On the Brink, by Cole Bartels

On the Brink

by Cole Bartels

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1.	Cole Bartels, Jorge Variego - La Yapa 05:16	info	buy track
2.	Cole Bartels, Lawren Brianna Ware - Delta Daze 05:12	info	buy track
3.	Cole Bartels, Steve Makela - Circles 6: I. 03:30	info	buy track
4.	Cole Bartels, Steve Makela - Circles 6: II. 04:51	info	buy track
5.	Cole Bartels, Colin Holter - The Panoramic 07:57	info	buy track
6.	Cole Bartels, Natalie Dietterich - Mosaic 03:15 video	info	buy track
7.	Cole Bartels, Aaron Hunt - Dark Meditation 02:25	info	buy track
8.	Cole Bartels, Tyler Taylor - Canned 05:58	info	buy track
9.	Cole Bartels, Brianna Drevlow-Jagim - col.ored - sket.ches. 03:27	info	buy track
10.	Cole Bartels, Skye van Duuren - Sonata for Trombone and Piano 12:08	info	buy track

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"On the Brink" features nine works for trombone, all of which were written by composers whom I personally know. Seven of the pieces you will experience on this album were commissioned by myself. In many ways, this album encapsulates much of the work that I’ve been involved in over the last decade as a student in higher education. It is my hope that this album can serve as both a way of preserving this diverse body of compositional work, and as a means to expose this amazing music to a wider audience.

The title, "On the Brink", came about when thinking of where my life is at upon the release of this album in April 2022. Having recently completed a terminal degree and earning the title of ‘doctor,’ I have found myself at the crossroads of my time as a student coming to a close, and fully beginning professional life - on the brink of having to figure out how to “make it” in the music industry.

It is with deep gratitude that I thank you for supporting this project. All of the resources and time that went into creating these recordings would mean nothing without you having taken the time to listen.

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released April 29, 2022

Cole Bartels – trombone
Vincent Fuh – piano

Michael Walling – percussion (5 & 9)
Heidi Keener – flute (5)
Luke Leavitt – synthesizer (5)
Rachel Wood – clarinet (5)
Colin Holter – guitar (5)
Jordan DeWester – tuba (5)
Zach Smith – bass (5)

Engineered and Edited by Cole Bartels
Produced by Jordan DeWester and Cole Bartels
Mixed by Mike Zirkel – Madison, WI
Mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering – Milwaukee, WI

Recorded June 2021 in the Hamel Music Center at the University of Wisconsin – Madison

Cover Artwork – “Circles 6” by Jo Verdis
Photography by Kendra Hill
Design by Alex Ring Gray

Support for this research was provided by the University of Wisconsin – Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

℗ 2022 Cole Bartels. Under exclusive license to Cmntx Records.

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Cole Bartels Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Cole Bartels is a genre-bending trombonist based in mid-Michigan. He is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at Central Michigan University, and an in-demand freelancer of all styles. On any given day he can be found playing salsa in a club, performing in a symphony orchestra, teaching private lessons, or any setting where one might hope to encounter a trombonist.

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