Check my ensemble performance schedule below for the remainder of this year and next. Princeton Brass Band is comprised of successful college professors and other professional brass players. We are an up and coming presence on the North American Brass Band scene and will be recording our first commercial CD in 2007 and participating at the North American Brass Band Association Competition (NABBA). I am also taking the time to expand my horizons by working with jazz great Mac Gollehon
** Special Event ***
Tuesday, February 6th, 8 pm
Sat in with Mac Gollehon's Smokin' Trumpet Section
Deno's Party House, Manhattan, NY
Phil debuted the Harrelson Vines Cornet in the ensemble
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Phillip will be performing with the Princeton Brass Band as a veteran of the Solo Cornet Section:
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 2pm
Bucks County Performing Arts Center, 1100 Edgewood Rd., Yardley, PA
Thursday, April 12 through Sunday, April 15, 2007
North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Competition, Louisville, KY
Tuesday, December 12th, 7 pm
Christmas Concert
Rider University, Yvonne Theater, Lawrenceville, NJ
Saturday, December 9th, 7 pm
Canal Walk, Franklin Township, Somerset, NJ
Sunday, November 19th, 6 pm
Rider University, Yvonne Theater, Lawrenceville, NJ
Saturday, November 4, 7 pm
University Chapel, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Past 2006 Performances
Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 4-6 pm: 'At Home', Princeton Church of Christ (corner Rte. 27 and River Road just South of Kingston, NJ).
As part of the Gazebo Series of summer concerts, Phillip will be performing with the Hanover Wind Symphony at these upcoming venues:
Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 7:00 pm: Peapack-Gladstone, NJ- Liberty Park, Main Street .
Sunday, July 9, 2006, 7:00 pm: Livingston Gazebo, Livingston, NJ- Livingston Gazebo.
Sunday, May 7, 2006, 4:00 PM: Phil will be performing on Bb Trumpet with the Hanover Wind Symphony under the direction of Jason Noble at the Presbyterian Church, Tom's River, NJ. This performance will be recorded live for an upcoming CD, and is open to the public. It will include a solo appearance by jazz great Paul Cohen on Saxaphone.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 7:30 PM: Phil will be performing on Bb Trumpet with the Hanover Wind Symphony under the direction of Jason Noble at Memorial Junior School, Whippany, NJ.
Friday, April 14, 2006, 8:00 PM: As part of the "Artists of the Island" series of performances, Phil will be performing with the "Brothers 2" Trumpet and Piano Duo, Phil will be playing "The Lovelock Trumpet Concerto for C Trumpet and Piano" by William Lovelock at St. Stevens Church, Staten Island New York. This session will be recorded live for an upcoming CD, anyone interested in attending is welcome and can contact me via my Contact page for further details.
March 31st through April 1st: Phil will be appearing at the North American Brass Band Association Competition (NABBA) in Louisville Kentucky as Solo Cornet Player with the Princeton Brass Band under the direction of Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen. At this event Phil will be premiering Leigh McKinney's newest creation, The Eclipse Bb Cornet. Phil is soon to become the first endorsing artist for the Eclipse Cornet Line in the USA. The cornet is soon to be delivered from the Eclipse Shoppe in the UK where it is being hand crafted by the artisan Leigh McKinney for Phil's visit to NABBA with the Princeton Brass Band. Felix Vayser of the New York Trumpet Company was the driving force behind this effort and made it possible by bringing these horns into the USA from Europe where they are in high demand by many of the championship front row solo cornet players.
Sunday March 26, 2006, 6 PM: Phil will be playing Solo Cornet with the Princeton Brass Band under the direction of Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen at Yvonne Theater, Rider University.
Sunday February 12, 2006, 4 PM: Phil will be playing Solo Cornet with the Princeton Brass Band under the direction of Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen at The College of New Jersey, Kendall Hall.
Saturday, February 11, 2006, 8:00 PM: Phil will be performing on Bb Trumpet with the Hanover Wind Symphony under the direction of Jason Noble at the United Methodist Church, Morristown, NJ. This performance will be recorded live for an upcoming CD, and is open to the public.
Phillip DeFranco is a performing trumpet artist in the New York City Metropolitan area. He has been playing trumpet since 1965. After being awarded an NEA Fellowship, he received classical training at Manhattan School of Music during the 1970s, where he had the opportunity to study with the top trumpet players in the business. During the 1980s Phil played professionally in the southeast while playing trumpet with Nashville recording legend Lenny Dee at Lenny Dee's Den and Lenny Dee's Kings Inn, dinner clubs in the St. Petersburg Florida area. Phil then went on to cultivate a lucrative career as a software engineer at a major Wall Street firm after receiving additional educational credentials at New York University, and currently maintains an extensive performance schedule in the New York Tri-state area. He is currently an endorsing artist for NYTC by Possegger Bb Trumpets and Eclipse Cornets, performing on them exclusively. He also has an extensive array of vintage, post-war, and contemporary trumpets and Cornets in various keys and designs. Additionally- Phil currently holds membership in Local 802 American Federation of Musicians (AFM), The International Trumpet Guild (ITG), and the North American Brass Band Association 
