Hearing Climate Change in NYC - Concert Program

This concert and the other two concerts I will be doing as a part of this project (August 8th in Red Hook and September 25th in the Bronx) are all sponsored by the Puffin Foundation. The grant funded the three commissions by Chloe Rowlands, Jen Baker, and Yaz Lancaster that I will be premiering on each concert. Each commission is tied to a specific location that has been / will be affected by climate change. Chloe Rowlands' piece The Water Rises which I am premiering on July 12th is inspired by the sea level rise at Battery Park. If you are interested in tipping me for the project or for the performance, please find me on Venmo at @Kate-Amrine and at Paypal at kateamrine@gmail.com

Program:

Golden Hour by Cait Nishimura

Dark is a Way by Alice Jones

The Water Rises by Chloe Rowlands

Cassiopeia by Ariel Marx

Boston Bucolic by John Secunde

Eclipse by Marisa Youngs

Thoughts on the Death of a Tree by Skye Van Duuren

Climate Change in NYC - What can I do to make a difference?

While everyone knows about some things that are helpful to stop climate change (like eating less meat, recycling, biking instead of driving, not getting takeout containers or plastic straws when possible), there are some other real actionable and powerful things that we can all do to slow climate change.

1. Put your money where your mouth is. Support green businesses that use and support sustainable practices. Consider not supporting huge corporations that have historically contributed to climate change.

2. Get out and Vote. The more people in power who see the way of the future, it will be much easier to enact change on a larger scale - from things like drafting legislation to even just raising awareness to being vegan by being elected for example.

3. Consider the small things that you can do to make a difference. Shop local, compost, try and be as zero waste as possible. These things won't stop the fire in the Gulf of Mexico but they are small steps we can all do.

4. Reuse and recycle goes for more than just cans and bottles. What can you buy more of second hand and donate to area fridges, shelters, and thrift stores for someone else to use instead of throwing in the trash?

5. Avoid driving places when you can bike, take a bus, or a train instead. Check out other renewable energy sources from solar panels and ways to conserve energy in spaces you frequent.

NEWS

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If you are passionate about making the brass community a more diverse place - then please check out my new organization Brass Out Loud. We are dedicated to uplifting and inspiring all brass players everywhere. We launched our inaugural workshop earlier this year with over 50 participants from 4 different countries with an age range of 13 to 60. We also had 23 faculty members of which over 70% was female, trans, non binary, and/or BIPOC. We have various Facebook live BOLD chats planned with a variety of guests and a big panel coming up. Follow us on social media @brassoutloud to stay in the loop.

Podcasts/Interviews

Interested in hearing me talk about my projects and more? Check out recent interview on the Trumpet Gurus Podcast, Bold as Brass Podcast, and the HerStory Podcast. I was also interviewed as a Denis Wick Artist for their blog.

Recordings

Thanks to covid 19 and the pandemic I have been spending all of my time at home and I now have a solid home recording set up. I've been so lucky to record on a variety of tracks during this time across many genres including musical theater, classical, experiemental, commercial, rock, and more. If you are interested in having me record trumpet, piccolo, or flugelhorn on your track please do not hesitate to contact me. I use a Royer r10 ribbon mic w a cloudlifter and an SM57 mic with a Behringer interface into Logic Pro. I use Final Cut Pro to edit my videos. You can find recording samples on my youtube channel and social media pages.

Here are some of other people's projects that I had the lovely experience of recording on.

Classical

Astortango - a piazzolla inspired tango for trumpet and string quartet by Jason Nitsch

Dark is a way by Alice Jones - part of her #tinyefforts2021 project

As I Am - composed by me - combined with beautiful sculptures by William Christenberry at HEMPHILL Galleries

Christmas Kings County Brass Quintet Concert

Jazz

Same Shade of Blue from Our Cartoon President TV Show - created by Stephen Colbert

Same Shade of Blue reprise from Our Cartoon President TV Show

Indie Rock and Experimental

River by Martin Boudreau

Echoes by Martin Boudreau