douglas has attended the Lake Placid trumpet seminar, studying with Ed Carroll, Mark Gould, James Thompson, and John Wallace, the Summit Brass Seminar, and Trumpetissimo seminar, hosted by the Philadelphia Orchestra Trumpet section.

Douglas performed with the American Wind Symphony, serving as Principal Trumpet. While with the American Wind Symphony, Douglas performed Andrei Petrov’s Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra. Other performance highlights include Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Verdi’s Requiem with the Ithaca Community Choir, performances with the Vienna Choral Arts Society, and the American Band Directors Association. He has also been a featured performer on the Millennium Stage Series at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. the Voice of America Radio, and at Busch Gardens.

As a soloist, Douglas has performed at Ithaca College, the University of Maryland at College Park, and with the Quakertown Community Band. Currently Mr. Fraley teaches and freelances in the Maryland, Virginia, and Southeast Pennsylvania.

Andrew Downing: Horn

Born in Helsinki, Finland, Andrew Downing began playing horn at age 13, studying with both Robert Rydel of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and Richard Deane of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro studying with Jack Masarie, and his Masters of Music Degree in Performance studying with Gregory Miller at the University of Maryland at College Park. Other influential performance teachers have included Eric Ruske and Charles Kavalovsky. As a student, Andrew performed at music festivals worldwide, including the Las Vegas Music Festival, the Brevard Music Festival, and the Music Masters Course in Kazusa, Japan. He has also performed with the International Youth Symphony Orchestra in Catania, Italy, serving as Principal Horn.

Andrew’s orchestral engagements have included performances with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia of Greensboro, the New York Opera and Musical Theater Orchestra, and the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. As a studio artist, he frequently records music for radio and television with NHK Broadcasting’s Washington, DC affiliate. Andrew is a founding member of the Inscape Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of traditional and avant-garde music for orchestra and chamber ensemble. As a chamber artist, he has also performed with the Carolina Brass, National Philharmonic Wind Quintet, and the Philharmonia Ensemble.

Andrew has been featured in solo performances at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Peabody Conservatory, Randolph-Macon Women’s College, and the University of Maryland at College Park, where he performed Robert Schumann’s Konzertstuck for four horns and orchestra with faculty artists and the University Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Andrew dedicates a large portion of his time to teaching, and maintains an active studio in the Washington Metropolitan area.

David Dochterman: Trombone

Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and raised in Illinois, David began his study of the trombone at an early age. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and studied under Eric Carlson of the Philadelphia Orchestra where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in Performance. His influential teachers have also included Nitzan Haroz, Charles Vernon and Fred Lewis.

David has performed with several international ensembles, including as Principal Trombone with La Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City, The Sofia (Bulgaria) Symphony and the Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Additionally, he has performed with the Maryland Symphony, Annapolis (MD) Opera Orchestra, Annapolis (MD) Chorale, Mid-Atlantic (MD) Symphony, Haddonfield (NJ) Symphony, Curtis Institute (PA) Symphony, Peoria (IL) Symphony, Elmhurst (IL) Symphony, Chicago Philharmonia, Wheaton (IL) Symphony and the Indiana Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra.

David was co-founder of the Celebration Brass Quintet of Chicago and has also performed with chamber ensembles including the Maryland Symphony Brass Quintet, Bayfield Brass Quintet, Brass Mosaic and the Chicago Brass Choir.

As a soloist, David was a finalist in the Chicago Symphony Illinois Young Performers Competition at the age of 17, performing Gordon Jacob’s Concerto for Trombone with piano at Symphony Center. In 1997, David was a semi-finalist in the Eastern Trombone Workshop Classical Solo Competition performing the Paul Creston Fantasy.

David is also on the music faculty of Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville, MD and teaches brass at the Musician’s Institute of Baltimore.

Matthew Brown: Tuba

A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, and Matthew began his musical studies on the classical guitar at the age of seven and started playing the tuba at the age of fifteen. At the age of seventeen he became the grand-prize winner of the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Concerto Competition, and made his concerto debut with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia later that same year to rave reviews: “Brown was exciting…a tour de force!” (Allentown Morning Call); “The best performance of the {Vaughn Williams} tuba concerto I recall hearing!” (Bethlehem Globe Times).

While a tuba student at Boston University, he studied with Sam Pilafian of the Empire Brass Quintet, and began his professional chamber music career as tubist and founding member of the award-winning Paramount Brass Quintet. Mr. Brown went on to study at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University with David Fedderly, principal tubist of the Baltimore Symphony. From 1991 through 1993, Mr. Brown was a member of the Washington Brass Quintet, based in Washington, D.C.

A founding member of the Avatar Brass Quintet, he has performed hundreds of concerts throughout the United States, including weekly internationally televised performances from the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Brown is an active arranger, having arranged and transcribed over one hundred pieces for various brass ensembles, many of which are published by his own publishing company – Hawkeye Music Publications.

Mr. Brown has held the principal tuba position with the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, and has also performed with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, the New World Symphony, the Miami City Ballet, Ballet Florida, the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony, Alea III, and Ensemble 21.

From 1994 through 2000, he served as a member of the Artist Faculty at the prestigious Harid Conservatory of Music (now the Lynn University Conservatory) in Boca Raton, FL, where he taught applied tuba, coached chamber music, and conducted the brass ensemble. He has also served on the faculty at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan, Michigan State University, and Florida Atlantic University where he was a Schmidt Distinguished Teaching Fellow.

Currently, Mr. Brown resides in Reading, Pennsylvania with his wife and two daughters. In addition to performing and conducting, he is well known as an avid collector and dealer of antique phonographs, and researcher/lecturer/impersonator of John Philip Sousa. He joined the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of Music in 2005.

-- RaymondLutz - 18 Mar 2006