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International Trumpet Guild®

2018 REGIONAL CONFERENCE

International Trumpet Guild®

2018 REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Hosted by Michael Anderson and Oklahoma City UniversityWanda L. Bass School of Music

2501 N. Blackwelder Ave, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

January 26 – 27, 2018

843-15734001 NW 63rd

(63rd & NW Expressway in OKC)

Rev 2

Dean’s Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

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

Schedule at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Conference Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Conference Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

ITG Regional Conference 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome to the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at OklahomaCity University. We are so pleased to be able to host the Re-gional International Trumpet Guild Conference. By coming to-gether and sharing technical and musical ideas our art canadvance. As important, is the face-to-face exchanges and net-working that takes place which we know leads to unexpectedconsequences that may result in new works, new research,new musical collaborations, and new friendships that endure.

At Oklahoma City University,we know that one of the impor-tant functions of higher learn-ing institutions is to open ourdoors to the community ofscholars and artists so thesetypes of exchanges can occur.Thank you for your contribu-tions to our field and your will-ingness to invest in theprogress of our art from.

I wish you a most productiveconference and stand ready todo whatever we can to makeyour time here pleasant andproductive.

Sincerely,

Mark ParkerDeanAnn Hundley Hoover ChairWanda L. Bass School of Music


DEAN’S WELCOME

Dear Friends,

I am very excited to welcome you to Oklahoma City for theInternational Trumpet Guild’s first ever Regional Conference,co-hosted by Michael Anderson and Oklahoma City University.This year, ITG is dedicated to trying new things, and this 2018Regional Conference is the first of our new ideas to be seenand enjoyed. If you havebeen to ITG events be-fore, welcome back. Itrust you will find this 2-day Conference as stim-ulating as other ITGhappenings you have at-tended. If you are newto ITG---welcome! Andplease consider comingto our annual Interna-tional Conference May29 – June 2, 2018, in SanAntonio, Texas.

Many thanks to allthis weekend’s featuredindividual artists andpresenters, and to theOKC Philharmonic Brass,the OKC Jazz Orchestra,and the Frontier JazzBand. Most especially ahuge thank you toMichael Anderson, ITG


ITG PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

Website Director and member of the Board of Directors, whohas done an amazing job of not only directing this Confer-ence, but ENVISIONING and CREATING it. Michael, kudos for ajob well done, and additional thanks go to Oklahoma City Uni-versity for giving us wonderful place to meet. A huge thankyou to ITG Officers and Board of Directors for their sponsor-ship and support of this event, and extra special gratitudegoes to ITG Treasurer Dixie Burress for her constant input andtireless work on all aspects of this event, especially the regis-tration process.

During the two days of the 2018 Regional Conference inOklahoma City I encourage you to introduce yourself to peo-ple, and take advantage of the many supportive members ofthe International Trumpet Guild community. You can build life-long connections to people you meet at these events, andyou can receive and share knowledge that can change yourworld. Please visit the exhibits and speak with the exhibitorswho have travelled, in some cases, many miles to share theirproducts and meet with you. The time is now to get the in-struments, mouthpieces, accessories and music you need.

Your attendance this weekend makes us all better, and weappreciate your efforts to be here. Enjoy these jam-packedtwo days, and share what you learn with others at home, aswe expand and improve our experience with everything aboutthe trumpet.

Cathy LeachPresident, International Trumpet Guild


Welcome all to the very first ITG Regional Conference beingheld here, at Oklahoma City University! I am pleased to be yourhost.

As a long-timemember of the ITGBoard of Directors, Ihave been part of theexploration of newideas and events, oneof them being a mid-year, regional confer-ence. For years, the ITGDirectors and Officershave discussed ways inwhich ITG can connectmore often with trum-pet players by puttingon events in between our popular annual conference. Havingbeen an outspoken proponent of this concept, it should havebeen no surprise to me that I was “tasked” with hosting thefirst one. This conference is similar to our annual conferencein that it features solo and ensemble performances, a varietyof workshops, master classes and vendors. It differs in thatthere are no competitions or trumpet ensemble preludes. Youwill notice, however, that there are two featured recitals forthe many trumpet ensembles in attendance!

I am grateful to the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma CityUniversity for their support of this conference. Deans MarkParker and Mark Belcik have generously endorsed this meet-ing of trumpet players and I thank them for all accommoda-tions. I also am thankful for my wonderful colleagues and


HOST’S WELCOME

students who have volunteered their time and talents tomake this conference a success.

Performers and presenters, vendors and ensembles hailfrom Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, New York, andKansas. We are extremely fortunate to have the multi-talentedVince DiMartino as our main guest artist, as well as many othertremendous soloists!

We are fortunate to tap the talents of several local profes-sional ensembles, The Oklahoma City Philharmonic Brass, theOklahoma City Jazz Orchestra, and the Frontier Brass Band. Iwould be remiss if I didn’t mention the fantastic rhythm sec-tion we have booked for the two jam sessions at the jazz-friendly Saints Pub!

I hope you will all come to Saints at the end of the day for agood old-fashioned “Trumpet Hang!”

Michael AndersonProfessor of Trumpet, Oklahoma City UniversityBoard Member, International Trumpet Guild


LRH = A110 (Large Rehearsal Hall)SRH = A101 (Small Rehearsal Hall)

Click or tap on a performer or ensemble name tojump to their biographical information!

Friday8:00 A.M. Registration and Check-in Atrium

9:30 A.M. Opening Ceremony Petree Recital Hall OKC Philharmonic Brass

10:30 A.M. Jason Dovel • Trumpet Intonation LRH Richard Rulli • Stamp: So Much More Than a Warmup SRH

12:00 P.M. Lunch Break

1:00 P.M. Professors’ Recital #1 Petree Recital Hall

2:30 P.M. Steve Leisring • A Blueprint to Finding Efficiency on the Trumpet LRH Jason Bergman • Applying for College Teaching Jobs SRH


SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

4:00 P.M. Trumpet Ensemble Recital #1 Petree Recital Hall

5:30 P.M. Brian Walker • Daily Fundamental Routines: Developing What Works for you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRH Ryan Gardner • Audition and Competition Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . LRH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6:30 P.M. Dinner Break

8:00 P.M. Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra with Vince DiMartino, Ryan Sharp, and Lee Rucker Petree Recital Hall

(Directly following 8:00 concert) “Tag Team Practice Jam” with Wiff Rudd Petree Recital Hall

10:00 P.M. Jam Session Saints Pub 1715 NW 16th St


Saturday8:00 A.M. Warm-Up Session LRH With Karl Sievers

9:30 A.M. Richard Tirk • Aria Project SRH Grant Peters • Technology in the Studio and Practice Room LRH

10:30 A.M. Vince DiMartino Masterclass Petree Recital Hall


1:00 P.M. David Hunsicker Recital Petree Recital Hall Karl Sievers • Keeping The Mind in The Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRH

2:30 P.M. Trumpet Ensemble Recital #2 Petree Recital Hall Jay Wilkinson • Incorporating Jazz Improv into your Daily Routine LRH Cathy Leach • How to Develop Your Super Powers with Etudes SRH


4:00 P.M. Wiff Rudd • Performing With a Spirit of Improvisation LRH

5:30 P.M. Professors’ Recital #2 Petree Recital Hall


8:00 P.M. Frontier Brass Band with Vince DiMartino, Wiff Rudd, Michael Anderson, Ryan Sharp, and Anthony Barrington Petree Recital Hall

(Directly following 8:00 concert) “Tag Team Practice Jam” with Wiff Rudd Petree Recital Hall

10:00 P.M. Jam Session Saints Pub 1715 NW 16th St


LRH = A110 (Large Rehearsal Hall)SRH = A101 (Small Rehearsal Hall)

Click or tap on a performer or ensemble name tojump to their biographical information!

Friday8:00 A.M. Registration and Check-in . . . . . . . . Atrium

9:30 A.M. Opening Ceremony . . . . Petree Recital Hall

OKC Philharmonic BrassClash of the Centurions (2016) . . . . . . . . . John Wasson

(b. 1956)Warren “Puffer” Jones, Conductor

Welcome from Michael Anderson Conference Host Welcome from Dean Mark Parker Dean, Wanda L. Bass School of Music Welcome from Cathy Leach President, International Trumpet Guild


CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

OKC Philharmonic Brass

Five Movements from “Divertimento” (1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raymond Premru Of Knights and Castles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1934 – 1998) A Tale from Long Ago Petite March Le Bateau sur Léman Blues March

Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 . . . . . . . . . Heitor Villa-Lobos arranged for brass by David Bowman

from an arrangement by Tommy NewsomeJay Wilkinson, trumpet

Suite from Carmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Bizetarr. Roger Harvey

I. Aragonaise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III. Habañero V. Dance Bohéme

10:30 A.M. Jason Dovel • Trumpet Intonation . . . . . LRH Richard Rulli • Stamp: So Much More Than a Warmup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRH


1:00 P.M. Professors’ Recital #1 . . . Petree Recital Hall

Trumpet Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth Downie(b. 1946)

Steve Leisring, trumpet


Dr. Paulina Leisring, piano

Im Stile von Albéniz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rodion Shchedrin(b. 1932)

Dr. Jason Bergman, trumpetDr. Paulina Leisring, piano

Centennial Horizon (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin McKee I. Aspen Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1980) II. Roaring Gunnison

Dr. Brian Walker, trumpetDr. Jacob Johnson, piano

“Liquid Prelude” (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Coleman(b. 1972)

Dr. Richard Rulli, trumpet

’The Bells’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Anderson I. Silver Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1994) II. Golden Bells III. Brazen Bells

Dr. Richard Tirk, trumpetDr. Yu-Ling Chen, piano

Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giuseppe Tartini I. Allegro non Troppo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1692 – 1770)Chiapenecas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mexican Folk Song

arr. Rafael MéndezDr. Stephen Goforth, trumpet

Dr. Jacob Johnson, piano

Moskwa: Russiches Lied fur Tromba Solo . . . . . . . arr. by V. BauerDr. Cathy Leach, trumpetDr. Paulina Leisring, piano


Concertpiece No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vassily Brandt(1869 – 1923)

Ben Hay, trumpetAnn Raphael, piano

Siete Canciones populares Españolas . . . . . . . . . . Manuel de Falla “El Paño moruno”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1876 – 1946) “Jota” “Nana” “Canción” “Polo”

Dr. Ryan Gardner, trumpetDr. Paulina Leisring, piano

2:30 P.M. Steve Leisring • A Blueprint to Finding Efficiency on the Trumpet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRH Jason Bergman • Applying for College Teaching Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRH

4:00 P.M. Trumpet Ensemble Recital #1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petree Recital Hall

Cityscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Morales I. Rush Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1966) II. Skyscrapers III. Rhythm of the City

Oklahoma City UniversityMichael Anderson, Director

Daniel Vittum, Josh Dolney, Nathan Hasterlik, Sierra Stan,Sam Key, Kristen Layne, Austin Hogue


Poet and Peasant Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franz von Suppéarr. James Klages

University of Central OklahomaEdmond, OklahomaRyan Sharp, Director

Garrison Brown, Greg Evraets, Alyssa Guerrero, Michael Pruett,Garrett Riff, Natalie Schnellier, Josh Watley

Infinite Ascent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik MoralesKansas State

Manhattan, KansasJames Johnson, Director

Steven Schmoll, Madison Hines, Abby Giles,Sarah Grose, Hunter Sullivan, Erick Sherman,

Lucas Johnson, Dakota Cavanaugh

Fanfare of the Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer FletcherUniversity of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas

Chase Teague, DirectorBrandon Bahara, Payton McCartney, Jade Carr, Avigail Gomez,

Nelson Rosa, Erick Amaya, Matthew Swerts, Trey Jeter,Callie Ables, Hanna Carstensen, Ethan Chase, Madison Spyres,

Jordon Walker

Fantasia Brasiliera (2001) . . . . . . . . . Jose Ursicino de Silva “Duda” I. Fanfarra - Maracatu - Baiao. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1935) IV. Frevo

Tarleton Trumpet Ensemble “Purple”Stephenville, Texas

Brian Walker, DirectorTember Lowe, Olivia Perkins, Fabian Weirich, Audrey Smith,

Taylor Welch


The Storm’s Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian BalmagesSouthwest Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, OklahomaRichard Tirk, Director

Jessica Adams, Amanda Bacon, Kayla Clay, Zachary Cravens,Aaron Edge, Miranda Giessel, Austin Hardman, Andrew Howse,

J.J. Jaume, Victoria Poole, Tommy Smith, Samuel Stone

Concert Fanfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric EwazenCatacomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Dovel

Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma

Benjamin Hay, DirectorTimothy Caputo, Brennan Marcotte, Timothy Moore,

Maxwell Sellars, Jackson Washburn, Christopher Whipple

Fanfare, “Stadt Wien”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Straussarr. David Marlott

Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck McKinnon(World Premiere)

University of KansasLawrence, Kansas

Steve Leisring, Director Guangyu Dong, Trent Warbis, Robert Vandivier, Jong Ho Kim,

Shuyu Wang, Miguel Cubero, Gabby Bernard, Tori Klopp,Baset Azizi, Madi Howard, Brandon Fultz, Brock Nelsen,

David Thal, Shelby Scott, Ashley Graf, Zak Terp,Hannnah Steinert, Megan Shulte, Josie Thane, Jonah Pellegrino


Variants with Solo Cadenzas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William SchmidtBaylor University “Green”

Waco, TexasWiff Rudd, Director

Spencer Adams, Cordelia DeDecker,Ryan Lancaster, Sig Stefansson

5:30 P.M. Brian Walker • Daily Fundamental Routines: Developing What Works for you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRH Ryan Gardner • Audition and Competition Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . LRH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


8:00 P.M. Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra with Vince DiMartino, Ryan Sharp, and Lee Rucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petree Recital Hall

Brian Gorrell, Music DirectorMr. DiMartino’s appearance is sponsored, in part, by S.E. Shires,

Pickett-Blackburn, Edmond Music, and the Wanda L. Bass School of Music

Every Tub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Count Basie & Eddie Durham

Candy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reid/Whitney/Kramerarr. Norman David

Lee Rucker, trumpet

Souvenir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benny Carterarr. Eric Richards


Where’s Teddy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie MaidenRyan Sharp, trumpet

Main Stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duke Ellington

Fast & Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Daversa

Intermission

The Jody Grind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horace Silverarr. John Clayton

The next four pieces feature Vince DiMartino, trumpetBlue Bossa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Dorham

arr. Sy JohnsonConcerto for Cootie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duke EllingtonGeorgia on my Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoagy Carmichael

arr. Tommy NewsomAim for the Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Armstrong

Green Onions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booker T. Jonesarr. Drew Zaremba

(Directly following 8:00 concert) “Tag Team Practice Jam” with Wiff Rudd

Petree Recital Hall

10:00 P.M. Jam Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saints Pub 1715 NW 16th St

Jay Wilkinson, HostMike Turner, Piano; Jack Helsley, Bass;

David Bowen, Drums


Saturday8:00 A.M. Warm-Up Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRH With Karl Sievers

Karl Sievers’s appearance is sponsored by Powell Trumpets

9:30 A.M. Richard Tirk • Aria Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRH Grant Peters • Technology in the Studio and Practice Room . . . . . . . . . LRH

10:30 A.M. Vince DiMartinoMr. DiMartino’s appearance is sponsored, in part, by S.E. Shires,

Pickett-Blackburn, Edmond Music, and the Wanda L. Bass School of Music

Masterclass . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petree Recital Hall


1:00 P.M. David Hunsicker Recital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petree Recital Hall

David Hunsicker, trumpetShannon Thomas, violinSteve Leisring, trumpet

Dr. Paulina Leisring, piano

Intrada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur Honegger (1892 – 1955)

Storyteller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Stephenson(b. 1969)

Shannon Thomas, violin


Two Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Turrin Psalm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1947) Incantation

Intermission

Concerto No. 3 in D Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Wilhelm Hertel Allegro ma non troppo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1727 – 1789) Largo Vivace

Trumpet Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Higdon Morning Opens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1962) To Home In Our Quiet Hop & Toe Dance Threaded Breaking

Under Western Skies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin McKee Sundown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1980)

Steve Leisring, Trumpet

(1:00 P.M.) Karl Sievers • Keeping The Mind in The Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRH

Karl Sievers’s appearance is sponsored by Powell Trumpets


2:30 P.M. Trumpet Ensemble Recital #2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petree Recital Hall

The Wild Atlantic Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin BrooksWest Texas A&M University

Canyon, TexasWilliam Takacs, Director

Jacob Sexton, Alex Collins, Aaron Olson, Austin Nakamoto,Joaquin Sotelo, Ashton Young, Marcos Garcia

Cityscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Morales I. Rush Hour II. Skyscrapers III. Rhythm of the City

Trophy Club, Texas, High School Trumpet QuintetTrophy Club, Texas

Daniel Brock, DirectorKaylee Smith, Jason Zahris, Ben Vaquiz, Ford Harris, Kevin Medzorian

Canzona noni toni á 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giovanni Gabrieliarr. David Brown

España Cañi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pascual Marquina Narroarr. David Hickman

University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, MissouriAlan Wenger, Director

Todd Anderson, Rebecca Brendel, Tim Campbell, Ben Cowan,Dakotta Hunt, Dalton Leal, Blake Pfeiffer, Felicity Richey,

Janelle Sharp, Zach Smith, Leah Terrill, Kevin Wanner


Finlandia (1900) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Sibelius(1865 – 1957)

arr. Brian Walker(b. 1982)

Tarleton Trumpet Ensemble “White”Stephenville, Texas

Brian Walker, DirectorAkira Okamoto, Tim Wilson, Danny Norton,

Matt Edwards, trumpets; Chad Wiley, bass trumpet

Ice Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason BasocoAngelo State University

San Angelo, TexasJohn Irish, Director

Brandon Batten, William DeForest, Riley Jarabek, Joseph Torres

Seven Tapas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Gillingham I. Fanfare II. Song III. Fuguing Tune IV. Recitative VII. Scherzo a la Rush

Fort Worth, Texas, High School Trumpet SeptetDaniel Brock, Director

Tanner Price, Nathan Smith, Austin Bell, Brendan Lorenz, Brendan Chucci, Gage Reynolds, Jacob Thomas

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Bernsteinarr. Wiff Rudd & Alex Parker

Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas

Wiff Rudd, DirectorRyan Fitzgerald, Luke Hoeft, Jonah Kelly,

Ryan McArthur, Brian Mendez, Ross Mitchell, Tyler Moore


(2:30 P.M.) Jay Wilkinson • Incorporating Jazz Improv into your Daily Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRH Cathy Leach • How to Develop Your Super Powers With etudes . . . . . . . SRH

4:00 P.M. Wiff Rudd • Performing With a Spirit of Improvisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRH

5:30 P.M. Professors’ Recital #2 . . . Petree Recital Hall

Concerto for Two Trumpets and Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Morales I. Boldly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1966) II. Rubato III. Allegro

Dr. Karl Sievers and Dr. Lacey Hays, trumpetsDr. Jacob Johnson, piano

Prayer and Praise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Ewazen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b. 1954)

Dr. Grant Peters, trumpetDr. Paulina Leisring, piano

Credo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Barnes Chance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1932 – 1972)

Dr. Alan Wenger, trumpetDr. Jacob Johnson, piano


La Cenerentola: Air Varie sur un Air de l' Opera de Rossini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.B. Arban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1825 – 1889)

Dr. Daniel Kelly, trumpetLibby Vanatta, piano


8:00 P.M. Frontier Brass BandDon Linn, Conductor

with Vince DiMartino, Wiff Rudd, Ryan Sharp, Anthony Barrington,

and Michael Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petree Recital Hall

Where Eagles Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Lovatt-Cooper Concertpiece for Cornet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Curnow

Ryan Sharp, trumpet

’Mid all the Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional Song Setting by Leonard Ballantine

Gabriel’s Oboe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ennio Morricone arr. Kevin Jensen

Michael Anderson, flugelhorn

Shine as the Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Graham

Intermission


Symphony No. 4, Finale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyotr Tchaikovsky arr. Derek Ashmore

Song and Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip SparkeWiff Rudd, cornet

Songs in the Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik LeidzenAnthony Barrington, cornet

My Old Kentucky Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Foster arr. William Remmer

Vince DiMartino, cornet

William Tell: Gallop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gioachino Rossini arr. Gregor J. Grant

(Directly following 8:00 concert) “Tag Team Practice Jam” with Wiff Rudd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petree Recital Hall

10:00 P.M. Jam Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saints Pub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1715 NW 16th St

Jay Wilkinson, HostMike Turner, PianoJack Helsley, Bass

David Bowen, Drums


Michael Anderson is Professor of Trumpet at the Wanda L.Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. He is amember of the International Trumpet Guild Board of Directors,Executive Director of the Guild’s website since its inception,and head photographer at the annual ITG Conferences. He haspresented and performed at several ITG Conferences.

Anderson founded and administrates the Trumpet Players’International Network (TPIN), the oldest and most activeInternet discussion list dedicated to the trumpet.

His degrees are from Illinois State University (BM), and theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln (MM). Primary teachers havebeen Dennis Schneider, Herbert Koerselman, and Arnold Jacobs.

Anderson is a member of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic,The Norman Philharmonic, The OCU Faculty Brass Quintet, andthe Lyric Theater Orchestra. He is a founder and ExecutiveDirector of the Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra and is theproprietor of Performing Arts Photography. He is an activefreelance trumpeter, and has played for countless nationaltours; recording sessions; and jazz, orchestra and chambermusic events.

Vince DiMartino is one of the most sought-after trumpetperformers and educators. Since graduating from TheEastman School of Music in 1972, professor DiMartino taughtat the University of Kentucky until 1993. At that time, Mr.DiMartino began a new appointment as Distinguished Artist inresidence at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. There heteaches trumpet, jazz history, and coaches brass and jazzensembles. He has served as the Music Chair and is currentlycoordinator of the Centre College Instrumental Program. He isa distinguished Matton Professor of Music at Centre College.


CONFERENCE ARTISTS

Vince DiMartino isequally known as ajazz artist. He hasbeen the lead andsolo trumpet in theLionel Hampton Band,the Chuck MangioneBand, the Clark TerryBand, and TheEastman Arranger’sHoliday Orchestra. Hehas also performedwith some of thiscountry’s finest

college jazz ensembles. Vince has been a member of theartist-faculty of the highly-acclaimed Skidmore Jazz Institutesince its inception in 1988, working with fellow artist-teachersMilt Hinton, Todd Coolman, Ed Shaughnessy, Frank Mantooth,Curtis Fuller, Dick Oatts and Pat LaBarbera.

The International Trumpet Guild has featured Mr. DiMartinoas an artist-clinician in major solo programs at theirconferences including Louisiana State University, University ofGothenburg-Sweden, University of Colorado, University ofNew Mexico, University of Denver and London, England.DiMartino also was a guest at the University of KentuckyConference in 1998, an event that Professor DiMartino hostedat this same location in 1982.

He has served twice as President and Vice President of TheInternational Trumpet Guild as well as a member of its Boardof Directors for two terms. He serves as chair of the Board ofDirectors of The National Trumpet Competition in Washington,DC.

Mr. DiMartino has been soloist with many symphonyorchestras including Cincinnati, Buffalo, Santa Fe, North


Carolina, Orlando, Baton Rouge, and Rochester, New York. Healso appeared as guest soloist with the Boston Pops on theirSummer Tour in 1999 and for a national television broadcast ofthe same. He has also been a soloist with the Army Blues JazzBand, The Army Brass Band, The US Air Force Band of Flight,and The United States Marine Band. Mr. DiMartino is the firstcivilian to perform with this ensemble. He is also co-founderof the New Columbian Brass Band, a turn-of-the-century townband, with Dr. George Foreman, Director of the Norton Centerfor the Arts at Centre College. The band has recorded threeCDs for Dorian Records.

Mr. DiMartino is also prominently featured on some of theCincinnati Pops Orchestra’s most recent recordings, includingMancini’s Greatest Hits, Bond and Beyond, Big Hit Parade, andHollywood’s Greatest Hits. He recorded Mel Torme’s ChristmasAlbum as lead trumpet. Mr. DiMartino also has completed arecording project on Summit Records with jazz artists AllenVizzutti and Bobby Shew and The Summit Brass called TrumpetSummit.

With Dr. Schuyler Robinson, Mr. DiMartino made a recordingfor Mark Records with the DiMartino-Robinson trumpet andorgan duo entitled Orchestral Favorites for Trumpet and Organ.ITG has designated this CD as its membership gift CD. The duowas awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.In the summer of 1994, he performed at Lincoln Center withThe Canadian Brass, The New York Philharmonic Brass, and TheNew York Brass. He also was a featured artist-teacher at theKiev International Trumpet Competition in 1998.

Vince and UK Jazz band director Miles Osland co-direct TheDiMartino-Osland Jazz Orchestra and have recorded two CDsunder that name on Seabreeze records, Quotient and Off theCharts.

Throughout his teaching career, Professor DiMartino hasbeen a member of the artist faculty of many international


seminars and courses. These include The Empire BrassQuintet-Tanglewood summer program, The Spanish BrassFestival in Alzira-Spain, The Kalavrita Brass Course in Greece, aswell as seminars in England, Ukraine, Thailand, Germany, andCanada.

DiMartino is 2004 CASE Professor of The Year for the stateof Kentucky. This award is given nationally each year to oneperson in each state in The United States. He is the recipientof The Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2008 – 2009for the state of Kentucky.

Vince DiMartino is an S.E. Shires Trumpet Artist and playsPickett Brass Mouthpieces.

Anthony Barrington began his musical career as a cornetplayer at The Salvation Army Music Conservatory in Welling,Oklahoma, later moving to become a trumpeter. He served asprincipal trumpet of the Oklahoma Youth Orchestra programfrom 2011 – 2017. Some achievements of Anthony’s includeperforming as a cornet soloist at multiple Salvation Armyevents, serving as principal trumpet of the Oklahoma SummerArts Institute Orchestra in 2016, and getting accepted into TheJuilliard School.

Anthony has won multiple scholarships including the 2017Dr. John E. Clinton Scholarship for Artistic Excellence, which isgiven by the Oklahoma Youth Orchestra program. Previous tostudying at Juilliard, he studied at Oklahoma City University asa high school student under the tutelage of Professor MichaelAnderson. While there, he won the principal chair for theuniversity’s renowned wind ensemble. Anthony recently wonthe principal trumpet position of The Juilliard Orchestra underthe direction of Maestro Gerard Schwartz.

Anthony was accepted into The Juilliard School in 2017 andstudies with Mr. Raymond Mase, professor of trumpet andchair of Juilliard’s brass department.


Jason Bergman joined the renowned music faculty of theUniversity of North Texas as Assistant Professor of Trumpet inAugust 2015. Prior to that, he was the Nina Bell SuggsProfessor of Trumpet at the University of Southern Mississippifor five years. He is also a faculty member of the Idyllwild ArtsChamberfest during the summer.

He has previously served on the faculties of the Música nasMontanhas Festival in Poços de Caldas (Brazil), the Semana dela Trompeta Peruana (Peru), the Festival de Música de SantaCatarina (Brazil), the Grand Valley International TrumpetSeminar (USA), and the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (USA). He alsoserves as an adjudicator with the National TrumpetCompetition in Fairfax, Virginia.

Dr. Bergman has performed throughout China, Europe, theUnited Kingdom, South America, and the United States. Mostrecently, he served as Principal Trumpet of the MobileSymphony Orchestra and Mobile Opera. He has previouslybeen a member of the Gulf Coast Symphony, Saginaw BaySymphony Orchestra, and Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Anactive performer in the north Texas region, he frequentlyperforms with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Opera,and Dallas Winds among other groups.

In 2008, he was named Associate Principal trumpet of theSantiago Philharmonic in Santiago, Chile, where he performedduring their 2008 season. Additionally, he has performed inconcert with the Canadian Brass, Rhythm & Brass, and withconductor David Robertson, at Carnegie Hall, as part of theWeill Music Institute. He also enjoyed performing as a fellow atthe Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California.

Dr. Bergman has given recitals and masterclasses atnumerous institutions worldwide and he has performed orpresented clinics at conferences of the International TrumpetGuild, College Music Society, International Tuba and


Euphonium Conference, Mississippi Bandmaster’s Association,Mississippi Music Teachers Association, and the Texas MusicEducators Association.

Dr. Bergman has been a prizewinner in the InternationalTrumpet Guild Orchestral Excerpt Competition, and has alsobeen a national finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Brass andChamber music competitions. Additionally, he has been asemi-finalist in the National Trumpet Competition. Dr.Bergman has performed as soloist with the Garland SymphonyOrchestra, the UNT Symphonic Band, the Beijing CentralConservatory of Music Wind Ensemble, the Southern MissSymphonic Winds, the Brigham Young University Philharmonic,Wind Symphony, and Symphonic Band.

His debut solo album, On The Horizon, is also available onthe MSR label and has received rave reviews. In Fanfaremagazine, Henry Fogel (Dean, Roosevelt University and retiredpresident of the Chicago Symphony) said that Jason Bergman,

“sounds like a world class soloist on this recording. He playswith style and elegance, a lovely legato where the music callsfor it, and at the same time a strong internal rhythmic pulse.He understands the principles of tension and release in music-making, and he gets a nice range of color out of his trumpet.”Fogel also stated that Bergman’s “extremely vocal approachto playing his instrument reminds [him] of Herseth’s … and Ican pay no higher compliment to a trumpeter.” (FanfareMagazine)

Committed to research, Dr. Bergman is a contributingauthor for the Grove Dictionary of American Music, SecondEdition. He is editor of the Orchestral Section Profile, and aSheet Music and Recording Reviewer for the InternationalTrumpet Guild. His music arrangements have been publishedby Eighth Note Publications.

Dr. Bergman holds a Bachelor of Music degree in TrumpetPerformance from Brigham Young University, Master of Music


degrees in Trumpet Performance and Chamber Music fromthe University of Michigan, and a Doctor of Musical Arts inTrumpet Performance from the University of Michigan.

Jason Bergman is an endorsing artist for Bach trumpets.

A versatile performer on the modern trumpet, Baroquetrumpet, and Renaissance cornetto, Jason Dovel joined theUniversity of Kentucky School of Music faculty in 2013. At UK,his responsibilities include applied trumpet lessons, trumpetliterature, trumpet ensembles, Baroque trumpet, and thefaculty brass quintet. He serves as faculty sponsor of UKEducation Abroad programs in Greece in Australia and is alsofounding director of the UK Summer Trumpet Institute, UKBaroque Trumpet Symposium, as well as the Certificate inBaroque Trumpet.

Dovel enjoys a busy schedule as a soloist and clinician,having appeared at more than fifty universities and festivals inthe United States and abroad. He has recorded two highly-acclaimed solo CDs; his debut album, Lost Trumpet Treasures,was released in 2014 as a collaboration with pianist EdwardNeeman. The International Trumpet Guild Journal reviewerwrote, "On every track, Dovel's and Neeman's nuanced,stylistic interpretations and technical mastery are on fulldisplay." The American Record Guide described the disc as"spectacular" and praised Dovel's "full tone and terrifictechnical skills." The Brass Herald lauded the disc as "well-conceived and well-performed." His second solo CD, Ascent:New Music for Trumpet, was released in 2016 and featureseight new works for trumpet, four of which are his originalcompositions.

As an orchestral trumpeter, he is principal trumpet of theLexington Chamber Orchestra and spends summers playing inthe Charlottesville Opera Orchestra (Formerly Ash Lawn Opera)in Virginia. He has also performed with the Dallas Opera


Orchestra, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Ballet, Tulsa Opera,Toledo Opera, Arkansas Philharmonic, Knoxville Symphony,Lexington Philharmonic, Amici New York Orchestra, Orchestraof New Spain, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, and manyother groups. As a chamber music entrepreneur, he is afounding member of Quintasonic Brass, a professional brassquintet, as well as Clarino Collective, a professional trumpetensemble.

A dedicated pedagogue with a passion for research inteaching, he has published articles in the Music EducatorsJournal, International Trumpet Guild Journal, TheInstrumentalist, and the Journal of the Art College of InnerMongolia University in China. He is also editor of The Big Bookof Sight-Reading Duets for Trumpet, published by MountainPeak Music.

Also active as a composer and arranger, his works havebeen performed at the International Trumpet GuildConference, National Trumpet Competition, Midwest TrumpetFestival, Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference,Oklahoma Music Educators Association Conference, and at theExploring Brass in Greece International Festival. His works arepublished through Prestissimo Press, Hickman Music Editions,Mountain Peak Music, and the Baroque Trumpet Shop.

Dovel is involved with the International Trumpet Guild inmany capacities, including serving as Chair of the annual ITGSolo Competition, News Editor, Conference Reporter, NewMusic Reviewer, and Recordings Reviewer.

Jason Dovel is grateful for the tutelage of many wonderfulteachers, including Keith Johnson, George Novak, CharlesSaenz, James Kluesner, Charlie Geyer, Barbara Butler, BarryBauguess (Baroque trumpet), and Bruce Dickey (cornetto).

Dr. Ryan Gardner is the Associate Professor of Trumpet atOklahoma State University. Originally from Santa Monica,


California, Gardner received his BM from the Eastman Schoolof Music with highest distinction, his MM Degree from RiceUniversity - Shepherd School of Music, and his DMA from theManhattan School of Music.

As an orchestral performer, Gardner has played with theLos Angeles Philharmonic, the Honolulu Symphony, theCharleston Symphony, and the Rochester Philharmonic,among others. Gardner is a featured recitalist and his debutCD On Track has received critical acclaim. He is an avid chambermusician and a champion of new music having played withAlarm Will Sound and Crash Ensemble.

In addition to an exciting performing career, Gardnercontinues to enjoy impressive teaching successes. Hisstudents have gone on to distinguished careers, graduateprograms and elite summer festivals. Gardner's students havealso achieved success at the international, national andregional levels, most notably at International Trumpet GuildConferences and National Trumpet Competitions.

Gardner serves as the New York and Los Angeles ArtistCoordinator for Music for Autism and was named their 2010Spotlight Artist of Year Award. He is also a member of theInternational Trumpet Guild Board of Directors.

He is a Bach Performing Artist and Clinician and hasrecorded with Naxos, Mark Records, and BX Entertainment.

Stephen Goforth is an Oklahoma musician, entertainer, andspeaker who continues to distinguish himself as wonderfullyversatile and thrilling to a broad spectrum of audiences. Fromsacred to secular, classical to jazz, Dr. Goforth has performedmore than 10,000 engagements in Oklahoma alone.

He grew up a hillbilly in the western mountains of Virginia,came to Oklahoma Baptist University for a pre-med degree,and ended up finishing a music education degree. While atOBU and studying with Wiff Rudd, he was honored with the


prestigious John Wesley Raley Award. He began playingprofessionally as a junior and played with the Oklahomasymphony and other organizations in the area. At graduationhe was named a winner in the International Trumpet Guildsolo competition and represented OBU with his performanceat the ITG conference held at the University of Kentucky. Hethen participated as a winner in the Dallas TrumpetSymposium, studying with the Rick Giangulio of the DallasSymphony trumpet section and the trumpet professor at theParis conservatory, Guy Touvron. From there he performedwith the AIMS Orchestra in Graz, Austria.

Dr. Goforth next completed a masters degree in Trumpetperformance at Florida State University studying with BrianGoff. He then successfully auditioned and toured with theDallas Brass. Next he accepted a faculty position at hisundergraduate alma mater as Director of Jazz Studies. Whilethere he won the audition for principal trumpet andperformed with the Oklahoma Philharmonic in Oklahoma City.In addition he won the Second Prize in the Baroque/Classicalcategory in the Ellsworth Smith international solocompetition performing for a panel of judges comprised ofEdward Tarr, Dave Hickman, Raymond Mase, and Phil Smith.

Dr. Goforth then moved to Oklahoma City and became theDirector of Jazz Studies and Brass Department Coordinator atOklahoma City University. During that time, while maintaininghis principal trumpet position in the symphony, he managedand performed with the OCU Faculty Brass as well as with theOklahoma City Jazz Orchestra. He completed his doctorate intrumpet performance at the University of Oklahoma studyingunder Dr. Jacob Larson. He was a regular member of the OUfaculty brass quintet as well. During the summers he served aslead trumpet for the Oklahoma Lyric Theater. Throughoutthose years he maintained an extensively active recording


schedule with Cornerstone Recording Studio, Benson Studio,and Christian World.

Dr. Goforth has performed with many great artists,including Doc Severinsen, Bobby McFerrin, Bob Hope, HenryMancini, Maurice Andre, Jim Nabors, Itzhak Perlman, ArturoSandoval, Chris Brubeck, Manheim Steamroller, Byron Stripling,and many more, as well as for recognized leaders includingRonald Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Henry Kissinger.

Dr. Goforth currently serves as principal trumpet with theTulsa Signature Symphony, principal trumpet and contractorfor the Bartlesville Symphony, principal trumpet with theStarlight Band, as a member of the Signature Brass, Go ForBaroque, and his own group The Tulsa Brass. He plays tubawith the Oklahoma Baptist Symphony, as well as horn andtrombone for a variety of organizations. He has been afeatured artist for the OK Mozart festival many times,particularly with his “experience trumpets” concert where heperforms on more than twenty instruments. He is well knownin church circles for his completely improvised hymnobbligatos on piccolo trumpet. Dr. Goforth continues to besought after as a private teacher and coach as well as toactively perform in and around the Oklahoma area for manyvaried events. Dr. Goforth is currently Adjunct Professor ofHorn and Brass at Oral Roberts University.

During the last several years he has composed andrecorded many pieces on both trumpet and horn now beingplayed around the world on television. He is often heard onnetworks such as Fox, Disney, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central,and in many European countries, Asia, and Australia. Mostnotable was that NBC used one of his recordings during thebroadcast of the opening night ceremonies of the Olympics inRio.

In 2001 Dr. Goforth started an auto repair business andmoved from Oklahoma City to Tulsa to operate that business.


He sold Go Forth Automotive in 2012 to engage in full-timemusic once again.

Dr. Goforth resides in Tulsa with his wife, Sharon, withwhom he speaks and entertains for various Christian and civicevents throughout the region. His choral anthems,instrumental compositions, and arrangements, and fullsymphony works are being performed regularly. He is amember of the weekly orchestra at South Tulsa Baptist Churchwhere he plays tuba, trombone, horn, or trumpet as needed.His two sons, Kade and Parker, are also involved in music, bothbeing in full-time ministry. His interests include spending timewith his growing family (he became a grandpa in May of thisyear) traveling with his wife, fly fishing, gardening, hunting,shooting, woodworking, and entertaining many others inthese and other wonderful outdoor activities, often at theirown ranch located just outside of Tulsa.

Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, trumpeter Ben Hay enjoys a veryactive career as a professional performer and music educator.Ben holds degrees from Oklahoma State University (BM,Performance) as well as the University of New Mexico (MM,Performance). He currently serves as full-time Instructor ofTrumpet for Northeastern State University (Tahlequah,Oklahoma). Ben has served on the faculty of Tulsa CommunityCollege, where he taught trumpet and coached chamberbrass. He is also pursuing a DMA in Trumpet Performance atthe School of Music of the University of Oklahoma.

An active orchestral and freelance musician, Ben is amember of the Signature Symphony at Tulsa CommunityCollege and has performed with the Symphony of NorthwestArkansas, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Opera, TulsaOratorio Chorus, and the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra,among others. A frequent soloist and recitalist, Ben hasperformed solos with the Signature Symphony at TCC, the


Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Tulsa’s Starlight Band, aswell as numerous high school and college ensemblesthroughout the region. Recent guest recitals includeprograms at Oklahoma State University, Oral Roberts University,and Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, Kansas). As achamber musician, he has performed with the brass quintetsof the Signature Symphony, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, andthe Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. He has performed as amember of the University of New Mexico graduate and facultybrass quintets. Ben is a member of the professional trumpetensemble Clarino Collective, which features trumpetprofessors from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Missouri.Mr. Hay has had the privilege of sharing the stage with a widerange of some of the world’s top performers such as JosephAlessi, Marshall Gilkes, Slide Hampton, Greg Bissonnette, TitoCarillo, James Dick, JoAnn Falletta, the Irish Tenors, BernadettePeters, and Johnny Mathis.

Possessing a deep commitment to music education, Mr.Hay maintains a dynamic private trumpet studio of more thantwenty, which consists of students from Owasso, Coweta,Claremore, Sapulpa, Bixby, and Jenks public schools. Studentsfrom Ben’s studio consistently win high chairs in All-Districtand All-State Band auditions, receive Superior ratings at soloand ensemble contests, and are regularly awarded collegescholarships.

Mr. Hay’s professional affiliations include the InternationalTrumpet Guild and the American Federation of Musicians(Local 94). Ben’s primary trumpet teachers have been WilliamBallenger, Jacob Walburn, Dr. Andrew Cheetham, ThomasBooth, Dr. John Marchiando, and Dr. Karl Sievers.

Lacey Hays is a Vincent Bach Performing Artist/Clinicianand Director of DFW Brass. She grew up on a farm in centralOklahoma and began playing the trumpet in fifth grade. Her


primary teachers include Ms. Susan Clothier and Dr. KarlSievers. Dr. Hays is an active freelance musician and clinician inthe North Texas area and has performed throughout theworld, including Europe, North, Central, and South America.Comfortable with numerous styles, Dr. Hays has performedwith Johnny Mathis numerous times, has played for BroadwayTours at the AT&T Center in Dallas such as lead trumpet onMatilda, solo trumpet on A Gentleman’s Guide to Love andMurder and If/Then, as well as second trumpet for AnAmerican in Paris at Dallas Summer Musicals. Additionally,Lacey has played in the Vatican, Carnegie Hall, the Verdi OperaHouse in Italy as well as for countless music festivals in North,Central, and South America as well as throughout Europe. Inaddition to participating in several recording projects, Dr. Hayscan be heard on multiple DVDs, including The Legacy, adocumentary featuring the Youth Orchestra of the Americas,where she can be heard playing principal trumpet on Bartok'sConcerto for Orchestra (Lobo Productions) and Verdi’s MessaDa Requiem with Placido Domingo conducting which wasrecorded and videoed in Munich, Germany (Glor MusicProductions). In addition to several regional recordingprojects, Dr. Hays has also recorded for PIPE DREAMS, aninternationally syndicated broadcast.

Enthusiastic about teaching, Dr. Hays is on the faculty ofMountain View College and North Central Texas College whereshe teaches trumpet and lecture courses. She has presentedmaster classes and performances throughout the UnitedStates and abroad including the second International BrassFestival in Mexico, The Oklahoma Arts Institute, The OklahomaBandmaster’s Association, The Classical Music Festival, TheAlfredo San Malo Music Festival of Panama and the DallasTrumpet Workshop. Dr. Hays holds degrees from The School ofMusic at The University of Oklahoma (BM, BME, DMA) and TheShepherd School of Music at Rice University (MM). Lacey and


her husband Chad reside in the Dallas area. They have twodogs, Toto and Pepper, and a cat, Miss Priss.

David Hunsicker has a varied career as an orchestralmusician, soloist, chamber musician, and educator. He iscurrently the trumpet professor at Wichita State University.

Dr. Hunsicker is principal trumpet of the Wichita Symphonyand the Lancaster Festival Orchestras. He has been a memberof the Flint, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, and Battle Creek SymphonyOrchestras, and has served as associate principal trumpet ofthe New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and principal trumpet ofthe Des Moines Metro Opera. He has also performedextensively with the Michigan Opera Theatre, DetroitSymphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Omaha Symphony,Florida Orchestra, Florida Grand Opera, and the Sarasota Opera.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Dr. Hunsicker hasperformed numerous recitals and concerts includingperformances of Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano, Trumpetand Strings with the Wichita Symphony; Haydn’s TrumpetConcerto and J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with theLancaster Festival Orchestra; several concerts with the DetroitChamber Winds and Strings; as a founding member of theGreat Lakes Brass Quintet; with the Sonoran Brass Quintet; andcurrently with the Wichita Brass Quintet. He can be heardperforming with the Sonoran Brass Quintet on the recordingDry Heat and with WSU colleagues on Fireworks, a recording ofworks by composer Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn. Dr. Hunsickeris an Endorsing Artist for Bach trumpets.

Dr. Hunsicker is also an active performer of commercialmusic and jazz. In addition to playing with jazz groups inseveral states, he has performed in many musicals, includingHello, Dolly!, 42nd Street, Chicago, Wicked, South Pacific,Hairspray, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, and BillyElliot.


Dr. Hunsicker has maintained an active teaching studiosince 1996. He served as a graduate assistant in trumpet whilepursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts at Arizona State University,also teaching at the Herberger College for Kids and TempePreparatory Academy. More recently, he was AdjunctProfessor of Trumpet at the University of Nebraska at Omahaand trumpet instructor for the Omaha Conservatory of Music.

Dr. Hunsicker holds a Bachelor of Music in TrumpetPerformance from Indiana University and a Master of Music inTrumpet Performance from the University of Michigan. Whilecompleting his Doctor of Musical Arts in Solo Performancefrom Arizona State University, he conducted extensiveresearch on the subject of orchestral auditions for trumpet.His principal teachers include David Hickman, Charles Daval,Bernard Adelstein, and Irving Sarin.

Daniel Kelly is Associate Professor of Trumpet at Texas A&MUniversity-Commerce. He joined the A&M-Commerce faculty inthe fall of 2010 after serving on the faculty of Indiana StateUniversity and the University of Southern Mississippi.

Dr. Kelly is a member of the Dallas Winds (née Dallas WindSymphony) and has performed with the Plano Symphony,Northeast Texas Symphony, Mobile Symphony and OperaOrchestras, Gulf Coast Symphony, Mississippi Symphony,Meridian Symphony, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, Terre HauteSymphony and Brass Quintet, Philharmonia à Vent, ColumbusBrass, The Prairie Ensemble, Champaign-Urbana (Illinois)Symphony and Brass Quintet, Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH), Peoria Bach Festival Orchestra, and the Festivalof Trumpets at International Trumpet Guild conferences inNew York and Evansville, Indiana. Dr. Kelly was a featuredpresenter at the 2006 ITG Conference in Glassboro (NewJersey) and has presented solo recitals throughout the Southand the Midwest. He is also a founding member of The


Ambassador Brass Quintet, which has given concerts andworkshops in the US, Thailand and China. Dr. Kelly haspresented recitals and master classes at the Campina GrandeInternational Music Festival (Brazil) and performed at theClassical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. Most recently, heperformed as principal trumpet with the Colorado MahlerFestand presented brass quintet concerts and master classes inVietnam and Thailand.

Dr. Kelly holds a BS in trumpet performance from AustinPeay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, and a MM andDMA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Hisprincipal teachers include Michael Ewald, Ronnie Romm, RaySasaki, and Richard Steffen. He is a member of theInternational Trumpet Guild, and was recently appointededitor of the ITG Journal’s Recording Reviews column.

Dr. Kelly is a Yamaha Performing Artist/Clinician.

Cathy Leach is Professor of Trumpet and Associate Directorof Undergraduate Studies at the University of Tennessee,where she teaches applied trumpet, directs the UT TrumpetEnsemble, and coaches small ensembles. She has received a2004 School of Music Leadership Award, a 2006 ChancellorsAward for Outstanding Teaching, a 2007 James R. and Nell W.Cunningham Outstanding Teaching Award, and FacultyDevelopment Awards in 1995 and 2009. Dr. Leach was a SandraJ. Powell Endowed Professor 2014 – 2016.

Dr. Leach played principal trumpet with the KnoxvilleSymphony and Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestras for 31years, and has been a member of the Toledo (Ohio) Symphony,the New Mexico Symphony, the Orchestra of Santa Fe, and theOrquesta sinfonica del Estado de Mexico. She is principaltrumpet with the UT Faculty Brass Quintet, the very activefaculty brass quintet at the University of Tennessee, and is aformer member of Stiletto Brass Quintet, the New Mexico


Brass Quintet, the Galliard Brass Ensemble and Monarch Brass,with whom she has toured and recorded. Ms. Leach appearson recordings on the Musical Heritage and Opus One labels.She is currently President of the International Trumpet Guild.

Bach-Selmer Artist Steve Leisring came to the University ofKansas in 2003, following a fourteen-year orchestral career inEurope with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (Spain), withwhom he can be heard on many award-winning recordings,and performed throughout major European cities such asLondon, Lisbon, Hamburg, Madrid, Barcelona, etc.

Since coming to KU, Steve has performed and taught onfive continents, and has welcomed students from eighteen USStates and six countries to come study trumpet in Lawrence,Kansas.

Former students have gone on to positions with the USNavy Band in Washington DC, Dallas Brass, National Orchestrasof Spain and Latvia, US Air Force Bands, Tokyo Symphony,Danish Royal Navy Band, Charleston Symphony, Des MoinesMetro Opera, Wichita Grand Opera, and have performed withthe New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, SanFrancisco Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Kansas CitySymphony and Opera, Puerto Rico Symphony, Maria SchneiderJazz Orchestra, KC Jazz Orchestra, New World Symphony, andChicago Civic Orchestra. Other former students enjoy careersas university professors, teachers, conductors, attorneys, andhave gone on to medical school and MBA programs.

Steve has been an invited guest to more than twentyconservatories and universities in Asia, including annualmasterclasses at the Central Conservatory in Beijing over thelast decade. As a soloist, he has performed in Europe and Asia,at the Montreux, Brienne (Switzerland), and Vienne JazzFestivals (France), in Latvia and Spain, and with the Sichuanand Harbin Symphony Orchestra in China. He has been a guest


Principal Trumpet with the Tokyo Symphony, Kansas CitySymphony, Wichita Grand Opera, as well as the Shenzhen,Harbin, Tianjin Symphony Orchestras in China. In the US, he hasalso performed with the Dallas, Milwaukee, San Diego,Charleston Symphony Orchestras among others. Upcomingperformances include solo engagements at the Kansas MusicEducator's Conference in Wichita (with Ronald Romm), TheKennedy Center in Washington, DC, in April, and Jazz Festivalsin Europe including Montreux Switzerland, France, and UmbriaItaly in the Summer of 2018. His former teachers includeVincent Penzarella, Don Jacoby, Leonard Candelaria, KeithJohnson, Bert Truax, and Richard Giangiulio. He is married topianist Dr. Paulina Wu Leisring and they enjoy their threeadopted Yorkshire Terriers.

Michael Mann is Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet at theWanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. Heis a member of the Oklahoma City University Faculty BrassQuintet and is a freelance musician in the Oklahoma Citymetropolitan area performing regularly with the OklahomaCity Philharmonic, Norman Philharmonic, and Oklahoma CityJazz Orchestra. He is a member of the International TrumpetGuild, an Artist-Clinician for the Vincent Bach Company, andhas served as Artist-Faculty with the National TrumpetCompetition. Michael previously taught trumpet andcoordinated the brass chamber music program at The Schoolof Music at Indiana State University. Michael has also served asartist in residence at the Shenyang Conservatory in Shenyang,China. Michael has earned degrees from The University ofOklahoma (BMA and MM) and from The University of Minnesota(DMA).Grant S. Peters is Professor of Music at Missouri StateUniversity, where he teaches applied studio trumpet andserves as the Brass Area Coordinator. He is currently Vice-President/President-Elect of the International Trumpet Guild.


Prior to his appointment at Missouri State, he served as co-principal trumpet of the Orquesta del Principado de Asturiasin the northern Spanish province of Asturias (1992). During the1989 season, he was a member of the Columbia ArtistsManagement ensemble Dallas Brass, touring throughout 26states and Canada. While with the Dallas Brass, he recordedthe album A Merry Christmas with Brass for the Word label. Hehas performed in solo and chamber settings in Canada, Spain,Poland, England, Sweden, Thailand, Russia, Australia, and theCzech Republic.

His primary research focus is promoting and performingnew works for the trumpet by American composers. Petershas performed the world premieres of Richard Faith'sEvocations (2005) for trumpet and piano; Michael Murray'sWhat is it For? (2003) for trumpet and organ; Kenton Bales'From the Hills (1999) for trumpet and wind ensemble; RobertFrank's Liturgical Impressions (1986) for trumpet and organ;and the European premiere of John Prescott's Toccata andFugues (1999) for two trumpets and organ in 2002.

A solo album entitled Friendly Amendments, consisting ofpreviously unrecorded works for trumpet and organ byAmerican composers, was released in Spring 2004. A secondrecording in 2006, From the Hills, features new Americanworks for solo trumpet with piano and chamber ensembles. InDecember of 2009 he produced and performed with theMissouri Chamber Players on Rhapsody, a recording ofchamber music by American composer Richard Faith for theMSR Classics label.

Peters holds the Bachelor of Music in Education degreefrom the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and the Master ofMusic and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in TrumpetPerformance from the University of North Texas. His principalteachers include Dennis Schneider and Leonard Candelaria. Dr.Peters is an Artist/Clinician for Schilke trumpets.


Lee Rucker has been teaching at University of CentralOklahoma since 1981. Mr. Rucker has served since that time asthe director of the UCO Jazz Lab, Marching Band, ConcertBand, Jazz Ensembles I, II, & III, Music Theatre Pit Orchestras,and many smaller jazz groups. His ensembles have beenrecognized with numerous awards on the state, regional andnational levels for musical excellence. As a performer, Lee hasworked with the Woody Herman Orchestra and the LouisBellson Orchestra as a featured soloist, and he has performedwith countless other nationally recognized artists throughoutthe US and Abroad.

Wiff Rudd is a native Texan from San Antonio now living inWoodway, Texas, with his wife Jeanette. Their three sons andtheir families reside in Raleigh, Seattle, and Austin.

Wiff joined the faculty of Baylor University’s School of Musicin 2002 as Professor of Trumpet and Brass Division Coordinator.From 1998 – 2002 he was Associate Professor of Music at theUniversity of Arkansas, principal trumpet of the NorthArkansas Symphony Orchestra, and a member of the BostonMountain Chamber Players. He served as Assistant Professorof Music at Oklahoma Baptist University from 1978 – 1985 andperformed regularly with the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra.Wiff received music degrees from Baylor University (BME) andthe University of Northern Colorado (MM). His primarymentors include Ron Fox, William Pfund, the late MichaelEwald, and Larry Skinner.

From 1985 – 1993 Wiff toured internationally with the DallasBrass and is a founding member (1993) and manager ofRhythm & Brass. He plays with the Baylor Brass, is principaltrumpet of the Waco Symphony, and performs often with thesymphony orchestras of Dallas (including a 2013 tour ofEurope), Houston (Moscow, 2012), Harrisburg, and regional


orchestras throughout Texas. As an active soloist, he enjoyscollaborating with orchestras and bands. He has participatedin numerous commissions and has been a featured artist inseveral Carnegie Hall concerts, the annual Mid-WestInternational Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, the TexasMusic Educators Association Conference, the NationalTrumpet Competition, and International Trumpet GuildConferences.

Wiff Rudd has performed in concert and presentedclinics/masterclasses at more than 300 colleges, universities,and conservatories across the country and abroad. He has alsoappeared with Rhythm & Brass at the New York BrassConference, the Rafael Méndez Brass Institute, Bands ofAmerica/Music for All, the Brevard Music Center, the GreatAmerican Brass Band Festival, MENC national and regionalconventions, and the Music Educators Associations of Georgia,Oklahoma, Montana, Minnesota, Florida, Iowa, and New York.

He has adjudicated for the International Trumpet Guild andNational Trumpet Competition Solo Competition Finals, theLouisiana Trumpet Solo Competition, and the State SoloContests of Oklahoma and Texas. In 2009 and 2012 he served asthe judges’ chair and performed recitals for the Concurso yFestival Nacional Inter-Universitario de Trompeta in Bogotá,Colombia. His students have been enthusiastically involvedwith the National Trumpet Competition since 2008 withmultiple solo semi-finalists each year and a finalist (2008).Baylor’s trumpet ensembles have placed 5th (2011), 4th (2009),3rd (2012 and 2014) and 1st (2011, 2013 and 2015) in theensemble division of NTC. In 2015 eight undergraduates andboth graduate students advanced to the semi-finals of thesolo division.

Current projects include presenting a favorite topic, TheCycle of All Things—Developing a Project Driven Career andexploring Trumpet Genealogy with his students. In 2010 Wiff


received Baylor’s Outstanding Faculty Award in Teaching andwas named the Centennial Professor, which provided a grantfor his Collaborative Practice Concepts project. His publishingcompany, WR Enterprises, has released Aaron Witek's book,Gordon Mathie: The Treasured Legacy of a Master Teacher andPerformer (2014), Jordan Tucker's Sonata for Trumpet andPiano (2015), and serves as an outlet for trumpet ensemblearrangements written for NTC competitions. He is affiliatedwith the International Trumpet Guild, the Texas MusicEducators Association and has been a Yamaha PerformingArtist since 1988.

Richard J. Rulli, DMA, is Associate Professor of Music at theUniversity of Arkansas, where he teaches applied trumpet andbrass chamber music. He performs as a founding member ofthe Arkansas Brassworks (UA faculty brass quintet inresidence) and as Principal Trumpet of both the Symphony ofNorthwest Arkansas (SoNA) and the Arkansas PhilharmonicOrchestra (APO). Dr. Rulli is a 2009 University of ArkansasFaculty Gold Medal recipient for his support of students as afaculty mentor in performance and advising. In his associationwith the APO, advanced students from the UA Trumpet Studioperform in the trumpet section in a mentorship environmentin orchestral performance. Dr. Rulli has been a featuredperformer and clinician internationally at conventions of theInternational Trumpet Guild and International Brass Festival,and nationally at the College Band Directors NationalAssociation Southern Division Convention, as well as the stateeducators conventions of Arkansas, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Atthe 2006 ITG Conference, he performed as trumpet soloist inthe world premieres of two works for trumpet and choir,where the concert reviewer described his playing as"masterful, lyric, sensitive and imaginative." Rulli’s studentsare regular winners in competitions of the International


Trumpet Guild, National Trumpet Competition and the MusicTeachers National Association Young Artist competitions. Inaddition, many students have gone on to graduate anddoctoral programs at prestigious universities in trumpetperformance as well as careers in music education. He is anactive recitalist, chamber and orchestral musician regularlyperforming regionally and nationally. He is also an advocate ofnew works for trumpet as a consortium member of many newworks for trumpet. Each summer, Rulli performs and teacheson the faculty of the Red Lodge Music Festival (Montana) andpreviously at the New England Music Camp (Maine) and BlueLake Fine Arts Camp (Michigan). Prior to his appointment atthe University of Arkansas he was held a similar position atColumbus State University, Georgia. Formerly, he was thePrincipal Trumpet and Trumpet Soloist of the Air Force Band ofthe Golden West and Five Star Brass. He earned degrees fromthe University of Wisconsin–Madison (DMA), Ithaca College,New York (MM), and the University of Northern Colorado(BM/BME). His trumpet teachers include John Aley, MalcolmMcNab, Donald Green, Anthony Plog, Kim Dunnick, FrankCampos, William Pfund, and Daniel Kuehn.

Dr. Ryan Sharp is currently Associate Professor of Trumpetat the University of Central Oklahoma, Artistic Director of theFrontier Brass Band, and Soprano Cornetist for theinternational award-winning Fountain City Brass Band. Ryanmaintains an active and varied performing schedule havingshared the stage with the Kansas City Symphony, Count BasieOrchestra, Brass Band of Battle Creek, and numerous otherregional orchestras, big bands and salsa bands. As the SopranoCornetist for Fountain City, Ryan has performed in manynational and international competitions throughout theUnited Kingdom, the US, and Europe, and recently won the

“Best Soprano” award at the Brass in Concert Championships in


Gateshead, England. In addition to live performances, Ryan hasrecorded with the Mahlerfest Symphony Orchestra and withgospel artists including Natalie Grant, Clint Brown, MyronButler & Levi and Marcus Cole. In 2005, Ryan had theopportunity to record on Marvin Sapp’s Grammy nominatedalbum Be Exalted. From January 2003 to July 2005, Ryan wasthe lead trumpeter of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum andBailey Circus performing across the United States and Mexicofor over fifteen million people. He has participated in concerts,festivals and masterclasses in Greece, England, Scotland,France, Belgium, Holland, and Japan.

Karl Sievers grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. His primaryteachers there were Delbert Hoon and Leon Rapier, who wereboth members of the Louisville Orchestra. Karl went to collegeat the School of Music at Indiana University, where his primaryteacher and greatest influence was William Adam. He alsogained many valuable insights into trumpet playing andprofessional music making from IU Professor of Jazz DominicSpera. While at IU he completed his Bachelors and Mastersdegrees in Trumpet Performance, and began work on the DMA.During this time at IU, Karl began to realize the wisdom ofbeing broadly skilled in terms of participating in Jazz andClassical idioms, a conviction which has greatly benefited hiscareer to this day. Karl’s education continued with thecompletion of the DMA at the Conservatory of Music at theUniversity of Missouri Kansas City. Professionally, Karl hasenjoyed a very busy career, having played in the orchestras ofIndianapolis, Charlotte, Dayton, the Cincinnati Ballet, and agreat deal of chamber music of all kinds. He is presently theprincipal trumpeter of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic andthe newly-formed Norman Philharmonic. In addition, hiscommercial playing resume is quite vast, having been onliterally thousands of recording sessions, and having played


lead trumpet for countless touring shows and for otherheadliners.

Teaching is Karl’s passion, and he presently enjoys theposition of Presidential Professor of Trumpet at the School ofMusic at the University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Oklahoma.

Richard Tirk has performed on five continents and for asvaried audiences from the King and Queen of Norway to theoutdoor concert in the park crowd in Woodstock, Illinois, hishometown. An avid performer, he has premiered several newworks for trumpet including Robert Levy’s Reflections fortrumpet and clarinet at the 2010 International Trumpet Guildconference in Sydney, Australia. Tirk has also been a memberof several Midwest orchestras, opera orchestras, and jazzensembles sharing the stage with artists such as DocSeverinsen, Itzhak Perlman, and Joyce DiDonato. A sought-after clinician, Dr. Tirk has given masterclasses across the US,Brazil, Haiti, and the British Isles. Richard has a musiceducation degree from Lawrence University in Appleton,Wisconsin, and degrees in trumpet performance fromWestern Michigan University and Michigan State University. Hecurrently teaches trumpet and directs the jazz program atSouthwestern Oklahoma State University.

Brian Walker is Assistant Professor of Trumpet andCoordinator of Instrumental Studies at Tarleton StateUniversity in Stephenville, Texas. Dr. Walker has taughtpreviously at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, theUniversity of North Texas, and The Florida State University aswell as privately in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Hisstudents have been accepted into many undergraduate andgraduate music programs throughout the United States. Hisstudent trumpet ensembles have been featured performersand competitors at the Texas Music Educators Association


Conference, the International Trumpet Guild Convention andthe National Trumpet Competition. He is co-founder of theDallas Trumpet Workshop held annually every summer, andserves on the faculty for the University of Kentucky SummerTrumpet Institute. Dr. Walker was recently awarded Tarleton’sCollege of Liberal and Fine Arts Excellence in Student Successaward for 2017.

As a performer he has appeared with many groups in theDFW region including (but not limited to) the Dallas WindSymphony, the Dallas Opera, Plano, Allen, Arlington, LasColinas, Irving, Garland, and Dallas Chamber Orchestras. He hasalso had the opportunity to perform with the North TexasSymphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and the GrammyNominated UNT One O'Clock Lab Band. While at Florida State,Dr. Walker performed with the Tallahassee Symphony,Pensacola Symphony, and New World Symphony to name afew. As a soloist, Dr. Walker has given recitals in Texas,Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida and Mytilene,Greece, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and has performed throughoutFrance. In addition, he was featured as a soloist on theTarleton State Wind Ensemble’s performance at Carnegie Hall.

Brian Walker is active in the International Trumpet Guild,where he serves as Chair of the Recording ProjectsCommittee, as Co-Chair of the Video Projects Committee, andregularly writes for the ITG Journal. Dr. Walker also serves as anadjudicator for the National Trumpet Competition and ITGCompetitions respectively. He is an artist and clinician for theBach division of the Conn-Selmer Corporation.

Dr. Walker holds degrees from the University of North Texas(DMA), The Florida State University (MM), and SoutheasternOklahoma State (BM). His primary teachers include MichaelMiles, Christopher Moore, John Holt, and Adam Gordon.


Alan Wenger is Professor of Trumpet at the University ofCentral Missouri, where he has been a member of the facultysince 2003. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Wenger'seducation includes a Bachelor of Music Degree in TrumpetPerformance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,graduate studies at Boston University, and Master of Musicand Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees in Trumpet Performancefrom the University of North Texas. In 2014 he was therecipient of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and PerformingArts Outstanding Alumnus Award in Music from the Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln.

His performance career has been both extensive anddiverse. For six years, he served as Principal Solo Cornet of theinternationally acclaimed and award winning Fountain CityBrass Band in Kansas City, and performed with them as bothmember and soloist in numerous concerts across the UnitedStates and in the UK. He is a frequent sub with the Kansas CitySymphony, and has previously been a member of the AmarilloSymphony and Opera orchestras, the Lincoln SymphonyOrchestra, and the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra. He hastoured as a chamber musician with the Empire Brass,Bluebonnet Brass, Nebraska Brass, and Kansas Brass Quintet,and performed on natural trumpet throughout the UnitedStates and Europe. Jazz and commercial experiences includeperformances with the Four Tops, Manheim Steamroller, LouRawls, the Temptations, Tommy Tune and the ManhattanRhythm Kings, contemporary Christian artists Michael W Smithand Ken Medema, and with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra andBoulevard Big Band. He has a keen interest in contemporarymusic and has been a featured performer at the College MusicSociety National Convention, Electronic Music Midwest, and assoloist in the premiere performance of Randall Snyder’s SixTableaux for Trumpet and Orchestra with Orchestra Omaha.


Dr. Wenger’s former students have gone on to equallyvaried careers across the country as public school educators,members of full-time orchestras and military bands, jazz andcommercial performers, and studio players. As an educator, hehas presented numerous clinics in public schools and at theMissouri Music Educators Conference. He is a member of theInternational Trumpet Guild, appearing as a performer,clinician, or adjudicator at nine different conferences in fivecountries, as well as being a contributor to the Book Reviewsand Recording Reviews columns of the ITG Journal. The UCMTrumpet Ensemble was invited to perform at the 2013 ITGconference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and at the 2014 MissouriMusic Educators State Convention, where they premiered newworks by composers David Aaberg, Eric Honour and DavidShipps. Dr. Wenger’s arrangements of music for trumpetensemble are published by Balquhidder Music.

Jay Wilkinson received his BME and MM in trumpetperformance from the University of Oklahoma. As a student hereceived numerous awards for trumpet performance in jazzand classical, and received a citation for jazz piano. Followinghis graduate degree, he studied at the University of NorthTexas and worked with Rodney Booth, Mike Steinel, SteveWiest, and Keith Johnson.

Wilkinson is the Coordinator of Jazz Studies at theUniversity of Oklahoma. He has also taught privately at theNorman Music Institute, Infinity Music, and Imagine Music andArts. His students have been accepted in honor bands,respected graduate programs like IU and UNT, professionaltouring shows, touring big bands, local dance bands andconcert groups. One student was featured on David Lettermanas the bassist for John Fulbright. During his time at OU he hasbeen integral to the establishment of the Joni Rice MemorialJazz Education Fund, the creation of the BMA and BA degrees


with jazz emphases, the substantial increase in the number ofguest artists that visit the campus each year, the growth ofthe chamber jazz area which has quadrupled in size, and thesuccess of the OU Jazz Festival which he founded. He has alsobroadened his students’ experiences through collaborativeefforts with the schools of music theatre, dance, and art. Inaddition, Wilkinson has participated at various local jazzfestivals as a judge, clinician, and artist. He has been a featuredperformer at the Oklahoma Music Educator’s NationalConference and has judged at the National TrumpetCompetition in the jazz and middle school divisions intrumpet performance. Wilkinson also presented a lecturetitled Jazz, an American Art Form at the Norman Public Library.

Wilkinson has a long history as a writer as well. He hascreated a jazz improvisation methods book for his students,he wrote a letter of tribute for the previous jazz director atOU, Mr. John Williams, which was included in the local musicunion’s newsletter, and he has contributed an article on thelife of Chet Baker to The Great Plains Encyclopedia. As acomposer he has written countless original works andarrangements. He is sought after by local musicians, musiceducators and other professionals to write various styles ofmusic, like Danny White of Danny’s Blues Saloon Revue, whowas featured in a national blues magazine and has recordednumerous albums. He has written music for big band, jazzcombo, New Orleans style street band, basketball band, stringquartet, Ska band, trumpet ensemble, and brass quintet. Hehas also composed many original songs. Many of these works,like his tune Reality, his originals set to the poetry of LangstonHughes, the music of Boyd Street Brass, his brass quintetworks and his trumpet ensemble piece Cherokee, A Tributehave been recorded or performed at reputable events like theDjango Festival on Whidbey Island and Jazz in June Festival inNorman, Oklahoma.


Jay has performed at various locations across the US as avocalist and trumpet player and is a major performer in theOklahoma City Metro area. He is a member of the OklahomaCity Philharmonic and was once featured as a vocalist during apops concert. This connection has allowed him theopportunity to perform with artists like Ray Charles, MercedesEllington, Al Jarreau, Manhattan Transfer, Byron Stripling, ChrisBotti, Kristin Chenoweth, Renee Fleming, and Kelli O’Hara. Heis a member of the Lyric Theatre Orchestra and often plays fortraveling shows through Celebrity Attractions which featuresome of this country’s finest Broadway performers. Wilkinsonis also a trumpeter for the OKC Jazz Orchestra, which hasperformed with Doc Severinsen, Bob Mintzer, Ben Patterson,and Tony Monaco. Jay has performed and toured with othersmaller outfits. Boyd Street Brass performs at festivals andschools throughout Oklahoma and Texas and has completedtheir first album, S’up Sucka. The Hot Club of Oklahoma has


performed at the Django Fest on Whidbey Island and theDjango Fest held in Kittery, Maine. The Oklahoma Brass Quintettoured for several years visiting sites in Florida, Kentucky,Massachusetts, Texas, and Kansas. Wilkinson also performedon the streets of New Orleans with one of its local performinggroups. Aside from this work, Wilkinson performs withpopular local groups like D’Calle and Frontier Brass. He hasbeen a member of the Ambassador’s Choir, the barbershopquartet “Rare Blend,” and was the lead singer for the RiceDance Band and Moonlight Serenade. He has recorded onmultiple occasions with groups like Danny’s Blues SaloonRevue, and the Grammy nominated Sugar Free All-Stars.

The Frontier Brass Band (FBB), was founded in the springof 2014 and is draws its members from central Oklahomaincluding brass faculty from ECU, OBU, OCU, OU, and UCO aswell as freelance musicians and community members. FBB iscommitted to celebrating the unique British brass band genreand is taking a leading role in the community to raise artsawareness. Frontier presents four eclectic concerts everyseason, performing musical selections from opera, Broadway,movie soundtracks, and the symphony orchestra, as well asoriginal works for brass band. The band is grateful to havepartnered with Edmond Santa Fe High School as their homefor regular season concerts.


Frontier Brass Band Roster:

Soprano Cornet BaritonePatrick Oliverio David Craig Jennah ApplebaumSolo CornetRyan Sharp, principal TromboneJay Jones David GiacoCory Johnson Evan DrummKirk Palmer Roger Nunn, Bass Anthony Barrington EuphoniumRepiano Cornet David Humphreys, soloGreg Evraets Jace Vickers

2nd Cornet E-flat BassCarol Giaco Brian Dobbins Michael Pruett Andrew SatterburgLindsey Jessick B-flat Bass3rd Cornet Paul Nesper Ricky Spears Victor Djonorh Lee Rucker John Smith Percussion Sarah Neely, principalFlugelhorn Peter Pollack Michael Anderson Tony Romano Darren Heath TenorhornConnie Barrington, solo Genevieve Craig James Doss Mackenzie Boykin


The Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra (OKCJO) is thecornerstone of Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra, Inc., a 501(c)3non-profit corporation. The ensemble itself features thestate’s top musicians, including members of the OklahomaCity Philharmonic, professors of music from severalsurrounding universities, and professional musicians fromthroughout the great state of Oklahoma. The OKCJO performshigh quality concert jazz music, serves musicians and thecommunity through performances, and cultivates the artisticand educational development of the musical community.

Over the last nine years of presenting concerts, the OKCJOhas established a presence in the arts community with adedicated fan base. The OKCJO presents four series concertsper season at the Petroleum Club in downtown Oklahoma City.Although our primary mission is to perform professional jazzorchestra concerts for the public, the OKCJO is alsocommitted to making a significant contribution to jazzeducation in the Oklahoma City region. In 2013 we formed anew performing ensemble called the Oklahoma Youth JazzEnsemble. This high school honor jazz band rehearses andperforms from November to June each year and is oftenfeatured on the OKC Jazz Orchestra’s final two series concerts.In addition to these performances, the OYJE has performed atthe Edmond Jazz Festival, the UCO Jazz Lab and at theOklahoma Music Educators Association annual conference. InMay of 2017 they traveled to New Orleans, the birthplace ofJazz, to performand learn about Jazz history and culture. We


are excited by this project and are thrilled to be bringing ahigh level of jazz education to our community.

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Collaborative Pianist Biographies

Jake Johnson is anAssistant Professor ofMusicology at the WandaL. Bass School of Musicat Oklahoma CityUniversity. He is also indemand as acollaborative pianist,musical director, andvocal coach. His researchfocuses primarily ontwentieth-centuryAmerican music, and hemost recently has beeninvestigating the placemusical theatre holdswithin communities farremoved from Times

Square. Jake’s work has been published in a variety ofdisciplinary settings, including American Music, Journal of theSociety for American Music, Dialogue: A Journal of MormonThought, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Tempo, ElliottCarter Studies Online, and Echo: A Music-Centered Journal.


Pianist Paulina Wu Leisring graduated with distinctionfrom National Taiwan University of Arts in 1994 andsubsequently earned two degrees in music from OhioUniversity. She laterearned her Doctor ofMusical Arts degree withHonors from theUniversity of Kansas in2006. Before emigrating tothe US for further study,she performed as a violistwith the KaohsiungSymphony Orchestra. Dr.Leisring is widelyconsidered a versatilemusician whoseexperiences range fromserving as a concertsoloist, recitalist, andchamber musician, as wellas a keyboard collaboratorfor opera, ballet, chorusand instrumental soloists.She has performed as asolo artist and chambermusician in manycountries including Taiwan,Spain, China, and theUnited States, and haswon numerous awardsand competitions in Taiwan. Additionally, she has given masterclasses in Taiwan, Spain and China. Dr. Leisring is also soughtafter as a teacher, bringing to the US the strong backgroundof her piano pedagogical experiences from Taiwan.


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