June 11-14, 2007 - International Trumpet Guild

32nd Annual 

Conference 

May 29 - June 2, 2007 

Eric Berlin, host 

University of Massachusetts 

Amherst 

Walter Chesnut Vincent Cichowicz 

Maynard Ferguson Roger Voisin

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Chancellor’s Welcome.........................................................................................2 

Provost’s Welcome...............................................................................................3 

Dean’s Welcome ..................................................................................................4 

Chair’s Welcome..................................................................................................5 

Host’s Welcome....................................................................................................6 

President’s Welcome ...........................................................................................7 

2007 ITG Conference Credits.............................................................................8 

2007 Honorary Awards .....................................................................................10 

2007 Awards of Merit........................................................................................15 

2007 Master Conference Schedule..................................................................22 

Concert Programs .............................................................................................28 

Prelude Concert Programs...............................................................................62 

ITG Trumpet Artists ..........................................................................................67 

Ensembles ........................................................................................................105 

Staff Musicians................................................................................................109 

Composer in Residence ..................................................................................113 

Assisting Musicians ........................................................................................114 

Composers .......................................................................................................122 

Presenters.........................................................................................................126 

2007 ITG Scholarship Winners ......................................................................129 

Acknowledgments...........................................................................................130 

Notes and Autographs ....................................................................................131 

Conference Exhibitors....................................................................................132 

Campus Map....................................................................................................134 

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CHANCELLOR’S WELCOME 

The UMass Amherst community is 

fortunate to have so many extraordinary 

artists and teachers on our campus for 

the 32nd International Trumpet Guild 

Conference. The work of these nationallyand 

internationally-recognized participants provides an inspiration 

for our students. We are pleased to welcome you to the open and 

creative environment of our campus, and we appreciate the 

contribution of your talent and expertise to this event. 

Welcome! 

Chancellor John V. Lombardi 


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The Provost’s Office is pleased that UMass 

Amherst was chosen to host the 32nd Annual 

International Trumpet Guild Conference. 

Welcome to all of the performers, faculty 

members and students who are here to study 

and perform. We are particularly pleased to have so many worldclass 

artists on our campus at one time, and to be a venue for 

creativity and the performance of new music. 

Respectfully yours, 

PROVOST’S WELCOME 

Charlena Seymour, Provost 


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On behalf of the College of Humanities and 

Fine Arts I welcome all of the participants in the 

32nd Annual International Trumpet Guild 

Conference to the UMass Amherst campus. 

We are delighted that trumpet and brass players 

from around the world will be gathering here for major concerts, 

recitals, master classes and lectures. 

As someone who once dreamed of playing the trumpet but never 

realized that dream, I am looking forward to hearing the music and 

interacting with the performers who have actually become 

accomplished musicians. 

Warmly, 

DEAN’S WELCOME 

Joel Martin 

Dean, College of Humanities & Fine Arts 


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CHAIR’S WELCOME 

Welcome! The UMass Amherst 

Department of Music & Dance is honored 

to be a co-sponsor of the 32nd Annual 

International Trumpet Guild Conference. 

Our students, faculty, alumni and music 

lovers of the Pioneer Valley will be the beneficiaries of the 

numerous presentations by outstanding artists. We are deeply 

grateful for the financial support from the many on-and offcampus 

sources listed in this program. 

Sincerely, 

Jeff Cox, Chair, Department of Music and Dance 


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Dear colleagues and friends, 

It is with a great deal of excitement that I welcome 

you to the beautiful Pioneer Valley to enjoy the 2007 

International Trumpet Guild Conference! My staff and 

I have been working round the clock to provide you 

with an unforgettable lineup of performances, master 

classes, and clinics with the world's finest players and 

teachers. It is my hope that this "dream team" will send you home fired up with new 

ideas and inspiration for the year to come and beyond. 

This year we will be paying tribute to some of the preeminent forces which have 

shaped modern trumpet playing. Few have made a bigger impact on the world of 

trumpet playing than Boston's own Roger Voisin. As a teacher, soloist, and orchestral 

musician, he continues to inspire generations of trumpeters young and old and keeps 

us connected to the traditions of the past. Maynard Ferguson left an indelible mark on 

the souls of all trumpeters, inspiring millions with his passionate fire in the stratosphere 

as well as his passion for education. Aside from his performances as a member 

of the legendary brass section of the Chicago Symphony,Vincent Cichowicz left a 

legacy of students who populate the world's finest orchestras. With the passing of 

these two masters of our art, we feel a great loss in the trumpet world. 

We have designed the schedule and central location of all daytime events to allow you 

to enjoy favorite events as well as have time to spend time with our wonderful roster 

of exhibitors who have brought the latest and greatest instruments, accessories, 

books and sheet music for you to peruse.The ability to get hands-on experience with 

the latest equipment is an indispensible part of any conference and I would like to 

thank these exhibitors for being a part of ITG 2007. 

Sadly, the UMASS family sustained a huge loss of its own with the very recent passing 

of my predecessor, Walter Chesnut. Professor Chesnut was beloved by students, 

colleagues, and the general public alike as a remarkable mix of generous teacher, 

gifted performer, and outstanding ambassador for the University of Massachusetts. 

Thousands of young elementary school students were introduced to the trumpet for 

the very first time when Walter Chesnut visited their school. Many others remember 

an inspiring performance in a festival band performance under his baton. Still others 

look to his courageous battle against paralysis for strength as we fight our own daily 

struggles. It was my sincere hope that Walter could be here to enjoy this gathering of 

colleagues, friends, and students. As host of this 2007 ITG Conference, I would like to 

dedicate it to the memory of Walter Chesnut. 

In closing, I hope the 2007 ITG conference will serve to highlight the best that modern 

performers have to offer while never losing sight of the history which brought us 

here. 

Enjoy! 

Eric 

HOST’S WELCOME 

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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME 

Welcome to the 2007 Conference of 

The International Trumpet Guild! As 

president of ITG, I would like to thank 

Eric Berlin and The University of 

Massachusetts for hosting this annual 

event. Three years of hard work, planning and enthusiasm of 

many people insures the success of the conference. As a former 

conference host, I know that our membership and the University of 

Massachusetts community is in for a terrific week. Please enjoy 

your stay, attend all the events and take a moment to thank Eric 

Berlin and his staff for their hard work. I look forward to meeting 

you and attending the lectures, concerts and masterclasses. 

Jeffrey Piper, President 

International Trumpet Guild 

2005-2007 

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ITG Mission Statement 

2007 ITG CONFERENCE CREDITS 

“To promote communications among trumpet players around the world 

and to improve the artistic level of performance, teaching, and literature 

associated with the trumpet.” 

OFFICERS 

President – Jeffrey Piper 

Vice President / President Elect – 

William Pfund 

Secretary – Kevin Eisensmith 

Treasurer – David Jones 

Past President – Stephen Chenette 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Michael Anderson (Web Site) 

Frank Campos 

Joyce Davis 

Kim Dunnick 

Brian Evans 

Laurie Frink 

Murray Greig 

Pat Harbison 

Vera Hørven 

Frank Kaderabek 

Cathy Leach 2007 

Gary Mortenson (Journal editor) 

James Olcott 

Anatoly Selianin 

Alan Siebert 

Roger Sherman 

Michael Tunnell 

NevilleYoung 

Zhonghui Dai 

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EXECUTIVE STAFF 

Affiliate Chapter Coordinator - 

Larry Johansen 

Director of Public Relations - 

P. Bradley Ulrich 

General Counsel - Mark Haynie 

Membership and Development 

Coordinator - David Scott 

JOURNAL STAFF 

Editor – Gary Mortenson 

Advertisements and Production 

Manager - Joe Walters 

WEB SITE 

Director - Michael Anderson 

ITG Links Hub Manager - Ralph Jones 

2007 CONFERENCE REPORTERS 

Kelly Deklinski 

Kevin Eisensmith 

John Irish 

Elisa Koehler 

Gary Mortenson 

Paul Mueller 

NevilleYoung 

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY 

Coordinator - Vera Olcott 

WEB COVERAGE TEAM 

Coordinator - Michael Anderson 

Editor - Gary Mortenson

2007 ITG CONFERENCE CREDITS, continued 

2007 CONFERENCE COORDINATORS 

Ongoing Competitions Coordinator – 

Alan Siebert 

ITG Solo Competition – Grant Peters 

ITG Orchestral Audition Competition – 

Steve Liesring 

ITG Jazz Improvisation Competition – 

Scott Belck 

ITGYouth Competition – John Irish 

ITG Scholarships Coordinator – 

Wade Weast 

ITG 2007 Composition Contest - 

Moffatt Williams 

Trumpet Preludes – Richard Watson 

Festival of Trumpets - Seelan Manickam, 

Jack Burt 

Ongoing Exhibits Coordinator – 

Richard Illman 

On Site Exhibits Coordinator - 

Peter Sokolowski 

House Jazz Trio Coordinator/ Pianist- 

Jeff Holmes 

2007 ITG CONFERENCE 

ADMINISTRATION 

Conference Host - Eric Berlin 

Conference Planning Committee – Terry 

Everson, David Jones, Jeffrey Holmes 

Conferencing Services - Shelley 

Gibbons, Michael Ellman 

Senior Administrative Assistants – 

Marisela Aguilar, Jesse Hazzard- 

Watkins, Hanna Pajalahti 

Travel Coordinator – Hanna Pajalahti 

Scheduling Coordinator – 

Jesse Hazzard- Watkins 

Percussion Coordinator – 

Nicholas Gleason 

Fundraising and Publicity – 

Marilyn Kushick 

Graphic Design – Mary-Lynne Bohn, 

Accent Design 

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Registration – University Conference 

Services 

Facilities Management - University 

Conference Services 

Sound Design - University Conference 

Services 

Food Services - University Catering 

Services 

Hotel - Campus Center Hotel 

Poster Design - Mary-Lynne Bohn 

Program Design - Mary-Lynne Bohn 

Volunteers - Paul Bourque, Josh Burton, 

Eric Drew, Kristen Dye, Andy 

Fantucchio, Jarrod Gleason, Elin 

Hardenberg,Trevor Hartford, Eric 

Hill, Jared Iverson, Matt Izzikowski, 

Alexandra Johnson, Mike Keough, 

Jim Kierstead, Steve LaBounty, John 

Leonard, Matthew Misner, Laura 

Narhi, Andrew Nosal, Eric Paradis, 

Matt Parent, David Prevost, Martha 

Pullen, Kathryn Rapacki, Brynn 

Rector, Matthew Repucci, Kristen 

Seavey, Fred Sienkiewicz, James 

Shetler,Taryn Smith, Matt Stebbins, 

Andrew Stetson, Cassi Stewart, 

Heather Teed, Buddy Valentine, Jimmy 

Verdone, Josh Wolfe

2007 AWARD WINNERS 

HONORARY AWARD 

Maynard Ferguson 

(Adapted from an article originally printed in 

“Contemporary Musicians,Volume 7”) 

Jazz legend Maynard Ferguson far surpassed 

the title "trumpet player" during his lifetime; he 

was an internationally famous big-band leader, one of the world's great 

brass players, instrument designer, record producer, composer, arranger, 

producer of film soundtracks, and dedicated teacher. He was also a three 

time Grammy Award nominee and Down Beat magazine award winner. 

The prolific bandleader recorded over 60 albums.The alumni list of his 

band members over four decades reads like a Who's Who of the jazz 

world: Chick Corea, Chuck Mangione, Bill Chase, Bob James, Slide 

Hampton, Wayne Shorter, Wayne Bergeron, Greg Bissonette, Peter Erskine, 

Joe Zawinul, Willie Maiden, and Don Ellis are just some of the greats 

Ferguson's bands have bred. Ferguson emerged from big-band swing and 

worked his way through bebop, rock, funk, disco, and fusion. When he 

wasn't actually playing his horn, he conducted, cueing his men, or just 

snapped his fingers and enjoyed the music. He was a tireless ambassador 

for jazz and remarkably generous with his musical abilities. Few careers 

spanned so many different forms and trends of music, tribute indeed to 

Ferguson's flexibility and artistic vision. 

Ferguson was a child prodigy who first soloed with the Canadian 

Broadcasting Company Orchestra at the age of 11. He was born in the 

Montreal suburb of Verdun on May 4, 1928. His mother was a violinist with 

the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and later, a teacher who helped introduce 

music into the curriculum of the Montreal public school system. His father 

was a high school principal. By the time Ferguson was four, he too was 

playing the violin as well as the piano. At the age of nine he was enrolled 

in the French Conservatory of Music to receive formal training. He always 

cited his main influences as his mother and Louis Armstrong. 

Ferguson attended Montreal High School, but quit at age 15 to pursue 

music as a vocation. Around that time he played in a dance band, led by 

his brother Percy, with another budding musician, jazz pianist Oscar 

Peterson.By the age of sixteen Ferguson was leading his own jazz and 

dance band. All of the musicians in his band were twice his age, except 

Percy, with whom he had effectively reversed roles. In 1948 the 20-year-old 

Ferguson moved to the U.S. and made his debut with Boyd Raeburn's 

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MAYNARD FERGUSON, continued 

progressive band. He also played with Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie Barnet, 

and performed on woodwind and brass as a one-man act at NewYork's 

Café Society. 

From 1950 to 1953 Ferguson's lashing, high-register trumpet was the 

cornerstone of Stan Kenton's big brass section. During his years with 

Kenton, Ferguson built a reputation that relied more on his dazzling 

technique – soaring, full-toned trumpeting in the upper register of his 

instrument – than his creativity as a soloist.The fire-breathing trumpeter 

took first place in Down Beat magazine's best trumpeter poll for three 

successive years beginning in 1950. After his stint with Kenton, Ferguson 

spent three years as a first-call studio trumpeter for Paramount Pictures 

and recorded film soundtracks, including that of the Biblical epic The Ten 

Commandments. In 1955 Ferguson joined Leonard Bernstein for a 

performance of "The Titans," by William Russo, with the NewYork 

Philharmonic Orchestra.The following year, after a period of free-lancing, 

Ferguson formed the first of several thirteen-piece orchestras, which were 

noted for the biting precision of their brass sections. On the striking 

"Frame for the Blues," from the album Message From Newport, Ferguson's 

dramatic solo style sears, and Don Sebesky, Don Menza, and Slide 

Hampton offer some of their best arrangements. Other noteworthy soloists 

featured during this period were Jaki Byard, Don Ellis, Joe Farrell, and 

Chuck Mangione. In 1959 an International Critic's Poll, conducted by 

Down Beat, voted the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra first place in the "new 

star" big-band division. But, as the popularity of big bands waned in the 

mid-1960s, Ferguson was forced to economize; he toured less frequently 

with the big band, favoring a sextet instead. Finally, in 1967, he disbanded 

and began to follow a new path. 

In 1968 and 1969 Ferguson taught at the Krishnamurtl-based Rhishi Valley 

School near Madras, India, which widened both his spiritual and musical 

horizons. He took his family with him to India, and they eventually moved 

to England.There Ferguson toured as the leader of a band called TopBrass. 

He also participated personally in the design of trumpets and 

mouthpieces. Being situated in England made touring Europe easier for 

Ferguson, and he took advantage of the proximity by embarking on forays 

across the continent with a variety of ensembles. 

In 1969 Ferguson signed with CBS Records in England and created a 

repertoire for his new British band in which pop and rock songs were 

arranged for a big band format, with some electronic amplification.This 

was Ferguson's response to the psychedelic sixties. He produced 

contemporary arrangements of hits like "MacArthur Park" and the Beatles' 

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"Hey Jude." Ferguson's recording of "Gonna Fly Now,"- the theme from the 

hit film Rocky - catapulted Maynard into mainstream popularity with a 

Top-10 single, a gold album, and a Grammy nomination in 1978. His album 

Conquistador, from which "Gonna Fly Now" sprang, earned Ferguson an 

unusual place in the history of popular music; with Conquistador, he alone 

from the jazz world was able to crack the pop charts in 1977. Ferguson's 

efforts helped rekindle the public's interest in big bands, and his 

extroverted solos, along with his expertise on several brass instruments – 

often demonstrated in a single performance - set a dazzling example of 

sheer technical virtuosity. 

In addition to the trumpet, Ferguson played the trombone, saxophone, 

clarinet, violin and piano. He attributed his playing's power to yogic 

concentration, which he claimed enabled him to control his central 

nervous system and make his lungs generators of energy. He was a family 

man, married in 1952 to Flo, and was always quick to speak proudly of his 

son and four daughters. One of his daughters, Kim, managed his later 

touring band, Big Bop Nouveau. Started in the late 1980s, the band leaned 

heavily toward more traditional jazz, reflecting both Ferguson's roots and 

major strengths. With Big Bop Nouveau there was a new stress on acoustic 

instrumentation, marking Ferguson's return to where critics have so often 

preferred him, in front of a jazz-flavored big band. Big Bop Nouveau's 

music was a return to hard-swinging, hard-edged, straight-ahead jazz 

music - the sound that established Ferguson in the late 1950s. Ferguson's 

subsequent albums for Concord Jazz displayed brilliant updates to the 

sound of a large, modern, high-energy jazz ensemble. Ferguson's last 

album, The One and Only Maynard Ferguson, recorded just weeks before 

his passing, has just been released. Sony music releases the two-CD set 

entitled The Essential Maynard Ferguson this month, the first 

retrospective covering his entire career of over 50 years as a bandleader 

and recording artist. As a young man in the 1950s Ferguson set the jazz 

world aflame with his Birdland Dreamband. Five decades later he was still 

fulfilling his role as one of the very last of the legendary big-band leaders. 

Over his lifetime and career in music, Ferguson underwent many changes 

of style and fortune, sometimes straying far from his roots. But as a result, 

his sound and perspective benefited from the rich diversity of his 

experience. His career was every bit as unique as his talent, and his legacy 

of recordings, memories, and inspiration stands today as a towering 

achievement in music. Maynard Ferguson died at the age of 78 in August 

of 2006. 

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HONORARY AWARD 

Charles Schlueter 

Charles Schlueter grew up in Du Quoin, Illinois 

and got his early musical training there. He 

started playing at the age of ten. His first teacher 

was Charles Archibald. His studies continued 

when he won a coloring contest sponsored by a 

local music store and received free lessons with 

the resident trumpet teacher, Don Lemasters. Subsequently, he studied with 

Mel Siener, Band Director at Du QuoinTownship High School, whose 

encouragement had a profound influence on Charlie becoming a 

professional musician. While in high school he also received instruction in 

St. Louis, Missouri from Edward Brauer who was a member of the staff of 

the NBC radio studio. His studies culminated at the Juilliard School, from 

which he graduated in 1962.There his mentor was WilliamVacchiano, then 

principal trumpet of the NewYork Philharmonic. (Mr.Vacchiano passed 

away on September 19, 2005 at the age of 93.) 

Charlie’s 25 years as principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is 

exceeded only by Georges Mager, who was principal for 31 years. Charlie is 

the only principal trumpet in the 20th century who was not already a 

member of the BSO. All of his predecessors were members of the orchestra 

prior to becoming principal trumpet: Gustav Heim, RogerVoisin, Armando 

Ghitalla, and Rolf Smedvig each joined the BSO as third/assistant principal. 

Mager was hired as a violist. 

Charlie has also been a member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players 

since 1981. Prior to his appointment in Boston, he held the position of 

principal trumpet in the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, 

and the Kansas City Philharmonic. He was associate principal trumpet in the 

Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell. 

Throughout his long and distinguished career, Charlie has received 

numerous awards and accolades. He has appeared as soloist both in recital 

and with orchestras in France, Brazil, Japan, as well as in the United States. 

He has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the 

direction of Seiji Ozawa and with the Minnesota Orchestra under conductors 

Neville Marriner, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Kazuyoshi Akiyama. In 

Japan he has appeared as soloist with the Kyushu Symphony in Fukuoka 

under Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, and with conductor NaohiroTotsuka has 

performed with both theTokyo City Philharmonic and the Hiroshima 

Symphony Orchestra. He has also been soloist with the Kyushu and 

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Hiroshima Symphonies with Kazuyoshi Akiyama conducting. 

In addition to holding positions on the faculties of the New England 

Conservatory and theTanglewood Music Center, Charlie is also in demand as 

a teacher abroad and has held master classes in Europe, Canada, Japan, and 

South America. Since the 1980s he has been a regular visitor to Brazil, 

presenting master classes and recitals. He has appeared as soloist with 

orchestras in Joao Pessoa, Sao Luis, Recife, Sao Paulo, Campinas, Salvador, 

Vitoria, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre.. He has taught in Rio de Janeiro at 

the University of Rio de Janeiro, and also in Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, 

Salvador,Vitoria, and Campinas. In 1988 Charlie helped create the 

Northeastern Brazil Brass Master Classes in Joao Pessoa, and this series was 

subsequently expanded to include the areas of Sao Luis, Recife, and Belem. 

He has also performed and recorded with BRASSIL (the resident Brass 

Quintet of Paraiba University) and on several occasions has appeared with 

the Jazz Orchestra of J.U. Da Silva (“Duda”). Since 1995 Charlie has been 

visiting professor at Sakuyo University, in Kurashiki, Japan where in 

addition to teaching has given recitals with pianistYasuo Watanabe and has 

appeared as soloist with the University’s Wind Ensemble. 

Charlie can be heard on most Boston Symphony recordings made since his 

appointment in 1981. In addition, in 1994 he began making solo recordings. 

The first,“BravuraTrumpet”was originally recorded forVOX and has been 

recently re-issued by and is available from the Charles Schlueter Foundation. 

Three other CDs have been subsequently released on the Kleos Classics 

label:“VirtuosoTrumpet”(2001),“Trumpet Concertos”(2002), and“Trumpet 

Works”(2003). 

The Charles Schlueter Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, was 

founded in 2001 to encourage communication among brass players and to 

advance the level of performance, teaching and literature associated with 

brass instruments. Its mission is to foster the enjoyment of music, promote 

music education, and assist in the training of talented young brass 

performers.The Foundation strives to promote music as an essential part of 

school curriculums and to understand and demonstrate how music serves as 

a means of communication across a range of cultures throughout the world. 

Following his retirement from the BSO, Charlie plans to remain active as a 

member of the faculty of the New England Conservatory, as well as 

continuing his annual trips to Brazil and Japan and Europe to give master 

classes. Plans to record a few more CDs are also on the horizon. 

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AWARD OF MERIT 

Richard Burkart 


Dr. Richard E. Burkart was Professor of Trumpet and Graduate Studies in 

Brass Instruments at The Ohio State University from 1971-1996. At this 

institution, he developed an internationally respected studio. Many of Dr. 

Burkart’s students have secured positions performing in symphony 

orchestras in the United States and Europe, United States military service 

bands, and professors in numerous universities in the United States. Also 

former students of Dr. Burkart play with many jazz groups across the U.S. 

Born and raised in New Orleans, Dr. Burkart received his early training in 

both the classical and jazz idioms. He furthered his study at Louisiana 

State University where he received the Bachelor of Music Education, 

Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. His Doctor of Musical 

Arts degree was awarded to him from University of Wisconsin, Madison. 

His love of jazz has always been secondary aspect of his formal training 

and teaching, however since his retirement from The Ohio State 

University, the pendulum has swung to playing Dixieland with the 

internationally known Toll House Jazz Band of Columbus. Dr. Burkart is a 

former member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago 

Little Symphony. Currently he is a member of the Bach Ensemble and the 

Newark-Granville (Ohio) Symphony. 

Dr. Burkart’s involvement with the International Trumpet Guild has been a 

long and extremely important one. He hosted the 1980 ITG Conference at 

The Ohio State University. He has been a member of ITG’s Board of 

Director prior to and after his tenure as vice-president and president of 

our organization. Perhaps the most outstanding contribution Dr. Burkart 

gave to the ITG was the establishment of the Ellsworth Smith/ITG Solo 

Trumpet Competition. Since its conception by Dr. Burkart and the 

Columbus (Ohio) Foundation, the Ellsworth Smith Competition has 

become an extremely highly regarded competition for our instrument. 

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Joyce Davis 


Joyce Davis, Professor of Trumpet, joined the 

School of Music faculty at the University of 

Florida in 1989. She is a graduate of the 

Interlochen Arts Academy, attended the 

University of Michigan, holds a Bachelor of 

Music in Performance from Florida State 

University, the Master of Music in Performance from Northwestern 

University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance from The Ohio 

State University. Her teachers include Vincent Cichowicz, Adolph Herseth, 

Richard Burkart, Clifford Lillya, and Armando Ghitalla. 

As an educator, Davis’ teaching experience includes The Ohio State 

University, part-time Lecturer of Trumpet at the University of 

Stellenbosch, South Africa, the College of Charleston (South Carolina), 

and Guest Lecturer of Trumpet at the Conservatorie Nacìonal de Mexico, 

Mexico City. She has presented master classes at numerous institutions 

throughout the US, at the Moscow Conservatory, Gnesins College of 

Music, the Saratov Conservatory in Russia, and the National Academy of 

Music in the Ukraine. 

Her publications include co-editing the Memoirs of Timofei Dokshizer, the 

legendary Russian trumpet virtuoso, editing Dokshizer’s System for 

Trumpet Study, various reviews and articles for the Journal of the 

International Trumpet Guild. She co-produced the International Trumpet 

Guild’s CD, Russian Treasures of Timofei Dokshizer. 

As an orchestral player, Davis was Principal Trumpet of the Cape Town 

Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, Orquesta 

Filharmonica de la UNAM, and a section player with the Cincinnati 

Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, Charleston (SC) Symphony, and 

Savannah, symphonies. Her numerous solo performances have been as a 

recitalist and soloist in the United States, Mexico, South Africa, Russia, 

Germany, and the Ukraine. 

Her professional associations include the International Trumpet Guild, 

President 1995-97, and presently a member of the Board of Directors; 

Honorary Member of Sigma Alpha Iota; Pi Kappa Lambda, Alpha Rho 

chapter; and the Advisory Board of the National Trumpet Competition. 

Davis has served as an adjudicator at state, regional, national, and 

international competitions. 

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Vincent DiMartino 

Vincent DiMartino is the W. George Matton 

Professor of Music at Centre College. One of 

America’s leading trumpet performers and 

teachers, DiMartino originally joined the 

college in 1993 as Centre’s first distinguished 

artist-in-residence. He was named to the 

Matton Professorship in 1996. 

DiMartino has performed worldwide as a soloist and with artists such as 

Henry Mancini, Doc Severinsen, Pearl Bailey, Dizzy Gillespie and Dave 

Brubeck. Widely admired for classical and jazz playing, he has also in 

recent years begun to specialize in virtuoso cornet solos. 

DiMartino, along with Centre’s George Foreman, founded the New 

Columbian Brass Band. DiMartino also is a soloist with the New Sousa 

Band and is a featured soloist with the Advocate Brass Band. DiMartino is 

a popular performer at the Great American Brass Band Festival, which 

annually draws 40,000 people to Danville for outstanding brass music. 

A graduate of the Eastman School of Music (B.M. and M.M. degrees), 

DiMartino was for some twenty years the Alumni Distinguished Professor 

of Trumpet at the University of Kentucky. He has performed as a soloist 

with many symphony orchestras, including those in Cincinnati, Buffalo, 

Santa Fe, Orlando and Rochester. He is prominently featured in many 

recordings of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. 

DiMartino has served ITG in many capacities, including numerous terms 

as a member of the Board of Directors, and as President. DiMartino was 

also the host of the 1983 ITG Conference when it was held at the 

University of Kentucky. 

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Bengt Eklund 


Bengt Eklund was the Professor of Trumpet at 

the School of Music and Musicology at the 

University of Göteborg in Sweden, and in 1992 

was appointed Professor of Trumpet at the 

Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo. 

Mr. Eklund is also the founder and conductor 

of the fabulous Göteborg Brass Band. 

Mr. Eklund studied trumpet with famous trumpet players and teachers 

such as Harry Kvebaek in Oslo, Knud Hovaldt in Copenhagen, in Paris 

with Pierre Thibaud, and with Edward H.Tarr in Basel. Eklund was the 

first non-American student to study with Vincent Cichowicz in Chicago 

where he also studied with Adolph Herseth. 

As a performer, Mr. Eklund performed as Principal Trumpet with the 

Århaus Symphony in Denmark, and was Co-Principal Trumpet of the 

Göteborg Symphony Orchestra. In 1970, he founded the“Bengt Eklund 

Baroque Ensemble”, a group performing on replicas of Baroque trumpets 

and trombones. With this ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Edward H. 

Tarr, Eklund produced the album, Courtly Trumpet Ensemble Music. 

Known as one of Scandinavia’s premiere pedagogues, he was considered 

one of the founders of the“Scandinavia Brass School”. Mr. Eklund created 

special programs which allowed students and teachers from all over the 

world to come to Göteborg to study. Many of Professor Eklund’s students 

occupy numerous positions in orchestras and bands internationally. 

The Göteborg Brass Band is heralded as one of the most extraordinary 

groups of its kind. Under Eklund’s direction, the Band, from 1982 until 

2005 won twelve championships in the Sweden. In 1988, the Göteborg 

Brass Band was named the World Brass Band Champion at the 

international competition in Australia. Through the artistic and technical 

prowess of this band, Eklund created and surpassed the tradition-bound 

world of the brass band. Soloists with the GBB have included Philip Smith, 

Håkan Hardenberger and Christian Lindberg. As part of Eklund’s 

outreach with the GBB, he toured most of Europe and the United States 

with the spectacular premiere at the 1995 ITG Brassfest in Bloomington, 

ID. 

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BENGT EKLUND, continued 

Bengt Eklund served the International Trumpet Guild in many capacities. 

From 1994 until 2000, he served as President of EURO-ITG. Under his 

tenure, Eklund sought to open many doors with a special emphasis on 

Eastern Europe. He made countless trips to Russia and the Ukraine 

conducting the numerous ensembles as well as giving superb 

masterclasses to trumpet players coming as far as Siberia to learn from 

him. 

In 1993, Mr. Eklund hosted the EURO-ITG conference, and 1997 ITG 

Conference in Göteborg. Both conferences have been highly-acclaimed 

for the originally of planning as well as the stellar compliment of artists. 

For nearly a decade, he served as the ITG International Membership 

Coordinator. Mr. Eklund was an adjudicator for the ITG/Ellsworth Smith 

Competition in 1996 at Gainesville, Florida. He has served this post of 

adjudicator in many international competitions. 

Mr. Eklund passed away on March 30 of this year. 

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Carol Dawn Reinhart 

Recognized as one of the world’s outstanding 

trumpet soloists, Carole Dawn Reinhart is 

acclaimed not only for her technical ability, but 

also for tone quality and interpretation. She 

began her studies at the age of 2-1/2 when her 

mother, Mabel Reinhart, began teaching her to 

play the slide cornet. Always searching for performance opportunities for 

his children, Carole’s father encouraged her to play with The Salvation 

Army. As with all of her work, Carole was a dedicated student and at the 

age of 17, was commissioned as a“bandmaster,”the youngest and the only 

woman in the history of the organization. 

Throughout her career as a performer, Carol faced many challenges. In a 

society where trumpet performers studied to become orchestral musicians, 

the opportunities for Carol in this area were few given that at this time, it 

was not considered appropriate for a woman to perform in an orchestral 

brass section. Carol did not, however, let prevailing attitudes limit her 

drive and ambition. When faced with opposition, she turned to her music, 

improved her craft and traveled a special road in her career. Among her 

many achievements are: a Fulbright scholarship to study with Helmut 

Wobisch in Vienna, Austria; a master’s degree from the Juilliard School of 

Music where she was principal trumpet under Jean Morel; TV show 

appearances on the Tonight Show, the Mike Douglas Show¸ and several Al 

Hirt Fanfare shows; recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and BASF with 

the Munich Philharmonic, German Bach Soloists, Amsterdam Chamber 

Orchestra, and Weuttemberg Chamber Orchestra; and concert tours 

throughout Europe, the Orient, Middle East, Africa, the United States, 

Canada, and Australia. Ms. Reinhart now serves a Head of the Department 

of Wind and Percussion Instruments at the prestigious University of Music 

in Vienna, Austria. In 2003, Ms. Reinhart was the recipient of the 

International Women’s Brass Conference Pioneer Award in honor and 

recognition of her exceptional lifelong achievements. 

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ITG CONFERENCE PROGRAM: TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2007 

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 

Prelude Concert by UMASS Trumpet Ensemble 

7:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony and Concert 

US Coast Guard Band including soloists Jeffrey Work, 

Eric Berlin, Charles Schlueter, Richard Kelley and the 

UMASS Brass Ensemble. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall 

10:00 p.m. Greg Gisbert 

Jeff Holmes, piano; Chip Jackson, bass; Steve Johns, drums. 

Selections to be announced. House combo is made possible by the 

generous support of Jamey Aebersold. Blue Wall Cafe 

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 

7:30 a.m. Warm Up with Jim West, Reading Room 

9:00 a.m. Exhibits Open 

Maynard Ferguson Tribute 

Led By Ed Sargent, with rare video footage and 

recollections from Wayne Bergeron, Carl Fischer, and 

Patrick Hession. Campus Center Auditorium 

10:00 a.m. New Works Recital 

Featuring Boston Trumpet Ensemble, Richard Watson, Richard 

Stoelzel, Grant Peters, Rick Bogard, Judith Saxton, Alan Siebert, Jon 

Burgess, Rene Hernandez, Joseph Bowman. Student Union Ballroom. 

Orchestral Excerpts Competition, Reading Room 

11:00 a.m. Comeback Hour 

Kim Dunnick Presents Reclaiming the chops: how to build and 

maintain your embouchure after a 20-year hiatus. 

This session is geared for the “come-back” player or “non-full-timeprofessional” 

who has limited time to practice, but wants to play in a 

band, an orchestra, a church, a jazz group or just the basement at home. 

Suggestions and exercises for building and maintaining the embouchure 

will be presented. Questions will be encouraged. Attendees should bring 

their trumpets. Cape Cod Lounge 

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ITG CONFERENCE PROGRAM: WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007 

Noon Lunch/Exhibits 

Prelude Concert by University of Maine Trumpet Ensemble 

12:30 p.m. Spanish Brass - Luur Metalls. Campus Center Auditorium 

Prelude Concert by Rhode Island College Trumpet Ensemble 

2:30 p.m. Manny Laureano Lecture 

Playing in Character: This presentation is designed to make the 

player aware of the choices available for phrasing and stylistic 

concerns in solo playing and orchestral repertory. A wide variety of 

pieces mostly from the orchestral repertory and studies will be 

played, discussed, and covered along with tme to address questions 

from those assembled. Assisted by David Bamonte. Student Union 

Ballroom 

4:00 p.m. Roger Voisin Tribute 

Hosted by James Thompson. Campus Center Auditorium 

5:00 p.m. A Reinhardt Retrospective 

Presentation conducted by Dave Sheetz, a student of Donald 

Reinhardt for 40 years,Vice President of The Reinhardt Foundation 

(www.thereinhardtfoundation.org) and creator of Airstream 

Dynamics (www.airstreamdynamics.com) along with Richard Hanks, 

a trombone student at UMASS and advocate of Dr. Reinhardt’s 

teachings, sharing the dedication of the many students and teachers 

created by Dr. Reinhardt. 

This retrospective is under the auspices ofThe Reinhardt Foundation, 

Howard D. Lay, President. The Foundation, a not-for-profit organization is 

guided by its membership with the commitment to further the teachings 

of Dr. Reinhardt for future generations and returning all of Dr. 

Reinhardt’s books back to print. 

Student Union Ballroom 

Prelude Concert by Grand Valley State University Trumpet Ensemble 

7:00 p.m. Jeff Holmes Big Band 

Special Guests Wayne Bergeron and Patrick Hession. Fine Arts 

Center Concert Hall 

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ITG CONFERENCE PROGRAM: THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2007 

9:00 p.m. Ingrid Jensen and her Trio, Blue Wall Cafe 

11:00 p.m. Late Night Jam—Bring Your Horn! 

Hosted by Jeffrey Holmes featuring: Jeffrey Holmes, Piano • Chip 

Jackson, Bass • Steve Johns, Drums. House combo is made possible by 

the generous support of Jamey Aebersold. Blue Wall Cafe 

Thursday, May 31, 2007 


Prelude Concert by Lindenwood University Trumpet Ensemble 

9:00 a.m. Charles Schlueter Masterclass 

Discussion of orchestral repertoire with emphasis on auditions, 

interpretation and style. Campus Center Auditorium 

Prelude Concert by Mahidol University Trumpet Ensemble 

10:30 a.m. James Stephenson Collaboration 

Eric Berlin, Paul Merkelo, Marc Reese, Charles Schlueter, Matthew 

Sonnenborn, Richard Stoelzel, Jeff Work. Student Union Ballroom 

10:30 a.m. Solo Competition, Reading Room 


Prelude Concert by Troy University Trumpet Ensemble 

12:30 p.m. James Thompson and Hans Bohn Recital 

Campus Center Auditorium 

Prelude Concert by Loyola Trumpet Ensemble 

2:00 p.m. Wayne Bergeron Masterclass, Student Union Ballroom 

Prelude Concert by Virginia Commonwealth University 

Trumpet Ensemble 

3:30 p.m. Rex Richardson Recital, Campus Center Auditorium 

Prelude Concert by Pittsburgh State University Trumpet Ensemble 

5:00 p.m. Orchestral Audition Roundtable 

With Manny Laureano, Chris Martin, Charles Schlueter, 

James Thompson. Student Union Ballroom 

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ITG CONFERENCE PROGRAM: FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2007 

Prelude Concert by Texas State Trumpet Ensemble 

7:00 p.m. Washington Symphonic Brass “At The Movies!” 

Fine Arts Center Concert Hall 

9:00 p.m. Mike Vax & TRPTS 

with Wayne Bergeron, Clay Jenkins and Carl Saunders. 

Blue Wall Cafe 

11:00 p.m. Late Night Jam—Bring Your Horn! 




Friday, June 1, 2007 


9:00 a.m. John Henes Alexander Technique for Trumpeters 


10:00 a.m. Jazz Solo Competition, Reading Room 

Prelude Concert by Trumpet Ensemble from the Escola Superior 

de Musica de Lisboa 

10:30 a.m. Marc Reese Recital, Student Union Ballroom 

11:00 a.m. Video – Healed: The Story of James Klages, Cape Cod Lounge 


Prelude Concert by Yale Trumpets 

12:30 p.m. Crispian Steele-Perkins Lecture/Recital 

From Handel to Gershwin: An examination of the mechanical and 

musical developement of the trumpet. This includes performances of 

music upon a real 'natural' trumpet and introduces various 

developments such as slides, vent-holes, keys and ultimately valves 

which enabled the instrument to become as agile and expressive as 

any other. Campus Center Auditorium 

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ITG CONFERENCE PROGRAM: FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2007 

Prelude Concert by New England Conservatory Trumpet Ensemble 

2:00 p.m. Chris Martin Recital, Student Union Ballroom 

3:00 p.m. Carl Vigeland Book Signing, Exhibits Lobby 

3:30 p.m. Tribute to Walter Chesnut, Campus Center Auditiorium 

Prelude Concert by Drake University Trumpet Ensemble 

5:00 p.m. Monette: Design, Fabrication and Performance- 

A Guided Video Tour, Student Union Ballroom 

Youth Competition: Junior Division Competition 

Reading Room 

Prelude Concert by Boston University Trumpet Ensemble 

7:00 p.m. New England Brass Band 

With Terry Everson and Philip Cobb. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall 

Prelude Concert by University of Colorado Jazz Trumpet Quartet 

9:00 p.m. Brad Goode 

Jeff Holmes, piano; Chip Jackson, bass; Steve Johns, drums. House 

combo is made possible by the generous support of Jamey Aebersold. 


10:30 p.m. Late Night Jam—Bring Your Horn! 



the generous support of Jamey Aebersold. Blue Wall Cafe| 

Saturday, June 2, 2007 

8:00 a.m. ITG General Meeting, Amherst Room, 10th Floor 

Youth Competition: Senior Division Competition 

Reading Room 

9:00 a.m. Vincent Cichowicz Tribute 

Hosted by Frank Kaderabek and featuring the Northwestern 

University Class of 1983 Trumpet Ensemble. Student Union Ballroom 

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ITG CONFERENCE PROGRAM: SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2007 

Prelude Concert by Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras 

Trumpet Ensemble 

10:30 a.m. Chris Martin Masterclass 

Expanding Dynamics: What I've Learned in the CSO 

This presentation will focus on key aspects of musical success 

concentrating on the orchestral arena. Topics will range from issues 

of orchestral style to handling life within a trumpet section to 

audition tips. This presentation will, by extension, cover some of the 

nuts and bolts of winning and keeping an orchestral position. Campus 

Center Auditorium 

Noon Chase Sanborn - Jazz Tactics 

What is in the mind of the jazz musician when improvising? How 

much of what you play is creative inspiration, and how much is 

practiced licks? What should you practice? In a presentation based 

on his best-selling book and DVD, trumpeter Chase Sanborn takes the 

audience on a guided tour into the world of jazz improvisation. Learn 

some of the basics of the jazz language, and see and hear how 

musicians use that language to communicate. Whatever your level of 

interest or ability, you will be entertained and enlightened, and you 

will come away with a greater understanding and appreciation for 

jazz music and jazz musicians. 


2:00 p.m. Festival of Trumpets, Flagstones Outside Hotel Lobby 

5:00 p.m. ITG Banquet, Campus Center Auditorium 

Prelude Concert by University of Northern Colorado Trumpet Ensemble 

8:00 p.m. Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band 


10:30 p.m. Late Night Jam—Bring Your Horn! 




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TUESDAY, MAY 29: OPENING CONCERT 

WELCOMING REMARKS FROM 

Jeffrey Piper, President, International Trumpet Guild 

Jeffrey Cox, Chair Department of Music and Dance 

Joel Martin, Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts 

John V. Lombardi, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

Eric M. Berlin, Host, 2007 Conference 

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UMASS TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 

Herald Trumpet Emeritus Fanfare Jeffrey Wayne Holmes 

Trumpetasia Emmanuel Rubin 

"In fond memory of Walter Chesnut" 

Eric M. Berlin, Conductor 

Joshua Burton, Eric Drew, Andrew Fantuccio, Jesse Hazzard-Watkins, 

Jared Iverson, Matthew Izykowski, Michael Keough, Hanna Pajalahti, 

James Shetler, Taryn Smith, JamesVerdone 

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OPENING CEREMONY & CONCERT 

with the United States Coast Guard Band with soloists Jeffrey Work, 

Eric Berlin, Charles Schlueter, Richard Kelley and the UMASS Brass Ensemble 

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. 


CDR Kenneth W. Megan, Director 

CWO2 Richard E. Wyman, Assistant Director 

Celebration: Praeludium for Wind, Brass, Percussion, Edward Gregson 

Harp and Piano 

The Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key 

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Concerto for Trumpet James M. Stephenson 

For Jeffrey Work. Originally commissioned by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of 

Boston, Isaiah Jackson, Music Director. Concert Band version made possible 

through a generous grant from the Charles Schlueter Foundation 

I. Adagio; Allegro giocoso ma con fiero 

II. Allegro con brio 

Jeffrey Work, trumpet 

Remembrance MUCS Thomas Briggs 

Written for Joel Flunker and the United States Coast Guard Band 

In memory of Sam Hasty 

MUC Joel Flunker, flugelhorn and trumpet 

Concerto for Two Trumpets and Band Stephen Paulus 

For Doc Severinsen and Manny Laureano. Band arrangement by the composer 

Eric Berlin and Richard Kelley, trumpet 

—Intermission— 

Duo Fantastique James M. Stephenson, III 

For Charles Schlueter and Eric Berlin 

Made possible by a generous grant from the Charles Schlueter Foundation 

Charles Schlueter and Eric Berlin, trumpet 

Carmen Fantasia for Two Solo Trumpets Arr. Donald Hunsberger 

and Wind Ensemble 

For Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer 

MU1 Thomas Brown, trumpet and cornet 

MU1 Gino Villarreal, trumpet, cornet, and flugelhorn 

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Piccolo 

MUCM Cheryl L. Six - Littleton, CO 

Flute* 

MU1 Amanda D. Baker - Germantown, WI 

MU1 Elizabeth Detweiler Jackson - Houston, 

TX 

MUCM Cheryl L. Six 

Oboe 

MUC Stephen R. Wade (p) - Arlington, MA 

MU1 Carla Parodi - Normal, IL 

MUC Barrett E. Seals - Miami, FL 

English Horn 

MUC Barrett E. Seals 


The United States Coast Guard Band 

CDR Kenneth W. Megan, Director • CWO2 Richard E. Wyman, Assistant Director 

Clarinet 

MU1 Kelly E. Hurrell (c) - West Palm Beach, FL 

MU1 Leah G. Abbott - Coral Springs, FL 

MU1 Katie B. Curran - Shepherd, MI 

MUC Chantal D. Hovendick - Blair, NE 

MU1 Christopher P. Howard - San Antonio,TX 

MUC Andrew G. Sherwood - Milwaukee, WI 

MU1 Charlie Suriyakham - Chiang Mai, 

Thailand 

MUC Jonathan N.Towne - Danvers, MA 

Bass Clarinet 

MUC Andrew F. Grenci - Washington, PA 

Bassoon/Contrabassoon* 

MU1 Brooke E. Allen - Manassas,VA 

MU1 Stevi A. Caufield - Elizabethtown, KY 

Alto Saxophone* 

MU1 Greg R. Case - Doylestown, PA 

MUC Joshua C.Thomas - Plano,TX 

Tenor Saxophone 

MU1 Adam R. Williamson - Delmar, NY 

Baritone Saxophone 

MU1 Jeffrey D. Emerich - Fresno, CA 

Cornet/Trumpet 

MUCS Carroll M. Potts (p) - Richmond,VA 

MU1 Thomas H. Brown - Sparta, MI 

MUC Joel K. Flunker - Neenah, WI 

MUC Gregory W. Martin - Raleigh, NC 

MU1 GinoVillarreal - Rio Grande City,TX 

MU1 Kelly L. Watkins - Henderson,TX 

French Horn 

MUC Brian Nichols (p) - Bradenton, FL 

MUC Heather Beyrent Doughty - Gilford, NH 

MUCS Matthew J. Melone - Cranston, RI 

MUC Aimee D. Page - Bloomington, IN 

MU1 Jaime L.Thorne - Rochester, NY 

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Trombone 

MUCS Mark E. Weaver (p) - Peru, IN 

MU1 Benjamin T. Griffin - Springfield, MA 

MUCVince A.Yanovitch - East Stroudsburg, PA 

Bass Trombone 

MUCSVictorV. Johnson - Westland, MI 

Euphonium 

MUC James E. Jackson III (p) - Lexington, KY 

MU1 Bonnie Denton – Fairfield, IL 

Tuba 

MUC Adam B. Crowe (p) - Guin, AL 

MUC Richard C. Denton - Monroe, CT 

MU1 Stephen R. Lamb - Plano,TX 

String Bass 

MUC Mark E. McCormick - St. Louis, MO 

Percussion 

MUCS Thomas E. Briggs (p) - Pittsfield, MA 

MUCS Albert A. Lyman Jr. - Uncasville, CT 

MU1 Robert S. McEwan - Albany, NY 

MU1 Steven R. Petersen - Scottville, MI 

MU1 Christopher E. Smith - Danbury, CT 

Harp 

MU1 Megan Sesma - LasVegas, NV 

Keyboard/Arranger 

MUC Ian Frenkel - Moscow, Russia 

Vocalist 

MU1 Lisa Williamson - Alexandria,VA 

Audio Engineers 

MUC Kuljit S. Rehncy - Baltimore, MD 

MU1 Timothy J. Becker - Torrington, CT 

Public Relations 

MUCS Albert A. Lyman Jr. 

Recruiting 

MUC Gregory W. Martin 

Tour Coordinator 

MUCS Matthew J. Melone 

Finance and Supply Manager/Assistant 

Scheduler 

MUCS MarjorieV. Sturm - Memphis,TN 

(p) - principal chair 

(cp) - co-principal 

(c) - concertmaster 

* - players rotate principal position

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: MAYNARD FERGUSON TRIBUTE 

TRIBUTE TO MAYNARD FERGUSON 

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. 


Hosted by Ed Sargent 

with Recollections of Maynard from 

Wayne Bergeron, Carl Fischer and Patrick Hession 

Photo courtesy of Dr. Mark D. Meyers, 

Finale Music & Dining 

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Woonsocket RI 

March 18, 2006 

Dan Peloquin

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: NEW WORKS RECITAL 

NEW WORKS RECITAL 

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. 


Idea Number Twenty-Four Terry Everson 

Boston Trumpet Ensemble: Eric Berlin, Terry Everson, 

Richard Kelley, Dana Oakes, Richard Watson, trumpets 

Acuillara Annette Hestres 

III. Moderato, Andante, Moderato 

Rene Hernandez, Trumpet • Douglas Major, Organ 

Three Studies for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano Orianna Webb 

I. Fanfare; Canon 

III. Lighthearted, fleet 

Joseph Bowman, trumpet• Tom Otto, trombone • Rebecca Wilt, piano 

Into the Night Jeffrey Hoover 

Judith Saxton, Trumpet • Nicholas Gleason, Marimba 

Lyric Sonata for Trumpet and Organ Phil Snedecor 

Phil Snedecor, Trumpet • Douglas Major, Organ 

World Premiere Concerto for trumpet, orchestra Robert J. Bradshaw 

and/or piano (2006) 

I 

II 

III 

Richard Stoelzel, Trumpet • Rebecca Wilt, Piano 

ITG Composition Contest Winner 

Two Variations from ROUND SUITE for Brass Trio Sam Stalos 

Zephyr Brass Trio: Moffatt Williams, trumpet 

Jean Martin-Williams, horn; Mark Britt, trombone 

Prologues Blaise J. Ferrandino 

1.There was an ease of mind... 

3.The metaphor stirred his fear 

4. ...a fresh universe out of nothing 

Jon Burgess, trumpet • Joey Carter, vibraphone 

Toccata and Fugues John Prescott 

Grant Peters and Rick Bogard, Trumpet • Charles Ore, Organ 

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: NEW WORKS RECITAL 

Stargazer (1996) Steven Winteregg 

I. Orion: The Hunter 

II.The Silent Planet 

III. Comets and Meteors 

Alan Siebert, Trumpet • Rebecca Wilt, Piano 

Awakening (2000) David Crumb 

Stephen Dunn, Trumpet • John Pennington, Percussion 

Glimmers of Hope — World Premiere James M. Stephenson, III 

Richard Watson, Trumpet • Douglas Major, Organ 

— Program Notes — 

Commissioned by Richard Watson in 2005 for his album Hope with organist Douglas Major, 

Glimmers confronts tribulation and its role in testing hope. Stephenson, a Florida-based composer, 

gathered the musical seeds for this piece from an iconic jazz masterpiece, John Coltrane's "A Love 

Supreme." Built on the same basic intervallic structures that underpin Coltrane's composition, 

Glimmers reflects the plight of an optimist in today’s world. “And so my piece starts with a rising 

fanfare,”explains the composer,“only to gradually fall away - and then another fanfare up - only to 

again drift downward. Every time it leaps up to new heights, the music inevitably recedes. These 

are my‘Glimmers of Hope.’” Stephenson’s explanation of his work continues with a harmonic 

example:“There's always a note in the chord that won't let the listener relax - the situation is never 

peaceful; the resolution doesn't always come where, or when it’s expected, and the resolution 

might be different than anticipated.” In the end, however, optimism is rewarded, as hopeful 

fragments are transformed into an affirming chorale: a tribute to the power of a hope that has been 

tested and has endured. 

Awakening, commissioned by the Dunn-Pennington Duo, was premiered at the University of 

Oregon in November 2000. When my colleague, Stephen Dunn, initially approached me about the 

project, I was immediately intrigued by the potential for dramatic interaction between the trumpet 

and a variety of percussion instruments. As I began composing, I was not disappointed by the 

range of expression and color available to my imagination. 

The work begins abruptly with a violent unison statement of the principal motive by trumpet and 

vibraphone. Out of the resonance, a muted trumpet emerges¯a distant, solitary voice, as if from a 

dream. Eventually, an oscillating, organ-like music enters in the marimba. As this hauntingly 

beautiful music unfolds, the trumpet's character transforms, becoming increasingly biting and 

sarcastic. [There are hints of Stravinsky's Petrushka in this section.] Once the marimba music 

fades away, the opening unison gesture reappears, signaling the beginning of the movement 

proper. A primal, pulsating ostinato is introduced in maracas and tambourine over which the 

trumpet explodes into wildly ecstatic flourishes of running notes and syncopated gestures. 

Throughout this section, an intense development of motivic material leads to a point of ultimate 

climax marked by the trumpet's arrival on a high "B" over an intense splash of color provided 

by the vibraphone. As this energy dissipates, the solitary muted trumpet of the opening 

reemerges. The piece ends with a reprise of the organ-like music over which a soulful melody 

unfolds. 

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS 

ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS COMPETITION 

COMPETITION CHAIR: Steve Leisring 

PRELIMINARY JUDGES 

Kansas City Symphony Trumpet Section: 

Gary Schutza - Principal 

Philip Clark - Associate Principal 

Brian Rood 

Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 10:00 am 

Reading Room 

FINALISTS 

Scott Copeland 

University of Michigan - Student of William Campbell 

Jason Bergman 

University of Michigan - Student of William Campbell 

Jeffrey Lewandowski 

Grand Valley State - Student of Richard Stoelzel 

PRELIMINARY LIST 

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Part VI (No. 64, final 13 measures) 

L. Beethoven: Leonore Overture #2 (offstage call) 

R. Strauss: Don Quixote ("Viel Schneller," 3 mm. before 67 to 69) 

D. Shostakovich: Symphony #1 (mvmt. 3, Lento, 20 to 21) 

M. Ravel: Piano Concert in G (mvmt. 1, 5 mm. before 2 to 3) 

N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade (mvmt. N, 1 mm. before C to downbeat of D; 

and mvmt. IV, X through first m. ofY) 

FINALS LIST 

Any excerpts from the Preliminary Competition 

B. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (mvmt. 5, mm. 211 - 254) 

C. Debussy: Fetes (9 mm. after 10 through downbeat of 14) 

G. Gershwin: Piano Concerto (mvmt. 2, solo, 15 mm. before 1 to 1) 

G. Mahler: Symphony No. I (Blumine mvmt, 5 mm. before 1 to 8 mm. after 2). 

G. Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (opening to 5 mm. after 1) 

M. Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (Opening Promenade to 2; Samuel 

Goldenberg and Schmuyle, 58 to 4 mm. after 61) 

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: SPANISH BRASS 

Prelude Concert by University of Maine Trumpet Ensemble 

SPANISH BRASS - LUUR METALLS 

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. 


Carlos Benetó Grau- Trompeta 

Juanjo Serna Salvador- Trompeta 

Manuel Pérez Ortega- Trompa 

Indalecio Bonet Manrique- Trombó 

Sergio Finca Quirós- Tuba 

Mini Overture W. Lutoslawski 

Historia de un Mutante Juanjo Colomer 

Para quinteto de metales, boquillas y anillos 

Suite Impromptu Lafosse 

Caminos de España (Paths of Spain) Spanish composer’s works 

Caminos de España (Paths of Spain) is the title of the 6th Cd of SPANISH BRASS 

Luur Metalls, completely devoted to Spanish music by composers such Manuel de 

Falla, Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Turina, Ruperto Chapí, Francisco Tárrega, Manuel 

Palau, Agustín Lara, Enrique Granados, etc. 

The second part of the concert shows a sample of 

Spanish Popular Music adapted for brass quintet 

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: ROGER VOISIN TRIBUTE 

TRIBUTE TO ROGER VOISIN 

Hosted by James Thompson 



Fanfare Voisin Mel Broiles (1912-2005) 

The Extraordinary Roger Voisin Michael Arndt & Peter Voisin 

Power Point Demonstration 

Fanfare for Roger (The "al Voisin" Fanfare) Joseph D. Foley (b. 1965) 

La Torche Peter Voisin (b. 1950) 

Bill Pfund, Joseph Foley, Peter Voisin, Michael Zonshine, 

Ed Hoffman, David Hickman, Neil Mueller, Danny Sappochetti, trumpets 

Doug Major, organ 

Eric Ruske, horn • Hans Bohn, trombone • Matthew Gaunt, tuba 

Roger Louis Voisin (born 26 June 1918) is a Frenchborn 

American classical trumpeter. In 1959, The New 

York Times called him "one of the best-known 

trumpeters in this country." 

Arguably one of the most influential trumpet 

performers and teachers of the twentieth century, 

Voisin joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as 

assistant principal trumpet in 1935 at age seventeen, 

and became principal trumpet in 1952. He performed 

in the Boston Symphony for 38 years, until 1973. 

During this period, he was also principal trumpet 

with the Boston Pops Orchestra. 

Voisin moved to the United States as a child when 

his father, René Voisin (1893-1952), was brought to the Boston Symphony as fourth 

trumpet by Sergei Koussevitzky in 1928. He was initially a student of his father, but 

he later studied with the Boston Symphony's second trumpet Marcel LaFosse 

(1895-1969) and principal trumpet Georges Mager (1885-1950). He also studied 

solfége with Boston Symphony contrabassist Gaston Dufresne. 

He is credited with premiere performances of many major works for trumpet 

including Paul Hindemith's Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (with Hindemith at the 

piano), and Alan Hovhaness' Prayer of St. Gregory. He is also credited with the US 

premiere of Alexander Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto, performing with the Boston 

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: ROGER VOISIN TRIBUTE 

Pops Orchestra in 1966. Leroy Anderson's A Trumpeter's Lullaby was written for 

Roger Voisin in 1949, and first recorded with Arthur Fiedler conducting Voisin and 

the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1950. Leroy Anderson states that "(A Trumpeter's 

Lullaby) had its beginning backstage at Symphony Hall in Boston. In addition to 

composing and conducting, I was arranger for the Boston pops Orchestra for a 

number of years — and after one of the concerts I was sitting talking with the 

conductor Arthur Fiedler and the first trumpet of the Boston pops, Roger Voisin. 

Suddenly Roger Voisin asked me why I didn't write a trumpet solo for him to play 

with the orchestra that would be different from traditional trumpet solos which are 

all loud, martial or triumphant. After thinking it over, it occurred to me that I had 

never heard a lullaby for trumpet so I set out to write one — with a quiet melody 

based on bugle notes played by the trumpet and with the rest of the orchestra 

playing a lullaby background." 

He has also been involved with many early recordings and performances of both 

solo and orchestral works including J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2, Béla 

Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, Aaron Copland's Quiet City, Joseph Haydn's 

Concerto for Trumpet in Eb, Alexander Scriabin's The Poem of Ecstasy, Georg 

Philipp Telemann's Concerto for Trumpet in D, and Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for 

Two Trumpets in C. 

Roger Voisin was with the Boston Symphony at the inception of the Tanglewood 

Music Center in 1940, and continues to serve on the faculty there, coaching the 

orchestral winds and teaching solfège to the conducting class. He became chair of 

the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) brass and percussion department 

in 1950 and was the primary trumpet teacher at NEC for nearly 30 years. In 1975 

he became a full professor at Boston University, teaching trumpet and chairing the 

wind, percussion and harp department until his retirement in 1999. In 1989 Voisin 

donated much of his personal music library to Boston University, where it is 

housed in the Mugar Library's "Special Music Collections". He was awarded an 

honorary Doctorate from the New England Conservatory in 1991, along with 

legendary jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. He has served on the jury of the Maurice 

André trumpet competition since 1988. 

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: JEFF HOLMES BIG BAND 

Prelude Concert by Grand Valley State University Trumpet Ensemble 

JEFF HOLMES BIG BAND 

with special guests Wayne Bergeron and Patrick Hession 

Jeff Holmes, trumpet, piano, 

composer/arranger 

John Mastroianni, soprano, alto, 

clarinet, flute, piccolo 

Bruce Diehl, soprano, alto, clarinet, flute 

Paul Lieberman, tenor, flute, piccolo, 

clarinet 

Geoff Vidal, tenor, clarinet, flute 

Lynn Klock, baritone, bass clarinet 

Donald Clough, trumpet, flugelhorn 

Pete Grimaldi, trumpet, flugelhorn 



Program 

Esprit Jeff Holmes 

Of One's Own Jeff Holmes 

Fever arr. Jeff Holmes 

Don't Explain Herzog/Holiday arr. Jeff Holmes 

Sweets Jeff Holmes 

African Skies Michael Brecker arr. Jeff Holmes 

Introducing Patrick Hession 

Oh Danny Boy 

Rocky 

Intermission 

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Steve Sontag, trumpet, flugelhorn 

Greg Hopkins, trumpet, flugelhorn 

Geoff Cunningham, trumpet, flugelhorn 

Eric Schedin, trombone 

David Sporny, trombone 

Ben Griffin, trombone 

William Carr, bass trombone 

Robert Ferrier, guitar 

Jeff Dostal, basses 

Jon Mele, drums 

Dawning Holmes, vocals

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: JEFF HOLMES BIG BAND 

The Emperor's New Clothes Clahar/Hamilton 

primary quartet transcription Frank Newton and Jeff Holmes 

orchestration and arrangement Jeff Holmes assisted by John Leonard 

I Was Doing All Right arr. Jeff Holmes 

Goin' To Chicago arr. Jeff Holmes 

Take The A Train/Rockin' In Rhythm Strayhorn/Ellington arr. Jeff Holmes 

Introducing Wayne Bergeron 

Rhythm Method Tom Kubis 

You Go To My Head arr.Tom Kubis 

High Clouds and A Chance of Wayne Tom Kubis 

Foxhunt Mike Abene 

House combo is made possible by the generous support of Jamey Aebersold. 

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: INGRID JENSEN 

INGRID JENSEN AND HER TRIO 



Program to include selections from her newest album "At Sea" 

Orrin Evans—Keyboards and rhodes: The NewYork Times described the pianist as 

"...a poised artist with an impressive template of ideas at his command", a quality 

undoubtedly recognized by the legendary saxophonist Bobby Watson who engaged 

Evans as piano chair for his band, a position he has held for six years. Orrin has 

also been playing with the Charles Mingus Big Band for the past three years, has 

also toured with such diverse talents as the evolutionary Wallace Roney, Stefon Harris, 

and Antonio Hart. With nine recordings out as a leader, his own touring band 

and numerous teaching positions,Orrin is one of the most 'in demand' players on 

the East Coast and beyond. 

Bassist Matt Clohesy has been playing with Ingrid Jensen for over four years and 

can be heard on her latest Cd, At Sea. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia Clohesy 

has quickly become one the busiest bass-players on the NewYork music scene. 

Some of the artists Matt has played with include the Geoffrey Keezer trio, Eric 

Alexander, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Joel Frahm, Diego Urcola, Eric Person, 

Will Vinson, Lage Lund and Matt Schulman. 

Based in NewYork but seem around the globe with many different groups, Jon 

Wikan has rapidly excelled to become one of the most sought-after drummers 

today. Born in Petersburg, Alaska and raised in Seattle, Washington Jon has gone 

on to perform with such great artists as Ernestine Anderson, John Fedchock, Mark 

Murphy, Freddy Cole, Darcy James Argue, Nancy King and Kurt Elling. He is a 

core member of the IJQ and the Geoffrey Keezer trio and can be heard on Maria 

Schneider's upcoming release (Sky Blue) contributing an array of percussion roles 

to the mix. Jon is also a noted-arranger and composer with numerous works being 

performed by big bands such as the Army Blues and the UMO Big Band in Finland. 

Ingrid Jensen is a Conn-Selmer Artist. 

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THURSDAY, MAY 31: JAMES STEPHENSON 

Prelude Concert by Mahidol University Trumpet Ensemble 

JAMES STEPHENSON COLLABORATION 

Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. 


Fanfare for Three Trumpets 

Paul Merkelo, Richard Stoelzel, Rene Hernandez - trumpets 

“Blue”from Bold, Blue and Bright 

Marc Reese, solo trumpet 

Ensemble trumpets: David Bamonte, Rene Hernandez, Richard Watson 

Jeffrey Work, Matthew Sonneborn, Charles Schlueter 

Eduardo Leandro, timpani 

Trio Sonata for Trumpet, Violin and Piano 

Andante semplice - Vivace 

Interlude 

Con fiero (“Devil’s Mischief”) 

Richard Stoelzel, trumpet • Eric Tanner, violin • Rebecca Wilt, piano 

Fantasie for Trumpet and Piano 

Paul Merkelo, trumpet • Rebecca Wilt, piano 

Vignettes for Trumpet and Percussion 

“Running with Lionel” 

“Chasing Igor” 

“Waltz in Berlin” 

“Dinner with Andre” 

Eric Berlin, trumpet • Eduardo Leandro, percussion 

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano 

Maestoso - March 

Lento - Waltz 

Vivo 

Matthew Sonneborn, trumpet • Rebecca Wilt, piano 

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THURSDAY, MAY 31: SOLO COMPETITION 

ITG SOLO COMPETITION FINALS 

Thursday May 31, 2007 AT 10:30 a.m. 

Reading Room 

Elvia Puccinelli, Piano 

PRELIMINARY JUDGES 

Rick Bogard - University of Texas at Arlington 

Thomas Booth - Southern Methodist University 

Gary Wurtz - Stephen F. Austin State University 

FINALS JUDGES 

Leonard Candelaria - University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Terry Everson - Boston University 

Crispian Steele-Perkins - International Soloist, United Kingdom 

FINALISTS 

Brittany Hendricks 

Northwestern University - Student of Barbara Butler 

Ryan Spacht 

Duquesne University - Student of Neal Bernsten 

Alexander White 

Julliard - Student of Ray Mase 

Repertoire 

Intrada pour trompette en Ut et piano Arthur Honegger 

(required) 

Concertino for Trumpet, Strings & Piano Andre Jolivet 

(Ryan Spacht, Alexander White) 

Konzert op. 42 für Trompete und Orchester (1972) Eino Tamberg 

1. Andante-Allegro 

2. Lento 

3. Allegro Molto 

(Brittany Hendricks) 

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THURSDAY, MAY 31: THOMPSON/BOHN RECITAL 

Prelude Concert by Troy University Trumpet Ensemble 

JAMES THOMPSON AND HANS BOHN RECITAL 

Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. 


Suite for Piano trumpet and tuba McLean 

1. I'll take the high road You take the low Road 

2. The Forward March 

3. Please Lower your voice 

4. Curves for Cornet 

Blues News: Issues with your Shoes 

Legend Enesco 

N.O. Rising for Trumpet and Trombone Kim Sharnberg 

Commisioned by the Hanson Institute for Amreican Music of the Eastman School 

Suite for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano Paquito D'Rivera 

1. Preludio 

2. Danzon 

3. Afro 

4. Merungue 

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THURSDAY, MAY 31: REX RICHARADSON 

Prelude Concert by Virginia Commonwealth University Trumpet Ensemble 

REX RICHARDSON RECITAL 



Rex Richardson, trumpet • Dimitri Shteinberg, piano 

Jeffrey Holmes, Piano • Chip Jackson, Bass • Steve Johns, Drums 

016 Fantasy Rex Richardson (2003) 

...drifting on a still point James Wiznerowicz (2005) 

Evo-Devolution (from Three Etudes for Solo Trumpet) Rex Richardson 

(2000) 

Masks Dana Wilson (2001) 

I 

II 

III 

Dear John Freddie Hubbard (1991) 

Shisha Lounge Rex Richardson (2005) 

Biliku Rex Richardson (1999) 

The Claim of the Ideal Rex Richardson (1991) 

Kryptonite James Spaulding (1967) 


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THURSDAY, MAY 31: WASHINGTON SYMPHONIC BRASS 

Prelude Concert by Texas State Trumpet Ensemble 

WASHINGTON SYMPHONIC BRASS at the MOVIES 



Rocky Fanfare Bill Conti (1942-) 

arr. Snedecor 

James Bond Medley John Barry (1933-) 

arr. Phil Snedecor Marvin Hamlisch (1944-) 

Bill Conte (1929-) 

Batman Returns Danny Elfman (1953-) 

arr. Phil Snedecor 

John Williams Medley John Williams (1932-) 

arr. Phil Snedecor and Daniel Havens 

I. Star Wars Main Theme 

II. Raiders of the Lost Ark 

III. Harry Potter 

IV. Theme from “Hook” 

V. Theme from “E.T. 

VI. Irish Wedding Dance from “Far and Away” 

VII. Imperial March 

Intermission 

The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) 

arr. Phil Snedecor 

Part One: Adoration Of The Earth 

Introduction 

The Spring Divinations - Dances Of The Young Girls 

Ritual of Abduction 

Spring Round Dances 

Games Of The Rival Tribes 

Procession Of The Wise Elder 

Dance Of The Earth 

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THURSDAY, MAY 31: WASHINGTON SYMPHONIC BRASS 

West Side Story Suite Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) 

arr. Jean-François Taillard 

I. Maria 

II. Tonight 

III. Somewhere 

“O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana Carl Orff (1895-1982) 

arr. Snedecor 

Horns: 

Marty Hackleman 

Teresa Bosch 

Amy Horn 

Chandra Cervantes 

Trumpets: 

Chris Gekker 

Matt Harding 

Scott Sabo 

Phil Snedecor 

Trombones: 

Charles Casey 

Chris Dudley 

David Sciannella 

Paul Schultz (Bass) 

Washington Symphonic Brass 

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Euphonium: 

Chris Dudley 

Jennifer Jester 

Tuba: 

David Brown 

Timpani: 

Bill Richards 

Percussion: 

Joe Connell 

Shari Rak 

Piano: 

Jennifer Jester

THURSDAY, MAY 31: MIKE VAX & TRPTS 

MIKE VAX and TRPTS 



Mike Vax 

Wayne Bergeron 

Clay Jenkins 

Carl Saunders 

Jeff Holmes, Piano 

Chip Jackson, Bass 

Steve Johns, Drums 

Scott Sasanecki, Guitar 

Licketysplit Field arr.Vax 

Wild Man Blues Armstrong arr. Gale 

Short Stop Rogers arr. Wilson 

I Can't Get Started Duke/Gershwin arr. Gale/Vax/Dunlap 

Day By Day Stordahl/Weston/Cahn arr. Secor/Vax 

Cornet Chop Suey Armstrong arr.Vax 

Four More Foxes Maiden arr.Vax 


Mike Vax is a Getzen Artist. 

Wayne Bergeron is aYamaha Artist. 

Clay Jenkins is an Edwards Artist. 

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FRIDAY, JUNE 1: JAZZ SOLO COMPETITION 

JAZZ SOLO COMPETITION 

Friday, June 1, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. 

Reading Room 

Jeff Holmes, Piano • Chip Jackson, Bass • Steve Johns, Drums 

COMPETITION CHAIR 

Scott Belck - Assistant Professor of Trumpet, University of Minnesota Duluth 

FINALISTS 

Martin Patfield 

University of Arizona - Student of Jeff Haskell 

Kyle Athayde 

Julliard School - Student of Mark Gould 

Jonathan Saraga 

SUNY, Purchase - Student of Jim Rotundi 

Alternate: Cameron Summers 

TCU – Student of Jon Burgess 

PRELIMINARY ROUND JUDGES 

Steve Roach, Director of Jazz Studies 

California State University Sacramento 

Joey Tartell 

Assistant Professor of Trumpet 

Jacobs School of Music 

Indiana University 

Vance Thompson 

Jazz Trumpet Instructor 

University of Tennessee 

Founder and Director 

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra 

FINAL ROUND JUDGES 

Brad Goode - University of Colorado, Boulder 

Clay Jenkins - Eastman School of Music 

Tom Palance - Retired Trumpet Soloist, US Navy Commodores 


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FRIDAY, JUNE 1: MARC REESE 

Prelude Concert by Trumpet Ensemble from 

the Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa 

MARC REESE RECITAL 

with Douglas Major, Organ 

Friday, June 1, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. 


Prayer of Saint Gregory Alan Hovhaness 

Sound and Fury *world premiere* James M. Stephenson, III 

Chichester Psalms Leonard Bernstein 

Il Vecchio Castillo Modest Mussorgsky 

Additional selections to be announced from the stage. 

Rogers Organ made possible through the generosity of Daffer Organ Company. 

Performance made possible in part by support from Conn-Selmer. 

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FRIDAY JUNE 1: CRISPIAN STEELE-PERKINS 

Prelude Concert by Yale Trumpets 

CRISPIAN STEELE-PERKINS RECITAL 

with Irina Feoktistova, piano 

Friday, June 1, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. 


The Trumpet from Handel to Gershwin 

Trumpet Overture G.F. Handel (1685 – 1759) 

Trumpet Sonata A. Stradella (1644 – 1682) 

Nashville Nightingale G. Gershwin (1898 – 1937) 

“Demonstration” of 18th century mechanisms illustrated in the music of 

H. Purcell (1659 -1695) - W.A. Mozart - G.F. Handel 

Andante & Rondo in E J.N. Hummel (1778-1837) 

Intermission 

“Post-Horn”Serenade W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) 

“Fireworks”Music G.F. Handel 

Concerto [K 412] W.A. Mozart 

Medley G. Gershwin 

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FRIDAY, JUNE 1: CHRIS MARTIN 

Prelude Concert by Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Trumpet Ensemble 

CHRIS MARTIN RECITAL 

with Elvia Puccinelli, piano 



Concerto St. Marc Tomasso Albinoni (1671-1751) 

Grave 

Allegro 

Andante 

Allegro 

Concerto op. 41 Alexander Goedicke (1877-1957) 

An Aria (with dancing) Marc-Anthony Turnage (b. 1960) 

For John Wallace 

Semaine sainte à cuzco Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) 

Nightsongs Richard Peaslee (b. 1930) 

Manhattan Philip Sparke (b.1951) 

Saturday Serenade 

Sunday Scherzo 

Chris Martin is aYamaha Artist. 

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FRIDAY, JUNE 1: WALTER CHESNUT 

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TRIBUTE TO WALTER CHESNUT 

Hosted by Linda Hannum and James Snedecor 



Walter M. Chesnut, professor emeritus of Music, whose 

stirring horn fanfares thrilled thousands who attended 

major campus events for more than 25 years, died May 4 

at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He was 71. 

One of the most well known and beloved faculty members 

on campus, he taught trumpet in the Department of Music 

and Dance for 34 years until his retirement in 2001. He 

also served as principal trumpet for Springfield 

Symphony Orchestra from 1967-73. 

He began playing his famous fanfares at Commencement in 1975, often bringing 

cheering audiences to their feet as he signaled the opening of ceremonies. Perhaps 

his most triumphant performance as herald was in 1993, just a few months after a 

severe spinal injury left him partially paralyzed and unable to play a traditional 

trumpet. 

Just two days after being released from a rehabilitation hospital, Chesnut 

maneuvered his motorized wheelchair to the front of the stage at McGuirk Alumni 

Stadium and with the help of a close friend, brought a valveless post horn to his 

lips. The notes of the fanfare he had composed many years earlier filled the 

stadium, and the appreciative crowd of 24,000 gave him a standing ovation. 

He persevered with his rehabilitation, learning to walk again and to play an 

adapted trumpet horn equipped with touch pads. He returned to teaching in the fall 

of 1994 and continued teaching part-time after retiring. 

“Walter Chesnut was one of this 

campus’ iconic figures, an individual 

whose dedication to the institution 

and his commitment to providing 

the best for student, faculty, parents 

and friends was legendary,” said 

Chancellor John V. Lombardi.“Of 

course most knew him for his 

virtuoso fanfares with his herald’s 

trumpet which made every 

ceremonial event come alive. His 

unfailing good spirits and his 

enthusiasm for this wonderful place

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were infectious and we will all miss 

him very much.” 

Born in Norfolk,Va., Chesnut 

earned his bachelor’s and master’s 

degree in music education at the 

University of Michigan in 1958 and 

1959, respectively. At Michigan, he 

was a soloist with the university’s 

symphony band and also 

performed with the Ann Arbor 

Symphony and other area musical 

ensembles. 

He was instrumental music director for the Colon, Mich. public schools from 1959- 

62 and then director of the junior high band and orchestra in Sturgis, Mich. from 

1962-66. He was also active as a clinician, soloist and adjudicator through Michigan 

and Indiana. 

He served as a teaching fellow at the University of Michigan for a year before 

coming to UMass in 1967 as an instructor of trumpet. 

As a faculty member, he directed the University Brass Choir and was a member of 

the faculty Brass Trio. In 1970, he toured Europe with the Chorale as a soloist and a 

member of the Brass Trio. Four years later, he was a guest artist when the Chamber 

Singers toured Italy, Austria and Switzerland. In 1975, he was guest soloist with the 

Boston Pops Orchestra, performing the Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E Flat under 

the direction of Arthur Fiedler. He was acting director of the Amherst-Mount 

Holyoke Orchestra in 1973-74. 

Also an accomplished music educator, he was awarded the Distinguished Teaching 

Award in 1992. 

At a retirement celebration in 2001, one of his former students, Linda Hannum 

said,“His lessons transcend mere scales and arpeggios. He teaches us to be true to 

ourselves, to live with passion, to give more than anyone else expects of you, to be 

your best even if your best is not the best, and to be better today than you were 

yesterday. His message is timeless.” 

During his career, he was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal, the Lowell Mason 

award from the Massachusetts Music Educators Association and the Kappa Kappa 

Psi Distinguished Service to Music Award. He was also awarded the title University 

Herald Trumpeter Emeritus upon his retirement. 

In 2004, he was awarded an honorary degree at Commencement in recognition of 

his long service to the campus, his students and the field of music.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1: NEW ENGLAND BRASS BAND 

Prelude Concert by Boston University Trumpet Ensemble 

NEW ENGLAND BRASS BAND 



DouglasYeo, Music Director 

Terry Everson, Associate Conductor 

Soloists: 

Terry Everson: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet 

Philip Cobb: cornet, trumpet 

Kevin Maloney: flugelhorn 

Rene Hernandez: cornet 

Fanfare from“Occasion” Edward Gregson 

Simple Gifts arr. Goff Richards 

The Glorious Fountain Bernard Smith 

Philip Cobb, cornet soloist arr. Robert Redhead 

Adagio from “Concierto de Aranjuez” Joaquín Rodrigo, arr. Holton 

Kevin Maloney, flugelhorn soloist 

Escapade Joseph Turrin 

Terry Everson, piccolo trumpet soloist 

Don’t Doubt Him Now Leonard Ballantine 

Philip Cobb, cornet soloist arr. Craig Woodland 

Hometown Miniatures Drew Fennell 

Virtuosity Kenny Baker 

Philip Cobb, trumpet soloist arr. Jack Peberdy 

Blessed Assurance arr. Stephen Bulla 

Terry Everson, flugelhorn and trumpet soloist 

March: Rhode Island Lloyd Reslow 

Cornet Trio: The Heralds Philip Catelinet 

Philip Cobb, Rene Hernandez, Terry Everson, cornet trio 

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SATURDAY, JUNE 2: VINCENT CICHOWICZ TRIBUTE 

TRIBUTE TO VINCENT CICHOWICZ 

Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. 


NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI 

CLASS OF 1983 TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 

Neal Berntsen - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (2nd trumpet) 

Bruce Briney - Western Illinois University (Professor) 

Robert Dorer - Minnesota Orchestra (2nd Trumpet) 

Kevin Hartman - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Professor) 

Mark Hughes - Houston Symphony Orchestra (Principal Trumpet) 

Thomas Rolfs - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Principal Trumpet) 

Judith Saxton - North Carolina School of the Arts (Professor) 

Concerto for Seven Trumpets and Timpani (1795) Johann Ernst Altenburg 

(1734-1801) 

Allegro 

Andante 

Vivace 

TBA, Timpani 

Angels (from Men and Angels) 1925 Carl Ruggles (1876-1971) 

Bruce Briney, Conductor 

Sonata à 7 (1668) Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704) 

TBA, Timpani 

TBA, Organ 

Video montage by Joyce Davis. 

Recollections of Mr. Cichowicz hosted by Frank Kaderabek. 

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SATURDAY, JUNE 2: VINCENT CICHOWICZ TRIBUTE 

VINCENT CICHOWICZ, born in Chicago in 1927, began his musical career at the 

age of seventeen as a member of the Houston Symphony. After serving in the 

United States Fifth Army Band, Mr. Cichowicz returned to Chicago, resuming his 

musical career there while attending Roosevelt University. In 1952, he was 

awarded a position with the Chicago Symphony, where he remained for 23 years. 

He performed under many of the world’s foremost conductors including Raphael 

Kubelik, Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon, and Sir Georg Solti-all musical directors of 

the Chicago Symphony. During this period, he was a member of the Chicago 

Symphony Brass Quintet, and participated in the Grammy Award-winning 

recording, The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli. 

Mr. Cichowicz’s long-time association with Northwestern University awarded him 

Professor Emeritus status as well as receiving the “Legends in Teaching Award” 

from this institution in 1997. Mr. Cichowicz is considered throughout the world as 

an icon in trumpet pedagogy. In addition to Northwestern University, he was a 

faculty member of the NationalYouth Orchestra of Canada (1980-2002) and of the 

Brass Seminar at Domaine Forget in Charlevoix, Quebec, from 1986 until 2004. Mr. 

Cichowicz presented masterclasses and clinics throughout the United States, 

Canada, Europe, and Japan. Many of his students hold positions in major 

symphony orchestras as well as esteemed institutions of higher education 

worldwide. In 1995, he was appointed Music Director of the Millar Brass. Their 

recordings can be heard on the Delos label. 

Vincent Cichowicz was a founding member of the steering committee responsible 

for the formation of the International Trumpet Guild. At the 1997 ITG Conference 

in Göteborg, Sweden he was presented with a special award from the President of 

Euro-ITG Chapter, the late Bengt Eklund, Cichowicz’s first non-American student. 

Following in 1999, Mr. Cichowicz was awarded the International Trumpet Guild 

Honorary Award for lifetime achievement. 

Vincent Cichowicz succumbed to a brave fight with colon cancer on December 11, 

2006. 

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SATURDAY, JUNE 2: FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETS 

FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETS 

Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. 


Music of the British (Royal) Household Cavalry Trumpeters Anonymous 

Royal Salute - 1483 Coronation of King Richard the Third 

Flourish - 1660 Restoration of Charles the Second 

The Night Watch - 1689 William and Mary "the Bloodless Revolution" 

Lord Mayor - 1690 William and Mary's Coronation, London 

The Clock - 1858 Inauguration of the Famous London Landmark "Big Ben" - 

Life Guards 

Crispian Steele-Perkins, Sharon Jacobsen-Stine, 

Charles Stine, Lisa Blackmore; natural trumpets 

Courage of the Olympians Robert Bradshaw 

Robert Bradshaw; conductor 

Bala Brass—Seelan Manickam, Chris Hawes; trumpets, 

James Baker; French Horn, Tom Otto; Trombone, Adam Porter, Tuba 

Jon Burgess, Frank Campos and John Irish; trumpets—UMASS Brass Ensemble 

Gertrude’s Bounce Richie Powell 

John Thomas, Jeremy Brekke, Dan Fisher, 

Tom Palance, David McChesney; trumpets 

Fanatasia Brasileira J. Duda 

James Zingara; conductor 

Peter Wood, Mary Thorton, Randy Tinnin, John Ketch, Stephen Jones; trumpets 

Lauda David Jex 

James Ketch; conductor 

Richard Stoelzel, Frank Hanson, David Cooper, Richard Rulli, 

Andrew Classen, Howard Brahmstedt; trumpets 

Brooklyn Fanfare Evan Hause 

Peter Wood; conductor 

Seelan Manickam, Chris Hawes, Judith Saxton, 

Randall Sorenson, Gerald Makeever; trumpets 

Fantasy for Trumpet David Wilborn 

Luis Engelke; conductor • James Ackley; Solo Trumpet 

Michael Anderson, Raul Sosa Ornelas, John Lamkin, Eric Latini, 

James Zingara, Dan Fisher; trumpets 

Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman Joan Tower 

James Olcott; conductor 

Frank Campos, Eric Latini, Stephen Jones, Steve Dunn; trumpets 

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Magnificat à 33 Giovanni Gabrieli 

Conductor: David Baldwin 

Choir I: Eric Latini, Peter Wood, Joseph Ardovino, Andrew Classen; trumpets 

Choir II: Alan Siebert, Richard House, David Bohnert, Daniel Zehringer; trumpets 

Choir III: James Ackley, Seelan Manickam; flugelhorns; James Zingara; trumpet 

Choir IV: Joseph Bowman, Randy Tinnin, Steve Wright; trumpets 

Choir V: David Cooper, Stephen Dunn; flugelhorns; Brian Evans; trumpet 

Choir VI: James Ketch, Craig Garrett, Donna Gouger, Luis Engelke; trumpets 

Choir VII: Jon Burgess, Paul Dorsam; trumpets 

Fanfare and Fugue Jan Bach 

Jeffrey Boehm; conductor 

Frank Campos, Brian Evans, Joseph Bowman, 

Scott Belk, Mary Thornton; trumpets 

Brass Rings Beth Wiemann 

Jack Burt; conductor 

Brian Evans, Mary Thornton, Alan Siebert, Tom Palance, James Zingara, Scott 

Belck, David McChesney, Dan Fisher; trumpets 

Contratulamini Mihi Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 

David McChesney; conductor 

John Irish, Donna Gouger, John Lamkin II, Raul Sosa Ornelas, 

Frank Campos, Craig Garrett, Paul Dorsam, Judith Saxton; trumpets 

Intrada Dramatica Joe Price 

Scott Belck; conductor 

James Ackley, Alan Siebert, James Olcott, David Baldwin, Dan Zerhinger, 

John Irish and Seelan Manickam, Steve Wright; trumpets 

Fanfare Alberto Ginastera 

Randall Tinnin; conductor 

Joseph Bowman, James Ketch, Chris Hawes, Jack Burt; trumpets 

Au Soir George Enescu 

Frank Hanson; conductor 

Luis Engelke, Judith Saxton, Bryan Edgett, Richard House; trumpets 

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Earle of Oxford’s March Gregory Pascuzzi 

Greg Pascuzzi, conductor • Tom Palance, Solo Jazz Trumpet 

Big Band: Jeremy Brekke, Craig Garrett, David Bohnert, Randy Tinnin 

Brass Left: Richard Stoelzel, Peter Wood, Brian Evans, Steve Wright, 

Stephen Jones, Chris Hawes 

Brass Right: Frank Campos, Alan Siebert, John Irish, 

Jeffrey Boehme, John Lamkin, Paul Dorsam 

Brass Middle Left: James Ackley, Richard House, Gerald Makeever, 

Raul Sosa Ornelas, Andrew Classen, Frank Hanson 

Brass Middle Right: Joseph Bowman, Steven Dunn, Bryan Edgett, 

James Ketch, Daniel Zerhinger, Donna Gouger 

Brass Top Left: Jack Burt, David McChesney, Judith Saxton, 

Dan Fisher, Randall Sorenson, James Zingara 

Brass Top Right: Richard Rulli, Mary Thornton, Eric Latini, 

James Olcott, David Cooper, Jon Burgess 

James Ackley/ University of South Carolina 

Joseph Ardovino/University of Montevallo 

Scott Belk/University of Minnesota-Duluth 

Lisa Blackmore/Lindenwood University 

Jeffrey Boehm/Bluffton University 

David Bohnert/Wayne State College 

Joseph Bowman/Mahidol University 

Howard Brahmstedt/Freelance Minneapolis 

Jeremy Brekke/Loyola University 

Jon Burgess, /Texas Christian University 

Jack Burt/University of Maine 

Frank Campos/Ithaca College 

Andrew Classen/Drake University 

David Cooper/UW-Platteville 

Paul Dorsam 

Stephen Dunn/Northern Arizona University 

Bryan Edgett/Eastern University 

Luis Engelke/Towson University 

Brian Evans/Australian Opera & Ballet 

Orchestra 

Dan Fisher/ Denis Wick Co. 

Craig Garrett/Blinn College 

Donna Gouger/Smith College 

Frank Hanson/University of Wisconsin- 

Whitewater 

Chris Hawes/ Bala Brass 

Richard House/Clafin University 

John Irish/ Angelo State University 

Sharon Jacobsen-Stine/Crown Music Press 

Stephen G. Jones/Western Michigan 

University 

FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETS PARTICIPANTS 

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James Ketch/University of N. Carolina 

John Lamkin II/University of Maryland 

Eastern Shore 

Eric Latini/Skidmore College 

Gerald Makeever/Montana State University 

Seelan P. Manickam/ University of 

Massachusetts Boston 

David McChesney/UNC- Chapel Hill 

James Olcott/Miami University 

Raul Sosa Ornelas/Lamar University 

Thomas Palance/University of New 

Hampshire 

Richard Rulli/University of Arkansas 

Judith Saxton/North Carolina School of the 

Arts 

Alan Siebert/University of Cincinnati 

Randall Sorenson/Louisiana Tech 

Crispian Steele-Perkins/International Soloist 

Charles Stine/Crown Music Press 

Richard Stoelzel/Grand Valley State 

University 

John Thomas/University of Southern 

California 

Mary Thorton/Del Mar College 

Randy Tinnin/University of N. Florida 

Peter Wood/University of South Alabama 

Steve Wright/Gustavus Adolphus College 

Daniel Zehringer/Wright State University 

James Zingara/Troy University

PRELUDE CONCERT PROGRAMS 

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 • 12:30pm 

Jack Burt, conductor 

Brass Rings Beth Wiemann (University of Maine) 

(Premiere performance, composed for the 

UMaine Trumpet Ensemble appearance at the 2007 ITG Conference) 

Jerod Budge, Alexander Cardmone, Jon Chellis, Chad Dickerson, Michelle Figg, 

Aaron Gagnon, Laura Latinski, Michael Nokes, Elizabeth Rucci, Karl Varian, 

Andrew P.Young, trumpets 

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RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Joseph Foley, director 

Turmmusik for 6 Trumpets, Op. 105a Heinrich Kaspar Schmid 

Fanfare Voisin Mel Broiles 

Fanfare for Jane, The Fitzpatrick Fanfare Joseph Foley 

Samuel Costa, Joshua DaPonte, Alisha Dexter, Amanda Gill, Jay Stelle, trumpets 

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THE GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Richard Stoelzel, coach 

Cityscapes Erik Morales 

1. Rush Hour 

2. Skyscrapers 

3. Rhythm of the City 

Hunter Eberly, Jeffrey Lewandowski, Paul Mueller, Jeffrey Northman, Jon Ruffer 

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LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 

Thursday, May 31, 2007 • 9:00am 

Dr. Lisa Blackmore, director 

Fanfare Antigua (Premiere) John Cheetham 

Obsequies (Premiere) Kimberly K. Archer 

. . before the rain (Premiere) Barry Ford 

Chris Dressler, Stephen Fifer, J.R. Hausmann, 

Mike Israel, Jeff Simpher, Stephen White, trumpets 

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MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 

Thursday, May 31, 2007 • 10:30am 

Joseph Bowman, director 

Fanfare (1981) Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) 

Goodnight, Alex (World Premier) Daniel Eichenbaum (1977) 

Love at Sundown HM The King of Thailand 

arr. Shuichi Komiyama 

Jakapun Chaiya, Surachet Chanoksakul, Alongkorn Laosaichua, 

Sompop Puengpreeda 

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THE TROY UNIVERSITY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 

Thursday, May 31, 2007 • 12:30pm 

Dr. James Zingara, director 

Philharmonic Fanfare (premiere) David Ott 

Spring: A New Beginning (premiere) David Marlatt 

Daniel Arute, Justin Compton, Michelle Cross, Rhett Griffith, Lamar Hawthorne, 

Alyse Hudson, Chris Jeter, Michael Johnston, Nick McDonald, Melanie Perry, Alan 

Roberts, Leslie Starkey, trumpets 

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LOYOLA TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Dr. Jeremy Brekke, director 

Sonoran Desert Harmonies Eric Ewazen 

New Orleans Medley Arr. John Mahoney 

Jose Amador, Charles Arnold, Samia Asmel, Michael Girardot, Elliot Luckett, 

Matt Skarzynski, Matt Soukup, Jairo Vega, trumpets 

Jeff Holmes, piano; Chip Jackson, bass; Steve Johns, drums. 

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VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Rex Richardson, director 

"Rhapsody Hijaz" (world premiere performance) Rex Richardson 

Cole Baty, Eric Blanks, Jared Broussard, Rob Quallich, 

Alex Samawicz, Matt Wittig, trumpets 

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PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Dr. Todd J. Hastings, director 

For Five John Ross 

Fanfare Festoso Allen Vizzutti 

Matt Carter, A.J. Metzger, Erin Smith, Trey Wadell, Will Koehler, trumpets 

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TEXAS STATE TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Conducted by Jack Laumer 

Sonatina No. 2 Don Gillis 

I Majestically 

Caccia for Trumpet Quartet (World premiere) Dr Russell Riepe 

Brett Nelson, New Braunfels, TX 

Brandon Kelly, Belleville, TX 

Charles Frost, Austin, TX 

Mark Casas, Kyle, TX 

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TRUMPET ENSEMBLE FROM THE ESCOLA SUPERIOR 

DE MUSICA DE LISBOA 

Friday, June 1, 2007 • 10:30am 

David Burt, director 

Cocktail Jerome Naulais 

Suite for Five Trumpets Ronald Lo Presti 

Intrada 

Finale 

Tiago Alves, Jorge Barroso, Bruno Fernandes, Daniel Louro, Hugo Santos 

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YALE TRUMPETS 

Friday, June 1, 2007 • 12:30pm 

Allan Dean, coach 

Pentagram Gary Kulesha 

Aaron Hodgson, Joel Brennan, Olivia Malin, 

Chih-Hao Lin, Thomas Bergeron, trumpets 

Fanfare Joan Panetti 

(World Premiere - written for theYale Trumpet studio of 2007) 

Thomas Bergeron, Olivia Malin, Joel Brennan, Chih-Hao Lin, 

Aaron Hodgson, Dan Beck, trumpets 

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NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Benjamin Wright, coach 

Sonata à 7 H.I.F. Biber 

Travis Peterson, Michael Dobrinski, Lauren Strobel, 

Joe Klaus, Danilo Henriquez, Eric Blackman, trumpets 

Joe Becker, timpani • Najib Wong, conductor 

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DRAKE UNIVERSITY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Andrew Classen, conductor 

Infant Eyes Wayne Shorter/Arr. Andrew Classen 

Fantasia Eric Ewazen 

Justin Brookens , CJ Howard, Andy Poppen, Rachel Gulick, Melody DeVos, Matt 

Wilson, Ben Tilus, Bryan Kwilasz, trumpets 

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BOSTON UNIVERSITY TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 


Terry Everson, Director 

Library Fanfare Terry Everson 

Dedicatory Fanfare Terry Everson 

Finale from Symphony No. 4 in A Major (“Italian”), Op. 90 Felix Mendelssohn 

arr. Terry Everson 

Spencer Aston, Laura Carpenter, Steven Del Ross, Patrick Doyle, Gregory Lloyd, 

Jessica Lordi, Kevin Maloney, Mark Mashburn, Robert Reustle, Geoffrey Shamu, 

Kyra Sovronsky, Nathan Tighe, trumpets 

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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO JAZZ TRUMPET QUARTET 


Brad Goode, director 

Irv's at Midnight Ernie Krivda 

arr. Kevin Woods 

Scott McKee, Tom Gershwin, Steve Morley, Kevin Woods, trumpets 

Jeffrey Holmes, Piano • Chip Jackson, Bass • Steve Johns, Drums 

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BOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 

Saturday, June 2, 2007 • 10:30am 

Stephen Banzaert, coach 

In the Forest: Overture William Spencer Johnson 

O crux ave Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, arr. R. King 

Canzon Cornetto a 4 voc. Samuel Scheidt 

Dan Buckley, Kathryn Driscoll, Nathaniel Meyer, Nicholas Romano, trumpets 

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO TRUMPET ENSEMBLE 

Saturday, June 2, 2007 • 8:00pm 

Conductor: Robert Murray 

Three Aspects of a Fu-Dog William Schmidt 

1. Shishi (Japanese) 

2. Manjuri (Chinese) 

3. Con Lan (Indonesia) 

Trumpets: Nora Smith, Jay Ellsmore, Mike Shobe, Ann Franek, 

Josh Margheim, Brian Helfrich 

Percussion: Gray Barrier, Jason Herron, Ruben Romero 

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2007 ITG TRUMPET ARTISTS 

DAVID BAMONTE has been a member of the Oregon Symphony 

since 1994. Prior to coming to Oregon, Dave played two 

seasons in the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. He has 

performed in concert with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, 

NewYork Philharmonic and theVienna Philharmonic in 

Carnegie Hall. Dave can be heard on recordings by the Oregon 

Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops 

and with Wynton Marsalis and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. His 

most recent recordings are as principal trumpet of the Israel 

Philharmonic performing Mahler 2 and as solo cornetist on a recording of L’Histoire 

du Soldat withThird Angle New Music Ensemble. Dave has also performed master 

classes and clinics throughout the US and Japan. 

WAYNE BERGERON is enjoying a career as one of the most active 

players on the Los Angeles scene -- and has no intention of 

slowing down. In 1986 Wayne landed the lead trumpet position 

with the Maynard Ferguson Band. He can be heard on such Ferguson 

recordings as Body & Soul, Big Bop Nouveau, and Brass 

Attitude. 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." 

Bergeron's first solo Big Band CD entitled You Call This A Living? earned him a 

Grammy nomination in 2004 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble. His latest recording, Plays 

Well With Others, has just been released on Concord Jazz.Wayne is joined on one track 

by the late Maynard Ferguson in one of the trumpet legend's final recordings. 

As a sideman Wayne has been involved with hundreds of recordings with the most 

creative and successful musical artists in the world, including Beyonce, Christina 

Aguilera, Chicago, Bette Midler, Ray Charles, Diane Reeves, Celine Dion, Billy Joel, 

Diana Krall, MelTorme, Barry Manilow, Arturo Sandoval, Robbie Williams, Keeley 

Smith, Josh Groban, Ronnie Milsap, Lee Ann Womack, Lou Rawls, Green Day,The Offspring, 

Bobby Caldwell, Rosemary Cloony, Diane Schuur, Brian Setzer, Joe Cocker, 

Eric Marienthal, Dave Koz, David Benoit, Warren Hill,Tito Puente andThe Hollywood 

Bowl Orchestra. 

Bergeron has worked on over 250 television and motion picture soundtracks. His film 

credits include The Incredibles, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Team America, National Treasure, 

Spiderman 2,Anchorman, The Day After Tomorrow,3 Musketeers, Starsky and Hutch, 

Pirates of the Caribbean , Catch Me ifYou Can, American Pie, Analyze This, Scream 3, 

South Park, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His trumpet solos can be heard on 

High Crimes, Rounders, The Mask, The Rat Pack, Aladdin King of Thieves, Foolproof, 

and Two Days in theValley. 

For television, such shows as ESPN & TNT sports themes, Entertainment Tonight, 

American Idol, Emmy Awards, Academy Awards, Latin Grammy's, Frank Sinatra's 

80th B-Day Special, Jerry Lewis Telathon, Jeopardy, and America's Funniest Home 

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Videos. His trumpet solos have been heard on music from King of the Hill, The Division, 

The Agency, Arrested Development, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Bergeron 

has also played on hundreds of television and radio jingles. 

Wayne's passion for big bands has found an outlet in some of LA's most well respected 

ensembles. He has recorded with Quincy Jones, Gordon Goodwin, Pat 

Williams, Sammy Nestico, Jack Sheldon,Tom Kubis, John La Barbara, Ralph 

Carmichael, Bob Florence, Frank Capp, Matt Cattingub, Bill Liston, Kim Richmond, 

Ray Anthony, Roger Neumann, Bill Perkins, Buddy Childers, Bill Elliott, Chris 

Walden, Gary Irwin, Bill Watrous, and Bob Curnow. 

ERIC BERLIN leads a musical life devoted to exploration and 

diversity, from solo engagements to chamber and orchestral 

music to pedagogy. His technical virtuosity, magnified by a rich 

and robust sound, has been heard in many world premieres of 

solo and chamber music works. Following the premiere of Evan 

Hause'sTrumpet Concerto, a work commissioned by the Albany 

Symphony Orchestra for Mr. Berlin, one reviewer wrote that "his 

fluency and gorgeous sound were both amazing." 

Berlin 's acclaimed solo performances have spanned and augmented the range of 

trumpet repertoire. In addition to the Hause Concerto, he recently premiered Charles 

Bestor's Concerto Piccolo, a work dedicated to Mr. Berlin. Other world premieres 

given by Berlin include Robert Bradshaw's Sonata forTrumpet and Piano, Howard 

Buss's Skylines, and PasqualeTassone's Fanfare andThree Dances.This dedication to 

the music of our time has also led to collaborations with several leading new music ensembles, 

including the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, MusicaViva, ALEA III, the 

Harvard Group for New Music, and Dogs of Desire, a new music component of the Albany 

Symphony Orchestra. 

In other solo appearances, he was featured as soloist in John Williams's music from 

"Born on the Fourth of July," conducted by the composer, has appeared with the University 

of Massachusetts Wind Ensemble and the Nashua Chamber Orchestra, and 

was the First Prize Winner of the Streitweiser Cornet Competition. In May of 2005, he 

performed Arutunian's Concerto forTrumpet on tour with the Helsinki University 

Symphony Orchestra throughout Finland. In June of 2005, he performed a full recital 

of works commissioned by him with percussionist Eduardo Leandro at the InternationalTrumpet 

Guild Conference in Bangkok,Thailand. 

Eric Berlin has been PrincipalTrumpeter of the Albany Symphony Orchestra since 

1998 and has also appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the NewYork Philharmonic, 

the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Pops. With the Albany 

Symphony and conductor David Alan Miller, he can be heard on several acclaimed 

recordings, including those of works by William Schuman, John Harbison, Morton 

Gould, and Roy Harris. In addition, Mr. Berlin holds positions of PrincipalTrumpet of 

the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and Associate PrincipalTrumpet of the Colorado 

Music Festival in Boulder, CO. 

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The Majestic Brass Quintet, founded by Berlin in 1988 and ensemble-in-residence at 

Northeastern University , is one of Boston 's most prominent brass ensembles. 

A native of Pennsylvania , Berlin attended the New England Conservatory of Music, 

where he was a student of Charles Schlueter, former PrincipalTrumpet of the Boston 

Symphony Orchestra, and Robert Nagel of the NewYork Brass Quintet. He has also 

studied extensively withVince Penzerella,Tom Rolfs, and Frank Kadarabek. Carrying 

on the tradition of those great musicians, Mr. Berlin maintains a studio as Artist- 

Teacher ofTrumpet at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he is this 

year's host of the InternationalTrumpet Guild Conference. 

Berlin 's new recording, The End of the Matter on MSR Records, is being released during 

this year's ITG Conference. The End of the Matter consists entirely of premier 

recordings of works commissioned by and premiered by him. 

Eric Berlin is aYamaha Performing Artist. 

NEAL BERNTSEN joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 

trumpet section in March 1997, having been appointed at the invitation 

of Music Director Lorin Maazel in 1996. Mr. Berntsen is 

a graduate of both the University of Puget Sound and Northwestern 

University. A former member of the Chicago Lyric 

Opera Orchestra and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Neal 

has also performed as principal trumpet for the Ravinia Festival 

Orchestra and the Bamberg Sinfoniker in Germany. Other orchestral 

performances have included the Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 

Active as a chamber musician, Neal is a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass 

and Asbury Brass of Chicago. In June 2005 Mr. Berntsen toured Japan with members 

of the Chicago Symphony brass section with the Chicago Brass Soloists. As a soloist 

he recently performed the Arutunian Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra withThe 

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Berntsen’s performance of Copland’s Quiet City 

was called a highlight of the 2005 season by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Mr. 

Berntsen’s solo recording TrumpetVoices was released in Nov. 2005. 

As an educator, Mr. Berntsen is on the faculties of Duquesne University and Carnegie 

Mellon University. Mr. Berntsen has presented master classes and recitals around the 

world. 

RICK BOGARD is Associate Professor ofTrumpet, Coordinator 

of the Performance Area, and Assistant Chair of the Music Department 

at the University ofTexas at Arlington. He holds the 

DMA degree inTrumpet Performance from the University of 

NorthTexas, as well as degrees from Baylor University and the 

University of Central Arkansas. At UTArlington, Bogard 

teaches applied trumpet and conducts theTrumpet Ensemble, 

which performed at the 2001 and 2003 ITG Conferences. 

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Bogard has been a member of the Dallas Opera Orchestra since 1989, and performed 

as PrincipalTrumpet during the 1993-94 season. He has recorded Mahler, Respighi, 

and Shostakovich with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and has been a member of 

the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Wind Symphony. He has appeared 

as soloist with the UTArlington Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and theTexas 

Wind Symphony. He and accompanist John Solomons have performed recitals 

throughout the United States, including a performance at the 2006 MENC National 

Convention in Salt Lake City. 

In 2004, Bogard recorded a solo CD of art song transcriptions titled“Trumpet Songs.” 

(Centaur 2679) A review of the CD in the American Record Guide stated.…..”Bogard 

knows how to make a song sound beautiful…..his sweet tone quality is reliable in all 

registers…..his pitch is excellent and he plays with feeling.” His book Daily Warm Ups 

and Skills Studies for Trumpet is published by Gore Publishing Company and he is an 

Artist/Clinician for theVincent Bach division of the Conn-Selmer Corporation. 

JOSEPH BOWMAN is Professor ofTrumpet, Chair of the Brass 

Department, and Assistant Director for International Relations 

at the Mahidol University College of Music in Bangkok,Thailand. 

His duties include teaching applied trumpet, performing in 

the faculty brass quintet, directing the trumpet ensemble, and 

teaching trumpet literature and pedagogy. Prior to his appointment, 

Bowman served on the faculty ofThe University ofTennessee 

at Martin, and as teaching assistant at Arizona State 

University. 

Bowman is principal trumpet of theThailand Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed 

with the Memphis, Phoenix, and Hot Springs Festival Orchestras among others, 

and has given solo performances and master classes across the United States, 

Asia, and Europe. Recently, Bowman gave a master class and taught lessons in China, 

Singapore, andVietnam. As a performer, he has recorded for Summit Records, D’Note, 

and Naxos American. 

An avid writer, Bowman has over thirty publications in such publications as the International 

Trumpet Guild Journal, The Instrumentalist, and the NACWPI Journal. Recent 

articles in the ITG Journal include“An Annotated Bibliography of 

Twentieth-Century Sonatas forTrumpet and Piano”,“David Hickman Goes on Record”, 

and“Leonard Smith: America’s Premier CornetVirtuoso.”Bowman serves ITG in several 

other capacities. In 2005, Bowman and Mahidol University had the honor to host 

the 2005 InternationalTrumpet Guild Conference in Bangkok, which was a tremendous 

success and drew critical acclaim. He has been editor of the ITGYouth Website 

since 2001. He has served as a conference reporter for several years, and chaired the 

ITG Solo Competition at the 2003 Fort Worth Conference. 

Bowman received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University. He 

holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of 

Music and a Master of Music from Arizona State University. His principal teachers include 

David Hickman, Samuel Pilafian, Alan Siebert, Marie Speziale, and Gary Davis. 

Dr. Bowman is aYamaha Performing Artist. 

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BRUCE BRINEY leads a diverse musical life that reflects his 

passions and abilities as a conductor, performer, and teacher. As 

a music professor at Western Illinois University, he has directed 

the university's Symphony Orchestra and has additional conducting 

contacts with the OperaTheater and the Symphonic 

Wind Ensemble. He was recently appointed as the music director 

of the Quincy Symphony Orchestra. 

Briney received his musical education from the University of 

Illinois and Northwestern University where he earned a Bachelor of Music, Master 

of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance. At Northwestern, his conducting 

teachers and mentors included John Paynter and VictorYampolsky. His primary 

teachers were David Hickman and Vincent Cichowicz with additional studies from 

Arnold Jacobs, Ray Mase, Charles Geyer, GeorgeVosburgh, Ray Sasaki and Luther 

Didrickson. 

As the Music Director of the Millar Brass Ensemble (resident brass ensemble at Alice 

Millar Chapel, Northwestern University), Briney recorded and released five compact 

discs. In 1990, he became the conductor of the Illinois Brass Band, a community ensemble 

founded in the English brass band tradition and sponsored by the Boosey and 

Hawkes Corporation. With his relocation to Macomb and WIU, he co-founded and directed 

the Macomb Brass Band for five years and currently conducts the Macomb Municipal 

Band each summer. 

His articles on the historical development of the trumpet are published in the Journal 

of the International Trumpet Guild. His doctoral research on the development of 19th 

century Russian trumpet methodology is cited in EdwardTarr's recently published 

East Meets West. 

As a trumpeter, Briney is a member of the Quad Cities Symphony and the Peninsula 

Music Festival Orchestra (Door County,WI). He has performed with the Savannah 

Symphony Orchestra, Knox-Galesburg Symphony, the Illinois Philharmonic, the Illinois 

Symphony, Symphony of the Shores, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and the Spoleto 

Festival Brass Quintet. Briney's solo trumpet recording Time Passages was praised 

in the Journal of the International Trumpet Guild as ". . . beautifully performed in every 

aspect from tone color to technique." 

MUSICIAN 1ST CLASS THOMAS BROWN, trumpet, is a native of Sparta, 

Michigan. He was a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra in 2001 and 2002. He 

graduated from the University of Michigan in 1998 with a Bachelor of Music 

degree in trumpet performance and received a Master of Music degree from 

Indiana University in 2001. He has studied with Charles Daval, John Rommel, 

Arnold Jacobs, and Adolph Herseth. MU1 Brown joined the United States Coast 

Guard Band in July 2002. 

JON BURGESS is Associate Professor ofTrumpet atTexas Christian University where 

he teaches trumpet and brass methods and conducts theTCUTrumpet Ensemble, 

which performed at the 2001, 2003, and 2005 ITG Conferences. Dr. Burgess attended 

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the University of Illinois (BM), the University of Kansas (MM) 

and Arizona State University (DMA). 

Prior to his appointment atTCU he was Associate Professor of 

Trumpet at Morehead State University in Kentucky for twelve 

years. He has been on the faculty of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp 

in Michigan since 2001. He has been a member of the Florida 

Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the American 

Wind Symphony. He has also performed with the Fort Worth 

Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, San Diego Symphony and Charlotte ( S.C.) Symphony 

Orchestra. His chamber ensemble experience includes performances with the Kentuckiana 

Brass and Percussion Ensemble andThe King's Brass. 

Dr. Burgess is the PedagogicalTopics editor for the International Trumpet Guild Journal 

and hosted the 2003 InternationalTrumpet Guild Conference atTCU. 

PHILIP COBB is 19 and is currently studying trumpet at the 

Guildhall school of Music and Drama in London England where 

he studies with Paul Beniston (principal trumpet of the London 

Philharmonic Orchestra). Until recently Philip’s experience has 

been mostly in brass bands and in recent years he has attended 

The Salvation Army’sTerritorialYouth Band courses and the NationalYouth 

Brass Band of Great Britain courses where he was 

the principal cornet for 3years. 

Philip is also a 3 time winner of the Harry Mortimer solo competition. In October 2005 

Philip also joinedThe Salvation Army’s premier bandThe International Staff Band and 

is regularly featured as one of the band’s soloists. 

Philip currently plays in 2 brass quintets, A.Littlemore Brass and the 4Belles brass 

quintet playing varied repertoire. As well as these quintet brass choirs Philip also enjoys 

playing in a brass 10piece. Philip especially enjoys playing music from the renaissance 

period in these brass groups. 

ROBERT DORER joined the Minnesota Orchestra as second 

trumpet in 1997, after five seasons as principal trumpet with the 

New Mexico Symphony and five seasons as co-principal trumpet 

of the Florida West Coast Symphony. He has also been a 

member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica, 

and has performed as guest principal with the New Zealand 

Symphony. 

An avid chamber musician, Dorer performed throughout Florida 

for five years as a member of the Florida Brass Quintet. In Minnesota, he has performed 

recitals throughout the state with the Minnesota Brass Quintet and has often 

performed chamber music on Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest Concert Series. 

Dorer is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he studied withVincent Ci- 

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chowicz. Dorer enjoys teaching, and he was a faculty member of the Brevard Music 

Center in North Carolina for seven summers. 

STEPHEN DUNN is assistant professor of trumpet at Northern 

Arizona University, where he joined the faculty in 2005. In addition 

to teaching trumpet, he directs Jazz Ensemble II and performs 

with the Elden Brass Quintet. Previous to his 

appointment at Northern Arizona University, Mr. Dunn served 

on the faculties of University of Oregon, Lamont School of 

Music at the University of Denver and Fort Lewis College in Durango, 

CO. 

Mr. Dunn is an active performer in the Phoenix and Flagstaff areas and performs with 

the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra in summers and in the Dunn/Pennington 

trumpet and percussion duo. He is the former principal trumpet of the Oregon Festival 

of American Music Orchestra and a former member of the Oregon Brass Quintet, 

Aries Brass Quintet, the Denver Brass and the Ballet West Orchestra. Dunn has performed 

with numerous professional orchestras, including the Eugene, Utah and 

Phoenix symphony orchestras, and has traveled as a soloist throughout the U.S. and in 

Germany. Dunn can be heard on a recent recording of trumpet and percussion works 

entitled“Old News”on the Equilibrium label. He has also recorded with the Denver 

Brass, Oregon Brass Quintet, Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, and for several 

motion picture soundtracks. 

Mr. Dunn holds degrees from Arizona State University (D.M.A.), Northwestern University 

(M.M) and University of NorthTexas (B.M. Ed.) He has engaged in additional musical 

study at theYale Summer School of Music and the Freiburg Music Hochschule in 

Freiburg, Germany. 

TERRY EVERSON is an internationally renowned trumpet 

soloist, active as a performer, educator, composer/arranger, and 

church musician. He first gained international attention in 1988, 

winning (on consecutive days) both the Baroque/Classical and 

20th Century categories of the inaugural Ellsworth Smith InternationalTrumpet 

Competition, with further success as First 

Prize laureate of the 1990 Louise D. McMahon International 

Music Competition. 

In September 1999, Mr. Everson joined the faculty of the Boston University College of 

Fine Arts andTanglewood Institute; he has also served on the faculties of Asbury College, 

the University of Kentucky, Philadelphia College of Bible, the LasVegas Music 

Festival, and the Lutheran Music Program. He is currently PrincipalTrumpet of the 

Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, WI, and Principal Solo Cornet and Associate 

Conductor of the New England Brass Band. 

Mr. Everson has premiered many major works by contemporary composers, and appears 

frequently as a recitalist and clinician and as soloist with orchestras, wind ensembles, 

and brass bands. His extensive concert experience also includes appearances 

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Meet Carl Vigeland 

Carl Vigeland has combined lifelong interests in 

music and sports to create a body of work that 

explores the phenomenon of performance at its 

highest level. He is a lecturer in journalism at the 

University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 

Carl will be signing his books at the Charles Schlueter Foundation table 

in the Exhibit Lobby on Friday, June 1 from 3:00-4:00 p.m.


in the Boston Symphony and Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Ballet, Boston 

Modern Orchestra Project, Chestnut Brass Company, Philadelphia NaturalTrumpet 

Ensemble, Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington Brass Band, Kentuckiana Brass and 

Percussion Ensemble, Ray Charles, ManhattanTransfer, Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra, 

and as conductor of the Boston University and the University of Kentucky 

Trumpet Ensembles. 

As composer, Mr. Everson has filled numerous commissions, and his setting of W.L. 

Thompson'sThere's a Great Day Coming has been recorded by Philip Smith (Principal 

Trumpet, NewYork Philharmonic). 

While earning Bachelor and Master of Music degrees inTrumpet Performance from 

the Ohio State University, Mr. Everson studied with Richard Burkart; lessons with 

Frank Kaderabek followed over the next few years. 

He is a Life Member of the InternationalTrumpet Guild, having served as Conference 

Host in 1998. In 2008 he will host the Ellsworth Smith Competition at Boston University. 

JOSEPH DAMIAN FOLEY is Assistant Professor of Music at 

Rhode Island College, where his responsibilities include studio 

instruction of all undergraduate and graduate trumpet students, 

coaching of brass chamber ensembles, and master classes in 

brass performance. He also serves as PrincipalTrumpet in the 

Narragansett Brass Quintet. 

He is Principal Trumpet in the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, 

a founding member of the Atlantic Brass Quintet, and 

a frequent performer with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra, 

among several others. He has over fifty arrangements for brass to his 

credit, several of which have been recorded by the Atlantic Brass Quintet. His teaching 

experience includes appointments at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 

Boston University School for the Arts, Boston Conservatory of Music, and Harvard 

University, among others. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in trumpet performance 

from Boston University, studying with Roger Voisin, Rolf Smedvig, and 

master teacher Arnold Jacobs. 

CHIEF MUSICIAN JOEL FLUNKER, formerly of Neenah, Wisconsin, joined the 

trumpet section of the Coast Guard Band in 1995. Since that time, he has made 

frequent solo appearances with the Band; most recently, he performed with the 

Coast Guard Band’s Masters of Swing at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt 

Lake City, Utah. MUC Flunker received a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education 

from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and a Master’s Degree in 

trumpet performance from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Prior to 

joining the Coast Guard Band, MUC Flunker taught instrumental music at the high 

school and elementary levels in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. 

Fiery, honest, and maniacally talented, GREG GISBERT hit the national jazz scene at 

an early age and seems to have been on the road ever since. He ventured forth from 

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his childhood home in Denver to attend Berklee, but soon found 

himself wandering around a tour bus dodging insults from 

Buddy Rich. He eventually settled in NewYork, and over the 

years has been an integral player with the Woody Herman Orchestra,Toshiko 

Akiyoshi, Horace Silver, Maynard Ferguson, 

Bobby Shew, Maria Schneider, John Fedchock, and the Smithsonian, 

Carnegie Hall, andVanguard Big Bands. In addition to 

also recording with most of these groups, Greg also has released 

three recordings as a leader on the Criss Cross label with such 

notable sidemen as Billy Drummond, Chris Potter, and Gregory Hutchinson. 

BRAD GOODE was born in Chicago in 1963 and classically 

trained on violin from age 4. Brad switched to guitar and cornet 

at age 11. He took an early interest in the music of Louis Armstrong, 

learning many of his classic solos by age 13. 

He has studied trumpet with Cat Anderson, Byron Baxter, Chris 

Gekker andVincent DiMartino, and studied string bass with 

Larry Gray and Donald Garrett. Brad earned his Bachelor degree 

inTrumpet at the University of Kentucky, and his Masters 

degree in Bass at DePaul University. He has been featured touring with the combos of 

Eddie Harris, Ira Sullivan,Von Freeman, Curtis Fuller, Jack DeJohnette and Red Rodney. 

He led his own combo from 1986 until 1998, appearing at major festivals and night 

clubs around the world, including a twelve year weekly stint at the famous Green Mill 

jazz club in Chicago. Mr. Goode has served on the faculties of the American Conservatory 

of Music, NewTrier H.S., Cuyahoga Community College, the University of Cincinnati 

College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Colorado, where he is 

currently Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies. He makes frequent appearances as a 

soloist, lead trumpeter and clinician throughout the country. His solo recordings are 

available on the Delmark, Sunlight and SteepleChase labels. Brad also performs as a 

jazz bassist. 

KEVIN HARTMAN, trumpet, is the Professor of trumpet at the 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Mr. Hartman holds a Bachelor 

of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 

and a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, 

where he studied withVincent Cichowicz. Following his studies 

at Northwestern he played two seasons with the Civic Orchestra 

of Chicago and studied with Adolph Herseth, former principal 

trumpet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 

Mr. Hartman’s orchestral career has included hundreds of concerts, recordings and 

tours with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. From January of 2003 to June of 2005 he 

performed extensively with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and in the summer 

of 2002 he was Acting Assistant PrincipalTrumpet with Chicago’s Grant Park Symphony 

Orchestra. He has served as principal trumpet with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, 

the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Ravinia Festival 

Orchestra and the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. He also performs regularly with the 

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Lyric Opera of Chicago, including four productions during the 2006-2007 season. 

Mr. Hartman is a member of the Fulcrum Point New Music Project and is a founding 

member of the Asbury Brass Quintet, winners of the 1985 Fischoff National Chamber 

Music Competition and the 1985 Coleman Chamber Music Competition. He was a 

member of the Chicago Brass Quintet, with whom he recorded and performed nationwide. 

Mr. Hartman has had an extensive career as a theater musician, playing long runs of 

many musicals, including Showboat, Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, Phantom of 

the Opera, West Side Story, La Cage aux Folles, Cabaret, Fosse and many others. He 

has performed with many popular artists including Doc Severinsen, Arturo Sandoval, 

Yes, theTemptations, Dennis DeYoung, Audra McDonald, Emmylou Harris, Nancy 

Griffith, Melissa Manchester, Judy Collins, Lou Rawls, and many others. He has been 

heard on numerous national television and radio ads, including McDonald’s, United 

Airlines, Kellogg’s, Moen Faucets, Black and Decker and many others. 

A native of San Diego, California, RENE HERNANDEZ is as 

comfortable in his role as second trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony 

Orchestra as he is soloing, teaching or playing chamber 

music. 

His skills as an orchestra musician have taken him around the 

United States and to more than a dozen countries with such orchestras 

as the Boston Symphony, the Boston Lyric Opera, the 

Boston Philharmonic, the Colorado, New Hampshire and Albany 

Symphony Orchestras, the International Symphony in Jerusalem, the Orquesta 

Sinfonica de Galicia in Spain, the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado De Mexico, and the 

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano in Italy where he met his wife Silva. In addition to 

MaestroYuriTemirkanov, a few of the noted conductors with whom Mr. Hernandez has 

worked are Simon Rattle, MichaelTilsonThomas and Lorin Maazel. 

When not on stage, Rene Hernandez can often be found in the kitchen preparing one 

of his delicious non-musical creations. 

PATRICK HESSION was born on April 29, 1968 , in Lafayette, 

Indiana and began playing trumpet at age twelve. Patrick enrolled 

at Ball State University in 1986, where he studied with 

trumpeters Paul Everett, Larry McWilliams and Jeff Anderson. 

In 1991, he won Outstanding LeadTrumpet at the Elmhurst College 

Jazz Festival with the Ball State University Jazz Ensemble 

I. In 1992, Hession accepted a full music scholarship to the University 

of Nevada, LasVegas , where he studied with trumpeters 

Michael "Rocky" Winslow, Tom Porrello, Bobby Shew, Stan 

Mark, Walt Blanton and William C. "Billy" Hodges. Patrick also studied with Keith 

Whitford, Bob Schlatter and Martha Ream. 

Professionally, Hession played lead and solo trumpet for Lionel Hampton from 1992. 

In 1996, he joinedThe World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra. Hession then realized his 

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dream in 2000 when he joined Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau, where he was 

lead trumpeter until the trumpet legend's death last year. 

An active sideman, Hession has played for a wide variety of artists in the jazz and entertainment 

world, including Paul Anka, Charo, Michael Feinstein, Carl Fontana,The 

Four Freshmen, Jerry Lewis, Frank Mantooth, Rob McConnell, Bob Mintzer,The OJ's, 

Diane Reeves, Mavis Rivers, Bobby Shew, Marvin Stamm, FrankieValli, BenVereen, 

and Joe Williams. In addition to his recorded work with Maynard Ferguson, he appears 

on recordings by Diane Schuur and Reggie Watkins and on Kenneth Robinson's 

"Festive Masterpieces forTrumpet and Organ." 

He is the author of HESSIONS SESSIONS: Guide to consistent, reliable and sometimes, 

Invincible Chops! 

Hession plays Monette trumpets and mouthpieces exclusively and is a clinician for the 

David G.Monette Corporation. 

Having performed over 2,000 solo appearances around the 

world with nearly 500 different orchestras, DAVID HICKMAN 

is considered one of the world's pre-eminent trumpet virtuosos. 

Hickman's recordings encompass a wide variety of 

repertoire, from cornet solos to modern concerti; from 

Baroque works to contemporary recital pieces. He has received 

many awards, grants from the National Endowment for 

the Arts, and was selected at the age of 27 by Musical America 

as one of the top ten young solo artists. Hickman has commissioned 

numerous works for trumpet and has given U. S. or world premieres of several 

important concertos in addition to leading a brilliant and varied career as a 

chamber and symphonic musician. 

As a noted clinician and author, Hickman has presented workshops, clinics, and masterclasses 

on over 300 campuses and has been associated with dozens of music festivals 

and the Rafael Méndez Brass Institute. His published works include over 40 

articles, 100 editions of solos, and trumpet and music texts including The Piccolo 

Trumpet, Trumpet Lessons With David Hickman, and Music Speed Reading, a sight 

reading method used by many institutions including the University of NorthTexas and 

The Juilliard School. 

David Hickman received his Bachelor of Music degree in Performance at the University 

of Colorado in 1972 and received his Master of Music degree in Performance in 

1974 from Wichita State University. He taught at the University of Illinois from 1974 to 

1982 and has since been teaching at Arizona State University where he is a Regents' 

Professor of Music. His teachers include Harry McNees, Frank Baird, Walter Myers, 

Oswald Lehnert, Adolph Herseth, Armando Ghitalla, and RogerVoisin. 

Hickman is owner of Hickman Music Editions, a publishing company devoted to issuing 

fine editions of trumpet music. He is founder and president of the acclaimed Summit 

Brass. He served as president of the InternationalTrumpet Guild from 1977 to 1979. 

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EDWARD HOFFMAN has been assistant principal of the Baltimore 

Symphony Orchestra for 25 years. He has also been a 

member of the North Carolina and Phoenix Symphonies. Ed attended 

Lawrence University and New England Conservatory, 

where he studied with RogerVoisin. Recently Ed has moved to 

4th trumpet in Baltimore in order to be more active in the orchestra’s 

education department, and he has written and produced 

numerous educational programs for the Baltimore 

Symphony. Ed is brass department chair at Peabody Conservatory 

and is the trumpet coach for the AsianYouth Orchestra based in Hong Kong. 

JEFFREY W. HOLMES, Professor of Music and Director of Jazz 

and African-American Music Studies at the University of Massachusetts 

is a nationally published and commissioned composer/arranger 

(B.M.I.), and a multiple recipient of National 

Endowment ForThe Arts Jazz Composition Grants. He has written 

music for Ernie Watts, Maz Roach, Doc Severinsen, Paul 

Winter,Yusef Lateef and theTommy Dorsey Orchestra, as well as 

numerous works for college, high school and junior high jazz, 

concert, and marching ensembles. He held the position of visiting 

Professor of Music/Jazz Studies at Hunter College in NewYork City from 1994 – 

1996, during which time he led his own NewYork big band, subbed regularly in the 

Vanguard Orchestra and on Broadway, and, played withVince Giordano’s Nigthhawks 

and the Ed Palermo Big Band among others. 

Mr. Holmes’recordings as lead trumpeter/pianist and featured composer/arranger include 

the New England Jazz Ensemble, Solid Brass, Ed Palermo Big Band,The X-Tet 

and his own 17 –piece Jeff Holmes Big Band. He has toured /performed around the 

world including Russia, Japan, Singapore and Australia. He has performed at the International 

Association For Jazz Educators Conferences in NewYork City and Boston, 

and was a featured artist on the Jazz at the Kennedy Center series in Washington, D.C. 

with the BillyTaylorTrio. Recent concertizing has included appearances with the Paul 

Winter Consort, including keyboard contributions to their 2006 Grammy award winning 

CD. 

Mr. Holmes directs the award-winning UMASS Jazz Ensemble I, which has been featured 

in invitational appearance at the International Association of Jazz Educators 

Conferences and at numerous collegiate jazz festivals/competitions nationally. Under 

his direction and formation, the UMASS Studio Orchestra/Rockestra has won 7 

DOWNBEAT Magazine awards for Best Collegiate Studio Orchestra, and 3 years for 

Best Blues/Pop/Rock Ensemble, having also appeared at both the International Association 

of Jazz Educators Conference inToronto and the Music Educators National Conference 

Convention in Minneapolis. Over the years, individual students and ensembles 

of the Jazz & African-American Music Studies program from UMASS have received 

recognition from DOWNBEAT in virtually every collegiate jazz and pop category. 

Holmes continues to serve as Associate Director of the highly successful Jazz In July 

Workshops in Improvisation, featuring BillyTaylor and Sheila Jordan, and, has been 

co-chair and panelist on the Jazz and the International Initiatives programs respec- 

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tively for the National Endowment ForThe Arts in Washington, D.C. He reviews new 

jazz ensemble materials for the I.A.J.E. Journal, and for many years contributed 

columns to JAZZPLAYER Magazine, for which he also recorded both play-along and 

masterclass CDs. 

Mr. Holmes is a member of the 11-piece NewYork based Solid Brass ensemble, and remains 

active in writing, recording, and free-lance performance endeavors, having performed 

on trumpet and/or piano with a vast array of top jazz, popular and classical 

artists. He still leads his big band, and plays drums with the Amherst Jazz Orchestra. 

Recent recording projects include CDs with Solid Brass and the New England Jazz 

Ensemble as trumpeter/composer-arranger. 

Mr. Holmes has guest conducted Junior and Senior District/All-State jazz ensembles 

throughout the country, in addition to being in demand as a guest artist, adjudicator, 

clinician, commissioned composer and lecturer. 

MARK HUGHES is presently in his 1st season as PrincipalTrumpet 

with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He came to the Houston 

Symphony from the Atlanta Symphony, where he had been 

the Associate PrincipalTrumpet for the past 12 years. Prior to his 

Atlanta Symphony appointment, Hughes toured for Columbia 

Artists Management with the popular organ and trumpet duo, 

“Toccatas and Flourishes,”where he had the distinction of performing 

in all 48 contiguous states as well as in portions of 

Canada. Hughes graduated from Northwestern University, where 

he studied withVincent Cichowicz. Upon completion of his degree, he was a scholarship 

student with Adolph Herseth while being a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. 

Mark and his wife Marilyn now reside in Bellaire,TX with their two children,Thomas 

and Caroline. 

CLAY JENKINS has had a wide range of musical experiences 

that have brought him to the forefront of jazz as a performer 

and educator. Clay's experience as a performer began at an 

early age playing with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He recorded 

three live albums with the Kenton band and was also involved 

with Kenton's Jazz Camps. Clay moved to Los Angeles in 1978, 

where he was in demand as both a live performer and studio 

musician. It was at this time that he studied with the renowned 

trumpet teacher, James Stamp. From Los Angeles, he toured 

with the big bands of Harry James, Buddy Rich, and the Count Basie Orchestra. 

Since moving to Rochester, NY , to join the Eastman faculty in 2000, Clay has maintained 

a busy performing, recording, and teaching schedule. Prior to joining the faculty 

at Eastman, Clay held teaching positions at the University of Southern California, 

California State University at Northridge, California Institute of the Arts, Colburn 

School of Performing Arts, andThe Foundation for the Junior Blind. 

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Clay has released many recordings as a leader and as co-leader of an ensemble with 

Kim Richmond. He has appeared on recordings by Milt Jackson, Diana Krall, Gladys 

Knight, Peter Erskine, Harold Danko, Rufus Reid, Ray Brown, Moacir Santos, Kurt 

Elling, Dr. John, Lennie Niehaus, Ernestine Anderson, and Karrin Allyson. Clay continues 

to perform and record with the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, of which he is 

a charter member. His most recent recording project includes Eastman colleagues Jeff 

Campbell and RichThompson on their newest "Trio East" recording, Best Bets on Origin 

Records. 

Clay attended the University of NorthTexas (then named NorthTexas State University) 

where he earned his bachelor's degree in music theory and studied trumpet with 

John Haynie. He received his master's degree in jazz studies from the University of 

Southern California, studying trumpet with Boyde Hood. He currently studies with 

Uan Rasey. 

Clay is a clinician for Edwards Instrument Co. 

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Born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, Canada, INGRID 

JENSEN headed east after receiving a number of scholarships 

to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since 

graduating in 1989, her life has contained a whirlwind of 

musical activities. From her early days playing in the subways 

of NewYork, to establishing herself as a leader and soloist in a 

wide array of musical genres, Ingrid has made her mark. Her 

three CD’s for the ENJA label won her nominations from the 

Canadian Juno Awards, including an award in 1995 for Vernal 

Her performances as a leader and as a featured soloist have taken her around the 

world from Canada to Japan, Australia, South America, the Caribbean and to almost 

every country in Europe and Scandinavia. 

Jensen can be heard with the Maria Schneider Orchestra, a number of other New 

York-based bands, as well as with her own groups. She has received rave reviews 

and a strong reputation among critics and peers. In 2003 she was nominated, for the 

second time, alongside trumpeter Dave Douglas for a Jazz Journalist Association 

Award in NewYork. A recent highlight was being featured on Gil Evans’ Porgy and 

Bess at the San Francisco Jazz Festival, under the direction of Maria Schneider. She 

was also a guest in the festival’s“Tribute to Woody Shaw and Freddie Hubbard”, 

alongside Terence Blanchard, Eddie Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson and Kenny 

Garrett. Some of the many musicians she has performed and or recorded with 

include; Steve Wilson, Jeff ‘Tain’Watts, Dr.Lonnie Smith, Marc Copland, Bob Berg, 

Gary Thomas, Gary Bartz, Jeff Hamilton, Bill Stewart,Terri-Lynn Carrington, 

Geoffrey Keezer, Billy Hart, George Garzone, Chris Connor,Victor Lewis, Clark 

Terry, and the DIVA Big Band. 

Jensen is currently on faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. 

From 1990 until 1992 she was professor of JazzTrumpet at the Bruckner Conservatory 

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of Music and at the Hochshule for Musik in Berlin. Jensen continues to fill her 

schedule with an astonishing array of artistic creativity as a performer and educator. 

In addition to performing, she conducts master classes, clinics, and workshops. Her 

current summer workshops include positions at the Salzburg Jazz Seminar, the 

Centrum Jazz Camp at PortTownsend, andThe Brubeck Institute. 

The career of trumpeter RICHARD KELLEY is not only a testament 

to the versatility of his instrument, but also to the ability of 

one individual to excel across the broadest possible range of 

music. From symphony orchestras and chamber music to jazz, 

studio work, and Broadway shows, Mr. Kelley has built a formidable 

track record of working at the highest level of the profession. 

Mr. Kelley is currently based in his hometown of Boston, where 

he performs regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Boston 

Philharmonic, and Boston Classical Orchestra. Previously based in NewYork City, Mr. 

Kelley was the PrincipalTrumpeter of the Queens Symphony Orchestra and the PhilharmoniaVirtuosi. 

He also performed regularly with the Metropolitan Opera, the 

Brooklyn Philharmonic, the NewYork Pops, and many other orchestral ensembles. 

From 1987 to 1994, he was a member of the groundbreaking Meridian Arts Ensemble, 

and he continued to stretch the boundaries of brass chamber music as a member of 

Boston Brass from 1997 to 2005. 

In the midst of a flourishing orchestral and chamber music career, Mr. Kelley has also 

capitalized on his ability to swiftly and fluently traverse different stylistic genres to become 

a force in the studio arena. His work can be heard on a wide variety of recordings, 

from national commercials for Dr. Pepper and IBM to the Oscar and Golden 

Globe-winning soundtrack to Disney’s Pocahontas. He has also collaborated with 

JamesTaylor, the rock band Boston, Jimmy Page and StevenTyler of Aerosmith, and 

award-winning film composer and producer Danny Elfman. 

Mr. Kelley has performed with several jazz and funk bands and musicians, including 

Lew Soloff of Blood, Sweat, andTears, and he has been heard in countless Broadway 

performances, including productions of Cats, Crazy forYou, Les Miserables, Kiss of the 

Spiderwoman, The Will Rogers Follies, The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Into the Woods, 

and many others. 

Mr. Kelley was born and raised in Boston, graduating from Boston Latin High School 

and studying trumpet with Charles Schlueter, the PrincipalTrumpeter of the Boston 

Symphony Orchestra. He continued his education at the Juilliard School in NewYork 

as a student of Mark Gould, Co-PrincipalTrumpeter of the Metropolitan Opera. A passionate 

believer in the power of music education, Mr. Kelley taught for two years in 

Juilliard’s“Music for Advancement”program for inner-city youth, and he continues to 

pass along his knowledge and love of music to younger generations in the Boston 

area. 

MANUEL LAUREANO holds the position of PrincipalTrumpet of the Minnesota Or- 

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chestra. A native NewYorker, he 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 

WilliamVacchiano of the NewYork Philharmonic. After graduating 

fromThe Juilliard School of Music, Laureano served as principal 

trumpet of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. A conductor 

as well as a brass player, he is music director of the Minnesota 

Youth Symphonies and has served as assistant conductor of the 

Minnesota Orchestra. 

Manny has often appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra as soloist since his debut in 

1981. During a recent solo appearance, he gave the world premiere of a new work by 

composer Stephen Paulus, Concerto forTwoTrumpets and Orchestra, performed with 

Doc Severinsen. 

Manny Laureano is a clinician for the David G. Monette Corporation. 

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN holds the Adolph Herseth Principal 

Trumpet chair of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He had previously 

served as PrincipalTrumpet of the Atlanta Symphony 

Orchestra and Associate Principal ofThe Philadelphia Orchestra. 

As soloist, Christopher has performed with the Atlanta Symphony, 

the national champion Katsushika Wind Orchestra from 

Tokyo, Japan, the University of Arkansas Wind Ensemble, and 

several times at the renowned Midwest Band Clinic in Chicago. First inspired in his 

love of brass by his band- & drum and bugle corps-directing father, Freddy Martin, 

Christopher has performed as PrincipalTrumpet with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, 

Seattle Symphony, GrandTeton Music Festival, and Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, 

Japan. Christopher can be heard on recordings with the ASO on theTelarc label. 

He has served on the faculties of Emory University in Atlanta andTemple University in 

Philadelphia . Christopher received his Bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of 

Music under the instruction of professors Charles Geyer and Barbara Butler. 

Christopher Martin is aYamaha Performing Artist. 

PAUL MERKELO has been PrincipalTrumpet for the Montreal 

Symphony Orchestra since 1995. He previously has held the 

same position with the Rochester Philharmonic and New Orleans 

Symphony. 

In 1990, Paul worked was awarded the Speth Scholarship for 

outstanding orchestral musician at his alma mater, the Eastman 

School of Music, and won their concerto competition. 

In 1999, Paul was sent as a Canadian musical ambassador to China for the inaugura- 

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tion of the Montreal Park in Shanghai. He was the featured soloist with the Shanghai 

Broadcast Orchestra, televised nationally. He has performed the premieres of three 

concertos written for him with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He has been featured 

with the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa, I Musici de Montréal, LesViolons 

du Roy of Quebec city, the Rochester Philharmonic, the New Orleans Symphony 

and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. He has also performed with the NewYork Philharmonic, 

the Pittsburgh Symphony, and with Leonard Bernstein at theTanglewood 

Music Center. 

Paul has appeared as soloist and chamber musician numerous times with the American 

Chamber Orchestra in France. In 1998, he made his NewYork debut at Lincoln 

Center with the New World Symphony Orchestra and MichaelTilsonThomas. 

Paul is on the music faculty at McGill University and has been on the Faculty of the 

Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan with Charles Dutoit. In collaboration with the 

Montreal Symphony Orchestra, he has created a scholarship program open to contestants 

of the annual MSO competition, which awards aspiring young musicians financial 

aid for their pursuit of a musical career. Recently, his recording Baroque Transcriptions 

was nominated for classical (small ensemble) disc of the year in Quebec. 

NEIL MUELLER is Associate Professor of High Brass at North 

Dakota State University. He has made solo appearances with 

the Boston Pops, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, the Fargo- 

Moorhead Symphony and the Boston University Symphony Orchestra 

as well as with the Berkshire Bach Ensemble. 

Presently PrincipalTrumpet with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony 

Orchestra, he has performed with numerous groups including 

the New Haven Symphony, and the Marlboro Festival 

Orchestra. His work as first trumpet with the Brass Ring quintet has resulted in premiere 

performances and recordings of commissioned works for the group by composers 

Ned Rorem, Joseph Schwantner, Jacob Druckman, David DelTredici and Roger 

Kellaway, as well as recitals at the Kennedy Center and throughout the U.S. and Italy. 

Mueller holds degrees from Concordia College (MN),Yale University, and Boston University. 

His teachers include Allan Dean, J. Robert Hanson, WilliamVacchiano and 

RogerVoisin. 

Mueller's duets based on the works of Haydn, Hummel, and Neruda, "Three Classical 

Trumpet Concerti," were recently published by Balquhidder Music. 

DANA OAKES attended the New England Conservatory and studied with Roger 

Gales, Robert Nagel, and Charles Schlueter. Some of his first professional work was 

with Sarah Caldwell and the renowned Opera Company of Boston, performing operatic 

scores by Puccini,Verdi, Bernstein, and numerous contemporaries. 

He currently holds positions in the Boston Ballet Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic, 

and is principal trumpet of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, a group that 

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plays every concert free to the public. 

Dana was solo trumpet of Gunther Schuller's New England 

Ragtime Ensemble, followingTom Smith, currently a member of 

the NewYork Philharmonic's trumpet section. He has also performed 

with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Portland Maine 

Symphony, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston MusicaViva, Boston 

Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), and Chorus Pro Musica. 

Dana can be heard on numerous soundtracks for PBS and A&E 

as both background musician and soloist. 

GRANT S. PETERS is Professor of Music at Missouri State University, 

where he teaches applied studio trumpet and serves as 

the Brass Area Coordinator. 

Prior to his appointment at Missouri State, he served as co-principal 

trumpet of the Orquesta del Principado de Asturias in the 

northern Spanish province of Asturias (1992). During the 1989 

season, he was a member of the Columbia Artists Management 

ensemble Dallas Brass, touring throughout 26 states and 

Canada. While with the Dallas Brass, he recorded the album A Merry Christmas with 

Brass for the Word Label. He has performed in solo and chamber settings in Canada, 

Spain, Poland, England, Sweden,Thailand and the Czech Republic. 

His primary research focus is promoting and performing new works for the trumpet 

by American composers. Peters has performed the World Premieres of Richard Faith’s 

Evocations (2005) for trumpet and piano; Michael Murray’s What is it For? (2003) for 

trumpet and organ; Kenton Bales’From the Hills (1999) for trumpet and wind ensemble; 

Robert Frank’s Liturgical Impressions (1986) for trumpet and organ; and the European 

Premiere of John Prescott’s Toccata and Fugues (1999) for two trumpet and 

organ in 2002. A solo album entitled Friendly Amendments, consisting of previously 

unrecorded works for trumpet and organ by American composers, was released in 

Spring 2004. A second recording in 2006, From the Hills, features new American works 

for solo trumpet with piano and chamber ensembles. 

Peters holds the Bachelor of Music in Education degree from the University of Nebraska 

- Lincoln, and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees inTrumpet 

Performance from the University of NorthTexas. 

WILLIAM PFUND is Professor Emeritus at the University of 

Northern Colorado. He received his Bachelor of Music degree 

from the Dana School of Music 

ofYoungstown University and his Master of Music degree from 

the New England Conservatory of Music. His primary teachers 

were Esotto Pellegrini and RogerVoisin and he has studied 

briefly with Adolph Herseth, Joseph Levora and Bo Nilsson. 

Professor Pfund was the 1990 recipient of the M. Lucile Harri- 

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son Award for the outstanding teacher of the year at UNC. He has given trumpet master 

classes and performances in Hungary, Sweden, Norway , Germany, Belgium, Korea 

,Taiwan, Australia,Thailand and Russia. 

Pfund has been a member of theYoungstown University Faculty Brass Quintet, the 

Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, andThe United States Army Band, Pershing's Own, 

Washington, D.C. In the Rocky Mountain region he has performed extensively with 

the Rocky Mountain Brass Quintet and was principal trumpet with the Greeley Philharmonic 

Orchestra for more than 30 years. 

William Pfund has been active with the InternationalTrumpet Guild since the organization's 

founding in 1976. 

Internationally acclaimed trumpeter MARC REESE joined the 

Empire Brass in 1996. Mr. Reese maintains a busy schedule as 

chamber musician, soloist, and educator, touring extensively 

throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East. He continues 

to receive critical acclaim for his work including recent 

performances at the Kennedy Center, Suntory Hall, and 

Salzburg’s Mozarteum. 

Mr. Reese is also highly regarded as an orchestral musician having 

been engaged to perform with the NewYork Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, 

and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He frequently performs and teaches at the 

world’s great summer festivals including recent appearances at Marlboro,Tanglewood, 

and the Pacific Music Festival. 

In addition to recording forTelarc 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, throughout 

China with the Shanghai Symphony and has appeared on Japan’s NHKTV. Mr. Reese 

has also been featured on the St. Paul Sunday and Performance Today radio programs. 

Mr. Reese spent his formative years studying at the Juilliard School andTanglewood 

Institute. He went on to receive his B.M. and M.M. degrees from Boston University 

and the New England Conservatory, respectively. His former teachers include Roger 

Voisin,Timothy Morrison, Mark Gould, and Melvyn Broiles. 

An advocate of new music, Mr. Reese has premiered several works and has commissioned 

numerous compositions for the trumpet in various settings. He has also written 

dozens of new arrangements for brass quintet and solo trumpet. 

Mr. Reese is a trumpet artist and clinician for Conn-Selmer and plays Bach Stradivarius 

trumpets exclusively. He currently resides in South Florida where he serves as 

Head of the Brass Department for the Lynn University Conservatory of Music. For 

more information visit www.MarcReese.com. 

REX RICHARDSON has become one of the busiest crossover trumpet artists in the 

world. Since 1995, he has recorded and toured around the globe with the critically acclaimed 

Rhythm & Brass, an ensemble with a reputation as one of the finest brass 

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groups in North America. Richardson also toured North America 

and Japan as a member of the late jazz legend Joe Henderson's 

Quintet and Sextet, and Europe with William Russo's 

Chicago Jazz Ensemble. He has served since 1997 as flugelhornist, 

solo cornet and jazz soloist with the Brass Band of Battle 

Creek. In recent years Richardson has become increasingly active 

as a jazz and classical soloist, and has appeared at conferences 

and jazz festivals on four continents. 

He has worked with such artists as Benny Carter, Ray Charles, Kurt Elling, Carl 

Fontana, Nnenna Freelon, Aretha Franklin, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Dave Holland, 

Keith Lockhart, Christian McBride, Jimmy Owens, Bobby Shew, AlVizzutti, Bill 

Watrous, Gerald Wilson, Boston Brass, Millennium Brass, and countless others. 

Richardson has gained a reputation as a champion of new music. His debut classical 

CD entitled "Masks," featuring all-new virtuoso trumpet music by American composers, 

was released on Summit Records in 2005. 

Richardson is professor of trumpet and jazz trumpet atVirginia Commonwealth University. 

He holds degrees in anthropology and music from Northwestern University 

and Louisiana State University . He has served on the faculties of Loyola University, 

Columbia College Chicago, Delgado Community College, and Ithaca College. 

Rex Richardson is aYamaha artist. 

THOMAS ROLFS is PrincipalTrumpet of the Boston Symphony 

Orchestra and the Boston Pops. He joined the BSO trumpet section 

in 1999, serving first as 4th trumpet and later as Associate 

PrincipalTrumpet. As a student, Mr. Rolfs was aTanglewood 

Music Center Fellow in 1978, going on to earn his Bachelor of 

Music Degree from the University of Minnesota and a Master of 

Music degree from Northwestern University. He returned to 

Minnesota in 1986 for five-year tenure with the Saint Paul 

Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Rolfs has been a soloist with the 

Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. 

At John Williams' request, he was a featured soloist on Mr. Williams' Grammy-nominated 

soundtrack to the Academy award-winning film Saving Private Ryan. His varied 

musical background includes performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, theVienna 

Philharmonic, the Empire Brass, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, the Lyric Opera of 

Chicago and the American Ballet Orchestra, as well as teaching at New England Conservatory 

and Boston University. On July 4, 2001, Mr. Rolfs was soloist in John 

Williams' Summon the Heroes for the nationally televised Boston Pops concert on the 

Esplanade. 

CHASE SANBORN is a jazz trumpeter based inToronto, Canada. He is a veteran session 

musician, and a former member of the Ray Charles Orchestra. He can be heard in 

duo and trio settings on his latest CD, Perking Up. Reviewer Geoff Chapman writes: 

"Chase Sanborn's latest disc is illuminated by sublime statements and moments of 

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aching poignancy. Creativity is front and center here." 

Chase is a dedicated and celebrated educator, and a member of 

the jazz faculty at the University ofToronto. His books and 

DVD's (BrassTactics, JazzTactics andTuningTactics) have garnered 

worldwide praise for their insightful and entertaining 

look at the world of music. He writes a monthly brass column 

for Canadian Musician Magazine, and is a contributing author 

to a variety of music-related publications, including the ITG 

Chase Sanborn is aYamaha Artist and appears throughout North America 

as a clinician and guest soloist. www.chasesanborn.com 

An East Coaster by birth, trumpeter JUDITH SAXTON has 

lived and worked in Wichita, Kansas, since 1999 as associate 

professor of trumpet at Wichita State University and principal 

trumpet with the Wichita Symphony and the Wichita Brass 

Quintet. She also plays principal trumpet in the Key West Symphony, 

and in the summers performs with the ShenandoahValley 

Bach Festival and Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina. 

Ms. Saxton is in demand as an enthusiastic chamber musician, 

clinician, teacher and adjudicator throughout the United States and abroad. She is active 

on the board of the International Women’s Brass Conference and is very involved 

with the InternationalTrumpet Guild. 

Her performing career includes performances in the Soviet Union and Japan, three 

years as principal with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and 10 years free-lancing and 

teaching in Chicago. Ms. Saxton has recorded as a session musician in Asia and as a 

member of the Millar and Monarch Brass ensembles. 

She has taught previously at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Illinois 

Wesleyan and Northeastern Illinois Universities. Her trumpet ensembles have performed 

and competed nationally, and her students can be found performing and teaching 

across the United States and in Singapore,Taiwan, Hong Kong and Norway. 

ALAN SIEBERT, trumpet soloist and teacher, is Professor of 

Trumpet at the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), University 

of Cincinnati. Previously, he was a member of the San 

Diego Symphony Orchestra and PrincipalTrumpet with both 

the San Diego Opera and the San Diego Chamber Orchestra. 

As a soloist, Mr. Siebert has performed throughout much of the 

United States in a variety of settings. He has also performed 

and recorded as a member of Summit Brass, Carillon Brass, 

Kentuckiana, and the San Diego Brass Consort. A firm supporter of new American 

Music, he has commissioned and premiered many new works for solo trumpet and 

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mixed brass ensembles. Hornpipes (Trumpet/Organ duo) has performed through 

much of the United States, and has recorded on the Integra label. 

In addition to his performance activities, Mr. Siebert has taught on the faculties of the 

University of Bridgeport, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Arizona State University 

and Michigan State University. He is co-author of Teaching Brass, published by Mc- 

Graw-Hill, now in its second edition. 

A graduate of the University of Michigan and SUNY Fredonia, Mr. Siebert has 

recorded for Pro Arte, Discovery, New World, Summit, Klavier, Integra, Rodgers and 

Coronet. 

MATTHEW SONNENBORN (trumpet) is in his eighteenth year 

as PrincipalTrumpet of the Naples Philharmonic and the Naples 

Philharmonic Brass Quintet. He earned his Bachelor of Music 

degree from the New England Conservatory where he studied 

with PrincipalTrumpet of the Boston Symphony, Charles 

Schlueter. He received fellowships in 1990 and 1991 to attend 

theTanglewood Music Center, where he played under Leonard 

Bernstein, Andre Previn, Seiji Ozawa and Sir Simon Rattle, 

among others. He has played as an extra with the Boston Symphony, 

Baltimore Symphony, and the San Antonio Symphony; and was a finalist for 

positions with the Boston Symphony and the NewYork Philharmonic. Mr. Sonneborn’s 

solo career includes a performance at age fifteen with the Milwaukee Symphony, 

and he frequently appears as soloist with the Naples Philharmonic. He can be 

heard with that ensemble on the Summit record label, and on London Records with 

theTrinity Choir of Boston. He has a solo recording of the Sonata for Trumpet and 

Piano by James Stephenson III on the album entitled Colors. 

PHIL SNEDECOR attended the Eastman School of Music in 

Rochester, NewYork, where he received the prestigious Performers 

Certificate and was a member of the premiere brass quintet, 

the Canterbury Brass. While earning his degrees in trumpet performance 

and literature he also studied arranging and composition 

with Professor Rayburn Wright, formerly arranger for 

Radio City Music Hall. As an orchestral trumpeter, Mr. Snedecor 

has held one year positions with both the National Symphony 

and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestras and often appears 

with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and Baltimore Opera. As a show 

player, he has performed in the touring productions of Guys & Dolls, Phantom of the 

Opera, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, Evita and West Side Story. He has recorded 

under the RCA, CBS, Gothic, Koss, and Summit labels. He is PrincipalTrumpet in the 

Harrisburg (PA) Symphony Orchestra and Co-PrincipalTrumpet in the Alexandria 

Symphony. In 1995 Mr. Snedecor and National Symphony PrincipalTrombonist Milton 

Stevens co-foundedThe Washington Symphonic Brass, a 17 piece professional 

brass ensemble. Their CDs, “Ancient Airs for Brass and Organ,” “Nielsen on Brass,” 

and“Dances with Brass”are available on the Summit Label. Phil’s solo CD,‘The LyricalTrumpet”is 

also available on the Summit Label.The latest WSB CD“Voices of 

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Brass”featuring Carmina Burana, has been released on the MSR Classics label. In addition 

to his trumpet performance activities, he composes and arranges regularly for 

many brass groups, and has written a series of brass etude books that is available from 

Robert King Music. Mr. Snedecor is on the faculty ofTowson University. Please visit 

the WSB website (www.wsbrass.com) for more information. 

CRISPIAN STEELE-PERKINS was described in 1993 by Continuo 

magazine [USA] as…..“Considered to be the world’s leading 

player of the BaroqueTrumpet”. Indisputably, he is unique in 

performing regularly upon genuine antique trumpets. 

During his early career as a symphonic musician [in the English 

National Opera and Royal Philharmonic orchestras] he was 

also active in London’s recording studios for films [James Bond, 

Ghandi, Jaws, Batman,TheTwoTowers - Lord of the Rings, etc.] 

television [The Antiques Roadshow, Highway, and Dr. Who] and the flourishing 

medium of“Early Music”. 

The latter led him to collect, restore and learn to play more than 100 pre-1900 mechanised 

and“natural”trumpets. Upon these he has recorded withThe King’s Consort, the 

Academy of Ancient Music, Collegium Musicum 90, theTaverner Players,Tafelmusik, 

the English Baroque Soloists,The Parley of Instruments and other eminent ensembles. 

He has accompanied an extraordinarily wide variety of singers including Sir Harry 

Secombe, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Bob Geldof, Kate Bush, Elaine Paige, Chris Rea and 

Lulu. In the classical field he has recorded solo trumpet“obligati”with Dame Kiri te 

Kanawa, Lynne Dawson, Sylvia McNair, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, BrynTerfel, 

Olaf Bar, Jeni Bern and Lesley Garrett. 

Crispian is in great demand as a recitalist; he plays and introduces music by the great 

composers, using original instruments of the period. His repertoire is therefore of unusual 

quality, and acquaints audiences with the novel concept of “Musical Archaeology”. 

During the 2006/7 season he will tour Europe, the USA and the UK promoting recently 

released CDs and his authoritative new book on the trumpet published in theYehudi 

Menuhin“Music Guides”series. 

RICHARD STOELZEL maintains an active career as a soloist, 

chamber, and orchestral musician. He began his career as Solo 

Cornet with the United States Coast Guard Band, a presidential 

band. In this position he performed throughout the US and gave 

numerous performances for Presidents Ronald Reagan and 

George H. W. Bush. As a soloist he has performed throughout 

the US and abroad including three highly successful tours of 

China and earned the title "DistinguishedVisiting Professor" at 

the ShenYang Conservatory of Music, one of three American 

musicians to receive this prestigious title. 

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Stoelzel is PrincipalTrumpet of the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra and a member of the 

Des Moines Opera Orchestra. He has held positions in the New Orleans Symphony, 

Miami City Ballet, New World Symphony, and the Colorado Music Festival. He is the 

founder, first trumpet, and director of the highly acclaimed Avatar Brass. He was also a 

founding member of New World Brass and has performed and toured with the Michigan 

Chamber Brass and the Grammy winning Chestnut Brass. 

Stoelzel's solo recording, "Born to be Mild," is available on the Albany record label. He 

has made four recordings with the Avatar Brass. 

He is Professor ofTrumpet at GrandValley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

Stoelzel's teachers have included Leon Rapier, Steve Hendrickson, JamesThompson, 

Daniel Patrylak, Philip Smith, and Charles Schlueter. 

JAMES THOMPSON, BM, New England Conservatory. Studied 

with Richard Longfield and RogerVoisin. Premier performances 

of trumpet concerti by Malcolm Forsyth and Glen Buhr. Principal 

trumpet, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra (1970-73); Mexico 

State Orchestra (1973-74); National Symphony of Mexico (1974- 

76); Montreal Symphony Orchestra (1976-91); Atlanta Symphony 

Orchestra (1990-98). Recordings on London DECCA, 

Deutsche Grammophon,Telarc, and RCA. Master classes, lectures, 

recitals, and concerts in the United States, Sweden, 

Canada, Germany, Norway, Spain, Japan, Brazil, and Australia. Faculty member, 

Northern Arizona University (1971-73); National Conservatory of Music, Mexico (1974- 

76); McGill University (1977-1990); Eastman (1998-). 

America and Japan. 

MIKEVAX is an International Artist for the Getzen Company. 

He has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, 

the ClarkTerry Big Bad Band, and the U.S. Navy Show 

Band. Mike has also performed and/or recorded with such 

greats as Art Pepper, Al Grey, Freddy Hubbard, Louie Bellson, 

Joe Williams, Anita O’Day, Barbara McNair, the Four Freshmen, 

the Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestras, the Beverly 

Hills Unlisted Jazz Band, and the Dukes of Dixieland in New Orleans. 

He has toured extensively in Europe, Scandinavia, South 

As a recording musician, he has performed on more than 75 albums, including 20 

under his own name. 

Currently he is leading his own groups:The MikeVax Jazz Orchestra,The MikeVax 

Big Band (featuring alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra),TRPTS (Trumpets), the 

Great American Jazz Band, and the MikeVax Quintette and Sextette. 

Mike has done workshops and concerts in over 2000 elementary and junior high 

schools, high schools, colleges and universities all around the world, over the past 35 

years. He is very active as a clinician and soloist in both the classical and jazz idioms. 

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MUSICIAN 1ST CLASS GINO VILLARREAL, trumpet, is a native of Rio Grande 

City, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University in 

Waco, Texas. Prior to joining the Coast Guard Band in October 2005, he served in 

the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, NewYork. MU1 Villarreal 

has been a member of the Storm King Brass at West Point; The Imperial Brass in 

Woodbridge, NJ; the Newburg Symphony in Newburg, NY; and the Waco 

Symphony in Waco, TX. He has also performed with many different ensembles 

including The Jazz Knights at West Point, NY; the Symphony of South East Texas in 

Beaumont, TX; the Dallas Wind Symphony; the Richardson Symphony; the East 

Texas Symphony in Tyler, TX; and has been a featured soloist with the U. S. 

Military Academy Band and The Imperial Brass Band. His teachers include Raul 

Sosa Ornelas, Barry Hopper, Tom Booth, Wiff Rudd, Larry Black, and Robert 

Sullivan. 

PETERVOISIN, trumpet, leader and founder (1989) of theThe 

Premier Brass (premierbrass.org ), attended the Aspen Music 

School, Oberlin Conservatory, andThe New England Conservatory 

of Music. He was a member of the Syracuse Symphony and 

Brass Quintet for ten years. He also played third trumpet and 

fourth trumpet with the Jacksonville Symphony from 1983 to 

2005. While in Jacksonville, he attended Southside Methodist 

Church and performed on keyboard, Flugelhorn,Trumpet, and 

PiccoloTrumpet with "FAITH" praise band and performed 

at weddings with well-known organists in Northeast Florida. He also played with 

the St. Johns River City Band. He composes and arranges for brass and chamber 

groups. Since moving to Hendersonville, NC in August of 2005, Peter has performed 

with the Asheville Baptist Church Orchestra, played 1st tumpet with the Spartanburg 

Philharmonic in Carmina Burana, the Brevard Community Orchestra and the 

Premier Brass Seasonal Christmas and Easter Services Sty James Episcopal Church 

in downtown Hendersonville, NC. He has now started playing with the Smokey Mountain 

Brass Band out of Asheville, NC. He is a designated CRPC (Chartered Retirement 

Planning Councelor) and CLTC (Certified in LongTerm Care) Financial Advisor 

with Ameriprise Financial (1984 to present). 

Born in NewYork and raised in Danvers, Massachusetts, 

RICHARD WATSON began his musical studies with violin lessons 

at age four. Seven years later, he was allowed to choose a 

second instrument; thanks to David Dubinsky, an inspirational 

band director at the local high school, that instrument was the 

trumpet. 

Watson attended Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Massachusetts, 

and the New England Conservatory of Music, where 

he studied with Charles Schlueter. Watson then spent three summers as a member of 

theTanglewood Music Center Orchestra before continuing his studies withVincent 

Penzarella and James Pandolfi. 

Watson now serves as PrincipalTrumpet of both the Nashua and the Granite State 

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Symphony Orchestras and is the Assistant PrincipalTrumpet of the Boston Philharmonic 

Orchestra. He is on the faculty of Salem State College and works with some 

talented younger trumpeters in his private studio and as an instructor for the Boston 

Youth Symphony Orchestras. Hope, Watson’s new album with organist Douglas 

Major, is available online at www.GnuMusic.org. 

JEFFREY WORK is PrincipalTrumpet of the Oregon Symphony. 

Discovered by Mstislav Rostropovich in January of 1992, Jeffrey 

appeared as the soloist on a series of four National Symphony 

Orchestra subscription concerts later that year. Rostropovich 

subsequently invited him to perform at the 1993 Rencontres Musicales 

d'Evian in Evian, France. He was also offered his November 

of 1994 Paris debut by the Director of Music of Radio 

France. 

His 1992 concerts with the NSO were actually Jeffrey's second appearances with that 

orchestra. A Washington D. C. native, Jeffrey won the NSO'sYoung Soloists' Competition 

in 1985 and performed on four young people's concerts conducted by Hugh Wolff. 

He has given solo performances with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra,The United 

States Army Band, the New England Conservatory's Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble 

and Bach Ensemble, as well as with regional, community, and festival orchestras 

throughout the country. 

In 1997 Jeffrey recorded the HaydnTrumpet Concerto with the Missouri Chamber Orchestra 

.The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston featured him in the world premieres 

of Eric Ewazen's Concerto for Trumpet and String Orchestra and James M. 

Stephenson's Concerto for Trumpet. 

In 1995, Jeffrey received the New England Conservatory of Music's highest performance 

honor, the Artist Diploma. He remains the only trumpet soloist in that program's 

long history. He was an active freelance musician in Boston until his move to Portland. 

Jeffrey's principal teachers have been Sgt.Major Robert Ferguson, Charles Schlueter 

and Armando Ghitalla. 

MIKE ZONSHINE is PrincipalTrumpet of the Honolulu Symphony. 

Mike studied with Boyde Hood,Tom Rolfs, JamesThompson, 

and RogerVoisin. He attended Boston University,The Eastman 

School of Music, and theTanglewood Music Center , and received 

the Roger LouisVoisinTrumpet Award in 2000. 

He has played the concertos of Haydn,Telemann, and Arutunian 

with the Honolulu Symphony and has also been featured in performances of Copland's 

Quiet City and Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto. In addition to his performances 

with the HSO, Mike is an active soloist and recitalist, and teaches at the 

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2007 ITG ENSEMBLES 

Boston UniversityTanglewood Institute'sYoung Artist's Orchestra. 

Mike Zonshine is aYamaha Artist and Clinician. 

ENSEMBLES 

GORDON GOODWIN’S BIG 

PHAT BAND, an 18-piece jazz 

ensemble, celebrates and personifies 

the best of the big band tradition 

with a very contemporary 

and original sound. Through the 

writing genius of Gordon Goodwin, SRO audiences have enjoyed one of the most 

craftsman-like hard swinging large jazz ensembles comprised of L.A.’s finest musicians. 

Gordon’s witty and insightful arrangements propel the listener on a journey 

through a myriad of styles: latin, blues, swing, classical, hard-hitting jazz, and even an 

homage to LooneyTunes (!). The Grammy-nominated recordings of the Big Phat Band 

include XXL, Swingin' for the Fences, and The Phat Pack. 

THE JEFF HOLMES BIG BAND features compositions and arrangements by its 

leader, and is comprised of musicians from New England and NewYork.The ensemble 

has released two CDs, toured Russia, and featured guest artists including Max Roach, 

David Goloschokin, MelTorme, Cynthia Scott and David Fathead Newman. 

SPANISH BRASS LUUR METALLS : In 1989 five Spanish musicians created an eclectic 

and innovative project that they have been developing over the years in different 

fields: music performance, education and creation. Today they tour all over the world, 

with courses intended for chamber music and recordings. 

Their repertoire is one of the most painstakingly thought-out aspects of their performances, 

along with the staging. Some of their shows that are worthy of mention are: 

Concierto del desconcierto (A disconcerting concert), Metàl·lics (educational concert), 

Brassiana (with jazz trio), Make a Brazz noise here (Tribute to F. Zappa, with drums). 

They regularly cooperate with artists of such international renown as Christian Lindberg, 

Ole E. Antonsen or Kenny Wheeler. Spanish Brass Luur Metalls is also committed 

to the development and creation of new forms of music, working with both famous 

composers and with young people of great influence. 

SPANISH BRASS Luur Metalls performs concertante works with orchestra, a major 

one of these being the first performance, with the Ciudad de Granada orchestra, conducted 

by Josep Pons, of Karel Husa’s Concert for Brass Quintet and Strings. With the 

same orchestra and conductor, it gave the first ever performance of Couleurs duTemps 

of renowned composer Maurice Jarre.They also recently gave the premiere of La Devota 

Lasciva, by Juanjo Colomer, with the Castilla y León Orchestra, conducted by 

Alejandro Posada. 

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In 1996 they won the First Prize in the "Ville de Narbonne" 

(France) 6th International Competition for 

Brass Quintets, considered to be the event of greatest 

prestige for this ensemble. We should also mention 

their participation in the prize-giving Gala of 

the Príncipe de Asturias awards in 1995, at the Gran 

Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo (Spain), broadcast on 

television to over 700 million watchers. 

They have published nine Cds and a DVD-Cd showing their many facets: Luur-Metalls 

Spanish Brass Quintet (Disques du Solstice, France, 1996), No Comment (Cascavelle, 

Switzerland, 1998), La Escalera de Jacob (Anacrusi, Spain, 2000), SPANISH BRASS 

Luur Metalls & Friends (Cascavelle, Switzerland, 2001), Delicatessen (Anacrusi, Spain, 

2002), Caminos de España (Cascavelle, Switzerland, 2003, Absolute with Christian 

Lindberg and Ole E. Antonsen (Cascavelle, Switzerland, 2004), Gaudí'um (Anacrusi, 

Spain, 2005), Metàl.lics (L’Auditori de Barcelone, Spain, 2006) and Retaule de Nadal 

(Anacrusi – Spain, 2006). Further information in www.spanishbrass.com 

SPANISH BRASS Luur Metalls has participated in such important events as the Festival 

de Musique de Radio-France (France, 1996), Granada International Festival of 

Music and Dance (Spain, 1996), Bonner Herbst (Germany, 1997), Muzyka Statym 

Krakowie (Poland, 1997), NewYork Brass Conference (USA, 1997, 1999), Santander International 

Music Festival (Spain, 2000), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland, 2001), Great 

American Brass Band Festival (USA, 2001), Alicante International Contemporary 

Music Festival (Spain, 1998, 2001), Cheju Summer Festival (Korea, 2000, 2004, 2006), 

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany, 2002), National Auditorium (Madrid, 

2003), Palau de la Música (Barcelona, 2003), San Sebastian Music Fortnight (2003); 

Wartburg Festival in Eisenach (Germany 2004), Kalavrita Festival (Greece), International 

Horn Society 2004, Merano Brass Festival andTrento Philharmonic (Italy 2004), 

Barcelona Auditorium (2003, 2004, 2006), Festival de Inverno de Brasilia (Brasil, 2005, 

2006), amongst others. 

They recorded the music for the play La Fundación by BueroVallejo for the National 

Drama Centre and the soundtrack of the film Descongélate, by Félix Sabroso, for El 

Deseo Producers. 

They set up the Academia Spanish Brass, where they give classes to musicians from 

all over Spain and which culminates with two international events: the Spanish Bras- 

SurroundTorrent and the Spanish Brass - Alzira Festival, where each year some of the 

most renowned international brass soloists, groups and musicians get together.The 

members of Spanish Brass have been teachers at the "Ciutat deVila-real" International 

Brass Academy and have given classes at AndalusiaYouth Orchestra (OJA), Catalonia 

SymphonyYouth Orchestra (JOSC), Spanish NationalYouth Orchestra (JONDE), Murcia 

RegionYouth Orchestra, Madrid CommunityYouth Orchestra, Academy of Performing 

Arts (Hong Kong), University of Georgia, Eastman School (USA),The Showa 

School for Performing Arts (Japan), Lieksa Brass Week (Finland), Epsival (Francia), 

VenezuelaYouth Orchestra, Jove Orquestra deValència (JORVAL), etc. 

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SPANISH BRASS Luur Metalls is sponsored by trumpet makers STOMVI; since 2003, 

they have also been backed by theValencian Music Institute and at present also by the 

INAEM. 

Founded in 1988, the NEW ENGLAND 

BRASS BAND (NEBB) is the premiere 

brass band in New England that presents 

music in the“British tradition.” Based in 

the Boston area, the band draws its members 

from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

New Hampshire and Maine. Under the direction 

of founding Music Director 

William Rollins, the band grew in stature and reputation from its early roots as an ensemble 

made up from a core group of members who came from a Salvation Army 

background. In 1998, DouglasYeo, bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 

was named Music Director. Recent years have found the band increasing the type, 

number and scope of its activities including concerts in NewYork City, Boston’s Symphony 

Hall, Washington, D.C. Montclair, New Jersey, at NABBA championships in 

2001, 2003, 2004 (when the band took first place in the“Challenge”section) and 2006 

(taking first place in the“Honors”section) and throughout New England.The NEBB 

also participated in the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee Celebration 

sponsored by the British community of Boston and the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 

125th anniversary open house when the band welcomed guest conductor Keith Lockhart, 

conductor of the Boston Pops.The NEBB’s website (www.newenglandbrassband.org) 

details the many activities of the band. 

In recent years, the New England Brass Band has begun producing a series of its own 

CDs recorded in Boston’s acoustically acclaimed Symphony Hall. The band’s first 

recording,“Christmas Joy!”(1999) was released to critical acclaim. Subsequent recordings,“Honour 

and Glory”(2001),“The Light of the World”(2004) and“This Is Christmas” 

(2005) have also been highly successful and have helped increase the band’s recognition 

around the world. The band’s newest recording, an album of music featuring 

American composers and American themes, will be released in the fall of this year. 

DouglasYeo was named Music Director of the New England Brass Band in 1998. Bass 

trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1985, he holds a bachelor of 

music degree from Wheaton College (IL) and a master’s degree from NewYork University; 

he is currently on the faculty of Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music. 

Before coming to Boston he was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and 

was a high school band director in Edison, New Jersey. He is a frequent lecturer and 

performer at colleges and universities around the world and has given master classes 

in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. In 1996 he recorded his best 

selling solo album,“Proclamation,”accompanied by the Black Dyke Mills Band and in 

2002, he released a second solo album accompanied by a championship brass band (of 

solos and duets with British trombonist Nick Hudson),“Two of a Mind,”with the 

Williams Fairey Band. Mr.Yeo has also been soloist with many other bands and orchestras 

including the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops Orchestra, NewYork Staff Band 

of the Salvation Army, the Fodens Band, the Aldbourne Band and the Brass Band Aid 

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Celebrity Brass Band. His other solo recordings include his pioneering project of 

music for serpent,“Le Monde du Serpent”and an album of sacred music for trombone 

and piano,“Cornerstone.”DouglasYeo’s website, www.yeodoug.com, continues to be 

recognized for its innovative content and design. He is a member of the NABBA board 

of directors and editor of NABBA’s official publication,“The Brass Band Bridge.” 

THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 

BAND was organized in March of 1925 with 

the assistance of Lt. Charles Benter, leader of 

the United States Navy Band; Dr. Walter 

Damrosch, conductor of the NewYork Philharmonic; 

and“American March King”John 

Philip Sousa, former director of the United 

States Marine Band. In 1965, President Lyndon 

B. Johnson signed congressional legislation resulting in the Coast Guard Band becoming 

the permanent, official musical representative of the nation’s oldest 

continuous seagoing service. This event also established the Coast Guard Band as one 

of our nation’s premier service bands. 

The duties of the Band have greatly expanded since 1925. Originally a small command 

band used primarily for local purposes, today the Coast Guard Band is the 

proud musical representative of the United States Coast Guard and the Department of 

Homeland Security, appearing at presidential and cabinet level functions on formal 

and informal occasions. While Leamy Hall Auditorium on the grounds of the United 

States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut remains its at-home concert 

venue, the Band also tours throughout the United States, and has performed in the 

former Soviet Union, Canada, and England. 

A number of notable vocal artists have appeared with the Coast Guard Band, including 

Placido Domingo, Marilyn Horne, Andy Williams, Roberta Flack, Lee Greenwood, 

Lorrie Morgan, Shirley Jones, Lonestar, and the Boys Choir of Harlem. Film, literary 

and television personalities have included Gregory Peck, Lucie Arnaz, Willard Scott, 

Walter Cronkite, John Amos, Alex Haley, and RichardThomas. Coast Guard Band 

concerts have also featured instrumental artists such as Bill Watrous, Dale Clevenger, 

Slide Hampton, Cecil Bridgewater, ChrisVadala, David Shifrin, and Philip Smith. 

The Coast Guard Band has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in the 

nation, among them the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, 

and Carnegie Hall. Additionally, the Band has participated in such historic events 

as National ChristmasTree Lighting Ceremonies, the American Bicentennial Celebration 

with President Gerald Ford, World War II Fiftieth Anniversary events in England 

and inaugural celebrations for every President since Herbert Hoover. The United 

States Coast Guard Band is especially honored to have been the first American military 

band to perform in the former Soviet Union, with concerts in Leningrad and the 

surrounding area in 1989. The 21st century brings the prospect of many such memorable 

performances and proud service to the Department of Homeland Security. 

THE WASHINGTON SYMPHONIC BRASS, founded in 1993, is comprised of some of 

the finest professional musicians in the Washington/Baltimore area. While the mem- 

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bers are in constant demand for orchestral, solo, and 

chamber music performances, they have assembled 

to play some of the great literature written for large 

brass ensemble. Conductor Milt Stevens andTrumpeter 

Phil Snedecor formed this group of players out 

of their love of and excitement for this fine literature. 

Individually, the members of the WSB have performed 

with many of the nation's best orchestras, 

such as the National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, 

among other illustrious institutions.The WSB performs throughout the Washington 

and Baltimore metropolitan area, appearing at some of the great performance 

spaces on the east coast. Specializing in compositions written for large brass ensemble 

and percussion (four trumpets, four horns, four trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani, 

and percussion instruments) with organ, choruses, and other instruments optional, the 

varied repertoire of the Washington Symphonic Brass spans more than five centuries 

of great music. The WSB is a not for profit 501- (c)(3) arts organization. 

2007 ITG STAFF MUSICIANS 

JEFFREY W. HOLMES, See biography on page 89. 

CHIP JACKSON, bassist, is praised by critics and musicians 

alike for his "big melodious tone" and "exquisite intonation 

with a flowing time sense," qualities that make his solos "models 

of inventiveness." His career has included writing, leading, 

and arranging for his own groups; clinical and private teaching; 

recordings; and international touring. His first solo CD as 

a leader is entitled Is There a Jackson in the House (Jazz Key 

Music CD 1999; reissued January 2003). Mr. Jackson appears 

regularly in jazz concerts (six times in NewYork's Carnegie 

Hall), at festivals, and on more than 60 CDs with such great artists as Thad Jones, 

Red Rodney, Stan Getz, Wynton Marsalis, Horace Silver,Tony Bennett, Freddy Hubbard, 

and Joe Henderson.The first recording he was part of (playing with Woody 

Herman in 1973) won a Grammy Award. During his time with Chuck Mangione 

(1973-74) the group recorded the gold record Chase the Clouds Away. In 1982 he 

toured the world with entertainer Liza Minelli. Mr. Jackson's individual style was 

shaped during his long association in the 1980s with the legendary drummer Elvin 

Jones. He regularly tours the United States and Europe, and has toured Japan at 

least 10 times, including in July 2000 with Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, a collection of 

NewYork City's finest studio musicians. With the Billy Taylor Trio, Mr. Jackson was 

heard weekly for several years on Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center, a program 

produced by the Kennedy Center and National Public Radio and featuring Dr. 

Taylor as host with such guest artists as Jon Hendricks, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell, 

Clarke Terry, and Nancy Wilson, among others. Mr. Jackson is based in New 

York City, where he often performs at the Time Cafe with the Mingus Big Band. He 

received his formal training in music from the Berklee School of Music in Boston 

and teaches each summer in the University of Massachusetts' "Jazz in July" pro- 

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gram. Mr. Jackson is a frequent residency leader for the Kennedy Center's Betty 

Carter's Jazz Ahead program for emerging young jazz musicians. He currently 

leads his own groups, performs as a sideman for various leading jazz artists, and is 

a member of The Billy Taylor Trio. He led a program of special instrumental versions 

of music originally performed in the 1940s by famous artists with whom he and his 

band mates-Don Rebic, Eddie Locke, and Jerry Dodgion-had once performed, in the 

KC Jazz Club on January 29, 2005, with special guest Anita O'Day. Mr. Jackson appeared 

with the Billy Taylor Trio and special guest Jon Faddis in the Terrace Theater 

on March 31, 2005, and with Ernestine Anderson during the 11th Annual Mary Lou 

Williams Women in Jazz Festival on May 13, 2006 in the Terrace Theater. 

STEVE JOHNS was born Stephen Samuel Johns November 

25,1960 in Boston, MA and began playing the drums at the age 

of nine. Mr. Johns grew up in a very musical family. His mother, 

GoldieTyler Johns, was a songwriter and three of her brothers 

were jazz musicians. One of these brothers was the late great 

Jimmy“Bottoms up”Tyler, a well- known jazz saxophonist that 

would prove to be Steve’s biggest musical influence and 

inspiration. At the age of fifteen, Steve decided to pursue jazz as 

a life long ambition. Steve’s uncle Jimmy suggested that he 

should get serious and study with the great drummer and master teacher Alan 

Dawson. With that advice, Steve began an intense three-year study with Mr. Dawson. 

Steve also studied with Boston based drum guru Bob Gullotti. 

While in high school, Steve participated in many musical activities such as concert 

band and jazz band. Steve also won chairs in district jazz band and all state jazz band. 

In 1979, after graduating Natick High School, Mr. Johns enrolled at the New England 

Conservatory of Music in Boston and studied classical percussion with Fred Buda and 

Vic Firth. While at NEC, Steve met and played around Boston with local greats James 

Williams, Billy Pierce, Jimmy Mosher, MiroslavVitous, Jerry Bergonzi,Tiger Okoshi, 

Mick Goodrick, Jeff Berlin and Mike Stern. 

In the spring of 1982, Steve decided he would take his chances and move to NewYork 

City. Shortly after arriving, he started meeting and working with some of the great 

known and unknown young jazz musicians at the time such as Joe Locke, Ralph 

Moore, Bill Evans, Steve Slagle, Conrad Herwig,Vincent Herring, Kevin Eubanks, 

Rodney Jones, Lonnie Plaxico, Dennis Erwin, Dave Stryker and Benny Green. 

Over the past twenty years Steve Johns has worked, recorded and collaborated with: 

Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Larry Willis, Walter Booker, Gary Bartz, Eddie Henderson 

The Count Basie Orchestra under Frank Foster, Gil Evans Orchestra under Gil and 

Miles Evans, George Russell, Don Friedman, Lou Donaldson,TheVanguard Orchestra, 

Toshiko Akiyoshi/ LewTabakin Big Band,The Bob Mintzer Quartet and Big Band, 

John Hicks, George Cables, Peter Leitch, Larry Coryell, Peter Warren, PeterYellin, 

Valerey Ponamarov, Junior Cook, LeonThomas,The Sonny Fortune Quartet, Frank 

Morgan, Benny Carter, Phil Woods, Illinois Jacquet,The BillyTaylor trio, Michael 

Brecker, Randy Brecker, Steve Kahn, Helen Merrill, Jack McDuff,Thomas ChapinTrio, 

Peter Brainin, Mario Pavone, Diane Schuur, Marty Ehrlich, StanleyTurrentine, Slide 

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Hampton, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Heath, John McNeil, Mingus Big Band, Dakota 

Staton,The Jon Faddis Quartet and many others. Steve was the drummer for NPR’s 

“BillyTaylor’s Jazz atThe Kennedy Center”in which he recorded 75 shows with guest 

including Wynton Marsalis, Nancy Wilson, Joe Lavano, Arturo Sandoval, Ray Barreto, 

Milt Jackson, Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Grover Washington, Gary Burton, Harry 

Sweet Edison etc. 

Mr. Johns is active with his own recording projects, one of which is co-lead with 

saxophonist Peter Brainin entitled Ceremony on Malaco Cats Paw Records. Personnel 

include: Ben Monder and Sean Smith. Another recording again co/lead with Brainin 

and Johns entitled No Saints/No Sinners is on Playscape records and personnel 

include: Eddie Henderson, George Cables, Conrad Herwig, Jay Anderson and Chris 

Rogers. 

As well as having a busy performance schedule, Mr. Johns has taught at theVermont 

Jazz Center,The Jazz In July Program at UMass,TheThelonius Monk Institute in 

Aspen Colorado, Williams College in Massachusetts and is currently an adjunct 

instructor at Montclair State University. 

Steve resides in the NYC area with his wife Debbie Keefe who is a professional jazz 

saxophonist and music educator.They have a son Daryl Keefe Johns who is seven 

years old and plays the acoustic bass. 

An internationally recognized organ solo artist, DOUGLAS 

MAJOR has toured throughout North America, Europe and 

the Far East.Thirty years of experience in playing with brass 

ensembles has earned him the reputation as the most soughtafter 

organist in America for live concerts and recordings for 

brass and organ. With the Empire Brass Quintet Major 

recorded A Bach Festival for Angel/EMI in 1985, one of the alltime 

best-selling brass and organ recordings. He has also 

recorded with the Washington Symphonic Brass a disc entitled 

Nielsen on Brass, and has recently completed work on a new trumpet and 

organ recording in 5.1 SurroundSound with Boston trumpeter Richard Watson. 

From 1988 through the spring of 2002 he was Organist and Choirmaster of the 

Washington National Cathedral. He now lives in Rockport, Mass., working as a 

composer of music for organ, synthesizer, choirs, and chamber ensembles, and 

serves as Director of Music for St. Michael’s Church in Marblehead. His recent 

works include Love Poem to God, commissioned by the Philadelphia American 

Guild of Organists for their National Convention in July of 2002; Peace in our World, 

a musical response to the Iraq war, commissioned by NewYork Avenue Presbyterian 

Church in Washington DC., and Cape Ann Portraits, a solo organ suite of seven 

movements inspired by places on Cape Ann. In September 2003, his chamber work 

entitled Aurora Borealis: A Vision of the Celestial City was premiered in NewYork 

City. His first large-scale work, Requiem Mass in C Minor, received its world premiere 

in Atlanta in October of 2005, and the St. Michael Trumpet Concerto was premiered 

by Rolf Smedvig and Major in September of 2005 in Marblehead. 



Major has toured as organ soloist with the Orchestre National de France and Lorin 

Maazel, and toured in Japan in 1992 and again in 2002 with the Empire Brass Quintet. 

In 1999 he played a solo concert tour to Taiwan and the Philippines. In May of 

2001 and May of 2004 he participated in the American Organists' Festival in Kiev, 

Ukraine, playing recitals to standing-room-only audiences. Dr. Major's solo recordings 

include eight organ compact discs, recorded on the Washington Cathedral's 

magnificent 185 rank Skinner organ. 

ELVIA L. PUCCINELLI, pianist, is currently vocal coach and a 

member of the Collaborative Piano faculty at the University of 

North Texas College of Music. A dedicated educator in the 

field of collaborative piano and a specialist in vocal literature, 

Elvia has held previous appointments with Baylor University, 

the University of Southern California Thornton School of 

Music, the University of California at Irvine, and Pasadena 

City College. She is an active clinician, working with singers 

and pianists throughout the country. 

Alongside her teaching, Elvia is active as a collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and 

chamber musician throughout the country. An alumna of San Francisco Opera's 

prestigious Merola Program, and twice invited to serve as rehearsal pianist for Seiji 

Ozawa at the Tanglewood Music Festival, she joined the faculty of AIMS in Graz 

(Austria) in 2005, and returned for a sixth year as vocal coach with the innovative 

OperaWorks program in Los Angeles. 

A frequent recitalist, Elvia’s broad professional experience embraces staff pianist 

positions with Plácido Domingo’s Operalia: The World Opera Competition (2004, 

2000) and the International Trumpet Guild (2007) and performances at such diverse 

venues as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Chamber Concert Series, the Hudební 

Festival Vyso_ina (Czech Republic), International Viola Congress and International 

Saxophone Congress, in addition to numerous recent and upcoming appearances 

throughout the United States, in Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic. Conference 

presentations and performances include appearances at the MTNA National Convention, 

NATS regional and national conventions, and CMS South Central Chapter 

Regional Conference. In addition to participation in a recording of chamber works 

by American composer Libby Larsen, Elvia is currently working on a CD of new 

art songs for voice and piano for the Society of Composers, Inc., Performers 

Recording Series and is music director for a companion recording to an upcoming 

facsimile edition of forty-two alternate settings of Schiller’s An die Freude for A-R 

Editions. 

Elvia holds a Masters of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano 

from the University of Southern California, where she studied with Alan L. Smith. A 

language specialist, she also holds an undergraduate degree in French, which remains 

an area of special interest to her. She has a particular interest in the intersection 

of language, poetic interpretation and musical structure, which is at the heart of 

much of her teaching and scholarship. In addition to language, particular areas of 

research interest include techniques for teaching collaborative skills and song com- 



posers of the early 20th century. 

REBECCA WILT is receiving national and international recognition 

as a virtuoso collaborative pianist. In addition to performing 

with vocalists and instrumentalists on the concert 

stage, Rebecca frequently gives workshops and master classes 

on topics involving coaching and accompanying and works as 

a vocal coach in both the opera and musical theatre idioms. 

She is currently the pianist for the Harrisburg Opera Association 

and the Harrisburg Singers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

Formerly the head of accompanying at the Interlochen Arts 

Academy, and the director of the collaborative piano and vocal coaching program at 

Central Michigan University, Rebecca is now Director of Keyboard Studies at Messiah 

College in Grantham, PA. 

She has accompanied for 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 Falcone International Tuba 

and Euphonium Competition, the Tromp Muziek Biennale, the International 

Women’s Brass Conference, the Lake Placid International Flute,Voice and Trumpet 

Seminars,Summit Brass Institute, and the American Choral Director’s National 

Convention. Rebecca is also a member of Trelumina Trio (flute, bassoon and piano) 

which tours the United States several times a year, and is the pianist for the Chosen 

Vale Center for Advanced Musical Studies, a summer institute in Enfield, NH. She 

can be heard on the compact disc,‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime’, which is an 

album of holiday favorites for solo piano, voice and solo instruments. Rebecca can 

also be heard on the album An American Portrait, with trumpeter James Thompson 

and Lyrico Latin, with trumpeter James Ackley. Her next album, It is Well with My 

Soul, will be released within the coming year. Rebecca can be found on the web at 

www.rebeccawilt.net and can also be reached at rwilt@messiah.edu . 

COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE 

JAMES M. STEPHENSON's music is the complete package: a 

fresh and energizing sound scape that delights the audience 

while maintaining integrity and worthwhile challenges for the 

performing musicians.This rare combination has rewarded 

Stephenson with ongoing commissions and projects. A list of 

current collaborations would include a concerto for Branford 

Marsalis with Rodney Mack, a work for the Houston Symphony, 

a concerto for the Philadelphia Orchestra's principal trombonist, 

Nitzan Haroz, a piano/trumpet concerto for Lisa Leonard and 

Marc Reese, and a new work for the Bozeman Symphony. 

Stephenson has been performed by many of today's leading orchestras, including 

the Cleveland Orchestra, the symphonies of Houston, Atlanta, Detroit, Baltimore, 


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Oregon, Jacksonville, the Rochester Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic 

and more. His symphonic arrangements have been performed by almost 

every leading orchestra in the U.S. A quick and diverse sampling of individuals who 

have performed Stephenson's works would include Pinchas Zukerman, Denyce 

Graves, Jennifer Frautschi, the Chicago Symphony String Quartet, Empire Brass 

members Marc Reese, Mark Hetzler and Greg Miller, and even the Pointer Sisters 

and 98 Degrees. Stephenson appears on many artists' recordings, including those of 

Jouko Harjanne, Eric Berlin, Richard Watson, the Christy Quartet, Musicians-out-ofthe-Box 

and several other solo artists, including his own, Colors, released in 2002. 

Stephenson's commitment to music for young audiences resulted in his landmark educational 

work: ComposeYourself!This interactive and informative introduction to the 

symphony orchestra has already been performed over 125 times nationwide since its 

2002 premiere. 

Increasingly in demand for his passionate work with young musicians, Stephenson has 

appeared as resident composer at many festivals, including the LasVegas Music Festival, 

the Southern Illinois Music Festival, and most recently he was featured at Lynn University's 

Contemporary Music Festival in Boca Raton, FL and the St. Barts (French West Indies) 

Music Festival in the same week. A similar highlight of 2007 involves three brass 

conferences in three weeks, one of which being ITG's National Conference, including 

two world premieres, and a showcase of Stephenson's brass compositions. 

Jim Stephenson studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he earned 

his Bachelor of Music with distinction in trumpet performance. His wife, Sally, is a performing 

violinist, and they have four children. 

For a complete listing of Stephenson's works, written for many genres, please visit 

www.stephensonmusic.com. 

2007 ITG ASSISTING MUSICIANS 

HANS BOHN, trombone, is a member of the Boston Ballet Orchestra, 

Boston Lyric Opera, Handel and Haydn Society, Emmanuel 

Music and the new music ensemble, Boston Modern 

Orchestra Project. Hans performs regularly with the Boston 

Pops Esplanade orchestra and can be heard on several Boston 

Pops recordings. In addition, he is a member of Proteus 7, a 

chamber ensemble that travels throughout the country performing 

recitals and masterclasses and has recorded four discs for 

Dorian Records. Hans performs with symphony orchestras in 

Springfield, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Hartford and Portland, and has appeared 

with the Battle Creek Brass Band, Empire Brass Quintet, Grand Rapids Symphony, the 

Heidelburg Festival Orchestra and the Orchestra de Mineria in Mexico. A graduate of 

the Eastman School of Music and Northwestern University, Hans is trombone instructor 

atTufts University and University of Massachusetts at Lowell. 



JOEY CARTER teaches music theory, ear training, jazz history, 

jazz improvisation, jazz ensemble, percussion techniques, and 

private lessons in percussion atTexas Christian University. Mr. 

Carter returned toT.C.U. in the fall of 2005 after serving as the 

Interim Assistant Director of Jazz Studies and the Director of 

MusicTechnology at the University ofTexas at Arlington for the 

2004-05 academic year. He is also active as a clinician and a 

guest artist, making recent appearances atTMEA (2005 withTim 

Ishii) and many northTexas area schools. 

Mr. Carter performs and records regularly as a jazz vibraphonist, drumset artist, percussionist, 

jazz pianist, organist, and arranger. Joey is a member of and composer for 

the original jazz group Bertha Coolidge whose debut release Live at the Caravan of 

Dreams 030201 won Album of theYear in the 2002 Fort Worth Weekly music awards. 

He has been a featured soloist at the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, 

the Pori Jazz Festival, and festivals in Copenhagen, Salzburg,Verbier, and Budapest. 

Joey has also arranged music for movies (including Spy Kids 3D), drumlines, 

big bands, musicals (including Richard Sherman’s Little Old Broadway), and popular 

music projects. 

Mr. Carter received his Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance atTexas 

Christian University in May of 2000 and a B.M.E. from the University ofTexas at Arlington 

in 1991. 

IRINA FEOKTISTOVA, pianist, graduated from the St. Petersburg 

Conservatoire, Russia. A classically trained pianist, she 

has toured Russia, Europe, and the United States as a soloist, 

duo pianist, accompanist and most recently with the world’s 

foremost performer of the Baroque trumpet, Crispian Steele- 

Perkins. As a duo pianist, she won third prize at the First International 

Competition of Contemporary Music Interpretation in 

Weimar, Germany (1996) and was chosen to perform at the Purcell 

Room in London for the Park Lane GroupYoung Artists 

Concert Series. As a piano soloist, she won the Kawai CD Recording Competition in 

2004. 

Ms. Feoktistova relocated to the United States in 1998, and since then she has performed 

extensively in the Chicagoland area. She has been involved in numerous musical 

theater productions as an accompanist and music director, has performed 

backstage at Lyric Opera of Chicago and has worked as a coach and interpreter for 

Russian tenorVladimir Galouzine. 

She is also active in various projects performing Russian and American contemporary 

music. She is affiliated with MAVerick Ensemble in Chicago and the Union of Composers 

in St. Petersburg, where she performed a program of American contemporary 

music at the international festival St. Petersburg Musical Spring in May of 2005. Her 

recordings include piano solo music, Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs (with Russian 

singer Elena Antonenko), and Russian and American contemporary music on the CD 



entitled Musical Bridge - Chicago - St. Petersburg. Recently Irina has been in the position 

of Principal Keyboards for the Millennium Chamber Players. With the Millennium 

Chamber Players, Irina has recorded Webern’s:Variations, andThree Pieces for 

Cello and Piano. In February 2007, she performed Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with 

this ensemble. 

MATTHEW H. GAUNT (tuba) keeps an active and diverse 

schedule as a chamber and orchestral musician as well as music 

educator. In the fall of 2004 Mr. Gaunt assumed the duties of 

Visiting Assistant Professor ofTuba and Euphonium at the University 

of Massachusetts at Amherst. He currently performs and 

records as a member of Proteus 7, an eclectic combination of 

brass, woodwinds, and percussion, and as a member of Burning 

River Brass, a large chamber brass ensemble based in Cleveland. 

In addition to performing with acclaimed groups such as 

Rhythm & Brass, Center City Brass Quintet and the Empire Brass, his chamber music 

experience includes performances and recordings as a member of the award-winning 

quintets Boston Brass, Paramount Brass, and Epic Brass. As an orchestral musician, 

Mr. Gaunt has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops, 

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, 

Boston Ballet, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic,Vermont Symphony 

Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Springfield 

Symphony Orchestra, Sarasota Opera, Cleveland Orchestra’s Blossom Festival 

Band and Blossom Festival Orchestra,Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Orchestra 

under the baton of Leonard Bernstein, and has also held principal positions with the 

Albany Symphony Orchestra, Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, and Indian Hill Symphony 

Orchestra. As a soloist, he has performed with such groups as the Massachusetts 

Wind Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Harvard University Wind 

Ensemble (performing on their rare sub-contrabass tuba), Hingham Symphony Orchestra, 

South Shore Conservatory Summer Wind Ensemble, and the Windham Orchestra. 

He also appeared as a soloist with the Boston UniversityTanglewood Institute 

Wind Ensemble as part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of BUTI. Formerly 

Brass Coordinatorfor the Greater BostonYouth Symphony Orchestras, he has served 

on the faculties of the Boston UniversityTanglewood Institute and theSouth Shore 

Conservatory, and has also given master classes at places such as IthacaCollege, Baylor 

University, University of Arkansas, Penn State University, and theMaryland Center 

for the Arts. Mr. Gaunt received the Bachelor of Music inTuba Performance from the 

Boston University School of Music and has studied with J. Samuel Pilafian, Gary 

Ofenloch, and Chester Schmitz. 

Percussionist NICHOLAS C. GLEASON has been called a“gifted young musician”by 

the NewYorkTimes for his performance with the Winged Harmony Chamber Ensemble 

in NewYork’s Carnegie Hall. He performed throughout New England and the 

Eastern United States as an orchestral, chamber musician and soloist. In the summer 

of 2005, he participated in the Aspen Summer Music Festival and School, where he 

performed numerous times with the Festival Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony 

under the batons of conductors Leonard Slatkin, David Robertson, David Zinman, 

and James Conlon. During the summer of 2006, Nicholas served as timpanist 



with the Academic Orchestra of the Festival Internacional de Inverno 

de Campos do Jordão in Sáo Paulo, Brazil. Nicholas has 

played for performers as diverse as Michael Burritt, RobertVan 

Sice and Steven Schick in masterclasses, and currently studies 

at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the solo 

marimbist and chamber percussionist Eduardo Leandro. 

Nicholas studied with famed timpanist Jonathan Haas and principal 

percussionist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Douglas 

Howard while at Aspen and timpanist and marimbist Ricardo 

Bologna in Brazil. He began his studies with JohnTanzer, principal timpanist of the 

Portland Symphony Orchestra. Nicholas is a native of Bedford, Massachusetts. 

EDUARDO LEANDRO teaches percussion at the University of 

Massachusetts at Amherst and at Stony Brook University, where 

he also co-directs and conducts the Contemporary Chamber 

Players. 

Mr. Leandro has performed with ensembles such as the Steve 

Reich Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Bang-on-a- 

Can All Starts. He is part of the Percussion Duo Contexto, ensemble 

in residence at the Centre Internacional de Percussion in 

Geneva Since 1995. He was principal percussionist with Ensemble Champ d'Action in 

Belgium and played regularly with Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and Ensemble 

Contrechamps in Switzerland under the direction of Pierre Boulez, Heinz Holliger 

and David Robertson among others. He has played in music festivals throughout 

the world such as the Suita Music Festival in Osaka, Ferienkurse fur Neue Muzik 

Darmstadt, Festspiel in Salzburg, Ars Musica in Brussels, Archipel in Geneva, Nits de 

Altea in Spain, Espinho Music Meeting in Portugal, Izmir Music Festival inTurkey, 

Athenaeum Concert Series in Helsinki and Festival d'Automne in Paris. He has won 

the New Music Contest in Dusseldorf, Germany, and the Eldorado Competition in Sao 

Paulo, Brazil. 

Eduardo Leandro was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He attended the Sao Paulo State 

University, the Rotterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands andYale University, having 

studied percussion with John Boudler and Robert van Sice. 

In addition to being an accomplished organ recitalist, 

CHARLES W. ORE composes organ and choral music, and is 

a leader in the use and development of improvisation in organ 

playing. He is organist at First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, 

Neb. 

A 1958 graduate of Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, 

he was awarded a master of music degree from Northwestern 

University in Evanston, Illinois and a doctor of 

musical arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Ore was previously 

Minister of Music at First Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Chicago, Ill. and professor 

of music at Concordia University in River Forest, Ill. From 1966 to 2001, Dr. 



Ore was professor of music and chair of the Music Department at Concordia University 

in Seward, Nebraska. He was also the cantor of Pacific Hills Lutheran 

Church in Omaha, Nebraska from 1975-2001 and Associate Organist at First-Plymouth 

Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska from 2001-2006. Dr. Ore has released 

several recordings of organ and choral music available through Concordia 

Publishing House and Organ Works. His published music is available from Concordia, 

Augsburg and MorningStar. 

TOM OTTO was born in Milwaukee, WI and began studying 

the trombone at age 11.Tom actually began his musical studies 

on the cello at age 6, but decided to focus on trombone during 

his undergraduate studies at Wisconsin Lutheran College 

in Milwaukee, WI. 

In 2002,Tom received his BA degree from Wisconsin Lutheran 

College in Trombone Performance while studying with Donald 

Haack of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. During these 

studies, arranging pieces for wind and brass ensembles became a great interest. 

Tom received his Masters of Music from New England Conservatory while studying 

with Ronald Barron and is currently an active freelance player on the east coast. 

Tom was a Tanglewood fellow in 2004 and has also held engagements with the New 

World Symphony. 

Apart from performing in New England Tom has played with the Boston Pops under 

John Williams and Keith Lockhart, is principal trombonist of the New Bedford Symphony 

Orchestra and plays with the Albany, Rhode Island, Nashua, and Hingham 

Symphony Orchestras.Tom has played under such conductors as Kurt Masur, Seiji 

Ozawa, Robert Spano, James DePreist, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Ingo Metzmacher, 

and Michael Tilson Thomas. 

Educator, composer, performer, author, producer and conductor 

JOHN PENNINGTON is currently a Professor of Music at Fort 

Lewis College and is the Artistic Director of the Animas Music 

Festival. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Arizona, 

and Arizona State. Dr. Pennington is an orchestral percussionist 

who currently performs with the Music in the Mountains 

Music Festival, Animas Music Festival, and the San Juan Symphony. 

He has performed with the Arizona Opera, Santa Fe 

Opera, Arizona Ballet, Phoenix, Ann Arbor, Saginaw, andTucson 

Symphonies. In 1999, Dr. Pennington performed on“Prairie Home Companion”with 

the Durango Children’s Chorale. He has recorded with Ensemble 21, Summit, Cristo, 

OCP, and Equilibrium. Recent recording releases include“Song of Luke”(Co-produced, 

conducted and performed-2004-Equilibrium Press), Desert Songs (Recording of 

complete song cycle for chorus and two percussionists-Arizona Repertory Singers- 

2005)“Old News”(Trumpet and percussion-2002-Equilibrium Press) and“Transformations,” 

which is a collection of stories with music composed and performed by Dr. 

Pennington. Other releases include“Awakenings,”(2003)“InThe Heart of the Desert,” 

(co-composed and produced, 2002-OCP Publications)“Behind and Before Me,”and“As 



One Unknown”with collaborator Cyprian Consiglio and the Grammy nominated 

album "Amancer" by Peter Rubalcava, on which Dr. Pennington was a marimba 

soloist. OCP, World Library and Equilibrium publish Dr. Pennington’s music. He is the 

co-author of a new book“Liturgical Ensemble Basics”(OCP-2005). He also recorded 

all the percussion to the soundtrack for theTouchstone film "Dinosaurs.” Dr. Pennington 

performs regularly in Rome, Florence, and Milan, Italy and has performed concerts 

all over North America, Canada, Russia, Poland and Estonia. He appeared as 

soloist on the Percussive Arts Society’s International Showcase Concert, with the Fort 

Lewis College Chamber Choir, on November 20, 2003, in Louisville, Kentucky, in a 

concert of new music for voices and percussion titled“Voices inTime.” 

Extensive studies in world music have included experience in African, Middle Eastern, 

Indonesian, Cuban and the South Indian Karnatak tradition. Recently, Dr. Pennington 

studied the Northern Hindustani tradition of music in Haridwar and Delhi, India. He 

has developed and mentored the CoreThematic Studies course, Culture and Music in 

Non-Western Civilization. 

Dr. Pennington’s students and ensembles have consistently excelled during and after 

their experience at Fort Lewis College. Students have had significant success in competitions 

and continued academic studies. They serve as music educators, professional 

musicians and composers. Pennington and his students were recently invited to perform 

for the entire Colorado State Legislature in the Rotunda of the State Capital in 

Denver. 

Horn soloist ERIC RUSKE has established himself as an artist 

of international acclaim. Named Associate Principal Horn ofThe 

Cleveland Orchestra at the age of 20, he also toured and 

recorded extensively during his six-year tenure as hornist of the 

Empire Brass Quintet. His impressive solo career began when 

he won the 1986Young Concert Artists International Auditions, 

First Prize in the 1987 American Horn Competition, and in 1988, 

the highest prize in the Concours International d’Interprétation 

Musicale in Reims, France. 

Of his recording of the complete Mozart Concerti with Sir Charles Mackerras and the 

Scottish Camber Orchestra, the NewYorkTimes stated,“Mr. Ruske’s approach, firmly 

positioned with the boundaries of balance, coherence and good taste that govern the 

Classical Style, enchants by virtue of its confidence, imagination and ebullient virtuosity”. 

Performances as soloist include appearances with the Baltimore Symphony, the 

Indianapolis Symphony, the Shanghai Radio Broadcast Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, 

the Jacksonville Symphony, the European Camerata, the San Diego Symphony, 

the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, the Seoul Philharmonic 

and a tour with the Israel Chamber Orchestra throughout Israel. His recitals have been 

presented in venues such as the Louvre in Paris, the 92nd StreetY in NewYork, the 

Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Dukes Hall in London, and the Central Conservatory 

of Music in Beijing. 

An active chamber musician, he has appeared with the Lincoln Center Chamber 

Music Society, the Moab Music Festival, the Newport Music Festival, the Spoleto Festi- 



val, the Festival de Musique in St. Barthlélemy, the OK Mozart International Festival, 

the Evian Festival, La Musica in Sarasota, Bargemusic in Brooklyn, Music from Angel 

Fire, the Boston Chamber Music Society, and the Festival Pablo Casals both in Puerto 

Rico and in France. Mr. Ruske is in great demand as a teacher and clinician, and in addition 

to having given master classes at over one hundred universities and conservatories 

in the United States, he has taught at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the 

Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and 

Drama in Glasgow, theTokyo College of Music, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 

in Rome, and the College of Music at Seoul National University. 

In February, 2007 Mr. Ruske released his fourth solo recording on the Albany Records 

label, a collection of unaccompanied horn repertoire entitled Just me and my horn. 

Previously, he recorded two discs of virtuoso transcriptions for horn and piano,The 

Classic Horn andVirtuoso Music for Horn and Piano, and alsoThe Romantic Horn 

Concerti, a complete recording of the Strauss and Glière horn concerti. He made the 

world premiere recording of the Concierto Evocativo for horn and string orchestra by 

Roberto Sierra, and the disc of Mozart Concerti onTelarc. The numerous arrangements 

and transcriptions Mr. Ruske created for these recordings are now available 

from Cimarron Music Press. A student of Dale Clevenger and Eugene Chausow, he 

grew up in LaGrange, Illinois and is a graduate of Northwestern University. He has 

been the recipient of grants from the National Philanthropic Institute, the Saunders 

Foundation, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the International 

Institute of Education, and Boston University. An Associate Professor and member of 

the faculty of Boston University since 1990, Mr. Ruske also directs the Horn Seminar 

at the Boston UniversityTanglewood Institute. 

DMITRI SHTEINBERG has appeared across North America, 

Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Portugal, 

Russia, Bulgaria and Israel. His solo performances include 

the Jerusalem Symphony,The Italian Philarmonica 

Marchetiana, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Israel Camerata Orchestra 

and Porto National Symphony; he was a guest artist at 

the Sarasota and Summit Music Festivals, Music Festival of 

the Hamptons, the ''Oleg Kagan'' Festival in Germany, Festival 

Aix-en-Provence in France and Open Chamber Music in Cornwall, 

England. Recent concerts include Kennedy Center and Alice Tully Hall, a 

recital at the Boas Charitable Trust in London and a performance of Beethoven’s 

complete cello and piano sonatas at BargeMusic in NewYork. 

Recently called“protean and refined”by the NewYork Times, Shteinberg recorded 

for the Israeli ''Voice of Music'' radio station, WQXR, WHMT, the Bavarian Radio 

and theYamaha Disklavier; collaborated with NewYork Philharmonic members and 

the cellists Han-Na Chang and Natalia Gutman. 

Besides solo and chamber music performances, Shteinberg frequently appears with 

concert-lectures; also plays harpsichord and period pianos. His interest in new 

music has led to world premieres and numerous commissions. 

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Dmitri Shteinberg is a prizewinner in twenty competitions worldwide, including the 

first prize in ''Citta de Senigallia'' International Competition in Italy. In the United 

States, he won the Naomi Foundation Competition and the Artists International 

Debut Award, and received the Salon De Virtuosi Fellowship Grant. 

A native of Moscow, Dmitri Shteinberg studied at the Gnessin Special School of 

Music under Anna Kantor, teacher of Evgeny Kissin. His later teachers include Victor 

Derevianko and Nina Svetlanova, both students of Heinrich Neuhaus. Shteinberg 

holds a Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, and is currently an 

Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Piano Area at the Virginia Commonwealth 

University in Richmond. He is also on faculty at the Green Mountain 

Chamber Music Festival in Burlington,VT. 

Violinist ERIC TANNER performs extensively around the 

country as a chamber musician, most notably as first violinist 

of the Perugino String Quartet in residence at Grand Valley 

State University, where he also serves as violin instructor. An 

alumnus of UMass (BM '86), Mr.Tanner also studied at the 

Eastman School of Music and received his Master of Music 

degree from the Manhattan School of Music. He has been 

Principal Second Violin of the Grand Rapids Symphony since 

1999, and previously held positions in the Florida Philharmonic, 

New Orleans Symphony, American Sinfonietta and Springfield Symphony. 

Winner of numerous competitions and awards, Mr.Tanner was a finalist in the Seventeen 

Magazine and General Motors National Concerto Competition. Other solo 

appearances have included concertos with the Grand Rapids Symphony, North 

Miami Beach Symphony and the Holyoke Civic Orchestra. He has performed regularly 

with the Pine Mountain, Saugatuck, Sunflower, Waterloo and Grand Teton 

music festivals, as well as in Germany and Austria. 

Formed in 1996, the ZEPHYR BRASS TRIO offers 

an eclectic presentation of traditional and contemporary 

music written for trumpet, horn, and trombone. 

The trio is comprised of faculty from three 

separate institutions across the southeast and brings 

together the best of many genres in a concert experience. 

Past venues for the trio include the 1996 International 

Brassfest, the 2001 and 2005 

International Horn Society Symposiums, the 2002 

and 2005 Southeastern Horn Workshops, and the 2002 College Band Directors National 

Association Southern Division Conference in Atlanta, GA. The group has 

presented recitals and master classes at The Florida State University, Stetson University, 

the University of Georgia, the University of South Florida, Furman University, 

the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, North 

Greenville College, and has been featured on numerous concert series. 

The Zephyr BrassTrio actively supports the creation of new repertoire and has given 

the world premiere of a number of compositions for brass trio. The 2006-2007 Season 

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featured the premiere of a commissioned work from noted composer Jan Bach. 

Appearances by The Zephyr Brass Trio during the 2006-2007 Season will include 

performances at the University of Arkansas, the University of Memphis, Furman 

University, Columbus State University, the Fripp Island Concert Series and the 

Georgia Music Educators Conference. 

Members of The Zephyr Brass are Moffatt Williams, trumpet professor at Columbus 

State University; Jean Martin-Williams, horn professor at the University of Georgia; 

and Mark Britt, trombone professor at Furman University. Prior to joining the University 

of Georgia faculty, Jean Martin-Williams was a full time performer in New 

York, including performances with the Metropolitan Opera and the Mostly Mozart 

Festival. She performs regularly with the Atlanta Symphony, the Atlanta Opera and 

is on the artist faculty of the Brevard Music Center. Her degrees are from the 

Lawrence Conservatory and the Manhattan School of Music. Moffatt Williams 

taught at the University of Georgia, Ithaca College and Stetson University before 

coming to Columbus State. Williams is a former member of the United States Navy 

Band in Washington, D.C. and also performed with the National Symphony Orchestra. 

He performs frequently with The New Sousa Band and is active as a soloist 

across the southeast. His degrees are from the University of Michigan and The 

Florida State University. Mark Britt served on the faculties of Valdosta State University, 

Columbus State University, and Appalachian State University, prior to his appointment 

at Furman. An active performer, he has performed at the Eastern 

Trombone Workshop, and the International Trombone Festival. Britt is conductor of 

The Palmetto Posaunen and is principal trombonist of the Spartanburg Philharmonic 

Orchestra. His degrees are from Appalachian State University, Northwestern 

University, and The Florida State University. 

COMPOSERS 

ROBERT BRADSHAW's compositions have been performed 

around the world from North & South America to Europe and 

Asia. Sought for a wide variety of commissions, he strives to 

forge a unique connection between composer, musicians and 

audiences. Well known in the trumpet community for his 2003 

composition "Sonata for trumpet, percussion, strings and/or 

piano," Robert has an eclectic catalog of trumpet works available 

through Beauport Press Music Publications (www.beauportpress.com). 

Currently, Robert is working with trumpet soloists throughout the world on the largescale 

premiere of "Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber ensemble 

or piano." The Concerto Premiere Project, kicked off during the 2007 ITG 

Conference, will extend throughout the 2007 - 2008 Concert Season. For more information 

(or details on how to participate), please speak with Robert during the conference or 

visit www.robertjbradshaw.com and click on the "Concerto Premiere Project" link. 

Be sure to check out CDs by Eric Berlin, James Ackley, Ivano Ascari, Jean-Christophe 

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Dobrzelewski, Richard Stoelzel, and soon to be released CDs by Ismael Betancor and 

Peter Wood to listen to Robert's works for trumpet. 

Senior Chief Musician THOMAS BRIGGS, principal percussion, graduated from the 

University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts degree in jazz studies 

and music education. In addition to his duties with the concert band, he was the drummer 

for the United States Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band for well over twenty years. 

He formedThe Masters of Swing in the summer of 1989 in response to requests for 

swing music from Coast Guard Band audiences. MUCS Briggs is also an award-winning 

composer. He has written and arranged many works for all types of musical ensembles 

from full symphonic and wind ensembles to rock group and swing band, as 

well as many chamber ensembles. In 1990 he won second prize for his Reminiscence 

for SoloVibraphone in Five Movements in a contest sponsored by the Percussive Arts 

Society, as well as second prize in the annual American Bandmasters Association-Ostwald 

Band Composition Contest for his work for wind ensemble, Harkness. 

DAVID CRUMB was born in 1962 into a musical family, and studied cello and piano 

from an early age. He received his training in composition from the Eastman School 

and the University of Pennsylvania. Among numerous awards, he has received a 

Guggenheim Fellowship, aTanglewood Music Center Fellowship, and grants from 

MeetThe Composer and the A.S.C.A.P. Foundation. Crumb has accepted commissions 

from the Fromm and Barlow Foundations, the National Association of Wind and Percussion 

Instructors, the Los Angeles Symphony New Music Group, and the Chicago 

Civic Orchestra/A.S.C.A.P. Foundation. In 2001, his Piano Quartet was selected as a 

winning entry in the "Discover AmericaV Competition for New American Chamber 

Works." 

Crumb's music has been performed throughout the United States and abroad. His 

imaginative and dramatic compositions are richly tonal and intensely coloristic. His 

orchestral music has been performed by the Baltimore Symphony, the Cleveland 

Chamber Symphony, and the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Chamber works have been performed 

by the Parnassus Ensemble,Voices of Change,The Chicago Ensemble, Network 

for New Music, and Quattro Mani. In 2000, a compact disc recording of Crumb's 

Variations for Cello and Chamber Ensemble, performed by cellist Ulrich Boeckheler, 

with Orchestra 2001, conducted by James Freeman, was released on the CRI label. 

Crumb joined the music faculty at the University of Oregon in 1997, where he continues 

to serve as a member of the composition department. 

BLAISE J. FERRANDINO is Associate Professor and Division 

Chair of MusicTheory and Composition atTexas Christian University 

where he has been since 1990. From 2000 – 2002 he 

served as Interim Director of School of Music. Besides his work 

in music theory, Ferrandino is a composer and double bassist. 

He received his DMA from the Hartt School of Music. Studies in 

composition were with Edward Diemente, Karel Husa, Earl 

George, Howard Boatwright and Donald Harris. Ferrandino 

studied double bass with Gary Karr and David Murray. 

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Dr. Ferrandino is active in publishing, presentation, and composition/performance. He 

is lead editor and author of The APVertical Teams Guide for Music Theory, released in 

November of 2002, and has led numerous workshops and presentations related to this 

work. He has organized and presented at a two-day workshop at the College Board regional 

AP MusicTheory conference for the past ten years. Since 1998 he has been lead 

teacher of a joint project instituted by the College Board and the O'Donnell foundation 

charged with instituting AP MusicTheory programs with professionally trained Music 

Theory teachers who might better prepare their students for a college career in music. 

The CD Crosswinds includes Blaise Ferrandino's work forTuba/Euphonium ensemble, 

Pomes, based upon the poetry of James Joyce. Memoir, a work for choir, orchestra, 

piano, and orchestra, was inspired by the Scottish folk tuneThe Baron O'Brackley and 

the diary of John Playfair. Other recent compositions include Prologues, a commissioned 

work for trumpet and vibraphone, Variations on an Old Friend for piano, and 

More Than a Time which will be available on CD fromTCU in late 2007. 

JEFFREY HOOVER’S compositions – ranging from music for 

soloist to symphony orchestra – have received recognition through 

the prestigiousTrieste prize, awards from Mu Phi Epsilon, the Lancaster 

Fine Arts Festival, grants, publications, fellowships and over 

20 commissions. He is a member of the ACME roster of Mu Phi 

Epsilon, recognized for distinguished achievement in composition. 

Hoover creates two types of artistic works – musical compositions, 

and interdisciplinary works that combine his compositions with his 

own paintings. Images of his paintings can be projected while the musicians perform 

his music. His experience as a musical performer includes both classical and jazz 

music; a saxophonist and conductor of wind ensemble, orchestra, and jazz ensemble. 

As a producer of New MusicToday concerts, he is active in bringing together the audience, 

composers, and performers. 

Born on September 11, 1959, in Anderson, Indiana, Jeffrey Hoover holds a Ph.D. in 

Fine Arts (Composition and Interdisciplinary Fine Arts) fromTexasTech University, as 

well as a M.M. in Composition and Musicology and Bch.Sc. in Music Education from 

Ball State University. 

Jeffrey Hoover is the Associate Dean of Arts and Communication at Illinois Central 

College, East Peoria, Illinois. 

SAM STALOS 

STEPHEN PAULUS was born on August 24, 1949. He is one of 

America's most prolific and accomplished composers. He is among 

the few who support themselves on commissions from their compositions. 

Having over 300 works to his credit, Paulus is fluent in 

all genres, including music for chamber ensembles, solo voice, concert 

band, piano, organ, chorus, orchestra and opera. 

SAM STALOS, the winner of the 2006 ITG Composition Contest, 

lives in Dallas (Lewisville),Texas. He is a graduate of the Univer- 

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sity of Rochester/Eastman School of Music. 

ORIANNA WEBB's music has been described as "abound[ing] in 

urgent and mysterious detail"(Cleveland Plain Dealer). Her work 

has been recognized with honors and commissions from the 

American Academy of Arts & Letters, the Fromm Foundation, 

ASCAP, the American Music Center, SCI, the International Alliance 

for Women in Music, the NewYorkYouth Symphony, and 

others. Recent premieres have included Ways the Sky Meets the 

Sea, winner of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize and composed 

in residence at the Camargo Foundation, SustenanceVariations 

for sax, guitar, piano, and percussion, written for the ensemble Flexible Music, 

The Time Being for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, commissioned by SCI and ASCAP, 

and an orchestral version ofTheTime Being premiered at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary 

Music's Conductor/Composer Program in Santa Cruz, CA. Orianna's music 

has recently been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, theYale Philharmonia, the 

Bowling Green Philharmonia, Flexible Music, the Cleveland OrchestraYouth Orchestra 

(COYO), the Prism Players, the University of Iowa Center for New Music,Vox 

Novus, the Mostly Modern Chamber Music Society, and heard at recitals and festivals 

across the country. 

Orianna serves on the faculty of theYale School of Music, and has taught composition, 

orchestration, music theory, and music history variously at the Cleveland Institute of 

Music, Case Western Reserve University, andYale College. She is a founding faculty 

member of theYoung Composers Program at CIM, a week-long summer program 

which draws composers ages 14-19 from around the US and abroad. 

Born into a family of visual artists in Akron, OH, Orianna grew up playing the bassoon 

and the piano. In college she played orchestral and chamber music, and sang, played 

keyboards, and wrote for an improvisational duo and a rock band. After a brief detour 

studying anthropology then religion, she earned degrees in music from the University 

of Chicago, the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), and theYale School of Music. She 

studied composition with Martin Bresnick, Margaret Brouwer, John Eaton, Joseph 

Schwantner, and Roger Zahab, and also at La Schola Cantorum in Paris with Samuel 

Adler and Philip Lasser. She is a member of ASCAP. 

STEVEN WINTEREGG holds degrees in music from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory 

of Music, Wright State University, andThe Ohio State University. He studied composition 

with William Steinohrt, Gregory Proctor, andThomas Wells. 

Steven Winteregg has received dozens of awards in composition He has been a recipient 

of the Raymond Hubbell/ASCAP Award, and for the last sixteen years, he has received a 

Standard Award in Composition from ASCAP. He has also received Individual Artist Fellowships 

from the Montgomery County Cultural Arts District and the Ohio Arts Council, 

a Music Citation from the Ohioana Library Association, and an Ohio Senate Resolution 

commending him for his contribution to the arts in Ohio. Most recently he received First 

Prize in the InternationalTrumpet Guild's 2002 Composition Competition and was a 

Semi-Finalist in the 2003 Sackler Music Composition Prize Competition. 

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He is the composer of three full-length ballets, the most recent, America's Robin Hood, 

was premiered byThe Dayton Ballet in April, 2003. Winteregg's compositions have 

been performed throughout the world and by orchestras such as the Cincinnati Symphony, 

the Columbus Symphony, the Czech Radio Symphony, the Delaware Symphony, 

the Indianapolis Symphony the Milwaukee Symphony and the Symphony of 

Augsburg. His compositions have been recorded by various groups such as the Dayton 

Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech Radio Symphony, the United States Air Force 

Singing Sergeants and the CantecorTrio. Recordings of his music have been released 

on the Albany, MMC, Integra, and Equilibrium labels. His compositions are published 

by Bocal Music, Edition Musicus, Pasticcio Music,The Hornists' Nest, Integra Music, 

MMB Music, Roger Dean Music, Southern Music andTheTuba Press. 

PRESENTERS 

COMPOSERS 

KIM DUNNICK is a Professor of Music (trumpet) at Ithaca College 

in Ithaca, NY where he performs withThe Ithaca Brass and 

the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and Skaneateles Chamber 

Music Festival. He is a recipient of a Dana Fellowship for excellence 

in teaching at Ithaca College. 

A former member ofThe United States Army Band, (Washington, 

D.C.), the Knoxville Symphony, the Elmira Symphony, and 

The Brasswind, Dunnick has also performed with the Syracuse 

Symphony, the Binghamton Symphony,The B.C. Pops, the Hof (Germany) Symphoniker, 

and, for ten years, was principal/solo trumpet of theVictoria Bach Festival 

Orchestra. 

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

and his masters from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. His teachers 

were Herbert Mueller, Louis Davidson, Walt Blanton, David Flowers and Charles 

Gorham. 

Dr. Dunnick has has performed as a guest artist and/or clinician in Sweden, Ireland, 

England, Russia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany and the Ukraine and has been on 

the panel of judges for theVassily Brandt InternationalTrumpet Competition in Saratov, 

Russia (1996), the Kiev InternationalTrumpet Competition in the Ukraine (1998), 

and the Moscow InternationalTrumpet Competition (2000) as well as the National 

Trumpet Competition in Washington, D.C. (various years). He has presented master 

classes at the Royal Northern Academy of Music in Manchester, England, the 

Gnessin's Academy in Moscow, Russia, and atThe Curtis Institute of Music in 

Philadelphia. 

A founding member of ITG, Dunnick has served as President and as a member 

of the Board of Directors. He was the Book Review Editor for the ITG Journal from 

1976 through 1996. He is co-editor of the autobiography of Russian trumpet virtuoso 

Timofei Dokshizer, The Memoirs of Timofei Dokshizer and wrote the pamphlet A 

Quarter Century of Achievement for ITG's silver anniversary in 2000. He has worked 

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on numerous committees including the Commissions, Book Reprint, and Legacy Endowment 

committees. In June of 2004, he was a recipient of ITG's Award of Merit. 

CARL FISCHER is currently one of the top trumpet players in 

NYC and is touring as featured soloist with Billy Joel. He also 

maintains a busy schedule presenting master classes and performances 

under his own name and with his group "The Organic 

Groove Ensemble." Carl has performed for a variety of 

high profile musical events and recordings including Billy 

Joel's "12 Gardens Live," the Tony Award winning Broadway 

show "Movin Out," Mariah Carey, Blue Man Group, and the 

late Maynard Ferguson. 

As music director with Ferguson in 1998, Carl was the featured opening act performing 

compositions from his solo recording. Carl first joined Ferguson's band in 

1992 and according to Maynard was one of the finest jazz players to come through 

the band and surely the most fun! 

JOHN HENES is a musician, a performer and a master 

teacher. He has taught the Alexander Technique both privately 

and in workshops for more than 20 years, and he is certified 

by the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique in London, 

England. 

It was chronic back pain that brought John to the Technique as 

a student; it was the improvement in his own health and wellbeing 

that inspired him to be a teacher. 

In addition to his positions teaching the AlexanderTechnique at the music schools of 

Northwestern and DePaul Universities, John has also had an extensive career in trumpet 

performance, most recently as a member of the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra. 

Many of John's Alexander students are members of major symphony orchestras 

around the world, including the Chicago Symphony, the NewYork Philharmonic 

and the Israel Philharmonic. 

He is also a licensed soccer coach and has coached youth soccer for more than 16 

years. 

John has taught the Alexander Technique extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, 

and is available for clinics, master classes, workplace seminars, occupational 

workshops and private teaching. 

FRANK KADERABEK served as principal trumpet with the Philadelphia Orchestra 

from 1975 until his retirement in 1995. His previous appointments included principal 

of the Dallas and Detroit symphonies and assistant principal of the Chicago 

Symphony. Born in Chicago, he studied with Edward Masacek and Adolph Herseth, 

then with Harry Glantz and Nathan Prager in NewYork. 

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Mr. Kaderabek has appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit 

Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Bach Festival 

in Cranbrook, and Pennsylvania Symphonia Orchestra. In 1982, he was the first 

American judge at the International Trumpet Competition in Czechoslovakia. 

His recordings include An American Trumpet in Prague and Virtuoso, trumpet and 

cornet solos with the Allentown Band, conducted by Ronald Demkee.The 1991 Annual 

NewYork Brass Conference honored Mr. Kaderabek for his contribution to 

performance and teaching. He serves on the executive board of the International 

Trumpet Guild, which presented him with the Award of Merit in 2004. 

Mr. Kaderabek teaches at West Chester University and joined the faculty of The Curtis 

Institute of Music in 1975. 

ED SARGENT began his long and exciting career with the 

Maynard Ferguson band in the Spring of 1982 after finishing 

finals at the Univ of Tennessee just 4 days earlier. Getting the 

call from Stan Mark to join the operation was a paramount 

day in the life of Ed Sargent and for the next 25 years was a 

permanent figure in the touring operation of the Maynard Ferguson 

Band. 

Ed began his tenure as Maynard's valet and personal assistant 

under the guidance of Stan Mark and his manager and daughter Kim Ferguson. In 

the fall of 1984 at 24 years old, Ed became the Tour Manager with added responsibilities 

through the years of lighting director, part time bus driver, and the worlds 

greatest Tshirt and cd salesman according to Mr Ferguson. 

Ed Sargent was constantly by Mr. Ferguson's side producing approximately 200 

shows a year in venue's around the globe. As we all know, Maynard Ferguson was a 

tremendous musician and mentor to many young musicians that came through his 

band and the influence he imparted on the brass world will sustain itself for generations 

to come. 

JAMES WEST has been Associate Professor of Trumpet at 

Louisiana State University since 1978. He began his career 

teaching trumpet at Arkansas Polytechnic College in the fall of 

1969. West is currently the state chairperson of the National 

Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors in 

Louisiana. He is Principal Trumpet with the Baton Rouge Symphony, 

and was the conference chairperson for the 1991 meeting 

of the International Trumpet Guild, which was held at L.S.U. in May of 1991. His 

Chamber music credits include the Norem Faculty Brass Quintet, the Acadiana 

Brass Quintet, the Berkshire Brass Quintet (at Tanglewood), the New Hyperion Oriental 

Foxtrot Orchestra, and the Mos Eisley Chamber Orchestra. 

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2007 ITG SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 

Under 18 years category 

Richard B. Lehman Memorial Scholarship 

Peter Smith, Eau Gallie High School 

Teacher: Sam Goldfarb 

Ages 18-21 Category 

Donald P. Bullock Memorial Scholarship 

Joseph Brown, Ithaca College 

Teacher: Kim Dunnick 

Clifton Plog Memorial Scholarship 

Doug Lindsey, University of Arkansas 

Teacher: Richard Rulli 

Renold O. Schilke Memorial Scholarship 

Steven Del Ross, Boston University 

Teacher: Terry Everson 

Pender's Sheet Music Service #1 Scholarship 

Ryan Beach, Oklahoma City University 

Teacher: Michael Anderson 

Vincent Bach Scholarship 

Patrick Doyle, Boston University 

Teacher: Terry Everson 

C.G. Conn Scholarship 

Alphonso Horne, Florida State University 

Teacher: Christopher Moore 

Ages 22-24 Category 

Sandy Sandberg Memorial Scholarship 

Nick Nichols, Truman State University 

Teacher: Greg Jones 

Triplo Press Scholarship 

Justin Juarez, Florida State University 

Teacher: Christopher Moore 

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Jazz Category 

Pender's Sheet Music Service #2 Scholarship 

Nikola Tomic, Ithaca College 

Teacher: Frank Campos 

Kanstul Musical Instruments Scholarship 

Timothy Mendoza, University of Denver 

Teacher: Alan Hood 

Judges 

Wade Weast, chair 

Jay Coble (University of South Florida) 

Christopher Moore (Florida State University) 

Alex Jokipii (Buffalo Philharmonic)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

Kappa Kappa Psi 

Dr. Willie Hill 

Springfield Symphony 

Boston Philharmonic 

Pioneer Valley Symphony 

Jamey Aebersold 

UMass Alumni Association 

S. E. Shires 

Brian McCreath 

Nadine Shank 

WFCR 

UMASS Fine Arts Center 

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OnBoard Research Corporation...............................................................................165-69 

Osmun Brass...............................................................................................................165-69 

Pickett Brass ....................................................................................................................163 

Pitchfinder/Buzzit.........................................................................................Exhibit Lobby 

Rayburn Music Co. ....................................................................................................174-76 

Robert King Music Sales, Inc.........................................................................................168 

Ronning Music, Inc. ........................................................................................................101 

Schilke Music Products .............................................................................................174-76 

Henri SELMER -- PARIS...........................................................................................162-75 

Sheet Music Service........................................................................................................101 

Siegfried's Call ................................................................................................................163 

Skyhigh Films ..................................................................................................................168 

SmartMusic and Finale...................................................................................................163 

Sonare Winds..............................................................................................................165-69 

Stephenson Music ........................................................................................Exhibit Lobby 

Stomvi Trumpets — Cambrass .................................................................................174-76 

Stork Custom Mouthpieces ......................................................................................162-75 

Taylor Trumpets..........................................................................................................165-69 

TREverson Music/NTG Music ....................................................................Exhibit Lobby 

Triplo Press ......................................................................................................................101 

TrumCor Mutes ..........................................................................................................165-69 

TrumpeTech, Inc./Powell Custom Trumpets .................................................................163 

Trumpets Plus ..................................................................................................................163 

Ultra-Pure Oils..............................................................................................Exhibit Lobby 

UMass Department of Music ......................................................................Exhibit Lobby 

Van Cleave Musical Instruments, LLC .........................................................................163 

Walter Chesnut Scholarship Fund..............................................................Exhibit Lobby 

Warburton Music Products ............................................................................................163 

Willson Band Instruments/DEG Music Products ...................................................174-76 

Wiseman Cases London ..............................................................................Exhibit Lobby 

Yamaha Corporation of America ..................................................................................163 

Zaja Musical Products, LLC .....................................................................................165-69 

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2007 ITG CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 

TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2007 

7:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony and concert 

US Coast Guard Band with Jeffrey 

Work, Eric Berlin, Charles Schlueter 

and Richard Kelley 


10:00 p.m. Greg Gisbert, Blue Wall Cafe 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007 

7:30 a.m. Warm Up with Jim West 

Reading Room 

9:00 a.m. Exhibits Open 

9:00 a.m. Maynard Ferguson Tribute 


10:00 a.m. New Works Recital 


10:00 a.m. Orchestral Excerpts Competition 

Reading Room 

11:00 a.m. Comeback Hour: Kim Dunnick 

Cape Cod Lounge 

12:30 p.m. Spanish Brass - Luur Metalls 


2:30 p.m. Manny Laureano Lecture 


4:00 p.m. Roger Voisin Tribute 


5:00 p.m. A Reinhardt Retrospective 


7:00 p.m. Jeff Holmes Big Band with 

Wayne Bergeron and Patrick Hession 


9:00 p.m. Ingrid Jensen, Blue Wall Cafe 

11:00 p.m. Late Night Jam, Blue Wall Cafe 

THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2007 


Reading Room 

9:00 a.m. Charles Schlueter Masterclass 


10:30 a.m. James Stephenson Collaboration 


10:30 a.m. Solo Competition, Reading Room 

12:30 p.m. James Thompson and Hans Bohn 

Recital, Campus Center Auditorium 

2:00 p.m. Wayne Bergeron Masterclass 


3:30 p.m. Rex Richardson Recital 


5:00 p.m. Orchestral Audition Roundtable 


7:00 p.m. Washington Symphonic Brass 


9:00 p.m. Mike Vax & TRPTS, Blue Wall Cafe 


FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2007 


Reading Room 

9:00 a.m. John Henes and the Alexander 

Technique, Campus Center Auditorium 

10:00 a.m. Jazz Solo Competition, Reading Room 

10:30 a.m. Marc Reese Recital 


11:00 a.m. Video - Healed: The Story of 

James Klages, Cape Cod Lounge 

12:30 p.m. Crispian Steele-Perkins Recital 


2:00 p.m. Chris Martin Recital 


3:00 p.m. Carl Vigeland book signing 

Exhibits Lobby 

3:30 p.m. Tribute to Walter Chesnut 


5:00 p.m. 'Monette: Design, Fabrication and 

Performance- A Guided Video Tour' 


5:00 p.m. Youth Competition: Junior Division 

Competition, Reading Room 

7:00 p.m. New England Brass Band 

with Terry Everson, Philip Cobb, and 

Rene Hernandez 


9:00 p.m. Brad Goode, Blue Wall Cafe 


SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2007 

8:00 a.m. ITG General Meeting 

Amherst Room, 10th floor 

8:00 a.m. Youth Competition: Senior Division 

Competition, Reading Room 

9:00 a.m. Vincent Cichowicz Tribute 


10:30 a.m. Chris Martin Masterclass 


Noon Chase Sanborn - Jazz Tactics 


2:00 p.m. Festival of Trumpets 

Flagstones Outside Hotel Lobby 

5:00 p.m. ITG Banquet 


8:00 p.m. Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band 


10:30 p.m. Late Night Jam, Blue Wall Cafe

June 11-14, 2007 - International Trumpet Guild

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