Allegrezza Music Publications

Original compositions and arrangements.

  • Concert Band

  • Solos and Ensembles

  • Jazz Band

  • Songs

  • Southwest Safari - VBS with flexible format

 
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Jeffrey L. Traster, DMA is Music Professor Emeritus at The University of Tampa where he served as Director of Bands and Head of Music Education for nineteen years, including Music Department Chair for six years.  Traster has taught in Texas, Ohio, and Florida.  He is an active guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, composer, tuba player and low-brass instructor.

Traster earned degrees from Baylor University (BME), The University of Colorado at Boulder (MM), and The University of Texas at Austin (DMA).  Primary amongst his conducting instructors and mentors are Richard Floyd, Allan McMurray, and Tom Lee. He is a member of the Florida Bandmasters Association, Florida Music Educators Association, National Association for Music Education, College Band Directors National Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, and ASCAP.  

Traster began composing and founded Allegrezza Music Publications in 2015.  Much of his music is composed for his students, Honor Bands, and special occasions. His oeuvre includes music for concert band, low brass choir, jazz band, voice, a VBS curriculum with original songs (created and produced in collaboration with colleagues from Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church in Tampa, FL), and solos for trumpet, trombone, euphonium, or tuba with piano. Twenty-two pieces by Traster have been added to the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) Solo & Ensemble List. Commissioned by the FBA for the Nine Star Honor Band, WAY DOWN for Concert Band, will premiere in Florida at the 2022 FBA Summer Conference.