Lantana Trio

New Album by Lantana Trio under the MSR Classics Label: https://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1822

Recorded on May 13-15, 2021 at the Paul Voertman Concert Hall at the University of North Texas. Producer, recording engineer, editing and mastering: Chris Clark, Clark Media Productions @ www.clarkmediaproductions.com. Producer: Bruce McDonald.

Formed in 2018, Lantana Trio consists of faculty members from the University of North Texas: Raquel Samayoa on trumpet, Stacie Mickens on horn, and Natalie Mannix on trombone. Lantana Trio has presented recitals at the 2022 International Trombone Festival, the 2022 and 2019 International Women’s Brass Conference (IWBC), and the 2021 National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Conference (NACWPI), the 2020 Big XII Trombone Conference. They will be featured in a showcase performance at the 2025 Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention in San Antonio, Texas. They were featured soloists with the UNT Wind Symphony, Lone Star Wind Orchestra, 2023 PRIZM Music Camp & International Chamber Music Festival, and recently performed and served as faculty at the first brass festival for women in Mexico, the 2023 Festival Internacional De Mujeres Instrumentistas de Metal (FIMIM).

Advocates for diversity in the arts, Lantana Trio’s new album, Crossing Barriers, features pieces by underrepresented composers, including five new commissions. The album has garnered awards including the Silver Medal for the 2023 Global Music Award, 3rd place in the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music (professional chamber ensembles division) of the 2024 American Prize, and a Special Judges’ Citation for Outstanding album of new music for brass trio (Chamber Ensembles category) of the 2024 American Prize.

Members of Lantana Trio were the co-hosts of the International Women’s Brass Conference hosted at the University of North Texas in May of 2022.

“This 53-minute recording of the Lantana Trio is well scripted and executed. … Samayoa’s lightning-fast triple tonguing in “B.O.P.” is an especially solid way to end the disc. Mickens’s horn sound is crystal clear in every register, and Mannix’s trombone playing is solid in every aspect. Because of the artists’ skills, many of the tunes sound as if they are played by larger ensembles. All of the compositions are well paced for the listener.

John D. Perkins, International Trumpet Guild Journal, [Oct 2023]

“…Brass trio recordings are few and far between, but here is one that is very good.
…The playing is excellent from start to finish.”

Kilpatrick, American Record Guide [May 2023]

“…the album as a whole is a delight. Indeed, in terms of both commissioning and performance, the Lantana Trio’s debut is an unqualified success.”
Andrew Farach-Colton, Gramophone [April 2023]

“… a CD of uniformly high-quality performances of music that is quite capable of standing or falling on its own, without the need of any particular societal gloss.”
Mark J. Estren, InfoDad [March 2023]

“…Lantana Trio, …come together to play six compositions in precise, coordinated and skillful fashion. They achieve a performance height in their venue to which all musicians in ensembles aspire. …In addition to outstanding musicianship, a listener is also treated to superb recording quality on headphones or a stereo system akin to a live performance.
Joel C. Thompson, Cherry Grove Music [March 2023]

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