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Brass Chamber Residency Program: Meridian Arts Ensemble

The University of Iowa School of Music - Voxman Building

Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Ensemble Series

Wisconsin Brass Quintet

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Ensemble Series


Daniel Grabois is Professor of Horn at the Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he performs in the Wisconsin Brass Quintet and serves as the Curator of SoundWaves, a series he created that combines science lectures with music performances. The former Chair of Contemporary Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, Grabois now serves as Director of the Electro-Acoustic Research Space (EARS), a facility which he founded with funding from a UW2020 large-equipment grant. Grabois is also the hornist in the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a New York City based brass quintet founded in 1987. With Meridian, he has performed over seventy world premieres, released twelve CDs, received two ASCAP/CMA Adventuresome Programming Awards, and toured worldwide, in addition to recording or performing with rock legends Duran Duran and Natalie Merchant and performing the music of Frank Zappa for the composer himself. Grabois has also created numerous arrangements and compositions for Meridian.

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Daniel Grabois

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 11, 2026

Daniel Grabois – Faculty Artist Series · University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music

Past events

Oct 15, 2025

Brass Chamber Residency Program: Meridian Arts Ensemble · University of Iowa School of Music

Mar 9, 2025

Wisconsin Brass Quintet · University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music

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