About Us
Canadian trumpeters Matisse, Aled, and Maslin Blundell started playing trumpet at 7, 6, and 5 years respectively, and have been playing together ever since! Individually, they have held positions in the Hannaford Youth Program, Guelph Youth Symphony Orchestra, Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Denis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra, Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra (touring to Los Angeles and Shanghai), Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Orchestra Toronto, among others.
Aled and Matisse are 4 and 5-time Kiwanis Music Festival Provincial finalists, with Matisse twice going on to compete Nationally. The duo have performed in Carnegie Hall as part of the Winners’ Recital of the American Protege International Competition and have soloed with numerous orchestras across Ontario. As a duet team and a trio, Blundell Brass has had the delightful privilege of soloing with the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Matthew Jones, the Oakville Chamber Orchestra under Charles Demuynck, the Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra under Jean-Michel Malouf, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and Milton Philharmonic Orchestras under Sabatino Vacca, the Stratford Symphony Orchestra with Daniel Warren, the Guelph Symphony Orchestra under Judith Yan, Symphony on the Bay under Claudio Vena, Orchestra Toronto under Kevin Mallon – all after making their solo debut with the Rose Orchestra in Brampton when Maslin was 10.
The siblings study with Jim Spragg of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Matisse, Aled, and Maslin love to play, and could not envision a life without music!!
Performances
2018-19 Season
Sunday, September 16 Friends of the Guelph Symphony Orchestra Salute to the Symphony Concert – Guelph, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Friday, November 9 Bedford Park P.S. Remembrance Day Services – Toronto, Ont.
Aled & Maslin
Saturday, November 10 Oakville Chamber Orchestra Performance – St. Simon’s Church, Oakville, Ont.
Matisse
Sunday, November 11 Remembrance Day Services – St. Andrew’s Catholic Church – Oakville, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled & Maslin
Sunday, November 11 Oakville Chamber Orchestra performance – St. John’s Church, Oakville, Ont.
Matisse
Sunday, December 2 Burlington Welsh Ladies Chorus Christmas Concert – St. Matthew’s Church – Burlington, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled & Maslin
Sunday, December 9 “Baroque to Hollywood,” Solo performance of Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets arranged for 3 trumpets –
Guelph Symphony Orchestra – Guelph, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
2017-18 Season
Sunday, September 18 Friends of the Guelph Symphony Orchestra Season Promotion Concert – Guelph, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Sunday, October 22 Orchestra Toronto Concert: Deutsche Musik – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Friday, November 10 Bedford Park P.S. & Lawrence Park C.I. Remembrance Day Services – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Sunday, November 11 Young Nak Korean Presbyterian Church 40th Year Celebration – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Saturday, November 12 Mississauga Symphony Youth Orchestra – Mississauga, Ont. Solo performance of Vivaldi Concerto for 2
Trumpets
Duo – Matisse & Aled
Sunday, December 10 Orchestra Toronto Concert: Holiday Music Magic – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Sunday, December 24 St. Alban’s Anglican Church Christmas Eve Service – Acton, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Saturday, February 11 Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra – Etobicoke, Ont. Solo performance of Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Duo – Matisse & Aled
Sunday, March 4 Orchestra Toronto Concert: America the Beautiful – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Sunday, April 22 Orchestra Toronto Concert: A Night at the Opera, Gianni Schicchi by Puccini – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Saturday, May 19 We Love Willowdale Concert in Commemoration of the victims of the Yonge Street van attack – Yonge St.,
Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Sunday, June 10 Orchestra Toronto Concert: Skøl Scandinavia – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
July 16 & 25 University of Toronto Mississauga Performances – Mississauga, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Saturday, August 11 Orchestra Toronto Ensemble plays Taste of the Danforth! – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
2016-17 Season
Sunday, September 18 Friends of the Guelph Symphony Orchestra Season Promotion Concert – Guelph, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, Maslin
Sunday, September 25 Oakville Chamber Orchestra Concert – Oakville, Ont.
Duo: Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, October 16 Greater Toronto Philharmonic concert – Toronto, Ont.
Duo – Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, October 23 Orchestra Toronto concert – Toronto, Ont.
Saturday, October 29 Symphony on the Bay Young Artist’s Concerto Competition Live performance Finals – Burlington, Ont.
Trio – Telemann Concerto for 3 Trumpets
Friday, November 11 Last Post 11:00am
Matisse & Aled at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute – Toronto, Ont.
Maslin at Park Lane P.S. – Toronto, Ont.
Saturday, December 3 Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Concert – Cambridge, Ont.,
Duo: Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, December 11 Guelph Symphony Orchestra Concert – Guelph, Ont.
Trio – Telemann Concerto for 3 Trumpets
Saturday, December 17 Milton Symphony Orchestra Concert – Milton, Ont.
Duo: Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, December 18 St. Leonard’s Anglican Church – Toronto, Ont.
Christmas Carol service (Trio)
Saturday, December 24 St. Alban’s Anglican Church – Acton, Ont.
Christmas Eve Family Service (Trio)
Sunday, March 5 Orchestra Toronto Concert – Toronto, Ont.
Sunday, April 2 Symphony On The Bay Concert – Burlington, Ont.
Trio – Telemann Concerto for 3 Trumpets
Saturday, April 8 Stratford Symphony Orchestra Concert – Stratford, Ont.
Duo: Matisse & Aled – Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sunday, April 16 Easter Sunday service at Young-Nak Korean Presbyterian church with music director: Jennifer Lee – Toronto,
Ont.
Sunday, April 30 Orchestra Toronto concert – Toronto, Ont.
Sunday, June 18 Orchestra Toronto Concert – Toronto, Ont.
Trio: Matisse, Aled, & Maslin – Telemann Concerto in D for 3 Trumpets (54:D4)
Gallery
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- Nationals Kelowna 2014
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- Shanghai
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- Wynton Marsalis
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- Shanghai
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- Carnegie Hall
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- Alison Balsom
Carnegie Hall photos: © 2016 Richard Termine
Media
TSYO 40th Anniversary Concert, May 2015
City Life Magazine article by Rebecca Alberico, November 30, 2016:
http://mycitylife.ca/…/special-feat…/young-musical-geniuses/