Meet the Bloggers

This blog is run by Kate Amrine and Rebecca Epstein-Boley. A trumpet player and a horn player, we are based in New York City and Ann Arbor, MI, respectively. We are both extremely excited about brass playing, the incredible women in the industry, and the role we hope Brass Chicks can play in publicizing the best of those things! The blog will be seeing some changes and a more steady flow of new content in the next few months, so we thought we might introduce ourselves to get things started.

Kate Amrine, TrumpetKate, whose multifaceted career includes Broadway, off-Broadway, commercial, big-band, and orchestral playing, also maintains an active teaching studio and recently gave a recital and led a warm-up at the 2017 International Women’s Brass Conference. This fall, she will release her debut album featuring works for solo trumpet by female composers.

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Rebecca, meanwhile, is currently working on her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan. She enjoys playing with student and professional ensembles such as Chamber Music Michigan, the Huron River Ensemble, the Ann Arbor Camerata, and the Dearborn Symphony, as well as maintaining an active private studio. She looks forward to further pursuing her love of chamber music after graduation. When not playing the horn, Rebecca enjoys drawing comics about music history.

The world of women in brass is vibrant, powerful, and growing fast. We aim for Brass Chicks to be a rich centralized source of information about everything happening in the women’s brass community. We want to showcase various perspectives and share exciting news and narratives.

Stay tuned for cool things soon to come!