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ENSEMBLES
Australian Army Trumpets/Australian Army Band
Australian Baroque Brass
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Les Trompettes de Lyons
Meridian Arts Ensemble
Rhythm and Brass
SSBE
Sydney All-Star Big Band
Sydney Conservatorium Brass Ensemble
Sydney Youth Orchestra
TroICa
Waratah Brass Band

ARTISTS

James Ackley
(USA)

James Ackley, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio is an International Trumpet Solo Artist. His numerous solo appearances have included orchestras, wind ensembles and chamber groups in the U.S., Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, and Ecuador, Germany, Italy, and France, among other countries. Mr. Ackley has also performed as a recitalist throughout South America, North America and Europe. On a tour through Venezuela, critics called James "one of the best trumpet players in the world". James Ackley is currently under Andes International Management. James received his B.M. from Baldwin- Wallace College and his M.M. from the Cleveland Institute of Music. His D.M.A. is currently in progress at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Mr. Ackley is the Assistant Professor of Music & Trumpet Performance Studies at the University of Connecticut and acts as the coordinator for the Applied Music Program. Formerly principal trumpet and soloist of the Bogota Philharmonic, James has held positions as principal trumpet with numerous other orchestras throughout the United States, Mexico and South America. James has recorded various CDs with the orchestras mentioned above as well as numerous television, radio and movie scores.

Warwick Alder
(Australia)

Biography to come

Michael Anderson
(USA)

Michael Anderson is associate professor of Trumpet at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. He is a member of the International Trumpet Guild Board of Directors and ITG Journal editorial committee, Executive Director of the Guilds web site, and chairman of the ITG technology committee. He is the ITG Journal columnist for Trumpet Technology and has presented and performed at several ITG Conferences. Previously to his OCU appointment, he was on the music faculty of Dana College in Blair, Nebraska.

Anderson was project manager of the ITG Journal anniversary CD-ROM, distributed to guild members in 2001 and is currently working on a DVD of all Journal articles and music supplements for the membership to be released in 2008. He founded and administrates the Trumpet Players International Network (TPIN), the oldest and most active Internet discussion list dedicated to the trumpet. His degrees are from Illinois State University (BM), and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (MM). Primary teachers have been Dennis Schneider, Herbert Koerselman, and Arnold Jacobs. During his 2003 sabbatical, Anderson observed and studied with master teachers including Bill Adam, Vincent DiMartino, Ronald Romm, Michael Ewald, Karl Sievers, and William Pfund.

Anderson is a tenured member of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Lyric Theater Orchestra and the New Covenant Methodist Church Band. He performs regularly as a duo with Oklahoma City University Organist Timothy Olsen. He was a member of the Lincoln (Nebraska) Symphony Orchestra for 21 years, and performed often with the Omaha Symphony and Opera Omaha.

David Baldwin
(USA)

David Baldwin is professor of trumpet at the University of Minnesota School of Music in Minneapolis. He conducts the University Brass Choir, an 18-member ensemble with several recordings to its credit. He is an active soloist, ensemble player, composer, arranger, and teacher. He has over 100 arrangements and compositions published by G. Schirmer, Shawnee Press, Theodore Presser, and others. Baldwin also serves as leader of the Summit Hill Brass Quintet. This group has recorded and released two CDs on the Aurophon label of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (all selections transcribed by Baldwin). Among the quintet's other recordings are Music for Al's Breakfast (featuring four original Baldwin compositions) and American as Apple Pie, a lively collection of all-American music. Baldwin received a Bachelor of Music degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and MM, MMA, and DMA degrees from Yale University. From 1969 - 71, Baldwin was a member of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, New York. He is also founding Secretary and a past member of the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild. Baldwin's teachers include Robert Nagel, Raymond Crisara, William Vacchiano, Bernard Adelstein, Charles Gorham, and Eric Duro. In Minnesota, he has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Bach Chamber Players of St. Paul. Baldwin lives in St. Paul with his wife, Christine Baldwin, a clinical psychologist. He is an active calligrapher and has had many sponsored shows of his artwork.

Robert Bradshaw
(USA)

The music of Robert J. Bradshaw, described as "highly rhythmic and energetic" and "contemporary work that is accessible to a variety of audiences" (ITG), is frequently performed throughout the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He has created a substantial collection of compositions that are "well crafted, thoughtful, and emotional with his unique voice always heard" (Gerald Dolan, NYSO). Sought for a wide variety of commissions, Mr. Bradshaw strives to forge a unique connection between composer, musicians and audiences.Winner of the 2005 Manchester Music Festival Composition Competition for his composition "Articles, Noreast", his most recent commissions have included works for the 26th Annual Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, New England Musical Heritage Initiative/New England String Ensemble, American String Teachers Association with NSOA, and the Sesquicentennial Anniversary Celebration/Salem State College Wind Ensemble. Mr. Bradshaws compositions - including "Sonata for trumpet and strings (or piano)"; "Statements Commanding" for trumpet, cello and piano; "Arboretum" for trumpet and chamber ensemble; "Ozyamandias" for trumpet and orchestra or organ; and "Out of the Quiet" for trumpet and percussion - are available through Beauport Press Music Publications (www.beauportpress.com). Projects for which Mr. Bradshaw has composed music have received awards and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Music Center, American Composers Forum, Harvard Musical Association, Harpley Foundation, Argosy Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. A member of Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), Society of Composers Inc., National Association of Composers, American Music Center and American Composers Forum, he is also listed on the Meet the Composer website.

Bob Coassin
(Australia/USA)

Bob is the AAOs lead trumpeter, a role which gives him much of the responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of the ensemble work. Originally from the USA, he spent four years as lead trumpeter for Ray Charles, then three years with the Buddy Rich Big Band and also worked with Stan Kentons last band.

Relocating to Europe in 1980 Bob played lead there for jazz radio productions and tours with artists Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Dizzie Gillespie, Bill Holman and Al Cohn. Bobs versatility led to teaching engagements, recording film and television work and backing artists such as Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Caterina Valente, Jose Feliciano and Smokey Robinson. He has been a member of Tower of Power and the James Last and Peter Herbolzheimer bands. After making Sydney his base in 1988, Bob formed his own band, Superforce, featuring artists Louie Bellson, Joe Williams and Buddy de Franco. He currently works with John Farnhams band and freelances in Sydney. Bob returns regularly to the US and Europe for concert tours and television appearances.

Helen Cotter
(Canada/Australia)

Biography to come

John Coulton
(Australia/UK)

John Coulton studied in Australia at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, graduating in 1998 with a Bachelor of Music Degree. His teachers included Yoram Levy, Daniel Mendelow and Graham Ashton. Since moving to England in 2001, John has studied in Europe with Anthony Plog, Pierre Dutot, Reinhold Friedrich, Mark David and Hannes Laeubin.

He has performed internationally with the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Queensland Orchestra, the London Gala Orchestra, the Australian Opera Company, the Carl Rosa Opera Company, the Festival Ensemble Orchestra Stuttgart, the Australian Ballet Company, Singapore Symphony and the Philharmonia. Johns trumpet playing has also featured on numerous recordings made for Radio and Television, including music for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

His new Compact Disc release "Sounds of Splendour" features music for Trumpet and Organ from Norwich Cathedral and is receiving critical acclaim. John is currently Principal trumpet with the Britten-Pears Orchestra, as well as an active soloist and freelance musician throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
http://www.johncoulton.net

Charley Davis
(USA)

Charley Davis has been both studio musician and soloist, active in the Los Angeles music scene for over twenty years. His trumpet playing can be heard on motion picture scores and television as well as on countless recordings and commercials. Charley has worked in Las Vegas showrooms and recorded with the Big Bands of Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, and Bob Florence. He currently teaches at California State University at Long Beach and Citrus College in Glendora, California. Charley is also a clinician for Vincent Bach Corporation and a consultant to Kanstul Musical Instruments. Additionally, Charleys interest in the field of brass instruments has extended to the creation and design of a line of Charles Davis mutes and accessories sold through United Musical Instruments.

Gabriel DiMartino
(USA)

Gabriel DiMartino has been playing the trumpet since age 3 when his father (Vince) put one in his toy box. Gabriel began by copying whatever he heard, be it his father practicing or a Doc Severinsen record, and soon began studying with his father's students. In 2000, Gabriel began attending Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, MI, and went on in 2002 to DePaul University to study with John Hagstrom. Upon completing his undergraduate degree, Gabriel sought an opportunity to further his education but remain a part of an orchestra. He found this at Wichita State University, where he played in the Wichita Symphony as well as taught as the resident Teaching Assistant at WSU. Gabriel can be heard on a variety of recordings, from the Vivaldi Concerto (with father Vince) with the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble to the horse-whinny on the collected works of Leroy Anderson played on the San Phillipe Wurlitzer Theatre Organ. He has also been a part of recitals spanning the globe with father Vince, from the Cadet Chapel at West Point to the Kurshalle in Bad Sakingen, Germany.

Vince DiMartino
(USA)

Vincent Di Martino is the 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 artistin- residence. He was named to the Matton Professorship in 1996.

Di Martino 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. Di Martino, along with Centre's George Foreman, founded the New Columbian Brass Band. Di Martino also is a soloist with the New Sousa Band and is a featured soloist with the Advocate Brass Band. Di Martino 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), Di Martino 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.

Dave Elton
(Australia)

David began playing the trumpet at age nine after an unsuccessful year scraping at the strings of a violin, and at fourteen, he began studies with Paul Goodchild (Sydney Symphony). He commenced a Bachelor of Music degree at the Sydney Conservatorium in 1994 and one year later won the second trumpet position with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra. He completed his Bachelor of Music Performance (Hons) in 1997 at the Queensland Conservatorium, where he studied with Yoram Levy. Shortly thereafter, David shared first prize at the International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition held in Kentucky, USA. With the assistance of a Queen's Trust Fellowship, David attended Northwestern University in Chicago, studying with Charles Geyer, and completed a Master of Music degree in 1999. He then began a six-month contract as section trumpet with the Sydney Symphony. He also earned a position with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and performed in the orchestra's debut concert at Carnegie Hall under Daniel Barenboim the following year.

David returned to Australia and began a trial with the ASO and was officially appointed to the orchestra in November 2000. He participated in the 2000 and 2001 Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Sapporo, Japan and has recently performed with both the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and as guest coprincipal trumpet with the Singapore Symphony. David is currently the Principal Trumpet with West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Andrew Evans

Biography to come

Bob Findley
(USA)

Bob Findley got a very early start in jazz and was sitting with the likes of Ornett Coleman & Yusef Lateed while still in High School. Upon graduating, he worked his way west playing the jazz chair on the Tommy Dorsey Band. Bob finally settled in Los Angeles where he currently lives. He is a features soloist in movies, on television, CDs and national commercials and has been a member of the Academy Awards Orchestra since 1980.
http://www.bobfindley.com

Chuck Findley
(USA)

Chuck Findley was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and was immersed into the world of music since birth. The son of a musician, he began playing the trumpet at age 4 and the trombone by age 11. Upon graduation from high school, he won a scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Music, studing with Bernard Adelstein, among others. He then went on the road with Jimmy Dorsey Big Band led by Lee Castle. While on the road, he studies with Carmine Caruso in New York. Later he joined the Buddy Rich Band touring the Orient, Europe, and then the United States. Finally locating in Los Angeles in 1969, he began his successful recording career.

Chuck was formerly the lead trumpet player for Johnny Carsons "Tonight Show" led by Doc Secerinsen in 1989. He later played with Branford Marsalis on the Emmy award winning "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno from May 1994 - June 2001. besides his studio work in Los Angeles, he travels abroad periodically to do featured solo work, Jazz festivals, albums, clinics, television specials and concert tours.
http://www.chuckfindley.net

John Foster

http://www.australianbaroquebrass.com

John Foster (b.1977) established himself as a soloist performing at age 15 the Hummel Trumpet Concerto with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, making him one of the youngest classical musicians ever to work professionally in Australia. Since 2001 John has been a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has also appeared as Guest Principal Trumpet of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia, the Sydney Philharmonia, and has also appeared with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

As a soloist John has performed throughout the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. John has appeared as soloist in London with the Royal College Chamber Orchestra, and with numerous Australian orchestras including, the Queensland Symphony, the Adelaide Symphony, the Queensland Philharmonic, the Sydney Philharmonia and the Sydney Chamber Orchestra.

John is one of the worlds leading exponents of the Natural Trumpet and is the Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed period instrument ensemble Australian Baroque Brass. John has also appeared with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Pinchgut Opera, Sydney Philharmonia Baroque Ensemble, New Zealand Baroque Soloists and has appeared as soloist at numerous festivals including the Melbourne International Festival of Brass, The Canberra International Chamber Music Festival, the Barossa Festival, and the New England Bach Festival. John has also collaborated with many other well known artists including tours with Swedish trumpeter Niklas Eklund and English trumpeters Crispian Steele-Perkins and Michael Laird.

In 2004 John had the pleasure of being invited to the United States to develop a new Long Model Natural Trumpet in collaboration with trumpet maker Andrew Naumann (Schilke USA).

Currently John maintains a busy performing and recording schedule as a soloist, with Australian Baroque Brass and as a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded several CDs including the recently released cd "Flourish, heroic music for trumpet and organ" (ABC Classics), and "Music of a Golden Age Vol.1" (Tubicium Records) as well as making numerous recordings for film, television and radio. John is also active as a clinician, having given master classes in universities throughout Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. In 2008 John returned to the USA to lead Australian Baroque Brass on an extensive concert tour.

"...public jubilation, helped by the splendid trumpet playing of John Foster" Sydney Morning Herald

"John Foster's trumpet sent the praise of god into all the lands" Adelaide Advertiser

"John Foster...performs with great clarity and precision. His performance on Scartatti's Mio tesoro per te moro is gorgeous" Historical Brass Journal USA.

"The performance of Baroque music by John Foster has sparkle and flair..."
"Foster is a great architect of the Baroque style..." Australian Trumpet Guild Journal 2008

Helen Gill
(Australia)

Helen has pursued her love of music since beginning trumpet lessons in Canberra at the age of ten, where she was scouted by the Canberra School of Music Brass Department as gifted student for their scholarship program. Her talents led her to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree in the early 90s. She later studied at University of Western Sydney, Nepean where she was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Education.

Helen has played with many of the nations most respected orchestras including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. She regularly performs with the internationally renowned Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and the Sydney Philharmonia. In addition to performing, Helen is a highly sought after teacher of brass at many schools near her home in the Bega Valley.

Andrea Giuffredi
(Italy)

For more than 25 years he collaborated with the most important Italian symphony orchestras: Orchestre R.A.I. of Torino and Milano, Teatro Comunale Firenze, Teatro Regio Parma, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra sinfonica Arturo Toscanini dellEmilia Romagna. He played with conductors such as Muti, Prtre, Sawallisch, Sinopoli, Cuhng and others...in the major world concert halls (Japan, Turckey, Germany, France, Italy, United States, Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, Finland, Spain, Malta, Mexico, Albania). He participated on several TV broadcastings on the Italian networks and to several studio recording sessions, TV tunes and as a studio player recorded over 30 CDs.

Has been holding master classes in several parts of the world: Greece, Italy, Finland, Spain, Germany, at the central conservatory of Beijing (China) and played as soloist at the ITG conference 2004 in the USA. Frank Campo wrote for him two pieces for soloist trumpeter: "Afterthoughts" and "Variazioni on a Theme of Paganini". In 2006 he played in duo with Joe Alessi, principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic. In the USA he released two CDs, both for Summit Records. In 2007 he has been in international jury to the "3RD Lieska International Trumpet Competition" in Finland. He is trumpet professor at the "Accademia Internazionale della Musica" of Milan. He plays Courtois trumpets.
http://www.andreagiuffredi.com

Paul Goodchild
(Australia)

Paul Goodchild joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 1979. In addition to working with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Seymour Group, Sydney Philharmonia and the Australian Brass Quintet (which he formed in 1985), Paul Goodchild has appeared regularly on radio and television and given masterclasses and recitals. In 1986, Paul reformed the Sydney Brass Ensemble, founded in 1958 by his father Cliff Goodchild, former Sydney Symphony Principal Tuba.

In 1991, he visited Japan with the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra for performances of Aida and gave a recital tour throughout NSW and Brisbane. Paul accompanied the Sydney Symphony on its 1988 tour of the United States as Co-Principal Trumpet.

In 1991, he toured Italy, France and Germany with organist Peter Kneeshaw and the St Mary's Cathedral Choir on their European tour, performing at Notre Dame and at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. Also in 1991, Paul formed the Goodchild Ensemble, a Baroque quartet comprising trumpet, oboe, bassoon and continuo. Now Associate Principal Trumpet with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Paul has toured Europe (1995), Japan (1996) and again to America (1998) with the orchestra.

Pat Harbison
(USA)

Jazz trumpeter Pat Harbison currently teaches jazz history and improvisation and conducts ensembles at Indiana University. He has been on the faculty of the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshops since 1976. Previously he taught trumpet and jazz at the University of Cincinnati.

Pat became intent on a career in music in his early teens, when he became a protg of jazz education pioneer, Jamey Aebersold. Jamey exposed him to the magic of jazz and instructed Pat in improvisation, arranging, and composition. After graduating from the University of Louisville, where he studied trumpet with Leon Rapier, he spent time free-lancing in New York City and studying with Carmine Caruso. He returned to his native Indiana for graduate study in jazz with David Baker and trumpet with William Adam. Pat&aposs other major teachers include John McNeil and Dominic Spera.

Pat has performed and recorded with his own groups, including his solo debut, After All and the 2002 recording Conspiracy Theory, both on Whole Tone Records. In addition to his work as a leader, Pats credits include work with the Jamey Aebersold Quintet, the Psycho Acoustic Orchestra, The Steve Houghton Quintet, John Von Ohlen & aposs Blue Wisp Big Band, and David Baker&aposs 21st Century Bebop Band. Pat is the author of many articles on jazz and trumpet, as well as several books, including Technical Studies for the Modern Trumpet and Twenty Authentic Bebop Solos (both published by Aebersold).
http://www.patharbison.com/

Matt Jodrell
(Australia)

TRUMPET SUMMIT

Matthew has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Western Australian Conservatorium of Music, awarded in 2000. In 2004 Matthew recorded his debut album, Blues In The Night, featuring Joe Chindamo, Sam Anning, Ben Vanderwal, Carl Mackey and James Morrison. He subsequently launched the album in February/March 2006 in Melbourne (Bennetts Lane), Sydney (The Basement), Brisbane (The Zoo), Perth (Hyde Park Hotel) and Adelaide. The touring group consisted of Joe Chindamo, Sam Anning, and Felix Bloxson, and also featured guest appearances by Jamie Oehlers in Melbourne and Brisbane, Carl Mackey in Perth, and James Morrison in Sydney.In August 2005 Matthew performed at the Melbourne International Brass Festival as soloist with the Darryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra alongside Bill Watrous and James Morrison, as well as guest soloist with the Joe Chindamo trio. Matthew has performed with Frank Foster; Ernie Watts; Terri-Lyn Carrington; JamesWilliams; James Morrison; Josh Roseman; Bill Watrous; Gary Bartz; Jason Marsalis; Carlos Henriques; Andy Milne; Terell Stafford; Ingrid Jensen; Graeme Lyall; Don Burrows; Joe Chindamo; Tony Gould; Bernie McGann; John Pochee; Allan Browne.

He has recorded on numerous albums including: Blues In The Night 2004, Re-Turning Point, Sam Anning - 2006, Jazz Juice, Graham Wood - 2006, Live At The Jazz Room, Danny Moss Quartet - 2005, Glyn MacDonald Trio, Glyn MacDonald 2004, On The Edge, James Morrison - 2003, Adapt, Salamander - 2002, Billie Holiday Music Story - 2001, as well as some ABC broadcasts with Speedball, Dr. Jazz and his own quartet.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=93120929

Michael Kirgan
(New Zealand/USA)

Michael Kirgan grew up in Indiana, and began to learn the trumpet at an early age from his father, who was then a high school band director and music teacher. He went on to study Trumpet Performance at Northern Illinois University, receiving a BM in 1985. Moving to Mexico City, he began his orchestral career as a member of the Filarmnica de la Ciudad de Mexico. The following year he was a founding member of the Filarmnica del Bajio, in Guanajuato. In 1989, Michael took leave to undertake post-graduate studies at Northwestern University, where received a Masters in Music for Trumpet Performance.

Next stop Portugal, to play as Principal Trumpet of the Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa. In 1992, he accepted an invitation to return to Mexico as Principal Trumpet of the Sinfonica de la Universidad de Guanajuato. Michael was appointed to the position of Associate Principal Trumpet in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in 1995 and Principal Trumpet in 1997. Michael also teaches the trumpet at The New Zealand School of Music. He resides in Wellington with his wife Judith, and sons Danny and Julian.

Michael has been with the NZSO eleven years

Cathy Leach
(USA)

Professor of Trumpet at the University of Tennessee, has been teaching and directing the UT Trumpet Ensemble since 1981. She plays Principal Trumpet with the Knoxville Symphony and Chamber Orchestras and the Brasswind Quintet. Prior to 1981 she was a member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Santa Fe, the Toledo Symphony, the New Mexico Brass Quintet, and the Galliard Brass Ensemble, with whom she recorded on the Musical Heritage label. Ms. Leach is a member of Monarch Brass with whom she has toured and recorded, and she can be heard as a soloist on the Opus One label. An active soloist, Ms. Leach has been featured with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, the Oak Ridge Symphony, the Orchestra of Santa Fe, the Georgetown Symphony, the Bremerton Symphony, the UT Wind Ensemble and the UT Symphony Orchestra. Much sought after as a clinician, she frequently appears in schools and at conferences as a music educator.

Ms. Leach has served ITG two terms on the Board of Directors, as Mock Orchestra Competition Chair, as a music reviewer, and as a competitions judge. She is currently Chair of the ITG Sponsor a Trumpeter program, and President of the very active local ITG chapter, the Smokey Mountain Trumpet Guild.

Yoram Levy
(Australia)

Yoram Levy is Principal Trumpet of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Levy was a member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra from 1982 to 1990, participating in numerous recordings and touring Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia.

In 1990 Levy was appointed Senior Lecturer in Trumpet at the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane, where he resided until joining the TSO in 1998. He has appeared as principal trumpet with the New Zealand Symphony and the Sydney Symphony and as soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras. Yoram's tenure at the Queensland conservatorium, as Lecturer in trumpet, conductor of the brass ensemble and later as Head of Brass has contributed to the development of exceptional trumpet players and brass instrumentalists currently employed in symphony orchestras in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

Currently Mr. Levy teaches trumpet at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in Hobart and is active as a performer and teacher. Master classes he has held include the Canberra School of Music, the Victorian College of the Arts, Northwestern University in Chicago, Tel Aviv University. He is a frequent visitor to Japan for recitals and master classes in Osaka, Kobe and Hiroshima.

Seelan P.Manickam
(USA)

A founding member of Bala, Seelan Manickam began playing the trumpet at the age of ten. As a top prizewinner of several solo competitions Seelan has also appeared as a soloist on numerous occasions with the Boston Chamber Orchestra, Cambridge Choral Society, South Coast Community Chorale and most recently The University of Massachusetts Orchestra. Other professional experience has included playing with The Indian Hill Symphony, New Hampshire Symphony, Salisbury Symphony, Thayer Symphony, New Bedford Symphony, Taipei Sinfionetta and Cape Ann Symphony.

Seelan received his Bachelors of Music at the University of Victoria where he studied with Louis Ranger. He has also finished his Graduate work in trumpet performance at The Boston Conservatory where he studied with Steven Emery. Additional studies have been with Jens Lindemann of the Canadian Brass and Charles Schlueter, principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony. In addition to performing with Bala, Seelan maintains an active teaching schedule and is currently on faculty at The University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Dan Mendelow
(Australia)

Daniel Mendelow, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Principal Trumpet has established a reputation as one of Australia's leading brass players and teachers.

Dan received his Bachelor degree from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, studying with Gene Young and Louis Davidson, graduating with Honours in 1976. That same year, he was awarded a Fellowship to the Berkshire Music Centre at Tanglewood Festival which enabled him to continue his studies with such notables as Gunther Schuller, Armando Ghitalla and Roger Voisin.

In the late 70s he was invited by Zubin Mehta to join the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra which toured Australia in 1978. During that tour Daniel was offered the position of Principal Trumpet with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Since joining the Sydney Symphony, Daniel has become a sought-after soloist making guest appearances with ensembles and orchestras throughout Australia. One of his most recent appearances was in the Music for Spring series at St James' Church with fellow SSO members in the concert Music for Brass and Strings which he devised and arranged.

James Morrison
(Australia)

James Morrison is, a virtuoso in the true sense of the word. Besides the trumpet, this multi-instrumentalist also plays trombone, euphonium, flugel horn, tuba, saxophones, and piano Morrison debuted in the USA with a breathtaking concert at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Following this were performances at the big festivals in Europe - including Montreaux, Pori, North Sea, Nice and Bern - playing with many of the legends of jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Calloway, Woody Shaw, Red Rodney, George Benson, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Ray Brown and Wynton Marsalis to name a few. There were also gigs in the worlds most famous jazz clubs - the Blue Note and Village Vanguard in New York, the New Morning in Paris and Ronnie Scotts in London.

Morrisons career thus far has been diverse and perhaps not typical of most jazz musicians. He recorded "Jazz Meets the Symphony" with The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lalo Schifrin, performed concerts at the Royal Albert hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for Princess Anne. Royal command performances on two occasions for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and for US Presidents Bush & Clinton at Parliament House in Australia. In 1997, James was recognised for his service to the arts in Australia and awarded a medal of The Order of Australia.
http://www.jamesmorrison.com.au

Charles Pagnard
(USA)

In 1977, Charles M. Pagnard joined the Cedarville University faculty where he is currently a full professor of Music. His duties include conducting the University Symphony Orchestra and Brass Choir. He also teaches studio trumpet and Instrumental Conducting and Brass Methods. He holds a BME degree from Bowling Green State University and an MM degree from Eastman School of Music. He has also done post-graduate work at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. His major teachers include Sidney Mear, Edwin Betts, Ettore Chiudioni, Allen Dean, and Vincent Cichowicz.

Pagnard has been active as a trumpet soloist and clinician for the Bach Instrument Company. He is currently principal trumpet with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and the Carillon Brass. He also performs as an extra musician with the Cincinnati Symphony and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. He has recorded with the Carillon Brass (Integra Music) and the Cincinnati Pops (Telarc).

Since 1988, he has led the 20-member Cedarville Brass Choir on extensive tours to Israel, Hungary, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Greece, where the group performed concerts in churches, schools, concert halls, and various other locations. This ensemble has released a recording with Integra Music entitled At the Last Trumpet.

Kelly Parkes
(Australia)

Joined the Virginia Tech faculty in August 2006, as Assistant Professor where she teaches graduate level music education and psychology classes, the students completing internships, and class applied trumpet. Formerly visiting professor with Florida International University (2003-2006) Dr. Parkes has enjoyed teaching methods classes, techniques classes, and advising Chapter 525 of the MENC Collegiate Program. Dr. Parkes has earned her BA degree in musicology and psychology from the Australian National University and her M.Mus in trumpet performance and pedagogy from The Canberra Institute of the Arts, Australia. Her M.Sc in Music Education was awarded from Florida International University and her Ph.D. was awarded from the University of Miami. Her current areas of research are music performance assessment, college level applied music faculty, motivation in music teacher training, and developmental psychology specific to music learning theory. She is an active member of Music Educators National Conference, and has presented much of her research both in the US and overseas.

Prior to moving to the USA she lectured in pre-college and college trumpet for 5 years at the Canberra School of Music; Institute of the Arts, and coordinated ensembles as well as Pre-college training programs. Dr. Parkes worked with public and private instrumental music programs within school music curriculum at elementary, middle, and high school levels for ten years in Canberra, Australia. She also enjoyed extensive studio and classroom teaching, instrumental instruction, and band directing. In addition to her teaching, she was also the Principal trumpet of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra from 1996-2000. Since moving to the USA she has appeared as a regular substitute with the New World Symphony Orchestra under Michael Tilson-Thomas (Miami, FL). She is currently the Pedagogical advisor for the Australian Trumpet Guild, and a member of the ATG steering committee for the International Trumpet Guild Conference, 2010.

Geoff Payne
(Australia)

In 2003 Geoff Payne completed 25 years service as Associate Principal, then Principal Trumpet, with Australias Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO).

He started playing, aged seven and a half, in a local brass band and moved later to the Willoughby Band, on Sydney's North Shore. Scholarships to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the ABC National Training Orchestra helped him gain the skills to win the third trumpet position in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra aged nineteen. Two years later, he won the Associate Principal Trumpet position in the MSO. In 1982, he won the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition (now known as Young Performer of the Year) and in 1984 was first prize winner in the 22nd International Trumpet Competition in Budapest. Six months as guest Principal Trumpet with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra was followed by an invitation to play at the International Trumpet Guild's 1987 conference in Michigan.

Geoff has toured for Musica Viva, with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and has featured many times as soloist with all the Australian symphony orchestras, both in Australia and overseas. He is a regular soloist with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in Japan including three separate occasions during 2003. His third CD with the MSO, a recording of music of the legendary Mexican trumpeter, Rafael Mndez, was released in 2004.

Julie Payne
(Australia)

2nd trumpet MSO

Biography to come

Rex Richardson
(USA)

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 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 withWilliam 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, Al Vizzutti, Bill Watrous, GeraldWilson, 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 at Virginia 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 a Yamaha artist.

Chase Sanborn
(Canada)

Jazz trumpeter Chase Sanborn is originally from the NY area, and an alumnus of the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Currently based in Canada, Chase is a mainstay of the bustling music scene in Toronto. A veteran session musician, Chase has played on hundreds of commercial recording dates and logged many hours in the orchestra pit for Broadway musicals. He has toured with Ray Charles, and appeared with Aretha Franklin, Diana Krall and many other jazz and pop artists. His latest CD, Perking UP, features Chase in duo and trio settings. Reviewer Geoff Chapman writes: "Chase Sanborns latest disc is illuminated by sublime statements and moments of aching poignancy. Creativity is front and center here."

A dedicated and celebrated music educator, Chase Sanborn teaches at the jazz faculty at the University of Toronto, and appears throughout North America as a clinician and guest artist. His instructional books, CDs and DVDs (Jazz Tactics / Brass Tactics / Tuning Tactics) have garnered universal praise for their insightful and entertaining approach to playing and teaching music.

Chase Sanborn is a Yamaha Artist, and appears throughout North America as a guest artist and clinician.
http://www.chasesanborn.com

John Schlabach
(USA)

John Schlabach joined the faculty of the Ohio University School of Music as trumpet professor in the fall of 1998. Prior to joining the Ohio University faculty, Schlabach taught at Murray State University, Murray, KY from 1983-1998. Schlabach was chosen "University Teacher of the Year" in 1995 by the Kentucky Music Educators Association, and in 2001 he was the recipient of the Ohio University School of Music "Distinguished Teacher" award. He earned degrees from Northwestern University and Western Illinois University.

Mr. Schlabach has presented numerous solo recitals at major universities throughout the midwest and southeast, and has extensive performing experience as a principal and solo orchestral player. He is currently principal trumpet in the Ohio Valley Symphony, and is first trumpet in Ohio Brass, the faculty brass quintet in residence in the Ohio University School of Music. He also performs frequently with the Columbus and West Virginia Symphony Orchestras.

Schlabach has written a number of educational articles that have appeared in publications such as The International Trumpet Guild Journal and The Instrumentalist. His article "On Connecting the Ear and Brass Performance" appeared in all four of the professional journals of the trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba/euphonium international associations. Keith Johnson, Regents Trumpet Professor at the University of North Texas and author of The Art of Trumpet Playing has stated, "His pedagogical writing is among the very finest I have seen ...." Mr. Schlabach is the founder and director of the annual Ohio Trumpet Workshops, which are week-long summer camps held on the O.U. campus for serious high school trumpet players.

Alan Seibert
(USA)

BM, State University of New York, Fredonia: MM, University of Michigan: DMA studies at Arizona State University. Former member, San Diego Symphony Orchestra and principal trumpet in both San Diego Opera and San Diego Chamber Orchestras. Teachers include, David Hickman, Charles Schlueter, John Ware, Clifford Lillya and William Dederer. Performances and recordings with Summit Brass. Faculty, Keystone Brass Institute and Rafael Mendez Brass Institute. Princpal trumpet, The American Sinfonietta; European tours in 1999, 2000. Most recent solo recording is Stargazer, released on Equilibrium. Two solo recordings with Hornpipes (trumpet/organ duo), on Integra and Rodgers. Recent solo performances include the 2007 International Trumpet Guild Conference and an eight-state solo tour in 2007. Co-author, Teaching Brass: A Resource Manual, published by McGraw-Hill, now in its 2nd edition. Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Superior 1980-1982), Arizona State University (1982-1983), San Diego State University (1984- 1989), Michigan State University (1989-1990).

Recordings with: Albany, Discovery, Integra, Klavier, New World, Pro Arte, Rodgers, Equilibrium and Summit Records. Board of Directors, International Trumpet Guild. Current member, Carillon Brass, and the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. Touring with Westwind Brass during the 2004-06 concert seasons. Yamaha Performing Artist. Faculty, CCM, since 1990.

Phil Slater
(Australia)

TRUMPET SUMMIT

Phil Slater is a multi award winning Australian trumpeter and composer based in Sydney. He is the leader or co-leader of several bands including the Phil Slater Quartet and Band of Five Names. He has performed and recorded with a diverse range of artists including Nigel Kennedy, Lou Reed, DIG, Missy Higgins, Vince Jones, Bernie McGann, Archie Roach, Pnau, David Bridie, Katie Noonan, You Am I, Mike Nock, Terumasa Hino, The Sleepy Jackson, Jim Black and The Australian Art Orchestra. In 2004, Phil was awarded the Bell Award for Australian Jazz Musician of the Year. He has also been awarded the Music Council of Australia Freedman Fellowship in 2002, and the 2003 TAC/Wangaratta Jazz festival National Jazz Award.

In 2002 Phil released Strobe Coma Virgo - his debut recording as a leader - to critical acclaim, and has released three Band of Five Name recordings (Band of Five Names in 1998, Severance in 2002, and Empty Gardens in 2006). His latest recording is The Thousands by the Phil Slater Quartet featuring pianist Matt McMahon, Bassist Lloyd Swanton & Drummer Simon Barker.
http://www.philslater.com

James Stokes
(USA)

James Stokes is the Associate Professor of Trumpet for the Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music. He holds Doctoral and Master’s degrees in performance from The Ohio State University and a Bachelors degree in music education from Indiana University where he studied with the renowned trumpet pedagogue William Adam. He has performed with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and the CAPA Broadway Show Series. James has also performed as co-principal of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. He has been the featured artist and trumpet clinician for festivals in Wyoming, West Virginia, Ohio, Washington and North Carolina. James is an Artist/Performer/Adjudicator for the National Trumpet Competition. He has served as a preliminary judge for the 2008 ITG Solo Competition and as chair for the ITG Orchestral Competition in 2006. James also served in the Ohio Chapter of ITG, hosting Adoph Herseth and Ron McCurdy in 2003. He was formerly the Associate Professor of Trumpet at Capital University for twelve years. James is the founding member of the Cathedral Brass Ensemble and a Vincent Bach Performing Artist.

Leanne Sullivan
(Australia)

Leanne Sullivan completed a Bachelor of Music degree at the Sydney Conservatorium and then travelled to London to further her studies. Since returning to Australia she has been in constant demand as both a modern and baroque trumpeter for over 15 years in Sydney and around Australia. In 2002 Leanne was awarded the prestigious Churchill Fellowship and travelled to Europe to further her virtuosity on the baroque trumpet. While often engaged as a soloist on a national scale, Leanne is currently Principal Trumpet with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and also performs with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra with whom she has made several recordings. Leanne on staff in the brass department at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Scott Tinkler
(Australia)

TRUMPET SUMMIT

Australian trumpeter Scott Tinkler has been performing professionally since 1983 and is well known for his many brilliant incarnations as an ensemble player, recording and touring with such groups as The Australian Art Orchestra, Mark Simmonds Freeboppers, The Paul Grabowsky Quintet and The Dale Barlow Quintet as well as with international artists such as Mark Helias, Joe Lovano, Betty Carter, Branford Marsalis, Han Bennink, Billy Harper, Arthur Blythe, Cindy Blackman, Karaikudi R Mani, etc.

In April 2003 Scott joined his long time associate Paul Grabowsky on a trip to New York to record an album of Pauls' original music with Branford Marsalis, Joe Lovano and Jeff "Tain" Watts. Tails Of Time and Space has now been released on the Warner label to stunning reviews, many highlighting Scotts stellar contribution to Pauls music.

With his recent move back to Melbourne, Scott is spending much of his time composing and performing with his Trio as well as providing a unique presence in Various Australian new music ensembles Ellision, Hydromus Krysogast and the Australian Art orchestra.

Scott is now lecturing at the Victorian College of the Arts and Monash University and has given master classes at the Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane Conservatoriums, Southern Cross University and the Hong Kong Polytechnique University. Scott was also a guest in New York at the "New School of Jazz" and when in Europe gives master classes at the Den Haag Royal and Rotterdam Conservatoriums in the Netherlands. Scott has received grants and invitations to perform through out the world in many diverse and rewarding situations in countries such as England, China, The Netherlands, America, Vietnam, France, India, Germany, New Caledonia, Norway and Tanzania.
http://www.stinkler.com

Derek Watkins
(UK)

Derek Watkins is a British trumpeter and session musician renowned for his mastery of the trumpet and flugelhorn. He is best-known for his signature high-note "screamers" on the James Bond themes.

Derek rose through the ranks of dance bands to become one of the most sought-after session players in the UK. He has recorded and worked with a wide range of artists, including Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Count Basie, John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, the Ted Heath Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Henry Mancini, Maynard Ferguson, Kiri te Kanawa, the London Symphony Orchestra, Oasis, Robbie Williams, James Last, Leonard Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, The Beatles, Elton John, Natalie Cole, Eric Clapton, and Kylie Minogue among others. Watkins has also played key roles in many film scores, including Mission Impossible, The Mummy, Basic Instinct, Indiana Jones, Gladiator, Johnny English, Superman 1 & 2, Bridget Jones Diary and Chicago, where his trumpet solo opens the movie.

Watkins is currently Visiting Professor for trumpet to the Royal Academy of Music, lead trumpet of the BBC Big Band, and gives master class clinics at music colleges around Europe.
http://www.smithwatkins.com

Dai Zhonghui
(China)

Zhonghui Dai is Principal Trumpet of the National Symphony Orchestra (formerly the Central Philharmonic) in Beijing, and has served as Principal Trumpet with the Santa Monica Symphony. Born in Manchuria, Mr. Dai studied at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music and, after receiving a Master of Fine Arts in Music from the International University in San Diego, studied trumpet with Boyde Hood at USC where he received his Artist Diploma. Mr. Dai has performed with the Beijing Symphony, the Liaoning Symphony and Opera House Orchestra and the China Symphony. In the United States, Mr. Dai has performed with the Riverside Philharmonic, the West Los Angeles Symphony, the Ventura County Symphony and the USC Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Mr. Dai is professor of trumpet and head of brass at the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

ENSEMBLES

Australian Army Trumpets/Australian Army Band
(Australia)

Biography to come

Australian Baroque Brass
(Australia)

Australian Baroque Brass is one of Australia's finest early music ensembles. Founded in 2003, the ensemble is dedicated to the pursuit of musical excellence on authentic or period instruments. Based in Sydney under the artistic directorship of baroque trumpeter John Foster, Australian Baroque Brass gives numerous performances each year to audiences throughout New South Wales and Australia. The ensemble boasts some of the finest musicians Australia has to offer, with its members also holding positions in such ensembles as the Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony, West Australian Symphony and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestras. This dynamic ensemble performs a vast repertoire of European music from the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, with the ensemble varying in size from solo recitals with continuo through to full orchestral performances. Typically, the ensemble performs with Natural Trumpets, Cornetts, Sackbuts, Natural Horns, Timpani, Soprano and Organ/Continuo. Australian Baroque Brass also regularly features guest performances by well known international and Australian artists as well as collaborations with other professional ensembles and choirs. Australian Baroque Brass has made several recordings which include the critically acclaimed CD "Music of a Golden Age", as well as live recordings for broadcast on ABC Classic FM. In 2006 Australian Baroque Brass will perform at festivals such as the Canberra International Chamber Music Festival and the New England Bach Festival and also give concerts throughout Australia.
http://www.australianbaroquebrass.com

The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
(Australia)

The members of The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra form one of the busiest and most versatile orchestras in the country. Its home is one of the most famous modern buildings in the world, the Sydney Opera House, and the principal role of the AOBO is to be the indispensable orchestral partner of Australia's two premiere performing arts companies, Opera Australia and The Australian Ballet. In a typical year in Sydney the Orchestra will give some 175 performances of more than a dozen operas and more than 80 performances of four ballets. The Orchestra will work with perhaps a dozen different conductors, mastering performing traditions and repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Berg and perform several Gala Concerts.

Les Trompettes de Lyons
(France)

Biography to come - details on following website http://www.lestrompettesdelyon.com

Meridian Arts Ensemble
(USA)

This ensemble consists of five brass players and one percussionist based in New York City They have given performances in 49 states as well as performances in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Japan,Taiwan, Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic They have eight critically acclaimed compact discs on the Channel Classics label and have changed the face of brass chamber music through innovative repertoire and high-octane performances Their repertoire consists of Frank Zappa, J.S. Bach, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tania Leon, King Crimson, Captain Beefheart, and Jimi Hendrix, Mark Applebaum, Milton Babbitt, Alvin Etler, Elliott Carter, Tom Pierson, Mmembers of the MAE (who also do their own arranging). They also enjoy performing Renaissance and Baroque music, Afro-Cuban dance styles, South American folk music

Meridan Arts Ensemble were the First Prize Winner in 1990 in the Concert Artists Guild New York Competition and have been multiple winners of the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Adventurous Programming Award They have given a performance at New York's Alice Tully Hall for the 25th Anniversary of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and many club appearances including New York alternative spaces CBGB's, The Knitting Factory, the Cooler, and the Kitchen; the Black Cat in Washington, DC; the House of Blues in Los Angeles

They have been featured on television broadcasts on German, Dutch, and Austrian state television as well as television broadcast on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center and radio broadcasts on NPR's Weekend Edition (twice), St. Paul Sunday Morning, WDR Jazz Radio (Germany), Dutch National Radio, ORF (Austria), Voice of America, and Radio Free Europe
http://www.meridianartsensemble.com

Rhythm and Brass
(USA)

"Beyond Category" was a term the great Duke Ellington used as the highest form of praise for those artists who transcended normal boundaries. Since their inaugural season in 1993, Rhythm & Brass has lived up to the ideal of a musical presentation that is not bound by time, geography or culture. With the unique ability to incorporate influences as divergent as Josquin Des Prez, Pink Floyd, John Coltrane, Johann Sebastian Bach, and, of course, Duke Ellington, Rhythm & Brass searches for the commonality in these influences and fearlessly weaves them all into a single concert experience.

While maintaining an active touring schedule, Rhythm & Brass has also performed at numerous special events including a 1994 New York concert debut at Carnegie Recital Hall with celebrated jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker. Commissions have been premiered at Chicago's Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic and the national convention of the Music Educator's National Conference. R&B has also been featured at the New York Brass Conference, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the Raphael Mendez Brass Institute, Kentucky's Great American Brass Band Festival, the National Trumpet Competition and the National Association of Music Merchants Convention in Los Angeles. Internationally, Rhythm & Brass has toured extensively in Canada, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Virgin Islands, and Japan.

The members of Rhythm & Brass maintain an active involvement in music education. Of particular interest is the promotion of chamber music in the schools. Their book, Team Play: a Guide to making Chamber Music Together (Universal Edition), is a method by which educator and student alike can take part in the joys of chamber music. Rhythm & Brass has given workshops and lectures on this subject at the Music Educator's National Conference and the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic as well as authoring an article for the Instrumentalist, one of the most important music education publications. The group is often found in residence at major universities throughout the nation as well as summer music camps and festivals such as Bands of America and the Brevard Music Center.
http://www.rhythm-brass.com/home.html

SSBE
(Australia)

Biography to come

Sydney All-Star Big Band
(Australia)

The Sydney All Star Big Band was formed in 1990 by leading Australian trumpet player Ralph Pyl and is fast becoming Australia's most recognized big band.

Bringing together sixteen of the finest jazz, big band and session musicians in the Australian music scene, the band quickly caught the attention of jazz enthusiasts with its dynamic star soloists and powerful hard swinging treatments of contemporary and traditional big band compositions. The Sydney All Star Big Band has been the backing band of choice for many leading Australian and International entertainers including BMG recording artist Vanessa Rubin from New York, U.S. vocalist and pianist Buddy Greco during his two most recent Australian tours, US trumpet player and clinician Bobby Shew, US saxophonist Bob Mintzer, US trumpet player Vincent Di Martino and US trumpet player Rex Richardson. For the Sydney Festival in 2002, 2003 and 2004, Ralph assembled the big band for world renown US composers and arrangers Maria Schneider, Bob Florence and Rob McConnell. They have also performed and recorded with some of Australia's finest artists - James Morrison, Grace Knight, Don Burrows, Anthony Warlow, Frank Bennett, Darren Paul, Kerrie Biddell, Rhonda Burchmore, Ignatius Jones, Emma Pask, Monica Trapaga and Tom Burlinson. In June 2006, the band had the privilege of performing and entertaining guests at the reception of the highly publicised wedding of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.

The Sydney All Star Big Band is just as the name suggests...an all star band whose members are the leading jazz, big band and studio specialists in Australia. These musicians are in constant demand, touring and recording with their own projects, while also appearing as "hired guns" accompanying the biggest names in the entertainment industry.

November 2001 marked the release of the Sydney All Star Big Band's debut album of original material "Doin' Our Thing" which also gained worldwide recognition and is available on the jazz label "La Brava". December 2004 marked the release of the band's second album of original compositions "Pyl Driver" and is available on the jazz label "Newmarket Music". In June 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, the Big Band won the annual 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th Australian Mo Award for best jazz ensemble of the year.
http://www.ralphpyl.com/The_Sydney_All_Star_Big_Band.htm

Sydney Conservatorium Brass Ensemble

Biography to come

Sydney Youth Orchestra
(Australia)

The Sydney Youth Orchestra is the flagship orchestra of the Sydney Youth Orchestras family. It represents nearly 100 of Sydney's most talented musicians aged up to 25 years. The level of musical ability required is AMEB Grade 8 or above.

SYO musicians come from Sydney's premier music institutions and schools and the membership extends to regional areas including Wollongong, Newcastle and the Southern Highlands. SYO alumni are represented in professional orchestras throughout Australia and overseas, including the ACO, Sydney Symphony, and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

The SYO has been conducted by a range of Australia's foremost musicians and conductors, including John Hopkins, Stuart Challender, Patrick Thomas, Henryk Pisarek, Richard Gill, Roland Peelman, Edo de Waart, Mats Nilssen, Colin Piper, Stella Talati, John Harding, David Barg, Nicolette Fraillon and Thomas Woods. The SYO has collaborated with Sydney's premier performance companies, including, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, the Queensland Ballet, Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins - and most recently Missy Higgins! The SYO also performs as part of major community events like the Sydney Festival and Carols in the Domain. In 2007 the SYO is conducted by Ronald Prussing, Artistic Director.

TroICa
(USA)

"TroICa," a trio of Ithaca College School of Music faculty members. Steven Mauk, Kim Dunnick, and Diane Birr make up the group, whose name alludes to the fact that Mauk and Dunnick have performed on several occasions in Russia, where the word "troika" refers to a trio, a sled drawn by three horses, and to a folk dance.

Dr. Steven Mauk has served as Professor of Saxophone in the School of Music at Ithaca College since 1975. He has presented numerous solo, chamber music, and concerto performances in such international locales as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Japan, Canada, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia, and Slovenia. His performances in the US have included those in New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Atlanta, Boston, Washington, Cleveland, and Chicago. Mauk has given three recitals at Weil Hall (formerly Carnegie Recital Hall), a concerto presentation at Alice Tully Hall (NYC), four concerto performances with the United States Navy in Washington, DC and five concerto presentations in Russia. One of the foremost authorities on the soprano saxophone, Mauk is often invited to present lectures, recitals, and articles dealing with this member of the saxophone family. He is the soprano saxophonist and a founding member of the EMPIRE SAXOPHONE QUARTET, TROICA, and REMELEIXO. Mauk has recorded 17 albums, written over 100 articles, and authored four books. He is an artist/clinician for both Selmer and Vandoren, and presents numerous sessions dealing with saxophone performance and pedagogy. As an active member of the North American Saxophone Alliance, Mauk has held the offices of President and Director of Scholarly Publications. He has received a Dana Teaching Fellowship and a Dana Research Fellowship at Ithaca College for his excellence in teaching and research, as well as an Ithaca College President's Recognition Award. Mauk was the recipient of the 1995-98 National Artist Award from the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and received Ithaca College's Excellence in Teaching Award for 2001-2002.

Kim Dunnick is a Professor of Music (trumpet) at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY where he performs with The 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 of The 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 the Victoria 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 the Vassily Brandt International Trumpet Competition in Saratov, Russia (1996), the Kiev International Trumpet Competition in the Ukraine (1998), and the Moscow International Trumpet 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 at The 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 ofTimofei Dokshizer and wrote the pamphlet A Quarter Century of Achievement for ITG's silver anniversary in 2000. He has worked 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.

Pianist Diane Birr has collaborated with numerous vocalists and instrumentalists in recitals and master classes throughout the United States, and in Russia, Australia, Canada, France, Scotland, Austria, England and Norway. She has frequently been featured as a pianist on the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s Chamber Music Series in Ithaca, NY and in concerts at Ithaca College. Dr. Birr has served as an official accompanist for the Music Teachers National Association’s (MTNA) national competitions, the International Double Reed Society Conference, the International Horn Society Conference and the International Trombone Festival. For sixteen years Birr served on the faculty of International Workshops, a two-week music and arts festival held in locations around the world, where she performed in recitals and master classes and coached chamber music. She, along with Ithaca College colleagues, Kim Dunnick (trumpet) and Steve Mauk (saxophone) make up the TroICa trio. This group features performances of music composed for this unique combination of instruments and has been instrumental in encouraging new works to be written. Collaborative performances featuring Birr can be heard on Liscio Recordings, Crystal Records, Society of Composers, Inc. and Houston Publishing, Inc. Dr. Birr is active in various professional music organizations including NYSMTA and MTNA, where she currently serves on its Board of Directors. Dr. Birr is Associate Professor of Piano at Ithaca College. Her D.M.A. degree in collaborative piano is from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.

Waratah Brass Band
(Australia)

Biography to come

Program

Further details to follow...

ITG Testimonials

"The ITG conference is always a great event. I have been going for over 10 years now and no matter what stage of trumpet performance or teaching I am in, I always find colleagues, inspirational artists, talented students, and many friends there. It gives me such a boost to see so many trumpet players in one place and combined with the spectacular setting of Sydney for 2010, I wouldn't miss it!"

Kelly Parkes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech, Virginia USA
Australian Trumpet Guild, Secretary

"During September of 2006, I was fortunate enough to visit Australia with my wife Patti to perform with some of the country's fine musical groups. What a time we had!"

"The main event was The Australian Trumpet Guild Conference. ITG is certainly poised to have a fantastic 2010 conference based on what I saw at The ATG 2006 event! Brass bands, military bands, baroque trumpet performance, master classes, etc were all wonderful and among the finest in the world. I was fortunate enough to play with The Willoughby Brass Band, The RAF Big Band, Ralph Pyle and The Sydney All Star Big Band, The Barker College Bands and Orchestra, and others. We also attended a concert at Sydney Grammar School of The Australian Baroque Brass directed by John Foster and, of course, heard our 2010 host, Brain Evans play with Opera Australia in a performance of Rigoletto. They were all spectacular!"

"The ATG Conference was held at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. It is a first class facility and about a ten-minute walk from The Sydney Opera House and the city proper. It is also within walking distance of The Basement, Sydney’s premiere jazz club! We stayed at The Radisson in Chinatown and watched the monorail pass by across the street! Sydney is a wonderful place to walk and sightsee. We only took the train one time while downtown, choosing to walk every day. It is truly one of the nicest places we have ever visited! It is rare to see people clean the streets with a dustpan!!"

"I am truly looking forward to a return to Australia for The ITG 2010 Conference. I encourage all to start saving to attend. Sydney is a "not-to-be-missed" city. Australia has some of the finest musicians in the world in great orchestras, early music ensembles and military and brass bands. The teaching level and organization is extraordinary as well. Don't miss a great chance to see and hear them and experience Australia first hand!"

Vince DiMartino and Patti Powell

"I had the opportunity to visit Sydney for a short while in 2004 and left with a wonderful impression of the city. From enjoying a newly composed opera at the iconic Sydney Opera House, to buying a new didgeridoo to take home for my students, the experience was enjoyable and exciting. I'll be there for the 2010 conference, and I hope to see many of you there as well! G'day All!"

Asst. Prof. Dr. Joseph Bowman
Professor of Trumpet
Assistant Director - International Affairs
Mahidol University College of Music, Thailand

"Attending the ITG Conference in 2000 in New York and again in 2002 in Manchester were quite simply put, an unbelievable experience. The amazing concerts and masterclasses are obvious highlights, but to have the experience of "rubbing shoulders" with some of the greatest trumpet players in the world and having the chance to network with them were particularly invaluable for me. Sydney is one of the greatest cities on the planet (as evidenced in the 2000 olympic games) and i have no doubt it will provide the perfect backdrop and facilities to host the 2010 ITG conference. This is one event in my lifetime that i personally don't intend to miss. Simply put, if you don't have a fun at an ITG conference then trumpet just isn't your thing!!!"

John Coulton
Queensland Conservatorium Graduate and European Professional Trumpeter