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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
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