As trumpet teacher at Colorado State University, I am thrilled to host my first “CSU Trumpet Day.” This is pretty exciting news, because I will get to bring together Colorado trumpeters on Saturday, October 27 in the Instrumental Rehearsal Hall and Runyan Rehearsal Hall at CSU’s University Center for the Arts (UCA). A kind of mini-trumpet guild of Colorado. Go here for more information. Registration is $20, but that money goes a long way to get you a pizza lunch, a CSU Trumpet Day t-shirt, and a little trumpet swag.
Here is the schedule for the day:
8:30—Registration (Runyan Rehearsal Hall)
9:00—Clinic with Stanley Curtis (Runyan Rehearsal Hall)
10:00—Clinic with Dawn Kramer (Runyan Rehearsal Hall)
11:00—Break
11:15—Trumpet Ensemble Rehearsal
12:30—Pizza lunch: CSU jazz combo (Instrumental Rehearsal Hall)
1:00—Clinic with Sophie Urban (Runyan Rehearsal Hall)
2:00—Clinic with Justin Bartels (Runyan Rehearsal Hall)
3:00—Concert: solos from clinicians, CSU Trumpet Ensemble, Participant Trumpet Ensembles (Runyan Rehearsal Hall)
We will have three guest clinicians:
Justin Bartels, principal trumpet, Colorado Symphony
The fabulous orchestral trumpeter, Justin Bartels, of the Colorado Symphony. He will talk about practice techniques and play the Honegger Intrada. Look for impressive tone and experience as an orchestral trumpeter
Dawn Kramer, freelance trumpeter
Dawn Kramer, a freelance trumpeter in Colorado and member of the Boulder Brass, will present “Jack or Jill of All Trades: Developing skills to become a well-rounded freelance trumpet player.” Look for tips on how to make it as a trumpeter playing a variety of jobs, including movie music, salsa bands, musicals, orchestras, cruise lines and rock bands.
Sophie Urban, young trumpet soloist
Young trumpeter Sophie Urban, winner of the ITG Young Artist Award, will present a clinic she calls, “Yoda on Trumpet: Learning from the Masters.” She is looking forward to playing the Viviani Sonata Seconda, the Enesco Legende, and Kevin McKee’s Song for a Friend (a tribute to Colorado trumpeter John Wacker, who was killed in an automobile accident in 2014). She is a sophomore at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs. Sophie is a member of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. She recently won the winds/brass concerto competition and will be performing Enesco’s Legend in November with the orchestra. From 2013-2018, Sophie participated in the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association and was principal trumpet in the Youth Symphony for the last two years. She has received two honorable mentions for her performances in the annual Young Artist Concerto Competition. Sophie was a finalist in the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) Junior Competition in 2017 as well as a semifinalist in the National Trumpet Competition and the Young Musicians Foundation of Colorado in the same year.
Stanley Curtis (that’s me) will present “How to play your best on auditions: Colorado All-State and beyond.”
Speaking of which, if trumpeters want to play in a trumpet ensemble on this day, I recommend that they submit an mp3 recording of some excerpts (these are posted on the CSU Trumpet Day site. The excerpts for trumpeters, high school age and older, are the same excerpts as the Colorado All-State excerpts for this year. There is an easier excerpt for younger trumpeters.
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