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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.
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