Come celebrate the release of Joseph T. Spaniola’s album ESCAPADE: Music for Large and Small Ensembles on the Big Round Records label. This is an open-house style event with light refreshments. Meet the composer. Hear the music. Examine the printed scores. View the mini retrospective of Dr. Spaniola’s career over the past 4 decades featuring…

Joseph T. Spaniola’s PASSAGE: Sempre Avanti (Trombone Ensemble) was presented in July at the International Trombone Association’s International Trombone Festival hosted by Ball State University (Muncie, IN).  The music was performed by the Murray State University Trombone Choir, Li Kuang, Director.

Joseph T. Spaniola’s PASSAGE: Sempre Avanti (Trombone Ensemble) will be presented at Trombonanza 2019, an incredible low brass festival in Santa Fe, Argentina.  PASSAGE will be performed by the Oklahoma State University Trombone Ensemble, Paul Compton, Director.  The festival features brass artists from around the world.  Participants come for performances, masterclasses, and to perform in…

Reviewing “ESCAPADE: Music for Large and Small Ensembles,” Steven A. Kennedy of Cinemusical says, “This collection of his work provides some great contrasts of ensembles that show off his compositional abilities and voice.”  Find ESCAPADE at: ESCAPADE_JTS  For the complete review visit: Cinemusical_review

Steve Przyzycki shines on Der Heyser Bulgar (Xylophone, Brass, and Tambourine). The piece is described as “Marvelously upbeat” and “an exercise in xylophone virtuosity.” Find it on ESCAPADE:http://bit.ly/ESCAPADE_JTS – Thanks to Infodad.com  for the review:  http://transcentury.blogspot.com/2019/07/foursomes.html

Check out my conversation with Emily Garcia at PARMA Recordings. We discuss music, my career and my newest release ESCAPADE.  To hear it, follow this link: Conversation

Joseph T. Spaniola – ESCAPADE: Music for Large and Small Ensembles is now available.  For more details see the Album’s Big Round Records catalog page: ESCAPADE (Album)

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Joseph T. Spaniola’s first release on Big Round Records is coming soon.  Available as a CD or a digital download. Watch for details.  

TANGO SPANIOLA (F Horn, Trombone and Piano) will be presented at the 51st International Horn Symposium hosted by the Ghent Royal Conservatoire (Ghent, Belgium) on July 2, 2019. The music was commissioned by, and written for Oklahoma State University faculty members Lanette Compton (F Horn) and Paul Compton (Trombone) who will present the work at…

Joseph T. Spaniola’s DREAM (Euphonium and String Quartet) has been selected as a 2018 – 2019 Finalist for The American Prize in the Composition – Instrumental Chamber Music division.  The American Prize celebrates American Excellence in the Arts. The final adjudication will occur during the summer.

Joseph T. Spaniola has become an artist with PARMA Recordings. The composer’s first PARMA recording is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2019 on PARMA’s Big Round Records label. Big Round Records is dedicated to presenting world-class musicians doing what they do best: smash the walls of genre and create groundbreaking new sounds…

Check out my TAKE Flight on this week’s episode of Wind & Rhythm (#521):  http://www.windandrhythm.com/episodes

Two of Joseph T. Spaniola’s compositions have advanced to the semi-finals round of The 2018 – 2019 American Prize in Composition: BLOW, EASTERN WINDS (Wind Ensemble) in the Band/Wind Ensemble division and DREAM (Euphonium and String Quartet) in the Instrumental chamber Music division. The American Prize celebrates American Excellence in the Arts. The final adjudication…

On Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, UWF’s Joseph T. Spaniola’s newly commissioned composition, PASSAGE: Sempre Avanti (Trombone Ensemble) will be presented by the University of Central Arkansas at the Midwest Clinic (Chicago, IL), an International Band and Orchestra Conference. The Midwest Clinic is one of the world’s largest Band and Orchestra conferences. Presentation at this conference…

On Dec. 12, 2018, Joseph T. Spaniola’s newly commissioned composition, PASSAGE: Sempre Avanti (Trombone Ensemble) will be presented by the Columbus State University Trombone Ensemble (Columbus, Georgia) at the Lӓtzsch Trombone Festival, an International Trombone Conference that takes place in Heek, Germany and Enschede, The Netherlands. The prestigious five-day festival is an international mix of…

A consortium of 21 institutions commissioned Joseph T. Spaniola to compose PASSAGE: Sempre Avanti (Trombone Ensemble) to be presented at the 2018 International Trombone Festival in July. The University of Central Arkansas presented the world premiere at the conference. Members of the consortium will present premieres of the piece throughout the coming year. On Nov.…

Joseph T. Spaniola was commissioned by the Missouri Association for Jazz Education’s Leon Bradley Memorial Grant to write a special arrangement for Trombone Quintet as an 80th Anniversary Tribute to Leon Bradley. Bradley toured with the Woody Herman and Stan Kenton Big Bands, and taught at Minot State University and the College of the Ozarks…

Music by Joseph T. Spaniola was presented by the Oklahoma State University Horn Ensemble, Lanette Compton, Director, (Stillwater, OK) at the 2018 International Horn Symposium in early August. The symposium, presented by the International Horn Society, was held at Ball State University (Muncie, IN). The annual symposium draws leading French Horn performers, teachers, students, exhibitors…