Texas A&M University-Kingsville Trumpet Studio

Dr. Kyle Millsap, Assistant Professor of Trumpet & Jazz

Melissa Millsap, Lecturer of Trumpet

South Texas Trumpet Workshop

FeaturingDr. Stanley Friedman

Dr. Kyle MillsapMrs. Melissa Millsap

Kingsville Brass QuintetTAMUK Trumpet Ensemble

TAMUK Jazz Combo 1

Sunday, February 21, 2016Bellamah Music Building

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Schedule of Events

8:30: Registration - Lobby, Bellamah Music Building

9:00: James Stamp Routine - Smith Recital Hall • Dr. Stanley Friedman

10:00: Performance: TAMUK Jazz Combo I Smith Recital Hall (instrument try-out available)

10:30: Masterclass - Smith Recital Hall • Dr. Kyle Millsap

11:30: Mass Trumpet Ensemble Rehearsal Smith Recital Hall (instrument try-out available)

• Dr. Kyle Millsap & Melissa Millsap

1:30: Performance: TAMUK Trumpet Ensemble Smith Recital Hall Scherzo, Op. 46 Franz Moser (1880-1939)Clair de lune (1905) Claude Debussy (1862-1918)Suite for Six Trumpets (1980) Anthony Plog (b. 1947)Antiphonia IV (1976) Stanley Friedman (b. 1951)

2:00: Masterclass - Smith Recital Hall • Dr. Stanley Friedman

4:00: Composition Discussion and Q&A - Smith Recital Hall • Dr. Stanley Friedman

5:30: Closing Recital - Smith Recital Hall Trio for Jimmie Stamp (1981) Stanley Friedman (b. 1951)

Mass Trumpet Ensemble & TAMUK Trumpet Ensemble

Scatter the Darkness (2011) FriedmanKyle Millsap, trumpet; Zachary Harwell, piano

Solus (1975) FriedmanStanley Friedman

2x4: Domestic Tranquility (2013) FriedmanKyle Millsap & Melissa Millsap

Trumpets of Solomon (1996) FriedmanStanley Friedman, Brandon Cabrera, Christian Chavez, Antonio De La Rosa,

Katherine Garza, Ariana Gomez, Javier Salinas

Four Frielachs from “The Art of Klezmer” (1997) FriedmanKingsville Brass Quintet

About the Clinicians

STANLEY FRIEDMAN'S music has been premiered by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, l'Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber Music Society, the Memphis Symphony, the Northwestern University Orchestra and by major soloists in festivals around the world. His opera HYPATIA (premiered in concert at the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts) earned praise as orchestrally impressive and lyrically quite rich" [(NZ) Opera News]. The (NZ) Dominion identified Friedman as "…a significant new opera composer.”

Widely known for his music for brass, Friedman has received awards and commissions from the International Trumpet Guild, the International Horn Society, the International Trombone Association and many leading soloists and ensembles. His SOLUS for unaccompanied trumpet is a world success and has been designated required contemporary repertoire" for major international solo competitions. Friedman's works are published by

EDITIONS BIM (Switzerland), SUBITO MUSIC and ASHER ROSE MUSIC (USA), ANTES EDITION (Germany)and are recorded on multiple labels.

A YAMAHA TRUMPET ARTIST, Friedman has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and held principal positions with the New Zealand Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic. His solo CD The Lyric Trumpet (ODE #1327) won Best Classical Recording of 1989 honors at the New Zealand Music Awards and has been critically acclaimed in leading publications. Friedman has presented solo recitals and master-classes throughout the U.S. and abroad and often is called upon to conduct concerts and recordings of his music.

Born in 1951, Friedman earned a doctorate in composition at the Eastman School of Music. In addition to his composing, performing and conducting, Friedman has held faculty positions at universities around the world.

KYLE MILLSAP is Assistant Professor of Trumpet & Jazz at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Along with overseeing the trumpet program, he directs Jazz Band 3, the trumpet ensembles, the Jazz Trumpet Ensemble, and performs with the Kingsville Brass Quintet.

He has performed as lead trumpet for shows/concerts with The Temptations, Mannheim Steamroller, Johnny Mathis, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Al Kapone, Kirk Whalum, and the Jazz Orchestra of the Delta. He has performed at halftime for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, multiple events for Elvis Presley Enterprises, and on Memphis Public Radio WKNO. Orchestral credits include the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, and Orquesta Sinfonica UANL, as well as productions with Ballet Memphis. Theater credits include performances for numerous Broadway national touring companies. He has been a featured soloist with the Corpus Christi Wind Symphony, the TAMUK Wind Symphony, and the TAMUK Chamber

Orchestra.

His articles and reviews are published in the International Trumpet Guild Journal and his compositions and arrangements have been published through Cimarron Music and Triplo Press. He is a member of the Artist Faculty for the National Trumpet Competition. He can be heard with his wife Melissa on their upcoming album Scatter the Darkness.

Dr. Millsap holds the DMA degree from the University of Memphis, MM degree from the University of North Texas, and BM degree from Wichita State University. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist, as well as an artist for Torpedo Bags.

This event is made possible in part by a grant from the International Trumpet Guild.

Contact Us: e-mail: kyle.millsap@tamuk.edu

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MELISSA MILLSAP serves on the faculty of Texas A&M University-Kingsville as Lecturer of Trumpet. She has performed with a variety of groups, including the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, and Delta Symphony Orchestra. She has performed on WKNO in Memphis, TN and WUOL in Louisville, KY. Recording credits include Jazz Nocturne: American Concertos of the Jazz Age, on the Naxos label, and with the Memphis Repertory Orchestra.

Mrs. Millsap holds the MM degree from the University of Louisville and BM degree from Webster University.

Mrs. Millsap is an artist for Conn-Selmer performing on Bach trumpets.

Special thanks to: Dr. Stanley Friedman Mr. Zachary Harwell

International Trumpet Guild Yamaha Corporation

South Texas Music Mart Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Department of Music TAMUK Trumpet Guild