Wanderlust by Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard was formed in the fall of 2014 and includes Nazareth College faculty member Jacob Ertl (piano) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania faculty members Zach Collins (tuba) and Heidi Lucas (horn). The group is actively involved in promoting literature for this instrumentation through performance, recording, and the pursuit of commissioning projects. To date, the group has commissioned and/or premiered over a dozen new works for this instrumentation. In the spring of 2017 they were awarded a grant through the International Horn Society’s Meir Rimon Commissioning Assistance Program, which they used to commission Octavio Vasquez to write the multi-movement concert work, What a Circus!
Their first full-length album, Eastern Standard, was released in December of 2015 and includes three new works they commissioned, as well as recordings of other works that had not been recorded previously for commercial release. A second album, including 7 new works they commissioned, was recorded in the spring and summer of 2017. Eastern Standard has an active performance schedule including public school outreach programs, collegiate residencies, and festival and conference performances. A selected list of their conference performances includes: 2015 Northeast Horn Workshop in State College, PA, 2015 Northeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Ithaca, NY, 2016 Northeast Horn Workshop in Indiana, PA, 2016 International Horn Symposium in Los Angeles, CA, and 2016 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Knoxville, TN, 2016 International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers and Collaborators in Indiana, PA, 2017 Southwest Horn Workshop in Tempe, AZ, 2017 Northeast Horn Workshop and 2017 NERTEC., and 2019 Northeast Horn Workshop. For more information, please find them on Facebook, or visit their website: easternstandardtrio.wix.com/easternstandard

Eastern Standard is Heidi Lucas (horn), Zach Collins (tuba), and Jacob Ertl (piano). Eastern Standard aims to grow the repertoire of horn, tuba, piano literature through commissioning, performing, and recording. Visit them on the web:
easternstandardtrio.wix.com/easternstandard