Schedule of Events
The 47th Annual International Trumpet Guild Conference
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
SCHEDULED EVENTS LISTED BELOW IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE
Everyone is welcome to join in and play. Fanfare will be conducted by Regents’ Professor David Hickman The 30 years show ! In soccer you don’t change a winning team. In the restaurant business, you don’t change a recipe that attracts gourmets from all over the world. In medicine, you don’t change a method that relieves and heals patients. So, in the artistic field, why would you want the latest show of the Lyon Trumpet Ensemble to renounce the (secret) formula that made all the previous ones triumph? The 30 years show is good music, good mood, beautiful lights, for five good trumpeters who are also five great guys. So we don’t change anything. The only difference is that a good trumpet player is like a good wine, it gets better with time. François Rollin, stage director Open to all Organizing Body and Mind by Means of Balance and Common Sense Get Ready! ALONGKORN LAOSAICHUEA Patient Practice In my masterclass, I hope to show music students their true potential by unlocking their ear in all 12 keys. This is a fundamental process for developing their skill set whether they are a classical musician or jazz musician. There is an easy way to do this, without complicating the brain. Hearing Aids for Musicians: A Guide to the Process According to the Cleveland Clinic, one in five adults suffers from some degree of hearing loss. After age 60, hearing ability typically begins to decline. On average, a third of adults between the ages of 65 and 74 suffers from age-related hearing loss. Nearly half of adults over the age of 75 struggle to hear. Until 2019, the generation known as Baby Boomers was the largest generation in the United States. Born between 1946-1964, Baby Boomers comprise the majority of nearing-retirement or recently-retired individuals.This preponderance of Baby Boomers in the late career stage exists in all industries, including the performing arts. Now ages 57-75, many Baby Boomers are beginning to face the challenges of age-related hearing loss — a professional liability for performers. Vibrato Usage: Varying the approach when playing in different ensembles, genres, and eras of music. Robert will discuss the use of vibrato in trumpet playing, acceptable vibrato variations, vibrato approaches that work well in a variety of idioms, and some general do’s and don’t’s that make people soundings stylistically appropriate. To be more specific, he plans to present a side-by-side comparison of how different settings tend to gravitate toward different uses of vibrato. Comparisons of vibrato usage in solo/chamber, orchestral, commercial orchestral, jazz small group, jazz big band, commercial pop/funk would be showcased. For the solo component, he would show how international artists from different countries play the same passages but with different approaches to vibrato speed, depth, etc. For orchestral playing, a comparison of older orchestral recordings (approx. 1950s-80s) vs. more modern/present-day recordings of the same pieces would be showcased. Similarities and differences would be noted. On the jazz side, various appropriate small group jazz vibrato uses from early jazz (often called trad jazz or Dixieland) to modern-day (approx. 1960s and on) would be presented. He would also discuss vibrato in the big band music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and more modern music (i.e. Maria Schnieder, Kim McNeely). Vibrato used by lead vs. section players (i.e. if and when it’s appropriate for inner voices to use vibrato). He would also discuss how commercial orchestral music vibrato differs from symphonic orchestral music (that of Mahler, Strauss, Shostakovich, etc). Other mentions of vibrato in Latin/Salsa music and funk/pop would be noted. The goal is to help trumpeters choose a vibrato that is informed and comfortable to who they are, while also being stylistically and era-appropriate. The Trumpet is (as) a Voice, the Voice is (as) an Instrument Brian’s session will explore some of these ideas, along with some audience participation and illustrations, particularly using world premieres of works for voice and trumpet especially written for Brian by esteemed U.S. composers Robert J Bradshaw and Gregory Pascuzzi, along with the US premiere of “Sorrel“ by Alan Holley, an unaccompanied solo for flugel horn, dedicated to the memory of the late trumpet virtuoso, Paul Goodchild. Reexamining the Repertoire: French Women Composers of Solo Trumpet Music at the Paris Conservatory Many frequently performed solo trumpet works of the past century have been written by French composers. They are played for jury performances, at recitals, and on stage with symphony orchestras to showcase the virtuosic capabilities of trumpeters worldwide. Of the most commonly performed French pieces, very few were written by women. This is not, however, because of an absence of music. A shift in European gender roles spurred by the industrial revolution and World Wars ignited a significant increase in the number of women composers and the quality of their work. Unfortunately, gendered or lack of public critical review, securing publication past an initial premiere, the use of pseudonyms, and balancing home and professional lives significantly impacted the likelihood that pieces by women would be programmed. As a devastating result, most have been forgotten for decades. The purpose of this lecture recital is to provide a practical point of reference for musicians interested in the morceaux de concours written by women for the trumpet and cornet at the Paris Conservatory during the twentieth century, while also raising questions about why and how certain works are excluded from the standard solo repertoire. Making the undoable doable: The core of expert music practice Great performances depend on great practice. Effective practice leads to tangible improvements in skill that are outward manifestations of refined cognitive and motor representations developed through iterative cycles of perception and action. Effective practicers notice discrepancies between the sounds they intend to produce and the sounds they actually produce, which inform required adaptations in the motor system that reduce the discrepancies between intentions and outcomes. Hompak: The Mayan Trumpet Rediscovering the Trumpet from the Land of the Jaguar In many cultures, past and present, music has played and still plays a significant facilitator role, in the efforts made by man to communicate with the gods and to talk about them. At the same time, the human musical capability has been and is often ascribed to mythology and supernatural origin. Maya culture is not an exception, judging by rich treasure of pictorial sources where man is depicted undertaking his incursions to other worlds, frequently under the influence of the sound of rattles, drums, turtle carapaces, flutes, trumpets, voices, and dancing movements. Simultaneously, those sources show the same mundane musical practices reflected and multiplied throughout the different strata and spheres of the Maya cosmos. THE MYTHICAL TRUMPET MOUTHPIECE: THE MOST DISCUSSED, LEAST UNDERSTOOD, ELEMENT OF TRUMPET PERFORMANCE This lecture for the 2023 Conference of the International Trumpet Guild exposes multiple opaque issues related to trumpet mouthpieces covering a span of 3,500 years, dating from 1,500 B.C. to current. Changes of every physical element of the mouthpiece is charted over this period, with emphasis on the concomitant performance characteristics associated with each component. Basic mouthpiece design will be explored, with a focus on interrelationships between the components, a subject that appears to be absent from contemporary mouthpiece technology. The issue of mouthpiece modification will be described with graphics that expose the hidden errors to which all craftsmen are exposed and of which performers should be aware. The lecture will be absent any commercialism as Mr. Olson does not confer endorsements. Open to all Concert with Jazz Trio Open to all Morning Yoga for Trumpet Players BRIANNE BORDEN Ease of Playing… Beauty in Sound Teaching Using NLP Music: More than a Game (in 2 parts) Early Childhood Music Education Session JUDIT GONZALEZ The Teaching of James Stamp Al – Andalus Lead Trumpet Style; How to play stylistically accurate in a big band Playing lead trumpet in a big band setting is a position that demands a great deal from a musician. The skills that are necessary do not just include the ability to play high notes and have tremendous endurance. Both skills are required, but the job is much more than just that. The ability to set the time feel for the whole band, along with the articulations, phrasing, dynamics, and other stylistic nuances, are a requirement of the lead trumpet chair. Each of these nuances is varied by the band and the era in which the music was written, and a knowledge of how the music developed and the significant lead trumpet stylists is essential for playing the role of the lead trumpet in a big band. DONALD ALBRECHT The 21st Century Trumpet Recital: Enhancing Your Performance and Engaging Audiences with Multimedia This recital will both showcase original compositions and provide practical advice for enhancing recitals with fixed media or dedicated full performances to this genre. These new compositions are released as a book titled Revelation: Ten Works for Trumpet and Fixed Media (Art of Sound), published individually Electro-Acoustic Music for Trumpet Ensemble: People, Process, Performance This session has a dual mission: to present live and recorded performances of recent works by composers deVon Gray, David Sampson, Christopher Stark, John Hollenbeck, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh, and to share the composers’ thoughts on writing for trumpet and on their differing compositional processes. Each piece represents a different method of composition or collaboration between composer and musician. Gray’s work is a true collaboration: electronic parts composed by Gray and trumpet parts composed by Fifth Bridge member Kelly Rossum. Compositionally, David Sampson’s Black Rock combines familiar fixed media with live performers, while Christopher Stark’s Scream features live processing of recorded audio. Finally, John Hollenbeck’s Colossale Sun showcases a larger collaboration with film editor Bucky Illingworth and NASA astrophysicist Dr. Henry Winter. The Encore Winds will perform featuring many guest soloists including Dani De Baza on Spanish Cornet 2021 Carmine Caruso Competition Winner DAVID SNEIDER Open to all The Flexibility Warm-Up Hack that THEY don’t want YOU to know about! Presented by America’s foremost Flexibility Hack, Dr. Scott Belck who will reveal the shocking secrets of the warm up (you have to do one), tips and tricks for improving your flexibility (tip #1: you have to practice this stuff), and the insider knowledge to get you on the fast track to technical mastery that Big Flexa is afraid you’ll find out about. SCOTT BELCK The 3 fundamental pillars of the study of the trumpet The objective of these three pillars is to achieve total communication between your brain and your trumpet. Pillar 1 – Position your sound with ease. We will practice all the physical and technical aspects to play any sound with minimal effort. Pillar 2. Flexibility. We will be able to move quickly through the entire range of the trumpet. Pillar 3. Improves the mobility of the fingers in all tones. We will create our own skills not only for improvisation but also for cleaning orchestral passages. College Studio Recruiting 101: How To Effectively Recruit the Modern High School Trumpeter This presentation will offer the modern trumpet studio teacher proven strategies, considerations, and creative approaches to being more effective at reaching high school trumpeters with the intent to recruit them to your institution. Through an extensive 16 year journey of trial and error (lots of error), as a studio teacher, I’ll share with you what I have found works and what doesn’t, how to optimize your time and use your resources to make you the most visible and effective recruiter you can be. A musical journey through the country of 1000 rhythms Bridging Borders: New Latin American Music for Trumpet and Piano This lecture-recital will explore different types and styles of Latin American music by introducing listeners to new pieces for trumpet and piano by South American composers from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil. We will discuss how its roots and history are common to the music of almost all countries south of the U.S. border, as well as show the connection and influence of this music in the United States. As the drive toward inclusion and diversity in this country continues, there is much to learn about Latin American music that has not yet been explored. Reexamining the Brass Quintet experience through diverse programming and interdisciplinary collaborations Trumpet Around the Sun: An exploration of music as a global connector. Trumpet Around the Sun: An exploration of music as a global connector and an in-depth look at Merrie Klazek’s 2022 acclaimed recording project Dance Around the Sun, which highlights the trumpet in settings of world music with over 24 different musicians. Marketing and Branding for the Modern Musician Karen believes that professional marketing materials, that are cohesive and recognizable, across a variety of media platforms is mandatory to thrive in our industry. Therefore, we will talk and share a wide range of marketing tools and resources, to highlight everything you have to offer, to market your style and showcase your talents. We will discuss the psychology behind social media and how to authentically share and strategically position you in a space to control the narrative of your career. KAREN CUBIDES Travel Through Spanish Modern Repertoire Preparation and Performance of Standard Orchestral Repertoire Featuring: Bria Skonberg, David Pastor, and Bijon Watson Open to all Mindfulness Practices for Performance Anxiety BRIANNE BORDEN Basic Warm-up: Daily Routine – Focus and Organization Creating your flexible warmup: How I broke the pattern of doing the same thing every day. Daily Routines for the Active Community Musician The “workday routine” for active community musicians is designed for players who have a non- musical 9-5 job, yet aspire to strengthen their chops, strive to preserve their passion for playing trumpet and desire to contribute great music in their community. How do I maximize my results within a minimum amount of time? Expand Your Ability Through Practice That Works In the quest to improve our playing, we explore many paths. We change mouthpieces and instruments, we experiment with gadgets, we try this method and those exercises, and we ask the pros for tips, techniques, and lessons. While all these approaches have their place, we rarely learn what exactly makes practice work. In other words, what are the organizing principles of effective practice that one must consider to get the most out of practice time? DAVE WONDRA Music: More than a Game (in 2 parts) Early Childhood Music Education Session JUDIT GONZALEZ The Slavic soul Making a living as a 21st Century Trumpet Player It’s important to open the eyes of trumpet players that not everyone will win a job immediately out of college. Having a plan early makes sure that you can still make a living while pursuing your dream job. What can you do to make sure that there is a place in your community and region for your artistry. STACY SIMPSON A Night in the Tropics: With Charles Lazarus and The Minnesota Orchestra The Minnesota Orchestra Cool Mads with jazz trio Cool Mads is a travel through David Pastor’s musical vision, with original songs from new hard bop and contemporary jazz.
Whilst some technical issues will be discussed, the main focus will be on how bringing the singing performance experience into trumpet performance can help the trumpet to become a true voice, not just a hole to blow hard into and make “noise”.
BRIAN EVANS
R. DALE OLSON
DAVID PASTOR
What could a routine look like for someone who doesn’t have time to practice hours a day?
How do I create a routine that fits my work schedule?
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