Wow, I guess I am worse at keeping this page up than I thought I was.  A lot of great things have been happening.  The summer ended up being CRAZY! Up and down the east coast with The Blue Tips, Black Brothers, and Elby Brass.  I wrote a mass for Clarinet Choir as well as a mass for Brass Quartet over at St Edward Catholic Church.  Check out the shows section for some upcoming events.  A few that I am particularly stoked on are:

Things have been pretty busy since the Compass Rose Orchestra CD Release back in February.  I have the privilege of being part of a new project called Black Brothers.  Go ahead and download the new EP.

It's almost here! Friday February 17 we will be releasing our CD at The Camel with The Congress.  Our first set starts prompt at 8pm at which we'll play the album start to finish.  Catch us again at 9:30(ish) playing a few tunes from the album along with a bunch of new stuff and covers!!!!  

You can preorder both digital and physical copies of the album.  If you live out of town, physical copies will be mailed out on Feb 16 or 17 and if you live in town, you can preorder it now and then pick it up at the show at The Camel on Feb 17.  We're so super stoked to be playing with such great a great band as The Congress.

One month from today we will release our debut album at The Camel with The Congress from Colorado.  Check out the event here.

Lucas Fritz is a trumpet player, composer/arranger, and educator based out of Richmond, Virginia.  He leads the Compass Rose Orchestra and the Richmond Jazz Collective.  He is the main arranger/soloist at St Edwards Catholic Church.