Millennia Consort

The Millennia Consort, California’s premiere "organ plus" ensemble, presents a unique concert experience with world-class musicians. We commission, perform and record exciting and appealing new music in addition to arrangements of music spanning the millennia. Millennia Consort presents the best of the new and the best of the old. Millennia Consort is comprised of Presidio Brass: Bill Owens and Ray Nowak, trumpet; Mike McCoy, French horn; Sean Reusch, trombone; and Scott Sutherland, tuba; with Alison J. Luedecke, organ and Beverly Reese Dorcy, percussion. www/millenniaconsort.comOriginally from Los Angeles, Ray Nowak is a trumpet player and founding member of the Presidio Brass. He has performed with the Los Angeles and London Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Pacific and San Diego Symphonies. Recently he appeared on both the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Ellen DeGeneres Show performing with Kanye West. Ray was Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife for 5 years in the Canary Islands, Spain. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from CSU Long Beach and a Masters Degree from UCLA.Born and raised in White Plains, New York, trumpeter Bill Owens joined the Presidio Brass in September of 2006. While attending the Juilliard School in New York, he was an active soloist giving three solo recitals in both Paul and Morse recital halls in Lincoln Center as well as solo performances in Alice Tully Hall. Besides performing great music, Bill also arranges and interprets great music for his instrument and the Presidio Brass within varying chamber settings. Bill can be heard on The American Brass Quintet’s newest CD, “In Gabriel’s Day.”Mike McCoy, a San Diego native, has been the horn player for the Presidio Brass since its inception. He has performed in the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, Opera Pacific, Pacific Symphony and played lead horn in Carnegie Hall under John Rutter. Mike studied at San Diego State University and Boston Conservatory of Music. He also played lead horn with the traveling Broadway shows Lion King and Tommy and is an active recording artist with notable credits including Mr. Jones, Kate & Leopold, and was lead horn on the Everquest game soundtrack.Trombonist Sean Reusch, originally from Toms River, NJ, is a founding member of the Presidio Brass. He has performed with the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, New West Symphony, Redlands Symphony, San Bernardino Symphony, and the Riverside Symphony. He is currently on faculty at UCSD, Palomar College, and Mira Costa College. Sean holds a Master of Music Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and is currently completing a doctorate from UCLA.A native of Los Angeles, Scott Sutherland is the tuba player and the primary music arranger for the Presidio Brass. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from USC and a Master of Music degree from UCLA. As a soloist, Scott has been featured with the San Diego Symphony, Riverside County and Burbank Philharmonic Orchestras and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Opera, and the New West and Long Beach Symphonies. He is currently on the faculty at Palomar College and the Idyllwild Arts Summer Music Festival.Alison Luedecke, organist and founder of the Millennia Consort, hails from Galveston, Texas. She is active across the US as a solo concert organist and has played in Canada, Mexico and Germany. She has been heard numerous times on the nationally syndicated radio show Pipedreams. As an ensemble musician she has performed with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Symphony Silicon Valley, and other chamber ensembles and symphonies. She is also organist with the highly acclaimed Millennia Too!, an intimate recital duo with oboist Susan Barrett. She earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music as a student of David Craighead.
Beverly Reese Dorcy, a Minnesota native, is an active freelance timpanist and percussionist in both the San Diego and San Francisco Bay areas, as well as performing with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho. She has performed with the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, California Symphony and Marin Symphony. Prior to moving to California, Ms. Dorcy worked in the Seattle area as principal percussionist with the Bellevue Philharmonic and principal timpanist with the Tacoma Opera. Recording credits include ‘Kate and Leopold’ and several CDs with the Seattle Men's Chorus. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Percussion Performance..