INTERNATIONAL - Bemidji State University

InternatIonal 

36th annual ConferenCe 

CO-HOSTS: 

Del Lyren (Bemidji State University) 

Steve Wright (Gustavus Adolphus College) 

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Ahn Hee Chan / Takayuki Akizuki / Ryan Anthony / Eric Aubier / Rüdiger Baldauf / Markus Bebek / Jeroen Berwaerts / Randy Brecker / Frank Brodahl 

Joe Burgstaller / Antoine Curé / Dai Zhonghui / Frits Damrow / Hsei-Ping Deng / Karen Donnelly / Pierre Dutot / Rod Franks / Yoshiaki Fukuda 

John Hagstrom / Tomonao Hara / Hiroaki Hayasaka / Sachio Hotokezaka / Naoki Inoue / Sean Jones / Kazuaki Kikumoto / Larry Knopp / Yoshikazu Kubo 

Osamu Kumashiro / Jens Lindermann / Brian Lynch / Chris Martin / Takayuki Matsuda / Tsugufumi Matsuda / Andrew McCandless / Manu Mellaerts 

Paul Merkelo / Osami Morishige / Harald Naess / Tiger Okoshi / Junichi Orita / Jeremy Pelt / Rex Richardson / Chase Sanborn / Hiroshi Sato 

Daisuke Shirozu / Kiyonori Sokabe / Robert Sullivan / James Thompson / Andrea Tofanelli / Tomoki Tokuda / Allen Vizzutti / Wang Yang / Eisuke Yamamoto

table of Contents 

Hosts’ Welcome ..................................................................................................................................4 

ITG President’s Welcome .....................................................................................................................4 

Dean’s Welcome ..................................................................................................................................5 

President’s Welcome ...........................................................................................................................5 

2011 Honorary Awards .........................................................................................................................6 

2011 Awards of Merit ..........................................................................................................................8 

2011 Conference Scholarship Winners ................................................................................................ 11 

Conference Coordinators and ITG Board/Officers ................................................................................ 12 

Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................... 13 

The Steve Wright Big Band Personnel ................................................................................................. 13 

2011 Master Conference Schedule ...................................................................................................... 14 

Artist Bios ........................................................................................................................................ 34 

Conference Host Bios ........................................................................................................................ 54 

Conference Exhibitors ....................................................................................................................... 58 

Cover photo courtesy of Wayne Moran Photography 

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hosts’ WelCome 

WELCOME to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul! We are thrilled to have you as 

our guests in Minneapolis for the 2011 International Trumpet Guild Conference. Sponsored 

by Bemidji State University, we hope that your stay in Minnesota will be a memorable one. 

Since we both teach at different colleges outside the Twin Cities, we discussed the 

possibility for several years of co-hosting a conference in Minneapolis. At the 2008 ITG 

Conference in Banff, we received enthusiastic encouragement and decided it was time for 

a conference in Minnesota! 

In our planning, we discovered marvelous new talent to complement familiar names in the 

trumpet world. No matter what the idiom, there is something on the bill for everyone – 

musically and educationally. 

With Orchestra Hall just across the street, it was a given that the Minnesota Orchestra 

should be involved and that they feature a trumpet soloist for the week. Jouko Harjanne will 

perform with them and at our opening concert. The brass section of the MN Orchestra will 

also be showcased on that concert, and principal trumpeter Manny Laureano will present 

a solo recital during the week. 

Our other performance venues include the Hilton Ballroom, Central Lutheran Church, 

Wesley United Methodist Church, and the Dakota Jazz Club… all within easy walking 

distance of the conference headquarters. 

SO, enjoy the wide variety of performances and clinic sessions, visit the exhibits (buy 

stuff), and enjoy our wonderful Twin Cities! 

Del Lyren & Steve Wright 

ItG presIdent’s WelCome 

On behalf of the Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2011 Conference 

of the International Trumpet Guild. Co-hosts Del Lyren and Steve Wright have worked for 

over three years to bring together an amazing group of soloists and ensembles. 

I encourage you to attend the many concerts, master classes, and clinics offered 

throughout the week. Visit the exhibits areas and take advantage of the opportunity to 

play the many different trumpets and mouthpieces that are here. Buy mutes, sheet music, 

recordings and other accessories. Visit with old friends and make new friends! 

Please take time to thank Del and Steve for their tremendous efforts in organizing what will 

be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Introduce yourself to me and to the other members of 

the ITG Board of Directors, chat with the performers, and maybe even get an autograph 

or two! 

Thank you for your support of our organization and for attending this, our 36th annual 

conference. Have a great week! 

Welcome! 

Kevin Eisensmith

dean of ColleGe of arts and sCIenCes’ WelCome 

On behalf of the College of Arts and Sciences at Bemidji State University, I want to extend 

a warm welcome to all of the participants of the 36th Annual International Trumpet Guild 

Conference in Minneapolis. We are honored to host five days of nationally and internationally 

recognized performing artists. I’m looking forward to the multitude of performances and the 

inspiration that only live musical performances can provide. 

Thank you for sharing your talents with us and welcome! 

Dean P. Joan Poor, 

College of Arts and Sciences, 

Bemidji State University 

bemIdjI state presIdent’s WelCome 

On behalf of Bemidji State University, welcome to Minnesota and the Minneapolis-St. Paul 

metropolitan area. While most famous for its 10,000 lakes, Minnesota also has a rich musical 

heritage that provides the perfect backdrop for the 36th annual meeting of the International 

Trumpet Guild. What an opportunity for all involved to hone knowledge and skills through 

master classes, lectures, recitals and concerts. Enjoy your time together. 

Regards, 

Dr. Richard Hanson, President 

Bemidji State University 


SUSANSLAUGHTER 


ITG HoNorAry AwArd Susan Slaughter joined the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in l969 and four 

years later became the first woman ever to be named Principal Trumpet of a major symphony orchestra. A graduate 

of Indiana University, where she received the coveted performer’s certificate in recognition of outstanding musical 

performance, Ms. Slaughter has studied with Herbert Mueller, Bernard Adelstein, Arnold Jacobs, Robert Nagel, 

Claude Gordon and Laurie Frink. 

Prior to accepting a position in St. Louis, Ms. Slaughter spent two years as Principal Trumpet of the Toledo Symphony. 

She appears regularly in area recitals and religious programs, and has been a frequent soloist with the Saint Louis 

Symphony Orchestra as well as with several other ensembles throughout the country. Her work is represented on 

a number of Saint Louis Symphony releases including the highly acclaimed recordings of Mahler’s Symphony No. 

2, Profofiev’s Symphony No. 5, Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Barber’s 

Capricorn Concerto, and most recently, John Adams’ Doctor Atomic. 

In recent years Ms. Slaughter has performed as soloist with the Bay Area Women’s Philharmonic in San Francisco, 

with the Marrowstone Music Festival Orchestra in Seattle, WA, and on the Shenson Chamber Music Concerts Series 

at The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. 

Ms. Slaughter has been on the faculty of the Grand Teton Orchestra Seminar and the National Orchestra Institute. 

In addition, she has served as lecture/recitalist at the International Trumpet Guild, and also served on its board of 

directors. 

Some of the awards and recognition Ms. Slaughter has received over the years include nomination by Ladies Home 

Journal for its annual Woman of the Year award, a special Leadership Award in the Arts from the Young Women’s 

Christian Association, the American Federation of Musicians, Local 2-197 Owen Miller Award for loyalty, dedication 

and fairness in actions and deeds, and the 2007 Arts and Education Council Award for Excellence in the Arts.. At 

the invitation of then baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, she performed the National Anthem for game three of the 

1991 World Series. 

In 1992 Ms. Slaughter founded the International Women’s Brass Conference, an organization dedicated to provide 

opportunities and recognition for women brass musicians. As a fund-raising effort to support the International 

Women’s Brass Conference, Ms. Slaughter organized and produced the very popular Holiday Brass Concerts, 

which are now in their second decade, and are performed each December in the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. 

Other cities in the United States are starting their own Holiday Brass Concerts to help support the ever-growing 

International Women’s Brass Conference. 

The next St. Louis Holiday Brass Concert will be December 7, 2010. To order tickets, or to purchase the recently 

released “Holiday Brass” CD, call 314-966-8671. Susan Slaughter is the featured artist on the “Holiday Brass” CD 

along with the Central Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir and the St. Louis Children’s Choirs Concert Choir. 

In 1996, Ms. Slaughter founded Monarch Brass, an all women’s brass ensemble, which has toured in the United 

States and Europe to critical acclaim. Recently Monarch Brass released its first CD titled MONARCH BRASS. 

For more information about the International Women’s Brass Conference and the Holiday Brass Concerts, visit www. 

iwbc-online.org, and www.holidaybrass.com respectively. 

Ms. Slaughter retired as Principal Trumpet from the Saint Louis Symphony on September 1, 2010.

oGerDELmoTTE 

ITG HoNorAry AwArd Delmotte, Roger (b. Roubaix, France, Sept. 20, 1925). French trumpeter. 

Delmotte is respected as one of the pioneers in classical solo playing. His grandfather played tuba. Roger 

began on piccolo flute (two years) and then switched to flugelhorn, playing in local bands as a boy in Northern 

France, such as Fanfare Delattre in Roubaix, and the Symphonie du Favreuil Ensemble conducted by Mr. 

Glorieux (1943). At the Roubaix Conservatory, Delmotte studied trumpet with Maurice Leclerq (who was a 

previous pupil of Merri Franquin, and a first prize winner in 1911 at the CNSMP). Roger won his Prix d’Honneur 

in 1944, but his studies were interrupted when he lost his father and needed to work as a tailor in order to help 

support his family. However, he eventually enrolled in the Paris Conservatory under Eugene Foveau (1944-46) 

while serving in a military band in order to receive a tuition scholarship. 

In 1950 Delmotte was the first trumpet player to win a first prize in the Geneva Competition, a feat that launched 

his solo career. During that same year, he was appointed professor at the Versailles Conservatory (where he 

stayed until 1992), and in 1951 became principal of the Paris Opera Orchestra (where he played until 1986). He 

performed the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto by Bach under Fernand Oubradous (1951), and Jolivet’s Concertino 

with the Concerts Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Jean Martinon (1952) and was the first artist to record 

it, under Ernest Bour on the Ducretet-Thomson label. (Delmotte played a small-bore Aubertin trumpet.) The 

recording dramatically furthered his career. (This historic recording was immediately distributed in the United 

States by the Westminster label, but incorrectly listed his name as “Del Motte.”) Soon, many composers wrote 

solo works for him, including Florent Schmitt, Jean Rivier, Georges Delerue, Henry Barraud, and others. Being 

close to Jolivet, Roger Delmotte gave him advice when this major composer wrote the 2nd Concerto for 

Trumpet. Delmotte premiered many new works for trumpet by Jean Françaix (Sonatine), Maurice Ohana (1963), 

and others. 

Roger Delmotte was very active as a studio player (film soundtracks, sessions with Roger-Roger, etc) in Paris. He 

also performed at many festivals, beginning with the Festival Casals in Prades (with an international orchestra 

conducted by Alexandre Schneider in 1951 that included Raymond Sabarich—trumpet, Serge Baudo—tympani, 

and members of the Philadelphia Orchestra such as Marcel Tabuteau—oboe), and in prestigious orchestras 

such as Ensemble Nadia Boulanger (1951), and the Petit Theatre Marigny-Domaine Musical with Pierre Boulez 

(from 1950). 

An important trumpeter during the Baroque revival of the 1950s, Delmotte performed and recorded early 

trumpet concerti even before pioneers such as Adolf Scherbaum and Roger Voisin. He introduced the young 

Maurice André by making the first recording of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets in 1952. From 1964, and 

for about 20 years longer, Delmotte made his name as a duet partner of the organist Pierre Cochereau (first 

concert given at the Strasburg Cathedral). During the same period, Delmotte gave Turkish and European tours 

with John Grady (organist at St. Patrick Church in NYC). In the 1970s, both Delmotte and André popularized 

music for trumpet with organ. Delmotte says, I always tried to be a complementary instrument to the organ, not 

a soloist. (June 4, 2010). He was also a member of the prestigious Gabriel Masson Brass Ensemble. 

The 1970s were a good time for Delmotte. He made many recordings for the O.R.T.F. and Philips labels, 

performed Rivier’s Concerto for Trumpet on national television (1972), co-founded a trumpet trio called Les 

Trompettes de Paris with Georges Jouvin and Roger Guerin (producing three albums for Pathé in 1971-72), 

toured Europe as a soloist, and formed his own brass ensemble that toured South Africa in 1979. Roger 

Delmotte continued as a leading soloist throughout the 1980s. However, unlike André, Delmotte disliked the 

piccolo trumpets (but can do great job on them!). For many years, he preferred to play trumpets in C, D, and 

E-flat. Delmotte served as an adviser for Courtois trumpets. 

In his duties at the Versailles Conservatory, Delmotte served as Raymond Sabarich’s teaching assistant (1965- 

66). He then became a professor at the Paris Conservatory (1966-67). For a short time, he was the first 

trumpet teacher at the Lyon National Superior Conservatory of Music (1982). He also gave many master classes 

(Salzburg, Tokyo, and especially in Switzerland). Among his many pupils are the well-known Nicolas André, 

Robert Bouché, Roger Boufferet, Dominique Derasse, Pierre Dutot, Roger Jeanmarie, Gérard Millière, Elisabeth 

Nouaille-Degorce, René Périnelli, Jean-Luc Ramecourt, Jean Sibra, Olivier Theurillat, Marc Ullrich, Pascal 

Vigneron, and Urban Walser. 

Delmotte participated in the 1985 ITG Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was a co-founder of 

the Guilde Française des Trompettistes (in 1978), and has been an important judge at international trumpet 

competitions beginning in 1979 when he was a member of the jury for the Maurice André Competition in 

Paris. He has also served on juries for the Toulon Competition (he was the artistic director in 1975 to 2000), 

International Congress of Brass at Châtenay-Malabry, and others. Delmotte received the Chevalier des Arts & 

Lettres (1965), Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (1972), and Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (2001). His 

second wife, a Swiss woman named Evelyne, passed away around 1998. He is now retired, but still studies 

music. He lives in Chatou, near Paris, and collects old trumpets and cornets, and is vice-president of an 

association of older musicians from the opera and opera-comique. 


BryANGoff 


ITG AwArd of MerIT Bryan Goff is Professor Emeritus at Florida State University, where he taught 

for 35 years, and served as coordinator of Winds and Percussion. Prior to his retirement he was honored by the 

University for his excellence in teaching and international recognition within the trumpet profession by conferring 

him a named professorship, the Robert T. Braunagel Professor of Music. His students have consistently appeared as 

winners and finalists in ITG competitions, the National Trumpet Competition, and Ellsworth Smith Competition. The 

FSU Trumpet Ensemble and FSU Baroque Trumpet Ensemble have been invited to perform at eleven ITG Conferences, 

dating back to 1978. His former students currently hold positions in orchestras, military bands, and on university 

faculty throughout the United States. 

Professor Goff and is an original member of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, where he served as Principal 

Trumpet for 26 years. He is also a founding member of the Florida State Brass Quintet which has performed 

two European concert tours and several tours throughout the eastern U.S. He has a strong interest in period 

instruments and has studied Baroque trumpet with Edward Tarr and has performed with the Edward Tarr Brass 

Ensemble in France and Germany. Goff has lectured and performed as a recitalist on the baroque trumpet at the 

Amherst Early Brass Music Workshop and has performed extensively as a recitalist, both on baroque and modern 

trumpet in the United States, Canada, Europe and Thailand. He has also performed and recorded with other 

orchestras such as the Atlanta Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and the Florida Orchestra. 

Mr. Goff is a native of Colorado and received his degrees from the University of Colorado, where he was a student of 

Frank Baird. While in Colorado he played Principal Trumpet with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra and 

performed as a trumpet soloist with the Denver Municipal Concert Band. He served for four years with the United 

States Air Force Academy Band, where he was trumpet soloist and founder of the USAFA Brass Quintet. 

Mr. Goff has been active in the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, which he served 

as President. He has also been very active in the International Trumpet Guild, where he served as Treasurer and on 

the Board of directors for twenty years.

wILLIAMPfUND ITG AwArd of MerIT William Pfund received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Dana School of 

Music of Youngstown University and his Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music. 

He has studied trumpet with Esotto Pellegrini, principal trumpet with the Youngstown Symphony 

Orchestra and Roger Voisin, former principal trumpet with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He 

has also studied briefly or consulted privately with: Bernard Adelstein, principal trumpet with 

the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; Adolph Herseth, former principal trumpet with the Chicago 

Symphony Orchestra; Josef Levora of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic; 

William Lang and Maurice Murphy of the London Philharmonic; Philip Jones of the Philip Jones Brass 

Ensemble; Knud Hovaldt, Copenhagen, Denmark; Bo Nilsson of the Malmo Philharmonic, Sweden; 

and Tony Plog, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, recording artist, and soloist as well as composer. 

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Author of The Trumpeter’s Pedagogical Guide, Bill Pfund’s Beginning Trumpet Method, Bill Pfund’s 

Intermediate Trumpet Method, and Bill Pfund’s Problem Solving Exercises. Mr. Pfund has conducted 

studies regarding the relationship of tooth position to a trumpeter’s range, endurance, and tone 

quality. The Trumpeter’s Pedagogical Guide has been translated into Chinese and Mr. Pfund was 

invited to Taiwan to present clinics related to this publication in May, 1994. 

Mr. Pfund has been a regular member of the Youngstown University Faculty Brass Quintet, the 

Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, and The United States Army Band, Pershing’s Own, Washington, 

D.C. Professor Pfund has taught at Youngstown University and The University of Nebraska at 

Omaha. He is retired from The University of Northern Colorado, as Professor Emeritus, and has 

played principal trumpet with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rocky Mountain Brass 

Quintet for more than 30 years. Professor Pfund was the 1990 recipient of the Lucile M. Harrison 

award as outstanding teacher of the year at UNC. Mr. Pfund has been active with the International 

Trumpet Guild since its beginning. He has served as the chair of the ITG Solo Competition, the Jazz 

Competition, and as a judge for the Solo Competition, and the Orchestral Excerpt Competition. 

Pfund has performed in the Festival of Trumpets concert for nearly every conference, and organized 

the event for the 2004 Conference. The University of Northern Colorado Trumpet Ensemble under his 

direction has commissioned and premiered two new works at ITG Conferences. Pfund is currently 

Past President of the International Trumpet Guild. Mr. Pfund has given trumpet master classes 

and/or performances in Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, 

Thailand, Russia, and China. In addition to his position as Associate Principal Trumpet in the Greeley 

Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Pfund continues to be active as a soloist, performer, lecturer, and 

maintains a private trumpet studio in Greeley, Colorado. If you wish to contact Mr. Pfund, contact 

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COnferenCe 

SCHOLArSHip 

Winners

InternatIonal 


Under Age 14 

John and Marilyn Haynie Scholarship 

Natalie Dungey 

Pacific Cascade Middle School 

Teacher: Philip Dungey 

Clifton Plog Memorial Fund Scholarship 

Forrest R. Johnston 

Colvin Run Elementary School 

Teacher: Richard Johnston 

Age 14-17 

Warburton Music Products Scholarship 

Leah Reber 

Rosemount High School 

Teacher: Steve Olsen 

Schilke Music Products Scholarship 

Robin Seitz 

Sunset High School 

Teacher: Steve Olsen 

Age 18-21 

Ken Larson’s BrassWerks Scholarship 

Steven Miller 

Hofstra University 

Teacher: James Ross 

Antoine Courtois Paris Scholarship 

Joseph Pullara IV 

University of Arkansas 

Teacher: Richard Rulli 

Kanstul Musical Instruments Scholarship 

Marisa Youngs 

Truman State University 

Teacher: Gregory Jones 

Taylor Trumpets Scholarship 

Charles Miller 

Truman State University 

Teacher: Gregory Jones 

ConferenCe sCholarshIp WInners 

Wade Weast, coordinator 

Judges: Robert Waugh – Indiana State University 

Steve Leisring – University of Kansas 

Anita Cirba – Winston-Salem and Greensboro, NC 

Spencer Trumpets UK Scholarship 

Tim Nemzin 

Florida State University 

Teacher: Christopher Moore 

Kathleen B. Davis Memorial Scholarship 

Tamara Vaughn 



Richard B. Lehman Memorial Fund 

Scholarship 

Kyle Anthony Mallari 



Vincent DiMartino and Patti Powell 

Scholarship 

Zachary Jacobs 

Grand Valley State University 

Teacher: Kevin Maloney 

Stewart and Ken Scholarship 

Patrick Oliverio 

University of Arkansas 


Gordon Mathie Scholarship 

Christi Burkett 



William Pfund Scholarship 

Andrew Bohn 



William Vacchiano Memorial Scholarship 

Adam Mejaour 

University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Teacher: Eric Berlin 

ITG Presidents’ Scholarship 

Chris Piscopo 



ITG Legacy Fund #1 Scholarship 

Joseph Christianson 

Rutgers University 

Teacher: David Krauss 

ITG Legacy Fund #2 Scholarship 

Javian Brabham 



Donald P. Bullock Memorial Scholarship 

Michael Burkett 

Michigan State University 

Teacher: Richard Illman 

Triplo Press Scholarship 

Lam Guan Yu 

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music 

Teacher: William Theis 

Age 19-22 

Renold O. Schilke Memorial Fund Scholarship 

Aaron Witek 



Facet Mutes, LLC Scholarship 

Tim Dailey 

School: University of Arkansas 


Keith Clark Memorial Fund Scholarship 

John I. Mange, Jr. 

University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Teacher: Eric Berlin 

Jazz Under 18 

Sandy Sandberg Memorial Fund Scholarship 

Noah Frankforter 

Mason High School 

Teacher: Anthony Stanco 

Jazz Age 18-24 

Lips of Steel Scholarship 

Jonathan McQuade 

Northern Illinois University 

Teachers: Jamie Hall and Art Davis 


2011 ConferenCe CoordInators 

Ongoing Competitions Chair – Alan Siebert 

ITG Solo Competition Chair – Martin Hodel 

ITG Orchestral Excerpts Competition Chair – Jeremy Brekke 

ITG Jazz Improvisation Competition Chair – Grant Manhart 

ITG Youth Competition Chair – Kelly Parkes 

ITG Scholarships Chair – Wade Weast 

Trumpet Preludes Coordinator – Michael Arndt 

Festival of Trumpets Coordinator – David Baldwin 

Exhibits Coordinator – Graham Steeds 

ItG offICers 

President 

Kevin Eisensmith 

Vice President/President Elect 

Kim Dunnick 

Treasurer 

Dixie Burress 

Secretary 

Brian Evans 

Past President 

William Pfund 


ItG board of dIreCtors 

James Ackley 

Michael Anderson 

David Baldwin 

Joseph Bowman 

Michael Chapple 

Stephen Chenette 

Zonghuii Dai 

Luis Engelke 

Anne Hardin 

Keith Johnson 

Cathy Leach 

Gary Mortenson 

James Olcott 

Grant Peters 

Jeffrey Piper 

Judith Saxton 

Alan Siebert 

Neville Young

InternatIonal 


Del and Steve would like to thank the numerous people 

who have helped make this conference a possibility. First 

on the list - our wives, Betsy Lyren and Mary Wright, our 

families for tolerating the many hours we have ignored you 

while on the phone and sending emails! Also, a special 

thank you to Steve Olsen of Rosemount High School, 

Kathy Berglund of the BSU Office of Communications and 

Marketing, Schmitt Music, Jini Lawless for her many extra 

hours of work in conference planning, and the following 

conference volunteers: Amy Burmeister, Andy Cresap, 

Lexie Kruse, Ryan Sederquist, Megan Sattler, Ian Schmid, 

Betsy Lyren, Leah Palmer, Katie VanDerMeer, Dave Nelson, 

Katie Hahn, Bob Opgrand, John Stewart, Jillian Walechka, 

Lorene Veatch, Keehun Nam, Dan Leifermann, Nick Mason. 

the steve WrIGht bIG band 

Tuesday, May 24 • Hilton Ballroom 

Saxes: 

Brian Grivna 

Mark Henderson 

Dave Karr 

Kenni Holmen 

Kathy Jensen 

Trumpets: 

Bob Hallgrimson 

Steve Strand 

Dave Jensen 

Adam Rossmiller 

Trombones: 

Dave Graf 

Mike Nelson 

Dean Menten 

Wade Clark 

Piano: Tanner Taylor 

Guitar: Kent Saunders 

Bass: Gordy Johnson 

Drums: Gary Gauger 

Saturday, May 28 • Hilton Ballroom 

Saxes: 

Brian Grivna 

Mark Henderson 

Dave Karr 

Pete Whitman 

Kathy Jensen 

Trumpets: 

Bob Hallgrimson 

Steve Strand 

Dave Jensen 

Adam Rossmiller 

Trombones: 

Dave Graf 

Mike Nelson 

Dean Menten 

Wade Clark 

Piano: Tanner Taylor 

Guitar: Kent Saunders 

Bass: Tom Lewis 

Drums: Gary Gauger 


Tuesday 

8:30-10:00 Am YoUTH SoLo ComPETiTioNS (BALLROOM) 

Division A, Under age 14 

Judges: Adam Hayes (Berry College), Alan Wenger (Univ. of Central Missouri), 

and Jeanne Pocius (freelancer) 

Competitors: 

Min Choi, Yewon School, Korea; Teacher, Sun Hoon Cho 

Cho Mi, Nangcoon, Korea; Teacher, Kim Bo Young 

Forrest Johnston, Colvin Run Elementary School, Teacher: Richard Johnston 

Annie Amen, Calvin Christian School; Teacher, Michael Hillman 

CoLLEGE AUDiTioNS PANEL DiSCUSSioN (BALLROOM) 

Merrie Klazek, Alan Wenger, Stephen Dunn, Rich Tirk 

10:15-11:45 Am mUSiC CAREERS PANEL DiSCUSSioN (Ballroom) 

Joey Pero, Kiku Collins, Rashawn Ross, Trent Austin, Charles Ressler 

11:45-1:00 Pm LUNCH 

ITG2011ScHedULe 

1:00-2:30 YoUTH SoLo ComPETiTioNS (BALLROOM) 

Division B, Under age 18 


Judges: Merrie Klazek (Lakehead University, Canada), Stephen Dunn (Northern Arizona 

University), Rich Tirk (Luther College) 

Competitors: 

Luke Schwalbach, Mar Hill Academy; Teacher, Mark Clodfelter 

Leah Reber, Rosemount High School; Teacher, Steve Olsen 

Spencer Brand, Jefferson High School; Teacher, Albert Moore 

Katie Svendson, East Grand Forks Senior High; Teacher, Jeremy Brekke 

Robin Seitz, Sunset High School; Teacher, Fred Sautter 

Noah Frankforter, Mason High School; Teacher, Anthony Stanco 

Steven Franklin, Home schooled; Teacher, Terry Schwartz 

Eli Ross, Southwest High School; Teacher, Robert Dorer 

Will Davis, Ft Smith Southside; Teacher, Ryan Gardner 

Thomas Martin, John Hersey High School; Teacher, Chris O’hara 

Daniel Gerona, McKinney Boyd High School; Teacher, Bert Truax 

JoEY PERo CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

(12:40) Prelude: Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa 

Dr. David Burt, conductor/coordinator 

Members: Pedro Coutinho, Ines Diogo, Bruno Pires, Rafael Santos, 

Carlos Cartageno Viera, Carlos Viera, Ricardo Vitorinho.

KiKU CoLLiNS CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

(12:40) Prelude: The University of Minnesota Trumpet Quintet 

David Baldwin, conductor 

Members: Jonathan Brandt, Chieh-Fan Chang, Michael Mann, 

Kate Schumann, Graham Steeds 

2:45-4:15 Pm YoUTH SoLo ComPETiTioNS (BALLROOM) 

Division B, Under age 18 

Judges: Merrie Klazek (Lakehead University, Canada), Stephen Dunn (Northern Arizona 

University), Rich Tirk (Luther College) 

Competitors: 

Luke Schwalbach, Mar Hill Academy; Teacher, Mark Clodfelter 

Leah Reber, Rosemount High School; Teacher, Steve Olsen 

Spencer Brand, Jefferson High School; Teacher, Albert Moore 

Katie Svendson, East Grand Forks Senior High; Teacher, Jeremy Brekke 

Robin Seitz, Sunset High School; Teacher, Fred Sautter 

Noah Frankforter, Mason High School; Teacher, Anthony Stanco 

Steven Franklin, Home schooled; Teacher, Terry Schwartz 

Eli Ross, Southwest High School; Teacher, Robert Dorer 

Will Davis, Ft Smith Southside; Teacher, Ryan Gardner 

Thomas Martin, John Hersey High School; Teacher, Chris O’hara 

Daniel Gerona, McKinney Boyd High School; Teacher, Bert Truax 

RASHAwN RoSS CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

(2:25) Prelude: Brandon University Trumpet Ensemble 

Joel Brennan, director 

Members: Julian Beutel, Chad Desrosiers, Julia Howe, Jocelyn Park, 

Eliseo Pineda, Megan Pokrant, Claire Powell, Sean Pullen, 

Derek Thorsteinsson 

TRENT AUSTiN CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

4:30-6:00 Pm K.o. SKiNSNES CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“iNNovATivE wAYS To oPTimiSE YoUR EqUiPmENT” 

6:00-7:15 Pm DiNNER 

Five key insights to take your equipment (and thus your playing) to the next level 

Topics covered include intonation, valve alignment, the gap, sound concept, and power 

output. All topics relate to helping the trumpet player get the most sound out of their 

equipment for the least amount of effort. Once this is achieved, frustrations are minimized 

and the player can have more fun! 

RobERT DoRER CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 


7:15-8:45 Pm CHARLES LAzARUS qUARTET, JoUKo HARJANNE, 

miNNESoTA oRCHESTRA bRASS (BALLROOM) 

Charles Lazarus (trumpet), Tommy Barbarella (keyboards), Jeff Bailey (bass), Craig Hara (drums) 

Charles Lazarus program to be announced from stage. 

Harjanne Program 

Six songs ................................................ Grieg 

Hilsen-Gruss 

Stambogrism 

Ein Rosentiden 

Simpel Sang .............................................. Grieg 

To Digte ............................................ Stenhammar 

I. Du Blomst I Dug 

II. Irmelin Rose 

Sance Lieder ............................................Nielsen 

Hilsen-Gruss 

Apfelbluthen 

Sommerlied 

Six songs ................................................ Grieg 

En Svane 

Med en Vandlilje 

En Drom-Ein Traum 

Minnesota Orchestra Brass, Henry Charles Smith, director 

Program to be announced from stage. 

9:30-11:00 Pm LEw SoLoff & SEAN JoNES 

wiTH THE STEvE wRiGHT biG bAND (BALLROOM) 

11:15-1:00 Am TRENT AUSTiN JAm SESSioN (DAKOTA JAzz CLUB) 

Piano: Laura Caviani (piano), Tom Lewis (bass), Phil Hey (drums) 

wednesday 


7:30-8:15 Am wARm-UP SESSioN wiTH JEANNE PoCiUS (ROCHeSTeR ROOM) 

8:30-10:00 Am SoLo ComPETiTioN fiNALS (BALLROOM) 

Preliminary Round Judges: Phil Norris (Northwestern College), Adam Hayes (Berry College), 

Brian Neal, (Miami Dade College) 

Final Round Judges: Joe Burgstaller, Ronald Romm, Charles Lazarus 

Finalists: 

Ryan Beach, Northwestern University; Teacher, Barbara Butler 

Marcus Flore, New Mexico State University; Teacher, Frank Romero 

Tony Sadlon, University of New Mexico; Teacher, John Marchiando 

JAmES THomPSoN CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

wiLmER wiSE CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

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10:15-11:45 Am bRASS qUiNTET fRom “PRESiDENT’S owN” mARiNE bAND (BALLROOM) 

(9:55) Prelude: Marine Corps Field Music Trumpet Ensemble 

CWO2 Bryan Sherlock, conductor and SSgt James Strube, coordinator 

Members: CWO4 James Ford, MSgt Mitchell Martin, 

SSgt Roberto Roman, SSgt Joshua Torres SSgt Jay Thomas Jr., 

Sgt Kevin Cox, Sgt Jonathan Charron , Cpl Wesley Brewster, 

Cpl Bryan Rohrer, Cpl Andrew Whitmire, LCpl David Shepherd 

Four Monteverdi Madrigals .............Claudio Monteverdi (ed. Raymond Mase) 

I. Si Ch‘io vorrei morire 

II. Non piu guerra, pietate 

III. Ah, dolente partita 

IV. Quel augellin che canta 

Chase Sequence ................................. James M. Stephenson 

*World premier performance 

Quintet No. 4 in A -flat Major, Op. 8 ........................... Viktor Ewald 

I. Allegro Commodo 

II. Allegro 

III. Andantino 

IV. Allegro con brio 

Matthew Harding, Michael Mergen (trumpets), Hilary Hart - Horn 

Chris Clark (trombone), Chris Tiedeman (tuba) 

11:45-1:00 Pm ExHibiT HoUR / LUNCH 

1:00-2:30 Pm RoNALD & AviS Romm DUo (BALLROOM) 

“A TRUmPETER’S DREAm” 

(12:40) Prelude: Tromba Mundi 

Tromba Mundi: James Ackley, Bryan Appleby-Wineberg, Scott Belck, 

Jean-Christophe Dobzrelewski, Joey Tartell 

Today’s Program will be selected from the Following: 

Jubilation* .......................................Ronald and Avis Romm 

Pavane* .................................................... Ravel 

Arr. A&R Romm 

Carnival of Venice ....................................Trad. /Del Staigers 

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano .............................Morten Lauridsen 

(For Ronald Romm) 

Adagio Cantibile* (from Pathetique Sonata) ........................Beethoven 

Arr. A&R Romm 

Selection from “The Ultimate Opera” .........................Arr. A&R Romm 

La Virgen de la Macarena* ........................ Trad./Mendez/ A&R Romm 

A Chopin Suite ........................................Arr. A&R Romm 

To be announced 

Three Preludes** ............................................Gershwin 

Rhapsody in Blue for Trumpet and Piano* ......................... Gershwin 

Arr. Dokzhitzer/A&R Romm 

* As Recorded on Avis and Ronald Romm’s CD, Meditations for Trumpet,( ODR9381) 

** As Recorded on Avis and Ronald Romm’s CD, Living the Dream, Wellness for the Soul, Vol 2 

Ronald Romm is a Yamaha Artist/Clinician 

Avis Romm is a Steinway Piano Artist 


wednesday (CONTINUeD) 

bENJAmiN wRiGHT CLiNiC (DULUTH ROOM) 

“PREPARiNG foR oRCHESTRA AUDiTioNS” 

(12:40) Prelude: The Kansas State University Trumpet Ensemble 

Gary Mortenson, coordinator 

Members: Lindsay Bennett, Alex Cook, Andrew Feyes, Aaron Fisher, 

Katherine Klinefelter, Caleb Kuhlman, Alan Martens, Elizabeth Roggenkamp, 

Becki Ronen, Eric Starnes, Michael Ternes, Brian Williams 

2:45-4:15 Pm LEw SoLoff JAzz CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

(2:25) Prelude: Luther College Trumpet Ensemble 

Dr. Richard Tirk, conductor 

Members: Katie Berner, Allie Bluhm, Trygve Butler, David Clair, Shannon Curtis, 

Mitch Dietz, Thomas Gerber, Will Hagan, Dan Hess, Matt Key, Brian Krumm, 

Leah Loesel, Elliot Ostrowski, James Russell, Michael Schultz, 

Karl Streufert, Kristina Tucker 

ibRAHim mAALoUf RECiTAL (BALLROOM) 

(2:25) Prelude: Grand Valley State University Trumpet Ensemble 

Richard Stoelzel, ensemble leader 

Members: Mark Petersen, Paul Hardaker, Neal Andrews, 

Chris Delgado, Sam Swanson 

Featured Soloist: Jeff Uban. 

4:30-6:00 Pm JEAN-CHRiSToPHE DobRzELEwSKi, 

LECTURE-RECiTAL (BALLROOM) 

(4:10) Prelude: North Dakota State University Trumpet Ensemble 

Members: Mark Aamold, Ryan Barry, Andrew Bergan, Chris Haug, 

Andrew Hilde, Eric Itzin, Kyle Norris, Jake Olsen, Aaron Rubbert, 

Amy Schaaf, John Schreier, Jacob Sundeen, Elias Youngblom 

mARK NiEHAUS CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“wHAT i SHoULD HAvE PLAYED iN H.S.” 

(4:10) Prelude: Solon High School Trumpet Choir 

Desmond D. Cervantez, director 

Members: Lauren Aguilar, Lauren Benzing, Aiyana Cervantez, 

Maiya Cervantez, Kara Gourley, Quinn Kelsay, Ian Korpel, Anna Kosek 



7:15-8:45 Pm ALLEN vizzUTTi & ANTHoNY DiLoRENzo (BALLROOM) 

“Two GUYS fRom iTALY” 

Anthony DiLorenzo, Allen Vizzutti, Laura Vizzutti 

(6:55) Prelude: University of Northern Colorado 

Trumpet Ensemble 

Dr. John Adler, director 

Members: Robyn Albertson, Craig Basarich, Pete Bianco, 

Patrick Callahan, Travis Clark, Jared Conn, Matt Creviston, Erinn Flaharty, Taylor Gustad, Gerry Heise, 

Brad Hirsh, Eric Mills, Nick Pulsipher, Matt Rafferty, Tanner Robison, Ian Sawyer, Jordan Skomal, Alex 

Vilanova, James Wozniak 

Soloist: UNC Professor Emeritus Bill Pfund 


Concertino in Eb ...................................J. G. Albrechtsberger 

I. Moderato 

II. Larghetto 

III. Vivace 

Somewhere Over the Rainbow ............................... Harold Arlen 

arr. Allen Vizzutti 

Nine Black Riders: Fantasy for Trumpet and Piano ................ Allen Vizzutti 

Cobalt: Concerto for Trumpet and Percussion .................. Tony DiLorenzo 

Carnival of Venice .................................... Delaware Staigers 

9:30-11:00 Pm HoRNHEADS (BALLROOM) 

Michael Nelson - trombone, euphonium/leader, arranger 

Kenni Holmen - tenor/soprano sax, flute,piccolo 

Dave Jensen - trumpet, flugelhorn 

Kathy Jensen - alto/baritone sax 

Steve Strand - lead trumpet, flugelhorn 

11:15-1:00 Am KELLY RoSSUm JAm SESSioN (DAKOTA JAzz CLUB) 

Piano: Bryan Nichols (piano), Chris Bates (bass), J T Bates (drums) 

Thursday 

7:30-8:15 Am wARm-UP SESSioN wiTH JoEY PERo (ROCHeSTeR ROOM) 

8:30-10:00 Am oRCHESTRA ComPETiTioN fiNALS (BALLROOM) 

Preliminary Round Judges: 

Vance Woolf - Principal, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra 

Mark Inouye - Principal, San Francisco Symphony 

Tom Booth - Assistant Principal, Dallas Symphony Orchestra 

Final Round Judges: 

Susan Slaughter - Principal, St. Louis Symphony 

Mark Niehaus - Principal, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 

Bob Dorer - Second, Minneapolis Orchestra 

Finalists: 

Ryan Beach, Northwestern University; Teacher, Barbara Butler 

Peixiang Li, University of Kansas; Teacher, Steve Leisring 

Mark Petersen, Grand Valley State University; Teacher, Richard Stoelzel 

JEANNE PoCiUS CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“TRUmPETiNG bY NATURE” 

Special performance by Carlot Dorve 

bob mALoNE (BALLROOM) 

“TRUmPET iNNovATioNS” 


Thursday (CONTINUeD) 


10:15-11:45 Am JoE bURGSTALLER LECTURE-RECiTAL (BALLROOM) 

“mYTH of REALiTY AND iLLUSioN of CoNTRoL” 

(9:55) Prelude: Troy State University Trumpet Ensemble 

Dr. James Zingara, conductor 

Members: Justin Compton, Christopher Jeter, Patrick Lord, Sam Pace, 

Melanie Perry, Ashlee Robinson 

“HEYDAY of THE EAST & wEST CoAST mUSiC SCENES” (BALLROOM) 

PANEL DiSCUSSioN 

east: Marvin Stamm, Wilmer Wise West: Allen Vizzutti 

11:45-1:00 Pm ExHibiT HoUR / LUNCH 

1:00-2:30 Pm JAmES THomPSoN & TAGE LARSEN RECiTAL (BALLROOM) 

(12:40) Prelude: Northern Arizona University Trumpet Ensemble 

Stephen Dunn, director 

Members: Nicholas Garcia, Kimberly Gravening, David Jacques, 

James Krueger, JT Odell, Davin Rosenberg, Dan Russell, 

Jordan Stanford, Dan Stone 

Kim DUNNiCK CLiNiC (DULUTH ROOM) 

“ComEbACK PLAYER - DoN’T REiNvENT THE wHEEL” 

2:45-4:15 Pm mANNY LAUREANo RECiTAL (BALLROOM) 

Shulamit Maneev, piano 

(2:25) Prelude: Middle Tennessee State University 


Michael Arndt, director and Daniel Whaley, assistant director, 

Members: Michael Arndt, Brian Potter, Michael Royer, Nick Haynes, 

Aaron Bain, Shannon Stewart, Daniel Whaley, Zack Johnson, 

Kyle Smiley, Matthew France 

Intrada ............................................. Arthur Honneger 

Legende ............................................ Georges Enesco 

Rustiques .............................................Eugene Bozza 

Piano Solo to be Announced 

Intrada ................................................Otto Koetting 

Sonata .............................................. Paul Hindemith 

I. Mit Kraft 

II. Massig bewegt 

III. Trauermusik 

“womEN TRUmPETERS of THE woRLD” PANEL DiSCUSSioN (ROCHeSTeR) 

Louise Baranger, Kiku Collins, Jeanne Pocius, Susan Slaughter, Liesl Whitaker 


4:30-6:00 Pm vLADiSLAv LAvRiK (CeNTRAL LUTHeRAN) 

“THE RUSSiAN RECiTAL” 


(4:10) Prelude: Virginia Commonwealth University 


Members: Steven Cunningham, Victor Haskins, Ben Heemstra, 

Sam Koff, Dana Morrison, Hannah Rumsey, Olivia Sturgill, trumpets 

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 41 ..................Alexander Gedike 

Trans. by the author 

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra ..................... Alexander Arutiunian 

Trans. by the author 

iNTERmiSSioN 

Concert Waltz ..........................................Anton Arensky 

Concert Allegro ........................................ Vladimir Peskin 

It’s Beautiful Here .................................. Sergei Rachmaninoff 

Trans. Veneamin Margolin 

Sing Not to Me, Fair Maiden ........................... Sergei Rachmaninoff 

Trans. Anatoliy Yan-Borisov 

That’s Not a Blowing Wind ......................... Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 

Trans. Veneamin Margolin 

Polka Italienne ..................................... Sergei Rachmaninoff 

Trans. Vadim Novikov 

Vladislav Lavrik appears with the support of the Russian Arts Foundation, 

a U.S. not-for-profit organization. Lavrik is a Yamaha Artist in Russia. 

mARC REESE CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“TRUmPET ENSEmbLES” 

(4:10) Prelude: University of Alabama, Birmingham 


Marc Reed, conductor 

Members: Tommy Bowen, Joel Brown, Kelsie Dale, Patrick Dailey, 

Katharine Gay, Jeremiah Johnson, Christopher Jones, William Strickland 

7:30-8:45 Pm JoUKo HARJANNE wiTH miNNESoTA oRCHESTRA (ORCHeSTRA HALL) 

Trumpet Concerto No. 1 ............................... Jukka Linkola 

Symphony No. 6 .....................................Gustav Mahler 

11:00-1:00 Pm JAzz imPRoviSATioN ComPETiTioN fiNALS (DAKOTA JAzz CLUB) 

Laura Caviani (piano), Tom Lewis (bass), Phil Hey (drums) 

Preliminary Judges: 

Thomas Dust, University of Alberta 

Marshall Scott, Western Kentucky University 

Ansyn Banks, University of Louisville 

Finals Judges: 

Marcus Printup, Jazz Trumpet Artist 

Doug Woolverton, Jazz Trumpet Artist 

TBA 

Finalists: 

Jake Baldwin, New England Conservatory; Teacher, John Mcneil 

Benny Benack, Manhattan School of Music; Teacher, Laurie Frink 

Jeff Pearcy, Berklee College of Music; Teacher, Charles Lewis and Daren Barrett 


friday 


7:30-8:15 Am wARm-UP SESSioNS wiTH RAY vASqUEz (ROCHeSTeR ROOM) 

8:30-10:00 Am LiESL wHiTAKER CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

GARY RADTKE CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“TRUmPET REHAb – DiSCovERiNG THE PHYSiCAL AND mENTAL bALANCE” CLiNiC 

fRED PowELL CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“mYTH oR mAGiC” 

10:15-11:45 Am NEw mUSiC CoNCERT (CeNTRAL LUTHeRAN) 


(9:55) Prelude: The Light Festival - Duriyasilp New Music Ensemble 

Dr. Chaipruck Mekara, ensemble leader 

Members: Mr. Phiphatphong Masiri, Mr. Worapot Liengphrapaipant, 

Mr. Pongvikran Mahittipong, Mr. Jakraphan Chaiya, 

Mr. Jirawat Jaikamboonrueng, Mr. Suttipong Mukkartoak, 

Mr. Nattakrit Srisawang, Mr. Thanabodee Ketsuwan, 

Ms. Naprang Manator 

Concert Gallop “Thunderbolt’s Pursuit” ................Brendan Collins (b. 1965) 

John Irish, (trumpet), Rebecca Wilt (piano) 

Five Pieces for Trumpet and Vibrafone* ............ Markus Stockhausen (b. 1957) 

I. Fiore 

II. Judan 

III. Shalom 

IV. Challenge 

V. Yampi 

Martin Hodel (trumpet), Dave Hagedorn (vibraphone) 

Diptych for trumpet (in Bb) and piano .................Sergey Gavrilov (b. 1959) 

(Dedicated to Boris Shlepakov) 

I. Responses 

II. Toccata 

Iskander Akhmadullin (trumpet), Rebecca Wilt (piano) 

Counterwork for Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Marimba and Piano ... David Sampson (b. 1951) 

Christopher Wilson (trumpet & Flugelhorn), 

Lauren Schack Clark (piano), Craig Collison (marimba) 

Fantasy No. 7: “Dancing Embers” ...................Robert Bradshaw (b. 1970) 

Christopher J. O’Hara (trumpet ), Rebecca Wilt (piano) 

The Gulf* .......................................Dave Douglas (b. 1963) 

Kelly Rossum (trumpet), Bryan Nicols (piano) 

Dark Corners for Bb Trumpet & Piano* .................. Jim McNeely (b. 1949) 

Andrew Classen (trumpet), Rebecca Wilt (piano) 

Raise The Red Banner .............................Edward Knight (b. 1961) 

Michael Anderson, Trumpet and Aaron David Miller, Organ 

* ITG Commissioned Composition

11:45-1:00 Pm LUNCH 

EvGENY GUREv RECiTAL (BALLROOM) 

(9:55) Prelude: Tarleton State University Trumpet Choir 

Dr. Cara Pollard, conductor 

Members: Ricky Barringer, Brett Batchelor, Johnathan Chapman, Robert Craft, 

DeAnna Donovan, Caitlin Jacobs, Dillon King, Jonathan Macklin, Kevin Sanders, 

Cody Sergeant, Brandon Sinde 

1:00-2:30 Pm miNNESoTA oRCHESTRA TRUmPET SECTioN LECTURE-RECiTAL (BALLROOM) 

Manny Laureano, Robert Dorer, Douglas Carlsen, Charles Lazarus 

(12:40) Prelude: T.R.U.M.P.E.T.S. with James Thompson 

Russell Pesola, conductor 

James Thompson, Trumpet Soloist 

Concordia Variations Members: 

Dan Christianson (Minnesota 

State University-Moorhead), 

Cory Driscoll (University of North 

Dakota), Andrew Eklund, (Minnesota State University-Moorhead), James Kerzman 

(University of North Dakota), Steven Marquardt (Concordia College), Clayton Miranda 

(University of North Dakota), Kyle Norris (North Dakota State University), Angela Orluck 

(Minot State University), Mary Kate Sershen, Concordia College, Amy Schaaf (North Dakota 

State University), Gerti Sommerfeld (Concordia College), Joel Wiedrich (Minot State University) 

ED CARRoLL mASTER CLASS (BALLROOM) 

(12:40) Prelude: The Ohio State University 

Amanda Bekeny and Tim Leasure, conductors 

Members: Matthew Harriman, Ryan Columbare, Todd Fessler, Elizabeth Butler, 

Ross Runyan, Mark Tegtmeier, Sadie Feick, Daniel Thomas 

2:45-4:15 Pm TRombAmANiA (BALLROOM) 

(2:25) Prelude: Texas Christian University Trumpet Ensemble 

Dr. Jon Burgess, conductor 

Members: Steven Beatrice, Keith DeGrow, James Edwards, Tylar Epps, 

Garrett Flowers, Elliot Johnston, Andrew Nance, Russ Robinson, Drew Talley, 

Chase Teague 

mARCUS PRiNTUP CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“JAzz PERSoNALiTiES” 

(2:25) Prelude: The Dominant 7 

Trumpets: Ben Chambers, Alex Massa, Craig Kollasch, 

Sonja Kaiser, Chris Massa, Callie Marlette 

Trombone, vocals: Tyler Schwan, Minot, North Dakota, Music Education 

Bass, vocals: James N. Reed 


friday (CONTINUeD) 


4:30-6:00 Pm GARETH fLowERS AND JoSH fRANK RECiTAL (CeNTRAL LUTHeRAN) 

(4:10) Prelude: University of Missouri Trumpet Ensemble 

Dr. Iskander Akhmadullin, conductor 

Members: Brian Cooper, Caleb Franklin, Christopher Farris, Sean Hayes, Anne Linders, 

John Norvell, Michael Rabadan, Alexandra Signor, William Strozier, Sean Sweany 

Fanfare for a New Theater ...............................................Igor Stravinsky 

Homage to Raymond Scott ...................................Garath Flowers and Josh Frank 

Selections from Les Amusements ..............................Garath Flowers and Josh Frank 

Soundscapes ............................................Garath Flowers and Josh Frank 

RESEARCH Room (ROCHeSTeR ROOM) 

Moderated by Kelly Parkes 

Louis Hanzlik, Ed.D. 

University of Connecticut 

Fostering citizenship and democracy through chamber music coaching. 

The purpose of this study was to investigate how the professional experiences of two accomplished classical 

musicians informed their approach to coaching chamber music, and how the values and ideals they attach to 

chamber music were realized in practice. Given that normative assumptions often connect chamber music to 

larger democratic values, the author also examined the chamber music classroom’s alignment with larger ideals 

of democratic communities, or what the author calls the practice of democratic mindfulness. 

Michael Hengst, D.M.A. 

Metropolitan State Music Department College of Denver 

Approaching Trumpet Technique Through Etudes 

The benefit of etudes, students and teachers alike may realize that mastering the technical requirements of 

solo pieces and excerpts through etudes would make them much more manageable, especially in a recital 

or audition format. In order to improve trumpet technique, especially range and endurance, students should 

shift their focus to etude books in order to enhance solo and orchestral playing. The presenter has gathered 

information by interviewing foremost players and teachers, including Phil Smith, Vince DiMartino, Frank Kaderabek, 

Chris Gekker, and others, in order to compile their opinions and experiences with this etude approach 

and researching older editions to show the benefits of this approach. 

Jonathan Kruger. D.M.A 

Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Liberal Arts 

Unconscious Strategies to Adjust Air Support with the Throat in Trumpet 

Research conducted to examine two research questions: What role does throat tension play in constraining 

or enhancing control over air support during brass performance? And what is the connection between overall 

muscular tension and brass performance? To our knowledge, no work has been done on the correlation 

between muscular tension in the body, closure of the throat, and intra-oral air pressure. Preliminary analyses 

indicate that involvement of the vocal chords during performance is commonplace. We will report the relationship 

between throat contractions, intra-oral air pressure, electromyographical measures of muscle tension in 

the shoulders and lower back. We will discuss the implications of these results for the standard pedagogy of 

emphasizing the importance of keeping the throat open at all times 

Dr. Paul-Loeb Van Zuilenburg 

Fulbright Awardee 2011, Music Department fo the Univeristy of the Free State, South Africa 

Is music entrepreneurship the solution to job insecurity for the professional trumpet player? 

More than 6000 music students graduate from American music schools annually while worldwide similar numbers 

are forced into a non-existent market place. Orchestral positions are dwindling while the current educational 

situation still reflects the pedagogical thought patterns of the 19th century. As such, music entrepreneurship 

offers alternative employment opportunities to graduated trumpet students globally. This presentation 

investigates the personality traits of successful music entrepreneurs and offers alternative professional options 

whilst at the same time sounding a warning as to the applicability of this form of job creation. 



7:15-8:45 Pm ATLANTiC bRASS qUiNTET (CeNTRAL LUTHeRAN) 

(6:55) Prelude: Tromba Mundi 

Tromba Mundi: James Ackley, Bryan Appleby-Wineberg, Scott Belck, 

Jean-Christophe Dobzrelewski, Joey Tartell 

Mini Overture (1982) .................................... Witold Lutoslawski (1913 – 1994) 

Preludes and Fugues, from Well-Tempered Clavier .....................J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750) 

C major, BWV 870 arr. Louis Hanzlik 

C-sharp major, BWV 872 

F minor, BWV 881 

Passages (1994) .............................................Patrice Caratini (b. 1946) 

I 

II 

III 

IV 

V 

Luteous Pangolin (1999) ..........................................Ben Monder (b. 1962) 

Kopi Luwak (2010) ..................................................... Alan Ferber 

Balkan Brass Band Music ................................................ Traditional 

Bubamara 

Sat 

Zvonce Kolo 

Doise 

Louis Hanzlik and Andrew Sorg (trumpets), Seth Orgel (horn), 

Tim Albright, (trombone) John Manning, tuba 

9:30-11:00 Pm iNvENTioNS TRio wiTH mARviN STAmm (BALLROOM) 

Alisa Horn (cello), Bill Mays (piano) 

11:15-1:00 Am RASHAwN RoSS JAm SESSioN (DAKOTA JAzz CLUB) 

Lee Blaske (piano), Jeff Bailey (bass), Dave Hanzel (drums) 

Saturday 

7:30-8:15 wARm-UP SESSioN wiTH mARK boREN (ROCHeSTeR ROOM) 

8:00 Am iTG bUSiNESS mEETiNG (DULUTH ROOM) 

8:45-10:15 Am JASoN HARRELSoN (BALLROOM) 

“TRUmPET iNNovATioNS” 

DAviD REYNoLDS AND RoLf oLSoN CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“NATioNAL mUSiC mUSEUm” 


Saturday (CONTINUeD) 


10:15-11:45 Am TRUmPET AND oRGAN CoNCERT (Central lutheran) 

Nathaniel Mayfield, Martin Hodel, Thomas Reiner, Aaron David Miller (organ) 

(9:55) Prelude: Old Fife and Drum Corps Baroque Trumpet Ensemble 

CW4 Frederick L. Ellwein, Commander/Bandmaster 

SGM Gregory J. Rock, Corps Sergeant Major 

Members: MSG Sandra Quaschnick, SFC Raymond Matthews, SFC James Monroe, 

SFC Patrick Richard, SSG Joelle Glaser, SSG Kevin Lynch, SSG Jay Martin, 

SSG William Skiba, SGM Gregory Rock, SSG Matthew Bell 

Organist: Aaron Miller 

Concerto for Clarino in D ........................................... Georg Telemann 

I. Adagio 

Fanfare ........................................................ Gottfried Reiche 

Concerto for Clarino in D ............................................Leopold Mozart 

I. Andante 

II. Allegro 

Concerto in D for Baroque Trumpet ......................................Michael Haydn 

I. Adagio 

Nathaniel Mayfield 

Okna—Windows (After Marc Chagall) ................................ Petr Eben (b. 1929) 

I. Modré Okno—Blue Window 

II. Zelené Okno—Green Window 

III. Cervené Okno—Red Window 

IV. Zlaté Okno—Gold Window 

What a Friend We Have in Jesus .................................Graham Farrell (b. 1941) 

Martin Hodel 

Concerto in D for Trumpet and Organ .........................Guiseppe Tartini (1692-1770) 

I. Allegro 

II. Andante 

III. Allegro grazioso 

Concerto in D BWV 972 after Vivaldi for Trumpet and Organ ....Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

I. Allegro 

II. Larghetto 

III. Allegro assai 

Concerto in D for Trumpet and Organ ...................Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749) 

I. Allegro 

II. Andante 

III. Allegro 

Thomas Reiner 


RAY vASqUEz CLiNiC (BALLROOM) 

“THE DRUm CoRPS TRUmPET PLAYER” 

(9:55) Prelude: Central Washington University Trumpet Ensemble 

John Harbaugh, director 

Members: Stephen Pickard, Christi Wans, Casey Whitson, David Hinckley, 

Brian Bull, Chris Fredrickson 

This clinic will expose the participant to the various exercises and pedagogy that members 

of a drum corps will experience over the span of the summer with a drum corps. It will 

include all standard exercises, mouthpiece buzzing, air flow studies, long tones, breathing 

exercises, listening skills, chorales, as well as show excerpts performed by members of the 

2011 Minnesota Brass Drum and Bugle Corps from St. Paul Minnesota. There will be an explanation 

of the activity as well as a list of distinguished drum corps alumni in the profession 

of music making. A question and answer session will be held towards the end of the clinic. 

If you have always wanted to know what your students do over a summer in a drum corps, 

this will give you an inside look at the activity. 

NooN AwARDS LUNCHEoN (Ballroom) 

4:00-6:00 Pm fESTivAL of TRUmPETS (WeSLeyAN UNITeD MeTHODIST) 

(3:40) Prelude: The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps Bugle Group 

CW4 Frederick L. Ellwein, Commander/Bandmaster 

SGM Gregory J. Rock, Corps Sergeant Major 

Members: MSG Matthew Ball, MSG Sandra Quaschnick, MSG Russell Smith, 

SFC Raymond Matthews, SFC James Monroe, SFC Patrick Richard, 

SSG Joelle Glaser, SSG John Greear, SSG Kevin Lynch, SSG Jay Martin, 

SSG Philip Savard, SSG William Skiba, SSG Matthew Bell 

Sonata XX (1615) ............................................... Giovanni Gabrieli 

for five choirs of brass, ed. David Baldwin 


Aaron David Miller, organ 

CHOIR I 

Kevin Eisensmith, Jim Olcott, Wilmer Wise, Neville Young, Jeanne Pocius, Tim Phillips, Rick 

Rangno, John Tranter, Mark McGinnis, Chuck Wazanowski 

CHOIR II 

James Ackley, William Stowman, Dan Hallock, Lynn K. Asper, Alexander Kahler, Tom Davis, 

David Adolphson 

CHOIR III 

Jim Zingara, Scott Merideth, Jennifer Dearden, Arisa Nakaie, Barbara Chickosky, Ayano 

Tomioka, Lee Dummer, Eric Peterson 

CHOIR IV 

John Daniel, Langston Fitzgerald III, Glenn Bengry, Brian Evans, Ellis Workman, Ronnie Ingle, 

Pat Shaner, Trent Austin 

CHOIR V 

Steve Jones, Stephen Dunn, Charles Pagnard, Brian Borovsky 

Aria from “Sonata for trumpet and piano” (1961) .............................Flor Peeters 

Betty Scott, conductor 

Performers: David Spencer, Arisa Nakaie, Scott Meredith, Dean Haist, Marc Reed, Jack 

Laumer, Barbara Chickosky 




Fanfare for a Great Teacher ..............................................Eric Ewazen 

Mike Anderson, conductor 

To honor the career and retirement of Bob Levy from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. 

Performers: Jeanne Pocius, Pat Shaner, Neville Young, Ellis Workman, Tim Phillips, Keith 

Thompson, Brian Evans, Wilmer Wise, John Daniel, Glenn Bengry 

Kevin Eisensmith, Jim Olcott, Trent Austin, Rick Rangno 

Ave Maria (1999) ............................................. Cesar Alejandro Carrillo 

ed. Rob Roy McGregor 

Rob Roy McGregor, conductor 

Performers: Jim Zingara, Stan Engle, Tom Davis, Lynn K. Asper, Mark Schwartz, Ronnie Ingle, 

Adam Hayes, Tom Walsh 

Tribute for Eight Trumpets ................................................Eric Ziolek 

William Pfund, conductor 

To honor the career and retirement of David Geenhoe from the University of Iowa. 

Performers: Wilmer Wise, John Daniel, Michael Anderson, Glenn Bengry, Kevin Eisensmith, 

Jim Olcott, Trent Austin, Rick Rangno 

Fanfare for an Angel (2010) .......................................James M. Stephenson 

Kelly Rossum, conductor 

Performers: Laurence Gargan, Jeff Piper, Charles Pagnard, Jeremy Brekke 

Serenity Valley (2010) .................................................Kelly Rossum 

Kelly Rossum, conductor 

Dedicated to Jeanne Pocius for her courage, bravery and loving support of the people of Haiti 

Performers: Ramon Vasquez, Mark Clodfelter, James Ackley, William Stowman, John Wacker, 

David Wall, Dean Heller, Betty Scott, Alexander Kahler, Greg Pascuzzi 

Pictures at an Exibition ...........................................Modest Mussorgsky 

arr. Philip Norris 

I. Promenade 

II. The Old Castle 

IX: Baba Yaga 

X: The Great Gate of Kiev 

Stephen Chenette, conductor 

Aaron Miller, organ 

Performers: Phil Norris, Chris Moore, Howard Brahmstedt, Jon Burgess, Lee Weimer, 

Langston Fitzgerald III, Cathy Sheridan, David McChesney 

Hymn au Sacre-Coeur for seven trumpets and organ (1995) ........................Naji Hakim 

Jeremy Brekke, conductor 


Performers: Richard Stoelzel, Bill Pfund, Brian Evans, John Irish, Nick Volz, Karen Gustafson, 

Mark Schwartz 


Toccata from “Symphony No. 5” .................................Charles Marie Widor 

arr. Fenner Douglass 

David McChesney, conductor 


Performers: Dale White, Phil Norris, Marc Reed, Greg Wyman, Cara Pollard, Gary 

Pollard, Tracy Parish, Ayano Tomioka 

Magnificat a33 ...............................................Giovanni Gabrieli 

ed. David Baldwin 

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CHOIR I 

Steve Jones, Jeff Piper, Ramon Vasquez, James Ackley, Dale White, Mark Clodfelter, 

Brian Evans, David Spencer, Tom Walsh, Jeremy Brekke, Cara Pollard, Tom Davis, Tim 

Mills, Brian Borovsky 

CHOIR II 

Mark Schwartz, Nick Volz, Gary Pollard, Dan Hallock, David McChesney, Greg Wyman, 

Kevin Welsh, David Werden, Eric Peterson 

CHOIR III 

Bill Pfund, Richard Stoelzel, David Wall, Jon Burgess, Ayano Tomioka, Lynn K. Asper, 

Dean Haist, Cathy Sheridan, Ronnie Ingle, Lee Dummer 

CHOIR IV 

Howard Brahmstedt, Betty Scott, Jim Zingara, Jack Laumer, Karen Gustafson, Stan 

Engle, Jennifer Dearden, Alexander Kahler, John Wacker, Ben Bussey, Paul Kile, Chuck 

Wazanowski 

CHOIR V 

Chris Moore, Dean Heller, Greg Pascuzzi, Laurence Gargan, Adam Hayes, John Irish, 

Tracy Parish, David Adolphson 

CHOIR VI 

Wilmer Wise, Ellis Workman, Lee Weimer, Glenn Bengry, Rick Rangno, Charles 

Pagnard, Pat Shaner, Tim Phillips, Marc Reed, Neville Young, Kelly Rossum, Tim Aune 

CHOIR VII 

Jim Olcott, Trent Austin, Keith Thompson, John Daniel, Kevin Eisensmith, Arisa Nakie, 

Qiuxi Welsh, Mary Brindle, John Tranter, Mark McGinnis 

FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETS PERFORMERS: James Ackley (University of South Carolina), Lynn 

K. Asper (WaveSong Press), Trent Austin (Austin Custom Brass), Glenn Bengry (Freelance, 

Detroit, MI), Howard Brahmstedt (Rochester Symphony), Jeremy Brekke (North Dakota 

State University), Jon Burgess (Texas Christian University), Steve Chenette (University of Toronto), 

Barbara Chickosky (Freelance, Acton, MA), Mark Clodfelter (University of Kentucky), 

John Daniel (Lawrence University), Tom Davis (Maryland State Police), Jennifer Dearden 

(Allegheny College), Stephen Dunn (Northern Arizona Univeristy), Kevin Eisensmith (Indiana 

University of Pennsylvania), Stan Engle (Freelance Musician), Brian Evans (Australian Opera 

and Ballet Orchestra),Langston Fitzgerald III (Penn State University), Laurence Gargon (Singapore 

Symphony Orchestra), Karen Gustafson (University of Alaska, Fairbanks), Dean Haist 

(Nebraska Wesleyan University), Dan Hallock (Menlo Brass Quintet and Full Spectrum Jazz 

Big Band, Redwood City, CA), Adam Hayes (Berry College, Rome, GA), Dean Heller (St. 

Joseph’s School, St. Paul, MN), Ronnie Ingle (University of North Dakota), John Irish (Angelo 

State University), Alexander Kahler (Freelance, Minneapolis, MN), Steve Jones (Western 

Michigan University), Jack Laumer (Texas State University), Rob Roy McGregor (Balquhidder 

Music), David McChesney (Ravenscroft School of Music and University of North Carolina), 

Scott Meredith (University of Wyoming), Christopher Moore (Florida State University), Arisa 





Nakai (Freelance, Japan), Phil Norris (Northwestern College, Roseville, MN), Jim Olcott (Miami University, 

OH), Charles Pagnard (Cedarville University), Tracy Parish (DMA University of IL at Urbana- Champaign), 

Greg Pascuzzi (Anne Arundel Community College), Jeanne Pocius, Bill Pfund, (Prof. Emeritus University 

of Northern Colorado), Tim Phillips (Mitchell Community College), Jeff Piper (University of New Mexico), 

Cara Pollard (Tarleton state University, Stephenville, TX), Gary Pollard (University of Manitoba), Rick 

Rangno (Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada), Marc Reed (University of Alabama), Kelly Rossum (Jazz 

Director/ Trumpet Professor at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA), Betty Scott (Prof. 

Emeritus, Missouri State University), Marshall Scott (Western Kentucky University), 

Mark Schwartz (Comeback player after 15 years away), Pat Shaner (Freelance), Cathy Sheridan (NY 

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William Stowman (Messiah College), Keith Thompson, Ayano Tomioka (Freelance, Japan), Ramon 

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Trombones: David Adophson, Tim Aune, Tim Mills 

Euphoniums: Brian Borovsky, Ben Bussey, Lee Dummer, Paul Kile, John Tranter, David Werden 

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ISkANderAKHmADULLiN 

Iskander Akhmadullin, Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Missouri holds degrees from the Kazan Music 

College, the Moscow State Conservatory, and the University of North Texas. His major teachers were Abbas Slashkin, 

Vadim Novikov, Leonard Candelaria, and Keith Johnson. 

Dr. Akhmadullin has performed in several professional orchestras in Russia and the United States and can be heard on 

the Marco Polo, Naxos, Hugo, Klavier, and Delos labels. He has been a co-principal trumpet with the Missouri Symphony 

Orchestra for several seasons. Together with his wife, pianist Natalia Bolshakova, Dr. Akhmadullin has given recitals 

and master-classes in the United States, Russia, and Germany. Active as both a recitalist and a chamber musician, he 

has premiered a number of solo and chamber works and is continuously introducing new trumpet pieces by American 

composers to Russian audiences, while also presenting the American premieres of the works from the Russian trumpet 

repertoire. Mr. Akhmadullin was among the first Russian trumpet players to perform on the baroque trumpet. 

Professor Akhmadullin has been a member of the National Trumpet Competition Faculty and performed as a soloist and 

in groups at numerous festivals and conferences, including the Moscow Autumn Festivals, the Russian Trumpet Guild 

Conferences, Texas Music Educators Association, ABA, CBDNA, and WASBE conventions, and the International Trumpet 

Guild Conferences. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Missouri, Iskander Akhmadullin taught at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. 

MIcHAeLANDERSoN 

Michael Anderson is associate professor of Trumpet at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. 

He is a member of the International Trumpet Guild Board of Directors and ITG Journal editorial committee, Executive 

Director of the Guild’s web site, and chairman of the ITG technology committee. He is the ITG Journal columnist for 

Trumpet Technology and has presented and performed at several ITG Conferences. Previously to his OCU appointment, 

he was on the music faculty of Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. 

Anderson was project manager of the ITG Journal anniversary CD-ROM, distributed to guild members in 2001 and is 

currently working on a DVD of all Journal articles and music supplements for the membership to be released in 2008. 

He founded and administrates the Trumpet Players’ International Network (TPIN), the oldest and most active Internet 

discussion list dedicated to the trumpet. 

His degrees are from Illinois State University (BM), and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (MM). Primary teachers have 

been Dennis Schneider, Herbert Koerselman, and Arnold Jacobs. During his 2003 sabbatical, Anderson observed and 

studied with master teachers including Bill Adam, Vincent DiMartino, Ronald Romm, Michael Ewald, Karl Sievers, and William Pfund. Anderson is a tenured 

member of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Lyric Theater Orchestra and the New Covenant Methodist Church Band. He performs regularly as a duo 

with Oklahoma City University Organist Timothy Olsen. He was a member of the Lincoln (Nebraska) Symphony Orchestra for 21 years, and performed often 

with the Omaha Symphony and Opera Omaha. He was a founding member of the Omaha Brass Ensemble, and the Nebraska Brass, and was a member of 

the Palladium Brass Quintet. He was musical director for the Omaha Big Band and the Omaha Jazz Youth Project. He is an active freelance trumpeter, and 

has played for countless national tours; recording sessions; and jazz, orchestra and chamber music events. 

ATLANTiCBrASS QUINTeT 

Widely acclaimed as one of the world’s finest brass ensembles, the ATLANTIC BRASS QUINTET has been heard in 48 

of the United States and more than a dozen countries across four continents, performing a unique repertory spanning 

Dufay, Gesualdo, and Bach; Babbitt, Ellington, and Zappa; and ethnic music from the streets of Brazil, Cuba, the 

Balkans, and New Orleans. Winner of six international chamber music competitions, the Quintet’s distinctive sound, 

impeccable ensemble, stunning virtuosity, and warm, inviting stage presence have won praise from scores of critics. 

Founded in 1985, the Atlantic Brass Quintet launched its career with a phenomenal string of competition victories over a 

period of two years. Grand prizes include the Coleman Chamber Music Competition, the Carmel Chamber Music Society 

Competition, the Shoreline Alliance Chamber Music Competition, the Summit Brass First International Brass Ensemble 

Competition, and the Rafael Mendez International Brass Quintet Competition. Following these remarkable achievements, the Atlantic Brass Quintet was 

honored by Musical America by being named “Young Artists of 1988.” In May 1992, by unanimous decision, the Quintet won the “Premiere Prix” at the 

International Brass Competition of Narbonne, France, recognized worldwide as the preeminent competition of its kind. 

Highlights in the Quintet’s busy concert career include performances at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the 

Boston Celebrity Series, Caramoor, and the White House. Thousands have enjoyed their performances at Tanglewood-on-Parade, and in 1991, as part 

of Boston’s Fourth of July Celebration, Atlantic Brass Quintet entertained an audience of over 350,000 on the Esplanade. Recent and upcoming festival 

performances include the Festival of New American Music in Sacramento, the Savannah Music Festival, the Chautauqua Institution, the Rockport Chamber 

Music Festival, and the Caramoor Festival for Music and the Arts. Other recent and upcoming performances include the Houston Friends of Music, the 

University at Buffalo, Chamber Music West, Purdue University, and Calvin College, while extended residencies include California State University Fullerton, 

Virginia Commonwealth University, and Quad City Arts. The quintet is also active on the international scene, with performances the last two seasons in

Italy for Palladium Musicum, in South Korea for the Jeju Summer Band Festival, in Taiwan for the Hsing Tien Kong Culture & Education Development 

Foundation, and for the National Concert Association in Panama. 

The Quintet’s latest recording, “5 Chairs,” was released by Summit Records in July 2004. It features music of Monteverdi and Holborne, new works by 

Marti Eptstein and Ray Luke, the contemporary classic quintet of Alvin Etler, and Oskar Boehme’s Sextet. Summit reissued “Picture This,” a favorite 

from the Quintet’s extensive back catalogue, in early 2005. “Passages and Fanfares” was released in the fall of 2002 and comprises music of Bach, 

Handel, Praetorius, and Byrd alongside new works from Bernard Rands, Ray Luke, and Samuel Headrick, as well as such audience favorites as 

Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” and selections from the Atlantic Brass Quintet’s “Brass Band Music from Around the World.” The Atlantic Brass 

Quintet has been the resident brass quintet of Boston University, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and the Boston Conservatory. The 

popular Atlantic Brass Quintet International Brass Seminar, established in 1993 and now in residence at Boston University, has already secured the 

ensemble’s legacy to the next generation of brass musicians. A new annual seminar based at California State University, Sonoma, was established 

in 2007. The Atlantic Brass Quintet can be heard on recordings from Summit Records, Solstice, and Crystal. 

TreNTAUSTiN 

Trent Austin has led a varied career in music to date performing in many musical circles (jazz, classical, and 

contemporary music). In high school, he was selected to play at the opening of Euro-Disney and was also a featured 

performer at the 1992 Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland. 

Other individual awards include being named to the 1993 Berklee Grammy High School Jazz Band, lead trumpet 

of the 1995 Disney All American Show Band, a featured soloist at the 1996 Harmony Ridge Brass Festival and at the 

1997 Lake Placid Institute of the Arts Seminar. Mr. Austin has performed with such artists as Tony Bennett, Natalie 

Cole, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Jack Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider, Peter Erskine, Arturo Sandoval, Hal 

Galper, Dick Oatts, Marvin Stamm, Red Holloway, Jesse Davis, Dick Johnson, Kenny Werner, and Bob Wilber. Most 

recently Mr. Austin was a featured trumpet soloist with the prestigious Artie Shaw Orchestra (a position he held for 

11 years) and is currently highly in demand in the Boston area as a trumpet soloist. Mr. Austin also is on the faculty 

at the University of Southern Maine, teaches „on call“ trumpet lessons throughout the Boston area, and has a highly 

successful private studio in the Boston Suburb of Salem, MA. Most of his time these days is being put towards 

presenting clinics, workshops, and concerts throughout the world. Recently Mr. Austin performed Bach‘s 2nd 

Brandenburg Concerto with the USM School of music for school‘s 50th anniversary. His primary jazz instructors 

include private studies Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Werner, Chuck Findley and extensive studies with Hal Crook as well as Charlie Banacos. His major 

classical instruction includes studies with Robert Stibler (UNH) and Edward Carroll (formerly musical director of the New York Trumpet Ensemble). 

wAyNebERGERoN 

Wayne Bergeron is enjoying a career as one of the most active players in the world. With studio dates, International 

touring, jazz concerts, guest soloist appearances and clinics, he has no intention of slowing down. In 1986, 

Bergeron landed the lead trumpet position with the Maynard Ferguson Band. He can be heard on such MF 

recordings as “Body & Soul,” “Big Bop Nouveau,” “Brass Attitude” and “The One & Only Maynard Ferguson.” 

Remarking on the talented trumpet player, Maynard Ferguson had this to say during a radio interview: “Wayne is 

the most musical lead trumpet player I’ve ever had on my band.” 

As a sideman, Bergeron’s list of CD credits reads like a who’s who in contemporary jazz and pop, running the 

stylistic gamut from Ray Charles to Green Day. Other stellar names include Beyoncé, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, 

Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Seal, Diana Krall, Tito Puente, Christina Aguilera, Dianne Reeves, Barry Manilow, Michael Bolton, Gwen Stefani, Earth 

Wind & Fire, The Pussy Cat Dolls, My Chemical Romance, The Mars Volta, INXS, Chicago, Rosemary Cloony, Diane Schuur, Barry Manilow, Lee Ann 

Womack, Lou Rawls, Eric Marienthal, Kenny G., Brian Culbertson and David Benoit. 

Bergeron has worked on 300 plus TV & motion picture soundtracks. A partial list of film credits include Toy Story 3, Despicable Me, Sorcerer’s 

Apprentice, Charlie St Cloud, 2012, Percy Jackson, Cats & Dogs, Surrogates, The informant, G-force, Star Trek, Confessions of a Shopaholic, 

Beverly Hills Chihuahua, High School Musical 1 & 3, Race to Witch Mountain, National Treasure 1 & 2, Bedtime Stories, Pink Panther 2, Marley & Me, 

Role Models, The Mummy 3, Get Smart, Enchanted, Hancock, Horton Hears a Who, Semi Pro, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean 1,2&3, 

Ratatouille, The Simpson’s Movie, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Ice Age 2, Spiderman 1 & 2, Fantastic Four 1 & 2, Team America, Anchorman, Catch Me if 

You Can, South Park, Flubber and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 

Numerous TV credits include shows such as NBC, ESPN & TNT sports themes, Entertainment Tonight Theme, Academy Awards, American Idol (2001- 

02), Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy’s, The Goode Family, Jeopardy, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Phineas & Ferb, Emperor’s 

New School, Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, Mouse works, Make em Laugh, House of Mouse, King of the Hill, Futurama, Buzz 

Lightyear, Hercules and Hey Arnold. After being behind the scene for so many years, Bergeron stepped out on his own with his first solo effort “You 

Call This a Living?” This debut project earned him a Grammy nomination in 2004 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble as well as rave reviews from fans 

and press worldwide. Wayne’s latest recording “Plays Well With Others” was released on the Concord Jazz label in 2007 is being met with the same 

acclaim. 

Bergeron is a National Artist for the Yamaha Corporation of America and is co-designer of the YTR-8335LA trumpet and YFH-8315G Flugelhorn. 

Bergeron enjoys his work as a clinician/educator and feels it’s important to “give back” by mentoring young musicians. 


MArkboREN 


Mark Boren is Coordinator of Brass Studies at Minot State University where he teaches studio Trumpet and Horn. In 

addition to studio high brass, he teaches Brass Ensemble, Beaver Athletic Band, Music Fundamentals, and assists with 

the Pride of Minot State University Marching Band. Mr. Boren has performed internationally in Australia, South Korea, 

Thailand, Canada, and in the United States on live radio, 

music conventions, recitals, clinics, educational programs, outreach concerts. He is a founding member of the Orenunn 

Trio and has held positions with the Kansas Brass Quintet (the faculty quintet in residence at the University of Kansas), 

the Red Lodge Music Festival Faculty Brass Quintet, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Faculty Brass Quintet, and 

the Fountain City Brass Band. Mr. Boren has also performed with the Kansas City Symphony, the Wichita Symphony, the 

St. Joseph Symphony, the Independence Symphony, the Topeka Symphony, Minot Symphony, and the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra. He has performed as 

a featured soloist with the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra, the International Music Camp Faculty Band, the University of Kansas Instrumental Ensembles, 

and in solo recitals. 

In addition to his current position at Minot State University, Mr. Boren has taught at the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the 

Midwestern Music Camp, the Red Lodge Music Festival, and is currently on faculty at the International Music Camp in North Dakota. He has also presented 

at the North Dakota Music Educators Association Conference, Texas Music Educators Association Conference, and at the Ohio Music Educators Association 

Conference. 

A published author as well, Mr. Boren’s first book, Breathing for Performance, was released in 2005 through PowerLung Publishing along with the 

companion DVD. His first article, “Mind over Matter/Matter of Mind,” was published in the International Trumpet Guild Journal in October 2004 (Vol. 29, No.1, 

Pg. 65). He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Wichita State University, and his Master of Music degree from DePaul University. 

JoebURGSTALLER 

JOE BURGSTALLER has performed and taught in 48 states, 21 countries and hundreds of cities throughout the Americas, 

Europe and Asia, has performed and taught at over 70 universities, conservatories and colleges around the world, made 

numerable television and radio appearances, performed with many orchestras and has an extensive discography. Joe 

tours as a soloist in recital and with orchestra, with his breakout jazz crossover group BurgstallerMartignon4, and as a 

clinician and teacher, traveling the world hundreds of days every year. He is former member of Canadian Brass (7 1/2 

years) and Meridian Arts Ensemble (7 years), as well as several other contemporary music groups, and was one of the 

all-time most popular soloists at Columbia Artist’s Community Concerts. Joe teaches trumpet and chamber music at 

Peabody Institute (Distinguished Faculty), teaches every summer at the Music Academy of the West, and is in his second 

decade as a Yamaha Performing Artist. 

The BM4 (BurgstallerMartignon4) vaulted into the top 50 US Jazz-Radio Charts in the Spring of 2009 starting with the 

very first week of their first release, “Mozart’s Blue Dreams & Other Crossover Fantasies” (Summit Records).. Their music 

combines Jazz and Classical into an organic hybrid that has simultaneously ignited the excitement of both Classical and Jazz fans alike. Joining Joe are 

All-Stars Hector Martignon (Pianist- Grammy and Oscar Nominated, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto), Hans Glawischnig (Bass - Grammy Nominated, 

Chick Corea, David Sanchez) and John Ferrari (Percussion - Naumburg Award Winner, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Yo-Yo Ma). In an industry 

leading move, Yamaha Corporation of America debuted Joe’s inventive music videos as part of the CD release. Critics are raving: “Hip and approachable... 

Majestically sublime beauty...Ethereal moments of true beauty and genius” says AllAboutJazz.com. “Stunning... Mozart surely would consider this hip if he 

revisited the planet to jam with them” says Jazz Notes. 

doUGCARLSEN 

Since joining the Minnesota Orchestra as associate principal trumpet in 1999, Douglas C. Carlsen has been featured in Sommerfest 

chamber performances of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, Wilbye’s Three Madrigals for Trumpets and a brass sextet by Boehme, as well 

as in other concerts. In October 2008 he was soloist in performances of Copland’s Quiet City under the direction of Sarah Hicks. 

Carlsen, who previously held the principal trumpet post with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, has also performed with the 

Phoenix, Tucson and Santa Fe Symphonies as well as the Summit Brass, Banff Opera Orchestra, Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra 

and National Repertory Orchestra. He is a committed chamber musician and has participated in music festivals throughout 

Europe, Canada and the United States. 

A native of Nebraska, Carlsen learned music from both of his parents and later studied with Steve Ericksen and Craig Bircher. He 

attended Arizona State University, where he was a student of David Hickman and Anthony Plog. Carlsen has recorded Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two 

Trumpets with David Hickman on the Summit Records label.

edwArdCARRoLL 

A native of Chicago and graduate of Juilliard (BM, MM), Edward Carroll (b. 1953) is a trumpeter, conductor, and 

teacher of international stature. He was appointed Associate Professor at McGill University’s Schulich School of 

Music in 2007 (assuming the role of brass area chair in 2009) after two years as a member of the adjunct faculty, 

and also serves as Professor of Trumpet and Coordinator of Brass Studies at the California Institute of the Arts 

(CalArts) and as a Senior Lecturer at Dartmouth College. Previous appointments include the International Chair of 

Brass Studies at London’s Royal Academy of Music and Professor of Trumpet at the Rotterdam (NL) Conservatory. 

Edward Carroll is the Director of the Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale, and was responsible for the music programming of the 

California State Summer School of the Arts from 2006-2008. He also chairs the commissioning committee of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG). 

Mr. Carroll has served as Principal Trumpet of the Rotterdam Philharmonic (James Conlon, Jeffrey Tate, and Valery Gergiev, Music Directors), the 

San Diego Symphony (David Atherton), and as Associate Principal Trumpet of the Houston Symphony (Lawrence Foster), touring most of the world’s 

major concert halls and festivals, and recording for Sony, EMI, Virgin, and Erato. A frequent guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln 

Center, Edward Carroll directed, recorded, and toured with the New York Trumpet Ensemble from 1979 to 1988. He has performed with the London 

Sinfonietta, Speculum Musicae, Music Today, I Musici di Montreal, Orpheus, the Bach Aria Group, the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), and as 

soloist with many North American and European orchestras. Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Larry Polansky, Anne LeBaron, Bruce Adolphe, and Pulitzer 

Prize winner Paul Moravec are among the many composers that have written new music for him, and his many solo recordings can be found on the 

Sony, Vox, MHS, and Newport Classic labels. 

kIkUCoLLiNS 

This former “Jersey Girl” found her way from a small northern NJ town to the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy 

in Michigan, after doing a 2 summer stint at their National Music Camp. From there, she went on to study classical 

performance at Manhattan School of Music. Her mentor, Mr. Mel Broiles, always encouraged her, as one of the few 

female trumpet players trying to survive in a man’s world. Kiku brings professionalism to every job in every style, 

with her sense of humor and sense of adventure that leads her to play and sing with a diverse group of artists. While 

Kiku has been seen around town, as well as around the world, with major pop stars- most notably and recently with 

Beyonce and currently Michael Bolton, she has truly found her voice in “Here With Me”. This smoothly satisfying 

album redefines evocative jazzy compositions and rich orchestration. Her multiple tracking on the flugelhorn, 

muted trumpet and trombone, showcases a level of musicianship of the highest order and demonstrates what a 

band of Kikus might sound like. 

In addition to her solo album and work with other artists, Kiku has been heard the world over in television and 

radio commercials for such clients as Sprite, ABC Nightline, Checkers, Miller, Sony, HBO Latin, Visa, Burger King, 

Ikea, Carefree Gum, Phillips, Wisk, Certs and many others. Ms. Collins has also produced an impressive number 

of commercials. Kiku is not only a featured Getzen trumpet artist, but her debut album has been featured on many radio stations, and has gotten 

tons of press from publications like BBC, International Trumpet Guild, The Brass Herald, Black Owl Music, Le Jazz Affair, Radiophone, WEMU 89.1 

in Michigan, NPR, a 3 page article in Jazz Colours Magazine in June 2007 (which hails Collins the “Princess of Smooth Jazz”), Vinilemania, The Jazz 

Suite, Hot House Jazz, Smooth Jazz, CMJ, WMPG, WGBH, Harris Radio, Julian’s Flight, Trumpetgig.com, The Fevered Brain of Radio Mike... and 

her Getzen posters and ads can be seen all over in schools, music shops, and in Downbeat, Jazz Times Magazine and other music and educational 

publications. Whether you hear Ms. Collins on the television or radio, with mega-pop stars or local NYC acts, one thing is crystal clear; her passion 

and love for life come through in her sound, her voice, her eyes, her soul. 

ANTHoNyDiLoRENzo 

Anthony DiLorenzo has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and New York Philharmonic, and has 

held positions with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New World Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, and Utah Symphony. Along with 

CCBQ trumpeter Geoffrey Hardcastle, Anthony is also a member of the Burning River Brass large brass ensemble, and 

Proteus 7, a mixed chamber ensemble. A native of Stoughton, Massachusetts, he began trumpet studies with Peter Chapman 

and Roger Voisin, later receiving his Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music. While a fellow at the 

Tanglewood Music Center, he worked with Leonard Bernstein who nominated him for an Avery Fisher Career Grant. Anthony 

is also an Emmy Award-winning composer, whose works have been performed by the San Francisco Symphony, Colorado 

Symphony, Utah Symphony, and New World Symphony, and can be heard regularly on numerous American television 

networks (including the ABC College Football theme music). The CCBQ takes full advantage of Anthony’s composition 

talent, and regularly enlists him to write new music for the quintet. His original work “Firedance”, which the CCBQ premiered and recorded on its 

Street Song album, has become a favorite among student and professional brass quintets around the world. 



JeAN-cHrISTopHeDobRzELEwSKi 

Classical trumpeter Jean-Christophe Dobrzelewski currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Trumpet at West 

Chester University of Pennsylvania School of Music, and is an active freelancer in the Philadelphia area. Having been 

raised in both Costa Rica and Switzerland, he regularly appears as guest artist and clinician throughout Europe, Central 

America and the United States. He is former principal trumpet of the Midland-Odessa Symphony and the Lone Star Brass 

in Texas. 

Dobrzelewski is the founder of the West Chester University Chapter of the International Trumpet Guild, and is founder 

and host of WCUʼs Annual International Trumpet Festival, which features such artists as James Ackley, Peter Bond, 

Jeffrey Curnow, Vincent DiMartino, David Hickman, David Krauss, Allen Vizzutti, Boston Brass and George Rabbai. He is 

also preparing to host the 2012 Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Competition. A prolific grant writer, in 2010 alone 

Dobrzelewski has been awarded six local, state and nationwide grants to pursue various musical projects, including the 

National Endowment for the Arts “Access to Artistic Excellence” Grant. 

An active soloist and clinician, Jean-Christophe Dobrzelewski has given recitals and masterclasses across the United 

States, Europe and Latin America. He is scheduled as guest artist at the 2010 Romantic Trumpet Festival in Russia, the 

2010 South Carolina Trumpet Festival, the 2011 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Trumpet Festival and the 2011 International Trumpet Guild Conference 

in Minneapolis. A founding member of the Tromba Mundi trumpet ensemble, The Tryptique Ensemble and the West Texas Brass Project, Dobrzelewski 

performs extensively as a chamber musician. He also plans performance tours and educational opportunities for his WCU students and travels with 

them both locally and abroad. A believer that music is for everyone, he is very active in bringing music to the masses, performing in schools, churches, 

hospitals, prisons, nursing homes and retirement communities. Dobrzelewski currently has two recordings for trumpet and organ under the Swiss AMIE 

label, Tryptique (2004) and Renewal (2005), as well as the Tromba Mundi Trumpet Ensembleʼs selftitled album under the MSR Classics label (2009). He is 

in postproduction with a third CD for two trumpets and organ, and in preproduction with a recording of American music for brass and wind ensemble that 

will be released with MSR Classics in Spring 2011. A supporter and promoter of new music, Jean-Christophe has commissioned and performed or recorded 

more than twenty works for trumpet and various ensembles by North and Central American and European composers. 

An expert music editor and typesetter, Dobrzelewski has participated in over 150 works on the Hickman Music Edition catalogue, and has published several 

arrangements including a sixteenvolume set of orchestral excerpts for trumpet, Essential Orchestral Excerpts, with HME. These excerpt books are widely 

used and are recommended study material for New York Philharmonic trumpet auditions. 

Dobrzelewski received a Prix de Trompette at the Conservatoire de Musique de Rueil- 

Malmaison in Paris, a Master of Music Performance from the University of Maine and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University, all in 

the area of trumpet performance. He won prizes at the Selmer Competition in Paris (1999) and the University of Maine Concerto Competition (2001). His 

most influential teachers include Eric Aubier, Wolfgang Bauer, Regentsʼ Professor David Hickman, Jean-Francois Michel, Sam Pilafian, and Guy Touvron. 

Jean- Christophe Dobrzelewski is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician. 

roBerTDoRER 

Robert Dorer joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1997 as second trumpet after six seasons as principal trumpet with the 

New Mexico Symphony. He previously was a member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica and Florida 

West Coast Symphony, and performed as guest principal with the New Zealand Symphony. He has performed as soloist 

with orchestras in Florida, North Carolina, New Mexico and Minnesota. An avid chamber musician, Dorer performed and 

recorded for five years as a member of the Florida Brass Quintet. He has often performed in Orchestra chamber concerts, 

playing works of Hindemith, Boehme and Scheidt, among others. In 2005 he performed trumpet ensemble music with 

Adolph Herseth and Doc Severinsen at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Trumpet Festival. 

Dorer earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, where he studied with Vincent Cichowicz, former second 

trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; after graduating, he studied with Arnold Jacobs, former tubist with the 

Chicago Symphony and a renowned teacher of wind instrument breathing techniques. At Cichowicz’ recommendation, he 

was interviewed for the book Back to Basics, an analysis of Cichowicz’ teaching method. 

Dorer enjoys teaching and was a faculty member of the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina for seven summers. He has taught master 

classes at high schools and colleges throughout Minnesota. He is a Sonare Trumpet Artist. bio 

STepHeNDUNN 

Stephen Dunn is an active performer in a diverse variety of musical styles, performing frequently with orchestras, chamber music 

groups, with percussion and with electronics Dunn can be heard on two Dunn/Pennington recordings: Steps (2008) and Old 

News (2002). He has also recorded with the Denver Brass, Oregon Brass Quintet, Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, and 

for several motion picture soundtracks. Dunn is associate professor of trumpet at Northern Arizona University and has previously 

taught at the University of Oregon, the University of Denver and Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO.

dr.kIMDUNNiCK 

A former member of The United States Army Band, (Washington, D.C.), the Knoxville Symphony, the Elmira Symphony, 

and The Brasswind, Kim Dunnick also has performed with the Syracuse Symphony, the Binghamton Symphony, The 

B.C. Pops, the Hof (Germany) Symphoniker, the Skaneateles Festival Orchestra, and for ten years, was principal/solo 

trumpet of the Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra. 

Kim Dunnick is a Professor of Music (trumpet) at Ithaca College where he chairs the Department of Performance 

Studies in the School of Music. He is a recipient of a Dana Fellowship for excellence in teaching at Ithaca College. 

A long-time member of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and the Ithaca Brass, he recently founded, with colleagues 

Steven Mauk and Diane Birr, the group Troica, a trio for trumpet, saxophone and piano. 

Dunnick earned his bachelor and doctoral degrees from Indiana University in Bloomington, and his masters from 

Catholic University in Washington, D.C. His principal teachers were Herbert Mueller, Louis Davidson, David Flowers, 

Walter Blanton, and Charles Gorham. 

Dr. Dunnick has performed as a guest artist and/or clinician in Sweden, Ireland, England, Russia, Australia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Germany and 

Ukraine, and has served on the panel of judges for international trumpet competitions in Moscow, Kiev, and Saratov (Russia) and Washington, D.C. 

He has presented master classes at numerous venues, including the Royal Northern Academy of Music in Manchester, England, the Gnessin’s 

Academy in Moscow, Russia and at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. 

A past and future President of the International Trumpet Guild (1997-99; 2011-13), Dr. Dunnick served as Book Review Editor for the ITG Journal from 

1976 through 1996. 

GAreTHfLowERS 

Gareth Thomas Flowers is a creative musician performing in the New York City area. He is one of the most sought after trumpet players in the 

country. After attending the Juilliard School with a focus on performance and music technology, he began performing locally with the International 

Contemporary Ensemble, the Manhattan Sinfonietta, the Knights. the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic, as well as with 

other nationally and internationally based groups, including Camerata Pacifica, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Seoul Philharmonic. 

In February of 2008, Gareth accepted a chair as a company member of the Lincoln Center Theater production of South Pacific at the Vivian Beaumont 

Theater of Lincoln Center. Previously, he had performed in the orchestras of Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, The Apple Tree, and 110 In the 

Shade. As a composer-performer, Gareth has performed his works at the Clark Studio Theater of Lincoln Center as part of the Beyond the Machine 

festival, the Makor cafe, Yamaha Artist Services, and as part of the ICETank series at the 45th Street Theater. 

He has also performed with various bands in the New York area including The National, Muslim Ron and the 

Juggernauts, Mostly Other People do the Killing (big-band), and Starship Galaxy. He has recorded for Gabriel 

Kahane, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Coleman, Huang Ruo, Lisa Bielewa, Chris McIntyre, DuYun, and many other 

fine musicians. Gareth looks forward to writing and producing music for his duo the Batteries and collaborating 

with friends at his home studio TheFlowerStudio,where he records and produces in his free time. 

JoSHfRANK 

Josh Frank is a sought after musician in New York City as a freelance trumpet performer with major classical 

ensembles, as well as a composer and music producer for major corporations. Recently his compositions with The 

Batteries Duo, have been featured on WNYC’s New Sounds hosted by John Schaefer. As a member of The Batteries 

Duo, Josh composes and produces original electronic music with trumpeter and composer, Gareth Flowers. Their 

first album released in July, 2010 can be found on iTunes and CDBaby. Recent activities range from performances 

at Issue Project Room, Barge Music as well as masterclasses at The Juilliard School. As a composer and producer, 

Josh has worked with Corcoran Sunshine Group, Vornado Realty Trust as well as producing orchestral events for 

fashion companies such as Rock & Republic. 

As an active freelance trumpet performer, Josh has performed with many ensembles such as the Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, 

Riverside Symphony, Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Long Island Philharmonic, New Haven Symphony, The New World Symphony, as well as performing 

and recording with the American Brass Quintet. For the past four summers, Josh has been performing and touring Japan as a soloist and trumpeter 

with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. 

He also performed and recorded with prominent indie rock and pop artists such as Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne, and St Vincent, Boyz II Men. As a 

Fellow at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center, Josh was awarded the Andre Come Scholarship. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from The 

Juilliard School where he studied with Raymond Mase and Mark Gould. He also completed his Master’s Degree from the Manhattan School of Music. 


evGeNyGUREv 


Evgeny Gurev was born in 1983 in the Belgorod region. Primary education in Kharkov Central Special Music School in the 

class teacher Fist Nicholas Alexandrovich. In 2000 he enrolled at GMU. Gnesinyh the class teacher, honored art worker 

of Russian Federation, Professor Dokshitser Vladimir Aleksandrovich. In the same year won first prize at the International 

Festival-Contest pipe name Timothy Dokshitser. In 2002, he has been in the orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, 

where since 2006 he is a soloist. 

After graduation he entered the RAM Gnesin in class Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Vyacheslav Prokopova. In 2005, 

Sasha Eugene won the first prize of 1st International Competition musicians, performers on wind instruments Rimsky 

- Korsakov (St. Petersburg). In 2009, won the first prize of 1-st International Competition for musicians performers on 

brass instruments named Timothy Dokshitser (Moscow). From 2009 till now teaches at the PAM Gnesin. Guriev, Evgeny 

participated in concerts in the festival “Days of Russian Culture” in Vietnam and Armenia, as well as Italy. In May 2010, 

in Armenia were successful recitals and master classes. 

September 23, 2010 Eugene was invited to participate in the concert dedicated to 90-th anniversary of the eminent 

composer Alexander Harutyunyan, held in the Great Hall of the Yerevan Philharmonic. Evgeny Gurev - organizer of the 

brass quintet named Timothy Dokshitser Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. To date, Brass Quintet - an active participant in 

numerous concerts and festivals. Currently performs solo concerts and master classes in cities Russia, as well as in 

cities near and far abroad. 

JoUkoHARJANNE 

Jouko Harjanne studied the trumpet with Raimo Sarmas at the Tampere Conservatoire and continued 

after graduating with Henri Adelbrecht and Timofei Dokshitser. Between 1978 and 1984, Harjanne 

was alternate lead trumpeter with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; since 1984 he has been a 

solo trumpeter with the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Helsinki. Harjanne has played chamber music 

in many brass and chamber ensembles, including the Finnish Brass Ensemble, the Brasstime Quartet 

and the Protoventus Ensemble. 

Jouko Harjanne’s international career has been enhanced by many competition successes, the most 

important being second place in the Prague Spring Trumpet Series in 1987, and first place in the 

Ellsworth Smith Trumpet Competition in 1990. In l989 he was presented with the Brass Player of the Year award at the Lieksa Brass Week, Finland’s most 

important brass event. Harjanne is now the artistic director of the festival. In 1997 Jouko was nominated as an honorary member of the Finnish Trumpet 

Guild. Harjanne’s solo performances abroad have extended as far as Russia, Japan, Republic of Korea and the USA, as well as Scandinavia and other parts 

of Europe. He has been a jury member of the numerous international trumpet competitions for example ARD-Munich, Maurice Andre Trumpet Competition, 

Budapest International Trumpet Competition, Porcia, Prague Spring and naturally Lieksa Brass Week competitions. 

Harjanne’s career received an additional boost by his performing and recording in England with soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in December l994, and by his 

performance, to great success, of Rodion Schedrin’s new trumpet concertos European premiere in Moscow in autumn 1995. The professional music press 

has ranked Harjanne among the elite class of international soloists. In addition to recording the standard repertoire, Harjanne has gained a reputation for 

the recording of what are considered the trumpet’s most difficult works (e.g. the Zimmermann, Gruner, Nagao, Schedrin and Jolivet concertos). 

JASoNHARRELSoN 

Jason Harrelson was raised on the road along with his sister, Jennifer, by his truck driving parents traveling the continental United States. Jason decided 

to pursue a career as an inventor and entrepreneur at age ten. His first venture, JR‘s Snackbar, was co-founded with his best friend Rick Nedens, which 

served snacks and drinks to local trailer park kids earning each of them their very first paycheck of $5.40 each in the first week. Jason‘s other ventures 

included a lawn care business at age 11, a recycling business at 15, an auto mechanics/restoration business at 17, Harrelson Woodworking at 19 and 

Harrelson Trumpets founded at 20. 

Jason began playing trumpet in 5th grade and practiced the very first day only to be electrocuted half-way through 

the first practice session while plugging a light into a faulty wall socket. He didn‘t practice again until 11th grade and 

proceeded to sit last chair in all band concerts. He was awakened to the love of music by his band director, Gary Tangen 

who challenged him to pursue perfection in music. Locking himself in his room for 4 hours of diligent practice daily at 

age 16, he placed first chair in the high school band the following week. While attending St Olaf College pursuing Math 

and Performance degrees, Jason discovered the laws of physics governing trumpet acoustics and set out on a mission 

to improve the efficiency of trumpet design. Since then, he has gained international acclaim and criticism for his his 

efficiency modern trumpet designs. Jason Harrelson has long been a sideman and lead player in small jazz combos, big bands, 

musicals, quintets and orchestras. He made is NYC Broadway debut at the Barrymore Theater in November of 2008 while touring with 

Duran Duran. His current projects include a jazz quartet performing standards by Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and his 

own works on trumpet, piano and vocals. Jason Harrelson is currently booking educational performances/clinics throughout the US. 

Jason Harrelson currently performs regularly on an eclectic array of trumpets he has designed and built himself including; Medusa, the 

world‘s only two-belled trumpet of its kind; Gravity, a 6-pound powerhouse exhibiting the highest efficiency of any trumpet in the world; 

the world‘s first 4-valve Bb with a range of low c; and his latest design that incorporates a Korg Kaossilator and built-in microphones 

for live sampling, beat boxing and improvising as a one-man band with vocals.

MIrIAMHiCKmAN 

Pianist Miriam Hickman completed her DMA at Arizona State University where she served as a Faculty Associate in 

accompanying from 1982-1987. Dr. Hickman recently served as a staff accompanist for the ITEC in Tucson, Arizona. 

She has accompanied solo performers from major U.S. symphonies including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, 

Cleveland, the National Symphony, San Francisco, and Phoenix, and frequently subs on various keyboards with the 

Phoenix Symphony. She has been guest pianist with such ensembles as Quintessence, Arpeggio, and Southwest 

Brass, and was a founding member of the Bavarde Quartet. Dr. Hickman received her Master of Music degree from 

the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Recently married to David Hickman, professor of trumpet at Arizona State University, 

she is also the organist at Church of the Epiphany in Tempe, Arizona and the owner of Classic Touch Music Academy where she teaches nearly sixty 

piano students a week. 

MArTINHoDEL 

Martin Hodel is Associate Professor of Music at St. Olaf, where he has been teaching since 1997. He has performed 

as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player in the US and around the world. Currently an extra and 

substitute player, he played full time in the trumpet section of the Minnesota Orchestra for the 2005-06 season. As 

Principal and Solo Trumpet with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Hodel toured the U.S. and Japan, and he has toured 

coast to coast in America with the Dallas Brass. In June he premiered Eric Ewazen’s Concerto For Trumpet and 

Orchestra (an orchestration of the Sonata) with the St. Olaf Orchestra in Spain. He has also shared the stage with 

jazz artists Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider, Slide Hampton, Claudio Roditi, David Murray, and Jimmy Heath, and 

has toured Germany with organist Bradley Lehman as part of the Hodel-Lehman Duo. A CD by the Duo, In Thee is 

Gladness, recorded in Emden, Germany has been released on Larips Records. 

Hodel appears as a soloist on eight other compact discs, has performed live on the nationally-broadcast radio 

program, A Prairie Home Companion, on Minnesota Public Radio, on public television, and on national broadcasts 

of the radio programs Sing for Joy and PipeDreams. Hodel holds a doctorate in trumpet performance and a 

Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, a master of music from the University of North Carolina 

at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Goshen College. His teachers have included 

Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, Allen Vizzutti, Donald Hunsberger, James Ketch, Raymond Mase, Craig Heitger, David Hickman and Anthony Plog. 

Recently Hodel studied Baroque (natural, valveless) trumpet and 18th-century trumpet literature in Europe with Dr. Edward H. Tarr, the leading expert 

on early trumpets and trumpet literature. 

HorNHEADS 

This group of extraordinarily talented horn players has been gathering international acclaim 

from ar tists and critics alike, since 1991. Top session players all, the Hornheads have per formed 

and/or recorded with artists such as Prince, Janet Jackson, Rod Stewart, Babyface, James 

Brown, The Jonas Brothers, Jimmy Jam, Aretha Franklin, Pedro Abrunhosa, Louie Bellson, 

Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr.,Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett Doc Severinsen, and 

many others. 

As members of Prince and the New Power Generation, the Hornheads recorded on 20 CDs and 

performed for over 2 million concert goers in 20 countries. Q Magazine, London, described 

them as “a peerless horn section... playing in bare brilliant syncopation, punching with a 

staccato precision beyond the grasp of science or Synclavier. Prince splashes their insouciant 

versatility all over the set list.” 

As a solo ensemble, this a cappella group brings their distinctive flair to jazz and funk music, 

combining virtuosic improvisation with sizzling ensemble work to create a truly unique music 

experience. They delight audiences with their artistry, versatility, musicality, and precision, 

covering American masters from Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk, to Leonard Bernstien, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Stevie 

Wonder, while completing their repertoire with dynamic Hornheads’ originals. 

INveNTIoNSTRio 

Bill Mays’ artistry is beyond category. With deep roots in jazz, gospel, pop and classical music Bill’s eclectic career as a pianist, composer and 

arranger spans more than four decades. On hundreds of recordings, Bill’s concert and recording credits include work with artists as diverse as 

Ron Carter, Al Cohn, Buddy DeFranco, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Al Jarreau, Barry Manilow, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Gerry Mulligan, 

Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Frank Sinatra, Sonny Stitt, Toots Thielemans, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, Phil Woods and Frank Zappa. 

Bill’s keyboard work has been heard on numerous movie soundtracks and TV shows, among them Adaptation, Annie, Being John Malkovich, CBS 

Early Morning, Consenting Adults, Dallas, Fargo, Frida, Fur, Gremlins, Interview With The Vampire, Knot’s Landing, Kojak, Ladykillers, Late Night 

with Jay Leno, Mission To Mars, Name That Tune, Rocky, Shaft 2, Simone, Sleepless In Seattle, Superman, The Alamo and Wolf. Much respected 



for his compositional and arranging talents Bill has written saxophone quartets, suites for flute and 

piano, double bass and piano, music for the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Aureole chamber ensemble, the 

Woody Herman Band and incidental music for TV and film (Anamorph, Hamlet, Looker, Tribeca). He is 

a recipient of grants from Meet The Composer, the N.E.A., Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, is a Grammy 

nominee, a Steinway Piano Artist and a PennPat roster artist. The Inventions Trio first CD, Fantasy, 

was released on the Palmetto label and features Bill’s original three-movement piece “Fantasy for 

Cello, Trumpet, and Piano” plus other improvisations on classical themes. Inventions’ second CD, The 

Delaware River Suite, on the No Blooze Music label features this seven movement through-composed 

Suite plus other arranged works. Bill continues to compose and arrange for the group, constantly 

broadening the Trio’s repertoire. You can learn more about Bill at http://www.billmays.net. 

Alisa Horn began her cello studies at the age of four. A major inspiration in her development was 

Peter Spurbeck, principal cellist of the Memphis Symphony, with whom she studied. During this early 

period, Alisa also attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute as a member of the Young 

Artists’ Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival and School, serving as principal of the Aspen Concert Opera Orchestra, and the Meadowmount School of 

Music. She received her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Michigan in 2003, studying with Anthony Elliott, and in June 2006, 

completed her Master of Music in Cello Performance at Northwestern University under the guidance of Hans Jensen. While at Northwestern, Alisa was a 

regular member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and won second prize in the 2006 WAMSO-Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association’s Young Artist 

Competition. Alisa also attended the Henry Mancini Institute, where she was appointed the orchestra’s principal cellist. Alisa and pianist Jue He recorded 

the Rachmaninoff and Miaskovsky Sonatas for Cello and Piano and were featured on McGraw-Hill’s Young Artist Showcase on WQXR-FM in New York City. 

Alisa recently performed Miaskovsky’s Cello Concerto with the Oakville Chamber Orchestra of Ontario, Canada. She performed on Broadway in the 2007 

Tony Award-Winning Best Musical, “Spring Awakening” and currently holds the cello position on the Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway hit, “Next to Normal.” 

You can learn more about Alisa at http://www.alisahorn.com. 

SeANJoNES 

Trumpeter Sean Jones is a firebrand musician with a bent toward muscular post-bop. Born in Warren, OH, in 1978, 

Jones began playing trumpet in the fifth grade, and by high school had developed a strong interest in jazz, especially the 

music of legendary trumpeter Miles Davis. Gigs at local jazz clubs and performances with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra 

followed, and Jones ultimately enrolled in the music school at Youngstown State University in Ohio. Graduating with a 

bachelor’s degree, Jones then earned a master’s degree from Rutgers University. Since that time, Jones has performed 

with a variety of name musicians, including Joe Lovano, Frank Foster, and others. He is also a member of the Lincoln 

Center Jazz Orchestra and a professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. He released his debut album, Eternal 

Journey, on Mack Avenue in 2004. Gemini and Roots followed in 2005 and 2006, respectively. 

TAGeLARSEN 

Tage Larsen joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as fourth/utility trumpet in 2002. He came from the Saint Louis 

Symphony Orchestra, where he served as second trumpet. Mr. Larsen was principal trumpet at the Annapolis Symphony 

Orchestra, and he served as the solo cornet with the President’s Own U.S. Marine Band. He received his bachelor of 

music degree from Michigan State University and did graduate work at the Eastman School of Music; he studied with 

Barbara Butler, who presently teaches at Northwestern University. Mr. Larsen is on the trumpet faculty of the DePaul 

University School of Music. 

Tage Larsen is a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the father of two young sons, Zachary and Ethan. 

MANNyLAUREANo 

Principal Trumpet Manny Laureano, who joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1981, has performed solos in all the Orchestra’s 

concert series and served as an assistant conductor during the 2005-06 season. In 2003 he premiered Stephen Paulus’ 

Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra, which was written for him and Doc Severinsen, who was then the Orchestra’s 

principal pops conductor. His other solos with the Orchestra have included Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, Copland’s Quiet 

City, Clarke’s Southern Cross, Vizzutti’s Compadre and Hertel’s Concerto a cinque in D major. 

In demand as a conductor, Laureano serves with his wife, Claudette, as co-music director of the Minnesota Youth 

Symphonies. In 2006 he led a series of Minnesota Orchestra Young People’s Concerts, ¡Viva Latino! Laureano, a native 

New Yorker, began playing trumpet in the public school system and later studied with James Smith while at the Fiorello 

H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Arts and with William Vacchiano of the New York Philharmonic. After graduating from the Juilliard School of Music, 

Laureano served as principal trumpet of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

vLAdISLAvLAvRiK 

Vladislav Lavrik has become known as one of the most outstanding trumpeters of his generation as a classical 

performer. Born in Zaporozhie, Ukraine in 1980, Lavrik was twice the winner of the Dokshitzer Competition of 

Young Trumpeters (1994 and 1996) and in 1994 won the Classical Heritage International Competition in Moscow. 

He was also a prizewinner in Moscow’s International Festival of Young Soloists in 1997 and 1998. Since 2006, he 

has been a Yamaha Artist in Russia. 

After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 2000, Lavrik joined the Russian National Orchestra. In 2001, 

at the age of 20, he was appointed Principal Trumpet, the youngest person to hold a principal chair in the history 

of the orchestra. In addition to his extensive work with the RNO, Lavrik appears frequently as a guest soloist with 

other orchestras and ensembles, including Yuri Bashmet’s Moscow Soloists and Constantine Orbelian’s Moscow 

Chamber Orchestra. Lavrik is the leader of the RNO Brass Quintet. His performances as featured soloist on the 

RNO’s Summer 2002 US Tour earned rave reviews, the San Francisco Classical Voice declaring that he “displayed 

the kind of innate musicality that is beyond teaching.” 

During March 2008, Lavrik appeared as soloist with the U. S. Marine Band in what the conductor announced was 

the first time a Russian soloist had performed with the ensemble known as “The President’s Own.” He garnered 

a standing ovation with a performance of Alexander Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto. He also participated as a judge of brass ensembles and taught 

master classes at the National Trumpet Competition in Fairfax, Virginia. In September 2008 Lavrik completed a five-state US tour that featured an all- 

Russian recital program, a series of master classes, and a solo appearance with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Meyer. 

In reviewing the concert, North Carolina Classical Voice reported, “Lavrik is a no-nonsense, young (not yet 30) trumpet player with a fine technique. 

He showed a lot of musical sense in his interaction with the orchestra during the virtuoso piece. The counterpoint sections involving trumpet and 

woodwinds were especially fine.” In December 2008, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Lavrik performed the Shostakovich Concerto for 

Piano and Trumpet with Yefim Bronfman and the Moscow Soloists, conducted by Yuri Bashmet. Again in June 2009, he performed the Shostakovich 

Concerto with Denis Matsuev and Italian conductor Giancarlo De Lorenzo in Tyumen, Russia. 

cHArLeSLAzARUS 

Charles Lazarus is known for his distinctive blend of lounge/exotica and funk fired jazz. The trumpeter/composer’s 

eclectic career has been met with acclaim from critics worldwide. Lazarus made his main stage Carnegie Hall solo 

debut with the New York String Orchestra at the age of 19 while still a student at The Juilliard School in New York. 

He has been a member of the Dallas Brass, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Canadian Brass, and currently the Minnesota 

Orchestra. He has been on the trumpet faculties of Princeton University and St. Olaf College, and has performed 

and taught master classes in every US state, Canada, South America and throughout Europe and Asia. 

Lazarus has performed his own compositions for the Montréal and Ottawa international jazz festivals, live on 

Radio Canada, for music videos that have aired nationally on Canadian television, and as an opening act for Tony 

Bennett. He has performed with the New York Trumpet Ensemble, The New York Big Brass, The London Brass, and 

the Montréal Symphony and has been a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Oregon 

Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy, and the Bach Society among others. He has recorded for television and Imax film scores, as well 

as major symphony orchestras and numerous classical, pop and jazz ensembles. 

IBrAHIMmAALoUf 

Ibrahim Maalouf is a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and trumpet instructor. Born in Beirut, Lebanon; he now lives 

in France. Maalouf was born into a family of intellectuals and artists. The son of trumpeter Nassim Maalouf and 

pianist Nada Maalouf, nephew of the writer Amin Maalouf and grandson of journalist, poet and musicologist Rushdi 

Maalouf. He is currently the only trumpet player in the world to play Arabic music with the trumpet in quarter tones, 

which his father invented in the 1960s. 

Maalouf has also earned prizes in the major classical trumpet competitions in the world. In July 2010, he was 

awarded the Instrumental Revelation of the Year Victory Prize (Frank Ténot prize) at the “Victoires du Jazz” 

competition in Juan-Les-Pins. 

He began to study the trumpet at the age of 7 with his father Nassim Maalouf, a former student of Maurice 

André at the Paris Higher National Conservatory of Music and Dance. His father taught him classical technique, 

baroque, classical, modern and contemporary repertoires, as well as classical Arabic music and the Arab art 

of improvisation and style. In fact, his father was the inventor of the micro-tonal trumpet, called “quarter tone 

trumpet”, which makes it possible to play Arab maqams on the trumpet. Another characteristic of these early years 

was that Maalouf began playing the piccolo trumpet very young. From the age of 9, he accompanied his father in a duo throughout Europe and 

the Middle East, playing a baroque repertoire by Vivaldi, Purcell, Albinoni, etc... This was how he learned to play in front of an audience, and how 

audiences gradually began to become acquainted with him. When he was 15, Maalouf came to the attention of professional musicians when during a 

concert with a chamber orchestra, he interpreted the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto by Bach, considered by many trumpeters as the most difficult piece 

in the classical trumpet repertoire. Several years later, Maalouf met Maurice André, who encouraged him to go professional. This prompted Maalouf 

to abandon his scientific studies and dedicate himself entirely to his musical career. 


BoBmALoNE 

“The guy’s got a streak of genius in him,” jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew says of brass instrument artisan Bob Malone, which is like the 

pot calling the kettle “brilliant.” With a background that includes professional trumpet performance and master class instruction with 

a deep knowledge of physics, acoustics and metallurgy, Malone can customize brass instruments to fine-tune their feel in the artist’s 

hands, note-to-note flexibility, tonal color and other critical properties. If they want a trumpet that plays a little darker, I can hedge it, 

for example,” Malone explains. If they want it brighter, I can do that. Every musical instrument has its eccentricities. The idea is to make 

the instrument as responsive as possible, to make the intonation the best that it can be. 


SHULAMITmANEEv 

Jewish Soviet born American pianist Shulamit Irina Maneev was born in Kharkov, Ukraine. She started her music 

education at the Special School for Gifted Children at age six. She continued her studies at the famed Leningrad 

(now St.Petersburg) Conservatory in Russia, graduating with honors and earning her MA degree in piano performance 

and pedagogy. After immigrating to Israel, Ms. Maneev actively performed throughout the country. She was a yearly 

participant of Festival Jerusalem, finalist of the First Israeli Modern Music Competition, and made recordings on Israeli 

Radio, “Kol Israel”. She was among 20 hand picked pianists from the former Soviet Union selected for a special course at 

the Jerusalem Music Center under the sponsorship of Isaac Stern and Israeli government. Since moving to Minneapolis, 

Shulamit has become a fixture of the Twin Cities music scene. She collaborated with composer Randall Davidson to 

produce a concert series co- presented by The Schubert Club. She was the recipient of a grant from the Howard B. Brin 

Endowment for the Jewish Arts, and was a featured performer in “Music de Camera” - a series of video taped performances produced by Baby Blue Arts. 

The highlight of Shulamit’s work was a concert “The Music of Paul Schoenfield” at St.Paul Jewish Community Center, which she produced & performed 

together with Michal Sobieski (violin) & Laura Sewell (cello). 

bRASS qUiNTET froM“THe preSIdeNT’S owN” MArINe BANd 

The Marine Brass Quintet is one of several ensembles formed from within “The President’s 

Own” to present chamber concerts and educational clinics. Members of the quintet 

perform regularly in the Marine Band, Marine Chamber Orchestra, and Marine Chamber 

Ensembles, and are frequently featured as soloists. The quintet was a featured ensemble 

at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in 2005 and also at the Texas Music 

Educators Association Convention in 2010. The group has also traveled extensively 

throughout the U.S. offering recitals and master classes. 

Trumpeter/cornetist Master Sergeant Matthew J. Harding of North Dartmouth, Mass., 

joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in September 1998. He was 

appointed solo cornetist in January 2000. Master Sgt. Harding began his musical 

instruction at age 9. A 1992 graduate of Dartmouth High School, he earned his bachelor’s 

degree in music from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in New 

York, and has completed one year of master’s-level study at Rice University in Houston. He 

has studied with John Martin of Boston, Eastman’s Charles Geyer, and Armando Ghitalla. 

He was a featured soloist in both 2002 and 2009 for the Marine Band’s National Tour. Prior 

to joining “The President’s Own,” Master Sgt. Harding spent a year with the New World 

Symphony in Miami; toured Japan with the Eastman Wind Ensemble; and performed at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, Chautauqua Music Center in 

New York, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. He also was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Mass. 

Trumpeter/cornetist Gunnery Sergeant Michael P. Mergen of Lebanon Township, N.J., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in May 

1999. Gunnery Sgt. Mergen began his musical career at age 9. Upon graduating from Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, N.J., in 1992, he attended 

the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance and education in 1996. In 1998, he earned a master’s 

degree in music performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and in 2008 he earned a doctorate in trumpet performance from The 

Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He was a soloist for the Marine Band’s National Tour in 2001. His notable instructors include the late 

Armando Ghitalla, Charles Daval, and Charles Geyer. Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Gunnery Sgt. Mergen performed with the Singapore Symphony 

in the Republic of Singapore, the Harrisburg Symphony in Harrisburg, Pa., and was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Mass. 

French horn player Gunnery Sergeant Hilary K. Hart of Princeton, Ken., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in May 2003. Gunnery Sgt. 

Hart began her musical training at age 11. Upon graduating in 1996 from Caldwell County High School in Princeton, she attended the University of Illinois 

at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Ill., where in 2000 she earned a bachelor’s degree in music. In 2002, she earned a master’s degree in music from the 

Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and in 2008 she earned a doctorate of musical arts at the University of Maryland in College 

Park, Md. She was a soloist for the Marine Band’s National Tour in 2008. Her horn instructors include Martin Hackleman of the National Symphony Orchestra 

in Washington, D.C., Peter Landgren of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Kazimierz Machala, formerly of the Sydney Symphony in Sydney, Australia. 

Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Gunnery Sgt. Hart performed with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in Maryland, the New World Symphony in 

Miami, the Gettysburg Symphony in Pennsylvania., and the Richmond Symphony in Virginia. 

Trombonist Gunnery Sergeant Chris Clark of Commerce, Texas, joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in August 1999. He was name 

section leader in 2008. Gunnery Sgt. Clark began his musical instruction at age 11 under the tutelage of his father, Jimmy Clark. He graduated in 1991 from

Commerce High School, where he studied with the late Dr. Neill H. Humfeld. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music from the Curtis Institute of Music 

in Philadelphia where he studied with Glenn Dodson, a former member of the Marine Band and principal trombonist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. 

In 1997, he earned a master’s degree in music from The Juilliard School in New York where he studied with Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of 

the New York Philharmonic. He earned his doctorate in musical arts from the Catholic University of America in May 2009. Prior to joining the band, 

Gunnery Sgt. Clark was a freelance trombonist in New York. 

Tuba player Gunnery Sergeant Christopher G. Tiedeman of Tacoma, Wash., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in May 2002. 

Gunnery Sgt. Tiedeman began his musical career at the age of 7. After graduating from Stadium High School in Tacoma in 2000, he attended the 

Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in New York, where he studied with Don Harry. He also studied with Ivan Giddings of Tacoma. 

Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” he won the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference’s Young Artist competition. 

Established by an Act of Congress in 1798, the Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Its primary 

mission is unique—to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. “The President’s Own” 

maintains a standard of excellence instated by 17th Director John Philip Sousa. Musicians are selected at auditions much like those of major 

symphony orchestras, and they enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps for duty with the Marine Band only. Most of today’s members are graduates of the 

nation’s finest music schools, and nearly 60 percent hold advanced degrees in music. 

NATHANIeLmAYfiELD 

A Texas native with international roots, Nathaniel Mayfield has shared his passion and love of the modern and 

baroque trumpet with audiences across the world. Honored as a Presidential Scholar in the A r ts by President Clinton 

and the NFAA, a Fulbright Scholar to Germany, a Beebe and Rapaport Fellow, as well as winner of numerous solo 

competitions (Level 1 Award, A.R.T.S.; International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition; Yamaha Young Performing 

Artist Competition; Aspen Solo Competition; National Trumpet Competition), Mr. Mayfield is currently on the music 

faculty at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, Concordia University, and serves both as Director of Music 

and on the board at The Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts (ASPVA). Mr. Mayfield is a graduate of 

Interlochen Arts Academy, and also the Columbia University/The Juilliard School exchange program, where he 

studied with Professor Raymond Mase (Chairman of the Brass Department) while earning a degree in history. 

In addition to studies at Tanglewood Institute, Mr. Mayfield completed two years of postgraduate work at the 

Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany under Professor Reinhold Friedrich. 

Mr. Mayfield has given masterclasses at such institutions as: The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, Baylor 

University, Grinnell College, Texas Christian University, Zagreb Conservatory in Croatia, Lausanne Conservatory 

in Switzerland, Laval University, and in past years served on the faculty of The American Festival for the Arts, 

and Domaine Forget in Quebec, Canada. He has appeared as featured baroque trumpet soloist with Mercury Baroque, Ars Lyrica, La Follia, Texas 

Bach Choir, Camerata Ventapane, Dallas Bach Society, Aulos Ensemble, Houston Chamber Choir, St. Cecilia Festival Baroque Orchestra, and Bach 

Society Houston, and as principal trumpet with Les Violons du Roy, Des Moines Metro Opera, Singapore Symphony, and Tenerife Symphony, among 

others. Additionally, he has participated at The Pacific Music Festival Japan, The National Repertory Orchestra, World Youth Orchestra (Jeunesses 

Musicales International) in Berlin, Germany, Victoria Bach Festival, Round Top Music Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. 

While not traveling, Mr. Mayfield calls his native city of Austin home, where he lives with his wonderful wife Ulrike and beautiful daughter Elizabeth. 

Other interests include long distance running, studying German, physics and electricity, microbiology, home-brewing, military history, and collecting 

antique bricks. He can be contacted anytime through his website, www.natemayfield.com. 

MArkNiEHAUS 

Mark Niehaus has been principal trumpet of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra since 1998. In Milwaukee, he has 

been a featured soloist on several occasions, performing the Haydn Trumpet Concerto, Hummel Trumpet Concerto, 

Bach Cantata No. 51, and the Martin Concerto for Seven Winds. He is slated to perform the Arutunian Concerto 

with Vassili Sinaisky in the 2011-2012 season. 

Previously he spent three seasons as a member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida with Artistic 

Director Michael Tilson Thomas. He may be heard on two RCA label recordings with the New World Symphony and 

Tilson Thomas: The Music of Villa Lobos and New World Jazz, on which he is a featured soloist. 

Mr. Niehaus began his professional career at the age of 18, and still a freshman at the Juilliard School, when 

he assumed the post of principal trumpet of the New Haven Symphony. He remained with that orchestra for 

six years, while continuing his studies with Mark Gould and Raymond Mase. Immediately upon graduation he 

joined the faculty of The Juilliard School’s Pre-College division. He was also active in the Julliard School’s Music 

Advancement Program. His studio was featured in a report on CBS’ “60 Minutes”. 

His summers are spent at the Eastern Music Festival as principal trumpet of the faculty orchestra. He has spent 

past summers at the Tanglewood Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival, Spoleto USA, and Colorado Music Festival. 

He lives in Milwaukee with his wife and two sons and is proud to be the Cubmaster of Cub Scout Pack 398. 



cHrISTopHero’HARA 

Chris O’Hara is an internationally renowned trumpet soloist, a chamber musician, and an educator. His playing is 

described as “an awesome display of pure talent and musicality” (Park Rapids Concert Association) and “a treat beyond 

measure” (Arlington Advocate). 

Already in his young career, Chris has performed over 2,000 events covering 47 states and 11 countries across North 

America, Europe, Great Britain, and Asia. His performance schedule has taken him to notable venues such as the 

Ravinia Music Festival, the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Bethlehem Musikfest, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Festival de Camara de Musica in 

Aquacalientes Mexico, the Nagoya Conservatory of Music, and Millennium Hall in Japan. 

Before embarking on a solo career, Chris exclusively dedicated his efforts to the art of chamber music. At the age of 16 in his home town of Bensenville, 

Illinois, he had already formed his first brass quintet; in 1995, he was honored by WGN television for his efforts with this ensemble. Then, at 17, he formed 

his second brass quintet, the internationally acclaimed Synergy Brass Quintet. As founder of the Synergy Brass Quintet, he has been a regular guest on 

NPR’s The Front Row, performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Boston Pops, and Natalie Cole, and has recorded several albums available on the 

AAR record label. Chris continues to dedicate much of his time to chamber music through a wide range of ensembles. 

As an advocate for new music, Chris has commissioned several works including Robert Martin’s Four Places in New York for two trumpets and Karl 

Henning’s The Angel Who Bears a Flaming Sword for solo trumpet. During the 2010/11 concert season, Chris will perform the world premiere of a new work 

for trumpet and wind ensemble by R. Christopher Teichler and the world premiere of a new work for flugelhorn and wind ensemble by Robert Bradshaw 

at the 2011 International Trumpet Guild Conference. He can also be heard on the premiere recording of Samuel Adler’s “Transfiguration: An Ecumenical 

Mass” on the album A Prophecy of Peace. In addition to performing, Chris is an avid arranger having arranged and edited over one hundred works for brass 

quintet, brass and organ, trumpet ensemble, and solo trumpet. 

Chris has served on the faculties of the Shenandoah Arts Academy (Winchester, VA), the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (Lenox, MA), The Festival 

de Musica de Camara (Aguascalientes, Mexico), and the International Institute and Festival at Round Top (Round Top, TX). He is currently the Brass 

Department Chairman of the South Shore Conservatory (Hingham, MA) where he founded the South Shore Conservatory Trumpet Workshop, a summer 

music seminar for talented New England trumpet students. Chris is also a clinician for the Conn-Selmer Company and Denis Wick mouthpieces, mutes, 

and accessories and has presented countless master classes and clinics at public schools and the world’s finest colleges and universities. Chris performs 

exclusively on Bach Trumpets, the Conn Vintage One Flugelhorn, and Denis Wick mouthpieces and mutes. He can be heard on recordings on the Paraclete 

and AAR labels and has appeared on National Public Radio, NBC, WGN, the Hallmark Channel, and more. 

roLfoLSoN 

Dr. Rolf Olson is Director of Bands and Professor of Trumpet at the University of South Dakota where he directs the 

Symphonic Band, Brass Choir, Colton Jazz Ensemble, and teaches Conducting and studio trumpet. He also performs 

with the USD faculty ensembles, South Dakota Brass Quintet and South Dakota Jazz Quintet. Previous to USD Olson 

taught public school music in the South Dakota communities of Arlington and Vermillion, and taught at Augustana 

College in Sioux Falls, SD. 

Olson is an active trumpet player, performing regularly with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, the Sioux Falls 

Big Band, and the Dalesburg Cornet Band of which he is cornet soloist and musical director. He has performed with 

numerous high school bands and in May of 2001 performed at the International Trumpet Guild Convention in Evansville, 

IN. In November of 2003 Olson performed the South Dakota premier of Robert Bradshaw’s Sonata for Trumpet & Piano. 

He has also played professionally with the Carson & Barnes Circus Band, Gene Pitney Orchestra, and Myron Floren. His 

primary teachers include, William Pfund, Marshall Scott, and Harold “Doc” Krueger. 

Olson is an active guest clinician/conductor, having directed the Dakota Wind Ensemble, the 2005 South Dakota Middle School All State Band, the 

Northwest Iowa Honor Band, and numerous other band festivals and jazz festivals in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. He is active as a clinician/ 

adjudicator for all types of instrumental music festivals including adjudicator for the South Dakota All State Band auditions. Olson is co-founder of the 

South Dakota All State Jazz Festival and served for many years as Treasurer for the South Dakota Unit of the International Association of Jazz Educators 

(IAJE). Olson is involved with church music as a choir director and trumpet soloist. 

Olson earned the Doctor of Arts degree in Trumpet Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, a Master of Music 

degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of South Dakota, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Augustana College. He is a 

member of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), South Dakota 

Bandmasters Association (SDBA), South Dakota Alliance for the Arts (SDAA), and Vermillion Area Arts Council. He has been elected to Phi Beta Mu and Pi 

Kappa Lambda Honor Societies.

JoeyPERo 

Joey Pero of New York City grew up in a small suburb between Rochester and Buffalo, New York. 

Although music was never a career for either parent, it was always prevalent in Joey Pero’s house 

growing up. They played records of Maynard Ferguson, Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York 

Philharmonic, Disney, and Frank Zappa. Joey started to play trumpet at about 13 years old through 

drum corps. He later became involved with the Empire Statesmen drum and bugle corps from 

Rochester, New York. The director, Vince Bruni, took Joey in as his own and taught him valuable 

lessons stemming from entertainment to loyalty and integrity. The playing along with Maynard 

Ferguson’s screaming obbligato melodies gave Joey a rush and he found sanctity in this ritual. 

After high school, Pero moved to New York to pursue his studies at the Juilliard School of Music. There he studied with Raymond Mase and Mark 

Gould; each possessing a gift for teaching and profound insight into the fundamentals of artistry, trumpet pedagogy and beyond. He is privileged 

to consider Wynton Marsalis his mentor. Marsalis later gifted him the brush gold “Raja” C trumpet he used on many of the tracks on “Resonance.” 

JeANNePoCiUS 

Jeanne Pocius, trumpet teacher/performer and “chopdoc”, currently lives and works in Port-au- 

Prince, Haïti, where she serves as trumpet professor for several schools and runs the non-profit, 

charitable corporation INSTRUMENTAL CHANGE, INC (ICInc) which funds the building, equipping 

and staffing of music-centric schools in Haïti. 

Jeanne‘s reputation as a chopdoc (specialist in assisting brass players with embouchure issues) 

has grown from her willingness and availability to assist brass players across the globe, and 

began to expand when she became a member of TPIN (Trumpet Players‘ International Network), 

an internet list-serv for trumpet players established by Michael Anderson. This led to her writing 

and publishing the book, „Trumpeting By Nature“ (Outskirts Press, 2007) about efficiency in trumpet playing. Jeanne will present the concepts of 

Trumpeting By Nature and introduce her „CHOPCHECKtm“ system of warmup/maintenance, as well as discuss her experiences as a trumpeterhumanitarian 

in Haiti. 

Jeanne‘s major teachers included William Vacchiano, Melvyn Broiles, Daniel Patrylak, Robert Lemons and Jerome Callet. 

fredPowELL 

Beginning an instrument repair apprenticeship while still pursuing his undergraduate performance degree, Fred 

Powell has enjoyed multiple roles in music. He holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in trumpet performance 

from Bob Jones University and The Florida State University, respectively. 

As a performer he maintains an active freelance career and tours regularly as a member of the Artisans in Brass 

quintet. He recently completed his sixth year with the Boston Brass Christmas All-Star Big Band, and he plays in 

the Chicago area with such notables as the Rob Parton Big Band, Tom Matta and others, as well as in Northwest 

Indiana with the South Bend Symphony, Quintessence Brass, VibeNation, and the Tom Milo Big Band. He has 

performed in the past with the Savannah Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Florida Symphony, 

the Brevard Orchestra, the Golden State Brass Band, Advocate Brass Band, Indianapolis Symphonic Band, 

numerous Broadway musicals, and was featured soloist with the Elkhart Municipal Band on their sister-city tour 

of England. 

As co-founder of the National Trumpet Competition near Washington, DC, Powell now serves as Associate Director 

and as a member of the NTC Executive Board. He remains an active clinician and presenter at trumpet festivals, 

university programs and music education events. After some eighteen years in the corporate music industry working in the areas of instrument 

design, product management, artist relations and promotion, Fred is now the owner and president of Powell Trumpets & TrumpeTech, Inc. where he 

specializes in the design and hand-building of custom trumpets. 

MArcUSPRiNTUP 

Marcus Printup was born and raised in Conyers, Georgia. While attending the University of North Florida on a 

music scholarship, he won the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet Competition. In 1991, Mr. Printup‘s 

life changed drastically when he met his mentor to this day, the great pianist Marcus Roberts. Mr. Roberts 

introduced him to Wynton Marsalis, which led to his induction into the Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra 

in 1993. Mr. Printup has performed and/or recorded with Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, Eric Reed, Cyrus 

Chestnut, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts among many others. Mr. Printup has several records as a leader, 

Song for the Beautiful Woman, Unveiled, Hub Songs, Nocturnal Traces, The New Boogaloo, Peace In The 

Abstract, Bird of Paradise, London Lullaby, Ballads All Night and his latest, A Time for Love. 


Mr. Printup is in demand as an educator. He facilitates masterclasses/clinics at Middle Schools, High Schools and Universities across the US. Mr. Printup 

is an educator for Jazz @ Lincoln Center‘s Essentially Ellington competition, the Jazz @ Lincoln Center Middle School Jazz Academy, and an adjunct faculty 

member of the New School in Manhattan. 

Mr. Printup made his screen debut in the 1999 movie Playing By Heart and recorded on the film‘s soundtrack. In 2005, a proclamation was granted to Mr. 

Printup declaring August 22nd “Marcus Printup Day” in his home town of Conyers, GA. Mr. Printup is endorsed by and exclusively plays Antoine Courtios 

Trumpets and Flugelhorns of Paris. 

GAryRADTKE 

Mouthpiece designer and manufacturer Gary Radtke (GR) has an extensive background in musical performance and education, 

as well as, manufacturing and design. Gary graduated University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a Bachelor of Music Education 

Degree, a major in trumpet and a minor in flute and percussion. Gary studied trumpet with Allen K. Butcher, retired Professor 

of Trumpet from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Dennis Najoom, Co-Principal Trumpet with the Milwaukee Symphony 

Orchestra, and Renold O. Schilke to name a few. After college, Gary traveled on the road, backing up big-name acts, 

arranging, composing, doing copy work and some studio work. 

Gary Radtke has been a High School Band Director, Department Head, as well as, an accomplished composer/arranger. This 

extensive background is the basis to his series of clinics, “The Scientific Approach To Brass Playing” and “Understanding The 

Mouthpiece”. His technical background includes, 25 years of machine tool building, tool making, manufacturing, and design. 

GR’s technical background includes 25 years of machine tool building, tool making, manufacturing, and design. Gary started GR Technologies in 1999 

and introduced new tools and new thinking. GR Technologies is an innovative brass mouthpiece company that has carefully defined the mouthpiece with 

mathematical parameters, developed a system for communication, improved design, and developed methods for proper fitting. 

MArcREESE 

Internationally acclaimed trumpeter Marc Reese joined the Empire Brass in 1996. Mr. Reese maintains a busy schedule as 

a chamber musician and soloist touring extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East. He continually 

receives critical acclaim for his performances throughout the world including recent performances at the Kennedy Center, 

Mozarteum in Salzburg and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. 

As an educator Mr. Reese serves as Assistant Dean and Head of the Brass Department for Lynn University’s Conservatory 

of Music. He conducts master classes throughout the world as a Bach trumpet artist and clinician and is in demand as a 

performer and adjudicator at international brass conferences and competitions. 

Mr. Reese is also highly regarded as an orchestral musician having been engaged to perform with the New York 

Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is a frequent performer and teacher at the 

world’s great summer festivals including Marlboro, Tanglewood, and the Pacific Music Festival. Mr. Reese has taken part 

in numerous premieres of new music and is responsible for commissioning multiple new works for the trumpet in various 

settings. He has also created dozens of new arrangements for both the trumpet and the brass quintet. 

In addition to recording for Telarc with the Empire Brass, Mr. Reese has recorded for Sony with the Boston Pops and has been featured on the Naxos label 

with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. He has performed on PBS’ Evening at Pops, and has appeared on Japan’s NHK TV. Mr. Reese’s debut solo 

album, The Other Trumpet, will be released later this year. Mr. Reese has contributed articles to various brass publications and is the contributing editor 

of the International Trumpet Guild Journal’s Chamber Connection, a recurring column that deals with the many facets of brass chamber music. 

As a young artist Mr. Reese attended the Tanglewood Institute and Juilliard School where he studied with Mel Broiles and Mark Gould. He received his 

B.M. from Boston University as a student of Roger Voisin, was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and went on to 

receive his M.M. from the New England Conservatory studying with Tim Morrison. 

Mr. Reese currently resides in South Florida with his wife, pianist Lisa Leonard. Reese and Leonard often collaborate in 

performances of Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings as well as the recently commissioned Concerto 

for the same instrumentation by James Stephenson which they premiered in 2007 in Boca Raton, Florida. For the latest 

information visit www.MarcReese.com. 

THoMASREiNER 

Thomas Reiner was born in Ludwigsburg/Germany in 1969. At the age of 12 he heard French virtuoso Maurice Andr 

perform and resolved then and there to learn to play the trumpet. Two of his most influential teachers at the Universities 

of Music in Würzburg, Leipzig, and Weimar were professors Helmut Erb and Uwe Komischke. Thomas Reiner is presently 

active throughout Europe as a soloist, conductor, and university lecturer. His brilliant and yet light tone in the high register 

predestines him for performances of J. S. Bach’s redoutable Second Brandenburg Concerto, he is also highly in demand 

for oratorio performances, and concertizes frequently with his duo partner, the organist Frank Oidtmann. Thomas Reiner 

plays exclusively on Schilke trumpets. 


ABOUT HIS MUSIC Sparkling, splendid, full of expression. The difference in sound. A beautifully played brilliant upper register is his trademark; 

baroque music is his love. Thomas Reiner enthralls with his expressive phrasing and his natural yet precise articulation on the trumpet. His ability 

and talent in the high register enables him to perform a unique repertoire. He combines competence, skill and reliability. Thomas Reiner makes the 

valves of his instrument dance and lends every piece of music its characteristic radiance. 

PRESS „This CD brings fresh interpretations to a broad range of Baroque repertoire. Throughout the recording, Reiner plays with a beautiful resonant 

sound, wellcrafted ornamentation, and a true melodic flair.“ 

dAvIdREYNoLDS 

David Reynolds is Head of the Department of Music at South Dakota State University. In addition to his administrative 

duties at SDSU, David teaches applied trumpet, coaches chamber groups, and leads an annual study abroad travel 

course to Germany and Austria for young musicians. He holds the BME from the University of Kansas, the MM 

in trumpet performance from Florida State University, and the DMA in trumpet performance from the University 

of Maryland at College Park, where he studied with Roger Stoner, Bryan Goff and Emerson Head, respectively. 

A former member of the United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own), David has enjoyed over twenty-five years of 

performing, both as a soloist and a section member with numerous professional, semi-professional, and amateur groups. His research interests 

include all subjects associated with the golden age of the American band. He has presented at many regional and national music conferences, and 

has contributed articles and reviews to The Magazine of Western History, the American Bandmasters Association’s Journal of Band Research, the 

International Trumpet Guild Journal, and the South Dakota Musician. 

roNALdRomm 

Ronald Romm, a performer who has appeared worldwide on the stages of almost all major concert venues, music 

festivals, and international music conferences, is widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent trumpeters and 

clinicians of today. 

After a few years at the University of Southern California, Ron moved to New York. He attended The Juilliard 

School where he earned Bachelor and Masters Degrees and studied with William Vacchiano, legendary teacher 

and former Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. In New York City, Mr. Romm established 

himself as a top freelance musician per forming with ever y thing from the Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra 

to the New York Philharmonic to Broadway shows, church concerts, the circus and ice shows. 

In 1971, Ronald Romm joined the newly formed Canadian Brass, which later established itself as the premiere 

brass ensemble in the world. In June of 2000, he retired from the group after participating in well over 4,500 

concerts, 60 recordings, numerous television concert specials, videos, and hundreds of master classes. He has 

performed with major orchestras and with the greatest living conductors in the world. Ron has shared the stage 

in live performance and recorded CDs with leading artists including Wynton Marsalis, Arturo Sandoval, Jon Faddis, Doc Severinsen, and brass 

performers from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Berlin Philharmonic. As an educator, Ronald 

Romm has contributed to the growth of brass performance through hundreds of student clinics and master classes worldwide. 

In 2001 Ronald Romm was appointed Professor of Trumpet and BA Nugent Professor of Music Performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana- 

Champaign. Mr. Romm maintains a full teaching schedule at the University of Illinois. 

Ron and his wife and long time partner Avis continue an active concert career as a spectacular Trumpet and Piano duo. In 2001-2002 the Romms 

presented their stage show “A Trumpeter’s Dream” in 35 cities across the United States to rave reviews and standing ovations. 

rASHAwNRoSS 

Rashawn Ross is versatile trumpeter from St.Thomas, Virgin Islands. His love of music began from the moment he 

picked up the the trumpet at age 8. His professional music career started at age 14 as a freshman at Charlotte 

Amalie High School. Playing with local jazz musicians as well as some of the Caribbean‘s top calypso and dance 

bands, he started to broaden his horizons musically by listening to different styles of music and learning about 

arranging horn parts to these various styles and genres. A career in music became a more of a necessity than a 

desire at that point in time. . Berklee College of Music would become the only college he would apply to. 

Rashawn has compiled quite a lengthy resume in a very short time. After graduating from Berklee College of Music 

in 2000, he has had the opportunity to work with artists in many differenct genres of music ranging from funk, 

rock, jazz, hip hop, gospel and country. Rashawn has toured with such bands as YERBA BUENA, DJ QUIK and 

SOULIVE. Rashawn is a touring member of the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND. Rashawn has also contributed his talents 

as a composer and arranger to DMB’s certified platinum album, “BIG WHISKEY AND THE GROO GRUX KING”. 

One of only twelve albums to sell over 1 million copies in 2009. In 2010, Dave Matthews Band was named the Top 

Grossing Touring act of the last decade. 


Rashawn‘s resume goes on to include recordings and performances with: WILLIE NELSON, MACEO PARKER, ZAC BROWN, USHER, CEE LO GREEN, 

LUDACRIS, BRANFORD MARSALIS, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, PEE WEE ELLIS, FRED WESLEY, UNCLE KRACKER, CHAKA KHAN, STEVIE WONDER, THE EDGE 

(OF U2), RODNEY JERKINS, FRED HAMMOND, BEBE WINANS, CHRIS CORNELL, GEORGE CLINTON, RAY J, JOHN MAYER, MATISYAHU, ROY HARGROVE, 

NICHOLAS PAYTON, ?UESTLOVE, LLOYD, FLO-RIDA, TALIB KWELI, COMMON, TRICK DADDY, RICK ROSS, ROBERT RANDOLPH, B REAL (OF CYPRESS 

HILL), KIM BURRELL, RICHARD SMALLWOOD, KELLY PRICE, THE HAWKINS FAMILY, MESHELL N‘ DEGEOCELLO, BABA MAAL, FEMI KUTI and many more. 

keLLyRoSSUm 

Kelly Rossum is an American (USA) jazz trumpet player and composer. He has released four albums as a leader and has 

appeared on over 40 recordings as a sideman. His most recent album, Family, was released in 2008. The Dakota Jazz Club 

said, “Kelly Rossum is one of the most fearlessly inventive musicians in a region teeming with new sounds. His recorded 

projects have redefined what is new in jazz.” Known for combining modern improvisations with traditional jazz elements; 

his music continues to reach new audiences the world over. Kelly has recently joined the faculty at Christopher Newport 

University as Director of Jazz Studies. His new composition, Serenity Valley, will be premiered at the 2011 ITG Festival of 

Trumpets concert. For more information visit: www.krossum.com 

k.o.SKiNSNES 

K.O. Skinsnes started playing the trumpet at the age of 16. From the beginning, he was extremely frustrated with how 

difficult it was to play. As he progressed, he constantly sought the best teachers and equipment in the hope of making 

trumpet playing easier for himself. 

K.O. feels fortunate to have studied with a number of fine teachers, including Vince Penzarella (New York Philharmonic), 

Gary Grant (Los Angeles studios), Bill Adam, John Madrid, Jim Manley, and Lynn Nicholson. With his educational 

background and the help of several mentors, he has gained broad knowledge of the science involved in the design and 

playing of brass instruments. He also brings an incredibly unique perspective to this science, because of his keen interest 

in loudspeaker design and PA system optimization. This, combined with his relationship with innovative loudspeaker 

manufacturer Meyer Sound, has given him the chance to relate this knowledge to the trumpet and mouthpiece system. 

Since 1990 he has worked with other brass players to solve problems and make playing a more enjoyable experience. K.O. 

is the co-designer of the V~Raptor and the VRII Trumpets, as well as the Flex line of mouthpieces. These fine handcrafted 

instruments and mouthpieces offer superior intonation, great projection and an extremely resonant sound. „From the 

versatile demands of a Broadway show to the hard driving R & B sounds of the award winning band Reno Jones, trumpeter K.O. Skinsnes is the real deal. 

He is a highly skilled musician who has a great passion for the trumpet. This love for the trumpet is the driving force that led him into trumpet design.“ Mike 

Thompson Principal Trumpet, Lincoln Symphony Orchestra 

LewSoLoff 

A consummate fixture on the New York jazz scene, Lew Soloff’s career is filled with a rich history of renowned sessions and 

world-class collaborations. From the time he eased into the east coast world of trend setting musicians in the mid 1960s, 

Soloff’s creative ventures have resulted in a respected body of work that places him in a category of true accomplishment 

and keeps his elegant and lyrical signatures in constant demand. Whether interpreting a standard or improvising on 

an original composition, his phrasing and note choices exemplify his unique voice. Soloff is known as a virtuoso with 

tremendous range and superior technical command, yet he exudes a wisdom for quietness and melody. Soloff’s expertise 

includes trumpet, flugelhorn, harmon mute, plunger mute and he is particularly recognized for his work on piccolo trumpet. 

Soloff’s current schedule of engagements provides a varied platform for his music. Reaching back to his roots in Latin 

music, Lew Soloff And The Afro Cuban Ensemble is creating excitement around New York City. One of his early mentors 

was the acclaimed Cuban bandleader Machito and the lessons learned in that context have become an integral part of 

Soloff’s repertoire. Stepping into the Gillespie tradition of melding American jazz and African-based Cuban rhythms, 

Soloff adds his own signature to this exciting ensemble, which features timbales, congas, electric bass and keyboards 

with traditional Cuban-style vocal harmonies. “This is one of the most wonderful bands I have ever played with, full of fire and beauty and capable of going 

in many directions,” explains Soloff. “When I was 21 and first came to New York I was very lucky to work with Machito, one of the best Afro-Cuban bands 

around. To top things off, the musical director was the great Cuban instrumentalist Mario Bauzá.” 

His longtime collaboration with the late Gil Evans resulted in a new relationship with the Bohuslän Big Band in Sweden. The orchestra invited Soloff to 

perform George Gershwin’s Porgy And Bess, originally arranged by Evans for one of Soloff’s important influences, Miles Davis. The suite was recorded 

and filmed live at The Göteborg Concerthouse and released in 2009. As a solo artist, Soloff has 8 recordings to his credit as a leader. Besides his 

association with Gil Evans, Soloff considers his work with Ornette Coleman to be particularly pivotal. In addition to being a featured trumpet soloist on 

several occasions with Coleman, he was also asked to perform with Coleman and The Kronos Quartet on a commission for trumpet and strings. Soloff was 

also the lead trumpeter of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band under the direction of Jon Faddis during its entire tenure and spent six years as first trumpet in the 

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. By 1966, he was performing with Maynard Ferguson and soon became a regular in the Joe Henderson / Kenny Dorham Big 

Band. That year he also joined the Gil Evans Group, an affiliation he considers his most influential. It was a creative relationship that lasted until Evans’ 

death in 1988. In the large bands of the 1960s, Soloff received his continuing education, joining groups led by Clark Terry, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri 


including the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band. But it was in the popular groundbreaking group Blood, Sweat And Tears that Soloff’s trumpet solos 

became an indelible part of American culture. He was an integral part of the band from 1968 to 1973, racking up 9 Gold records, a Grammy for “Record 

of The Year” (1969) and creating those searing horn lines in “Spinning Wheel.” Following his time with Blood, Sweat And Tears, Soloff demonstrated 

his distinguished abilities in the studio. The depth of recordings that include his work illustrate why he is consistently in demand. Some of those 

projects include releases by; Roy Ayers, Bob Belden, George Benson, Benny Carter, Stanley Clarke, Paquito D’Rivera, Miles Davis/Quincy Jones (Live 

At Montreux), Mercer Ellington, Grant Green, Lionel Hampton, Bob James, Herbie Mann, Tania Maria, Carmen McRae, Laura Nyro, Jaco Pastorius, 

Mongo Santamaria, Little Jimmy Scott, Wayne Shorter and Stanley Turrentine. 

This classically trained jazz player however is indeed a chameleon in front of the microphone, participating in sessions and concerts for some of pop’s 

most respected figures namely; Tony Bennett, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithful, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Barbra 

Streisand. Defying strict classification, he can also be heard on recordings by Phillip Glass and Kip Hanrahan as well as Blues legends John Mayall 

and Dr. John. A brief listing of the film soundtracks that have Soloff in the mix include; The Big Lebowski, Lethal Weapon 3, Brighton Beach Memoirs, 

Carlito’s Way, The Color of Money, Coming To America, The Mambo Kings, Meet Joe Black, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Tender Mercies, and Maid 

In Manhattan. Also a respected educator, he continues to appear at universities around the country where he utilizes the Gil Evans arrangements 

that have been an essential element of his repertoire through the years. He has been on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music for nearly 20 

years and has been an adjunct faculty member at Julliard and New School. Lew Soloff plays exclusively on Sonaré Bb trumpets made by Blessing. 

MArvINSTAmm 

Throughout his distinguished career, Marvin Stamm has been praised for both the art and the craft of trumpet 

playing. Leonard Feather stated that “Mr. Stamm is an accomplished performer whose technical skill is used as a 

means to stimulating original ends.” While attending North Texas State University, a school noted for its innovative 

Lab Band program Mr. Stamm was discovered by Stan Kenton. Upon graduating, Stamm performed with the 

Kenton’s orchestra as the jazz trumpet soloist 1961-1962, recording five albums with the orchestra. In 1965-1966, 

he toured worldwide with Woody Herman. 

Marvin Stamm settled in New York City in late 1966, quickly establishing himself as a busy jazz and studio trumpeter. 

New York was bustling with jazz activity during that period, and Stamm performed at key venues with many of the 

significant players in the business. He gained considerable recognition for his playing with the Thad Jones/Mel 

Lewis Jazz Orchestra (1966-1972) and the Duke Pearson Big Band (1967-1970), as well as performing with Frank 

Sinatra (1973-1974) and the Benny Goodman Sextet (1974-1975), among others. Stamm was also a recognized firstcall 

studio player (1966-1989). Some of the jazz artists with whom he recorded include Bill Evans, Quincy Jones, 

Oliver Nelson, Duke Pearson, Thad Jones, Wes Montgomery, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Patrick Williams, 

Michel Legrand, Lena Horne, Frank Foster, Paul Desmond, George Benson, and many other popular artists of the 

period as well. Eschewing the lucrative studio scene in the late ‘80s, Mr. Stamm has focused his attention on his first love, playing jazz. Over his 

career, he has been a member of John Lewis’ American Jazz Orchestra, the Bob Mintzer Band, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Louis Bellson’s 

big band and/or quintet and, on a number of occasions, performed with the big band of composer Maria Schneider. 

Currently, Mr. Stamm spends much of the year touring. His activities include performing as a soloist, touring with his jazz quartet, and playing in 

duo with pianist Bill Mays. Stamm and Mays recently formed and are touring with a new group, the Inventions Trio, which includes cellist Alisa Horn. 

Stamm performs occasionally with symphony orchestras and maintains his ties with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band. At home, Mr. Stamm 

participates and performs with the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, a big band made up of some of the finest jazz musicians in the New York area, all 

living in Westchester County and led by composer/arranger Mike Holober. 

The critical response to Stamm’s work has been highly enthusiastic. Downbeat reported that “Stamm has a gorgeous tone on the trumpet and 

flugelhorn, and he flies through the changes”. JazzTimes said that “the Memphis native has chops and talent in abundance. He can burn on bebop 

changes, or mellow out on a ballad, all the time maintaining the lucid consistency that enthusiasm and experience engenders.” Jazz Review states, “It 

is a pleasure listening to the work of Marvin Stamm, anytime! Stamm is a musician’s musician, performing flawlessly on his trumpet and flugelhorn.” 

Consciously acknowledging his debt to the influence and guidance of former teachers and fellow musicians, Marvin Stamm also commits a good deal 

of his time and energies to helping young music students develop their own voices. His involvement in jazz education takes him to universities and high 

schools across the U.S. and abroad as a performer, clinician and mentor, perpetuating the traditions of excitement and innovation that jazz represents. 

JAMeSTHomPSoN 

James Thompson is currently Professor of Trumpet at the Eastman School of Music. He came to this position having 

played Principal Trumpet in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since September 1990. He has held corresponding 

positions with the Phoenix Symphony, the Orchestra of the State of Mexico, the National Symphony of Mexico, and 

for 14 years, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he was raised in Phoenix, Arizona 

where he began trumpet studies at the age of ten. His principal teachers included Richard Longfield and Roger 

Voisin. 

Mr. Thompson has been active both as a soloist and a teacher. He has taught trumpet and Brass Ensemble at Northern Arizona University, the 

National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City, and McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has also performed as soloist with orchestras in North 

and South America as well as Europe. In 1979 he competed in the first Maurice Andre International Trumpet Competition and was a prizewinner. He has 

made recital tours to Japan, Canada, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Norway, and Latin America. He has also been a guest artist with the Summit Brass, a 

brass chamber ensemble made up of members from America’s finest orchestras, and Chicago’s Music of the Baroque. 


At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Opening Ceremonies he was seen performing a jazz/gospel trumpet solo on television more than 3 billion people. In the last 

few years he has performed as guest Principal Trumpet with the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as Boston, Baltimore Seattle 

and orchestras in Italy and Germany. He has also performed as Principal Trumpet with the Orchestra Toscanini , an Italian ensemble under the direction of 

Loren Mazel. Mr. Thompson has also actively encouraged new compositions for the trumpet. In 1987 he performed the world premiere of Malcolm Forsyth’s 

Concerto for Trumpet, which was written for him and the Montreal Symphony. He has recorded this concerto with the Kitchener-Waterloo Orchestra for CBC 

Records in May 1992. In 1990 he performed the Quebec premier of Jacques Hetu’s Trumpet Concerto, and in March of 1992 he gave the world premier of 

the Glenn Buhr Concerto for Trumpet, also written for him and the Montreal Symphony. 

Mr. Thompson can be heard on London Decca recordings with the Montreal Symphony, and Telarc’s Atlanta Symphony releases. He has also recorded on 

the Chandos Label in performances, which include, Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets, and the critically acclaimed Shostakovich Concerto #1 for Piano, 

Trumpet and Strings. In recent years he has recorded Danzante , a CD for Summit Records, of Trumpet concertos with the Eastman Wind Ensemble and 

American Portrait, Music for Trumpet and Piano, for the ITG. Mr. Thompson is a Yamaha Performing Artist. 

TroMBAmANiA 


Are you going to succumb to Trombamania? There is no doubt that you will, if you think of the enthusiasm and originality 

of this group of five musicians! Formed in 1998, Trombamania intends to explore all the different aspects of the trumpet. 

Using the various types of the instrument cornet, bugle, piccolo, Trombamania blends the different eras and musical styles 

into a very diverse and contrasting program. 

Trombamania aims at renewing and enriching the universe of trumpet chamber music. A selection of well known classical 

and baroque pieces and special compositions from young, talented composers offer this innovating quintet a chance to 

explore new artistic directions. Within a very short time, Trombamania has won the hearts of a most demanding and 

music-loving public. Trombamania is prize winner of the European contest of chamber music of ILLZACH Mars 2005; first 

prize of the PASSAU International Chamber Music contest (October 2004); winner of the „Philip Jones“ International Music 

Contest in Guebwiller (September 2003); winner of the FNAPEC European Chamber Music contest in Paris (May 2004). 

rAMoNvASqUEz 

Dr. Ramon Vasquez is currently a freelance trumpet player in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. He has held academic 

appointments at both Auburn University from 2005ʼ2010 and the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1998ʼ2003. He 

has taught applied trumpet, coached chamber ensembles in both classical and jazz settings, conducted jazz ensembles 

as well as courses in Music Appreciation, Survey of American Music and Brass Techniques and Pedagogy. Alongside his 

academic career, Ramon has also performed with Jiggs Whigham , Claudio Roditti, Ernie Watts, Marcus Printup, Ed Tarr, 

Barry Manliow, Sheena Easton, Shirley Jones, The O’Jays, the Temptations, the Four Tops, The Dallas Bach Society, the 

Minnesota Orchestra and the Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble. 

Ramon has earned degrees including a Bachelors of Music Performance Degree from Northwestern State University of 

Louisiana, Masters of Music Degree in Performance with a secondary area in Musicology from the University of North 

Texas and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Music Performance with a concentration in Musicology from the University 

of Minnesota (2005). His primary teachers include Galindo Rodriquez, Dr. Leonard Candelaria, Keith Johnson, and Dr. 

David Baldwin. Ramon is sought after as a brass clinician having presented clinics at the Alabama and Minnesota Music 

Educators Association Conferences and the International Trumpet Guild. He has presented clinics in the US, Canada, Thailand, Australia, England and 

France. He has also served as an adjudicator for jazz festivals in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana as well as the National Trumpet Competition. In the 

summer months, Ramon has served on the brass faculty for numerous drum corps. These include the Phantom Regiment, The Blue Stars, Minnesota Brass 

Inc., Spirit of Atlanta, the Santa Clara Vanguard and the Colts. 

Personal honors include first place in the Masters Division of the National Trumpet Competition, serving as an associate member of the Chicago Civic 

Orchestra, performing as a soloist with the Idaho Falls Symphony Orchestra and being elected to the Who’s Who among Educators for 9 years. Ramon is a 

artist/clinician for the Edwards Instrument Company and performs on Karl Hammond Mouthpieces exclusively. 

ALLeNvizzUTTi 

Equally at home in a multitude of musical idioms, Allen Vizzutti has visited 40 countries and every state in the union to perform 

with a rainbow of artists and ensembles including Chick Corea, ‚Doc‘ Severinsen, the NBC Tonight Show Band, the Airmen Of 

Note, the Army Blues and Army Symphony Orchestra, Chuck Mangione, and Woody Herman. Performing as a classical and 

a jazz artist, often in the same evening, he has appeared as guest soloist with symphony orchestras in Tokyo, Germany, St. 

Louis, Seattle, Rochester N.Y., Syracuse, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Phoenix, Edmonton, Vancouver and Winnipeg to name a few. 

Music lovers in Germany, Poland, England, Sweden, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Australia and the United States have heard his 

brilliant sound over the airwaves of national television. 

Allen‘s solo jazz recordings include CDs such as “Trumpet Summit” and “Skyrocket” from Summit Records. Classical CDs 

currently available from DeHaske Music Publishing Recordings are “The Emerald Concerto and Other Gems”, with the 

Budapest Radio Orchestra, “Vizzutti Plays Vizzutti” and “Vizzutti and Soli On Tour”. His “High Class Brass”, (also DeHaske

Recordings), is a wonderfully unique classical and jazz blend co-produced, co-written and performed with fellow trumpet artist, composer and 

conductor, Jeff Tyzik along with a 90 piece studio orchestra. Also of interest are “Baroque and Beyond”, from Sony, “The Carnival of Venus”, (Summit 

Records), and “A Trumpeter’s Dream, (Ludwig Music Publishing). 

While living in Los Angeles during the 80’s, Allen performed on over 100 motion picture sound tracks, (such as Back To The Future and Star Trek), as well 

as countless TV shows, commercials and recordings with such artists as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Chick Corea, the Commodores 

and Prince. His soaring sounds can be heard on recent projects including the movies „Furry Vengeance“, “40 Days and 40 Nights”, “Unfaithfully Yours”, 

Gridiron Gang”, “Scary Movie Four”, and the “Medal of Honor” and “Halo” video games. Allen Vizzutti is a Yamaha Performing Artist. 

LIeSLwHiTAKER 

Liesl Whitaker attended college at both Appalachian State University (Boone, NC) and The University of 

Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music (Cincinnati, OH). She studied trumpet with Bill Adam, Pat Harbison 

and Joe Phelps. She has taught trumpet lessons privately throughout her career in Washington (DC), Manhattan, 

Cincinnati and North Carolina. While in Cincinnati, she founded and played in her own R&B band White Noise. In 

1991 she traveled to Madrid, Spain, where she played trumpet on the late night talk show de Tu a Tu. 

She is a charter member of DIVA and can be heard playing lead trumpet on all of DIVA‘s CDs as well as on The 

Ed Palermo Big Band Plays the Music of Frank Zappa, Tommy Igoe‘s New Ground, and The Wizard of Oz – Cast 

Recording (Madison Square Garden Production). Liesl resides in Northern Virginia, where she is a Staff Sergeant 

and plays lead trumpet with the United States Army Blues Jazz Ensemble, based at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Virginia. 

She is the first woman ever to hold a lead chair in any of the major military jazz ensembles. She also freelances in the Washington, DC and New York 

city metropolitan areas. 

cHrISTopHerwiLSoN 

Dr. Christopher Wilson is currently Artist/Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, 

Arkansas beginning the fall 2009 academic year. His duties include applied trumpet, trumpet methods, and 

performing in the Arkansas State Faculty Brass Quintet. A native of Russellville, Arkansas, Dr. Wilson completed 

his Bachelors Degree of Music Education and Masters Degree in Music Performance from the University of 

Arkansas, and Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. His 

former teachers include Wiff Rudd, Steve Hendrickson, Charles Daval, and Robert Bright. Dr. Wilson recently 

Premiered David Sampson’s Serenade for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble at the College Band Directors National 

Association Convention in Las Cruces, New Mexico in April. 

Prior to his appointment at Arkansas State University, Dr. Wilson performed with The United States Air Force 

Band, Washington, DC. While a member of the Air Force Band, he performed and taught clinics throughout the 

United States and Japan having recently been a tour soloist performing the Arutunian Trumpet Concerto. He 

has performed for numerous dignitaries and audiences around the world including Presidents George W. Bush 

and Barrack Obama. In 2004, he performed at the funeral of former President Ronald Reagan. Live television 

broadcasts included a Veterans Day Celebration at the Strathmore Concert Hall in Bethesda, MD, aired on PBS 

in 2008, and Memorial Day at the National Capitol also aired on PBS in 2006 in collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, 

Dr. Wilson has performed with the Annapolis Symphony, Annapolis Opera, Maryland Symphony, Alexandria Symphony, Concert Artists of Baltimore, 

North Arkansas Symphony, and Memphis Symphony. Dr. Wilson is a member of the International Trumpet Guild and is a Yamaha Performing Artist. 

reBeccAwiLT 

Rebecca Wilt has performed with some of the world’s prominent wind instrument performers, as well as some of 

the country’s foremost vocalists, and has performed in many of the world’s greatest venues in North America, 

Europe, and Asia. Ms. Wilt has been the premiere pianist for many of the nation’s wind-instrument conferences and 

competitions, including: the Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Competition, the International Trumpet Guild 

Conference, the National Trumpet Competition, the ARTS competition, the International Trombone Association, 

the International Horn Society, the North American Saxophone Alliance, the World Saxophone Congress, the 

Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair, the National Flute Association, the Music Teacher’s National Association, the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute, the Falcone 

International Euphonium and Tuba Competition, the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, the Tromp Muziek Biennale, the International 

Women’s Brass Conference, and the American Choral Director’s Association National and Regional Conference. In May, 2009, Rebecca served as 

the co-host of the International Trumpet Guild Conference, which was held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

Ms. Wilt can be heard on many compact discs, including: Trumpet Call, with Thomas Hooten, trumpet; Origins, with Covalence; An American Portrait, 

with James Thompson, trumpet; Song and Dance, with Alan Baer, tuba; Lirico Latino with James Ackley, trumpet; Pastorale, with the Trelumina 

Trio; and Twas in the Moon of Wintertime, an album of Christmas favorites. She frequently gives workshops and master classes at universities and 

colleges all over the country on topics involving vocal coaching, instrumental chamber music, rehearsing with a pianist, and the competition road. 

Currently on the faculty at the University of Kentucky, she is also on the summer faculty for the Center for Advanced Musical Studies in Enfield, New 

Hampshire, as well as appearing as guest artist at various festivals all over the world. You can learn more about Rebecca by visiting her website at 

www.rebeccawilt.net 


wILMerwiSE 


Wilmer Wise was born and raised in Philadelphia, and has had a magnificently varied career. He has played with the Dick 

Clark Youth Band, The Intruders, the Club Harlem Band of Atlantic City He performed the Haydn Concerto at age 23 

with the Philadelphia Orchestra, played principal trumpet in the first Music from Marlboro tour to Europe, recorded with 

Pablo Casals, played lead trumpet in the only recording of West Side Story conducted by Leonard Bernstein, played five 

seasons with the Baltimore Symphony as assistant principal, served on the faculties of Morgan State and the Peabody 

Conservatory, In addition, Wise performed with the New York Philharmonic, the American Symphony, and the Brooklyn 

Philharmonic (35 years as principal), recorded most of the Philip Glass movie soundtracks, and played lead trumpet in 

more than 30 Broadway Shows, including five Stephen Sondheim hits. 

BeNwRiGHT 

CoNfERENCE Co-HoSTS 

deLLYREN 

A former member of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and of the Chicago Symphony, Benjamin Wright joined 

the Boston Symphony trumpet section in July 2002. While a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music studying with 

Michael Sachs, Wright won the International Trumpet Guild and National Trumpet Competitions, as well as the Cleveland 

Institute of Music Concerto Competition, and was awarded the Bernard Adelstein Prize for Trumpet Performance 

upon graduating. Wright has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the 

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. In June of 2006, he performed as guest principal trumpet with the San Francisco 

Symphony including performances of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony. 

Wright served as acting assistant principal trumpet in the BSO from 2006 to 2008, and as of February 2010 is the 

permanent second trumpet in the BSO. He has given masterclasses at the Manhattan School of Music and Interlochen 

Center for the Arts, and has been a guest faculty member for the Bar Harbor Brass and the National Orchestral Institute. 

Originally from Brookings, SD, Del Lyren is Professor of Trumpet at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota. He has 

performed and presented at numerous ITG conferences, as well as lectures presented throughout the world on Rafael 

Méndez, and recitals at the Euro-ITG conferences in Bad Sackingen, Germany and Kiev, Ukraine. Other guest artist 

appearances have taken him to England (London, York), Scotland, Sweden, Canada, and Mexico. 

Dr. Lyren has performed with numerous orchestras throughout the United States, including the Phoenix Symphony, 

Phoenix Pops, Acadiana Symphony, Lake Charles Symphony, Rapides Symphony, Mesa Symphony, and Sun Cities 

Symphony. For 10 summers, he performed with the International Brass Quintet - the quintet-in-residence at the 

International Music Camp. Lyren also made a guest appearance on “Prairie Home Companion” with Garrison Keillor. 

Lyren received his Bachelor of Arts degree from South Dakota State University where he studied with John Colson. After 

receiving his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University, where he studied with 

Anthony Plog and David Hickman, his book Magnificent Méndez was published by Summit Records. For many years, Lyren served on the Executive Staff of 

the International Trumpet Guild as the Membership Development and Retention Coordinator. Lyren is a Yamaha Performing Artist. 

STevewRiGHT 

Steve Wright is a nationally recognized trumpet and flugelhorn soloist, as well as a composer-arranger of hundreds of 

works. A graduate of the University of Iowa, his professional career began in 1968 as a jazz and lead trumpet player 

with the U.S. Air Force Jazz Ensemble, the Airmen of Note. After leaving the Washington, DC in 1972, he moved to the 

Twin Cities and resides in Minnetonka. He holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Iowa, plus MM and DMA 

degrees from the University of Minnesota. Wright is in his 21st year as associate professor of jazz ensembles, trumpet 

and arranging at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. 

As a trumpeter, performances have included everything from pops concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra and Orchestra 

Hall Big Band to recording tracks for Motown Records. In addition, he has played lead trumpet for such stars as Tony 

Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mathis, Joe Williams, the 1991 Special Olympics ABC TV Special and many others. He 

played solo trumpet on the award winning EDS.com commercial (the “Cat Herders”) for the 2000 Super Bowl. 

The Steve Wright Big Band was formed in 1974 and plays for concerts, shows and private parties. Their 1981 album - Take Two - is available on CD. Wright 

has written dozens of jazz ensemble arrangements and compositions for Hal Leonard and Jenson Publications, as well as music for numerous concerts, 

industrial shows and recording projects. Jazz ensemble and brass publications are available at www.SteveWrightMusic.com.

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exhIbItor booths Can be found In: 

Symphony Ballroom (Hilton 2nd Floor) 

Marquette Ballroom (Hilton 2nd Floor) 

prIvate exhIbItor rooms (Hilton 3rd Floor): 

Adams Musical Instruments (Directors Row 1) 

Hub van Laar Trumpets & Flugelhorns (Directors Row 3) 

Stomvi USA/Thompson Music (Directors Row 4) 

COnferenCe 

exhibitors

InternatIonal 


non-sound 

produCInG exhIbItors 

Alliance Publications, Inc. 

Arpeges International Music Diffusion 

Balquhidder Music 

The BERP/Musical Enterprises 

The Brass Herald 

Chase Sanborn/Brass Tactics 

Charles Colin Publications/Max Trumpets 

Composers’ Collective 

Donald S. Reinhardt Memorial Foundation 

Eighth Note Publications 

Hickey’s Music 

Ombi-Sure 

Prairie Dawg Press 

Raw Brass 

Select-A-Press 

Talwar Brothers, Ltd 

Tom Crown Mute Co. - Crown Music Press 

Triplo Press 

Ultra-Pure Oils 

WaveSong Press 

sound produCInG exhIbItors 

A “minor” Tuneup Custom Trumpet Shop 

Austin Winds 

B&S USA 

Best Brass Corporation 

E.K. Blessing of Verne Q. Powell Flutes 

Blackburn Trumpets 

Brass Arts Unlimited 

BrassFuse 

Brasswind Research LLC 

Bremner Music (sshhmute practice mutes) 

Callet Trumpets 

Courtois Trumpets/Besson 

Charlie’s Brass Works 

Chase Revisited 

Conn-Selmer, Inc 

Denis Wick 

Dillon Music 

DF Music Enterprise 

Edwards Instrument Company 

Eastman Music Company 

Facet Mutes, LLC 

Getzen Company, Inc. 

Giddings and Webster 

GR Technologies 

Hammond Design 

Harrelson Trumpets 

Jupiter Band Instruments 

Interlochen Center for the Arts 

Kanstul Musical Instruments, Inc. 

Ken Larson’s BrassWerks 

The Laskey Company 

P. Mauriat Musical Instruments 

M/K Drawing & Bending 

The Phaeton Trumpet Co. 

Pickett Brass 

Pro Winds 

Schilke Music Products 

Schmitt Music Trumpet Shop 

S. E. Shires 

SmartMusic 

SouloMute 

Spencer Trumpets UK 

Stu’s Music Inc. 

Taylor Trumpets 

Torpedo Bags 

Warburton Music Products 

Wedge - Harrison Mouthpieces, Inc. 

Woodwind & Brasswind 

Yamaha Corporation of America 

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Youth Brass 

College Brass 

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