Marcus Flores, Graduate Fellow in Trumpet, has been chosen as a Finalist for the 2015 International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition. He will perform on Friday, May 29, at the ITG Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
Tom Darlington, Senior Trumpet Performance major, has been chosen as a Finalist for the 2015 International Trumpet Guild Orchestral Excerpts Competition. He will perform on Thursday, May 28, at the ITG Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
Andrew Pelletier, Associate Professor of Horn, will be in residence at the Queensland Conservatorium of Griffith University, in Brisbane, Australia, March 9-14. He will be presenting numerous masterclasses, coaching sessions and individual lessons and will present a recital on March 13. Included in the program will be music of BGSU DMA candidate Cory Kasprzyk.
Students from the Trumpet and Tuba/Euphonium studios performed the Sinfonietta by Leoš Janáček with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. The performances took place on January 17 and 18, 2015. Members include: Jon Britt, Molly Fink, Marcus Flores, Rachel Richards, Bryan Bates, Thomas Darlington, David Gieseler, Caitlin Ballinger, Chris Lortie, Joshua Amaro, and Mark Simmons.
The 48th Annual BGSU Competitions in Music Performance were held the week of December 8, with finalists competing on Saturday, December 13, 2014 in Kobacker Hall on BGSU’s campus.
Coordinator of the competition, Dr. Nermis said “The judges were impressed with the high quality of performance. It was difficult for them to choose only two winners in each category since it was so clear there were more competitors that deserved to be commended. “
Undergraduate Division Winners included Quincheng Zeng, piano (Wuhan, China) student of Laura Melton, and Chi Him Chik, saxophone, (Hong Kong) student of John Sampen. Honorable Mention was awarded to Elizabeth Ritter, flute, (Ann Arbor, MI) student of Conor Nelson.
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Graduate Division Winners included Chappy Gibb (not pictured), flute (Stillwater, MN), student of Conor Nelson, and Christopher Murphy, saxophone, student of John Sampen. Honorable Mention was awarded to Gunther own Hirthe, clarinet (Green Bay, WI), student of Kevin Schempf.
Composition Division winner was Thomas Beverly (San Antonio, TX) and the Virginia Marks Collaborative Piano Award was given to Stephanie Titus, piano (Indianola, IA), student of Tom Rosenkranz.
Other graduate finalists included: Jacqueline Berndt, flute; Andrew Kier, clarinet; Danny Milan, piano; and Eun Hae Oh, flute. Undergraduate finalists included Tom Darlington, trumpet; Linda Jenkins, flute; Julia Kuhlman, saxophone; AJ Skojac, clarinet; and Malcolm Thompson, piano.
Judges for the preliminary round included James Westhoff, bassoon, Damon Coleman, cello, David Denniston, horn, Phillip Clark, piano and Carol Dusdieker, soprano. Final round judges included Ellen Breakfield, clarinet, Daniel Thomas, cello, Jonathan Ovalle, percussion, Amy Cheng, piano, Robert Peavler, baritone, and Mathew Fuerst, composer.
Winners will perform at the annual Concerto Concert with the Bowling Green Philharmonia on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in Kobacker Hall. For tickets,
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David Saltzman will be performing the Plau Concerto for Tuba & Strings on October 17th and 18th at 8 PM in the Toledo Museum of Art – Peristyle Theater.
Read the Toledo Blade article on the upcoming performance of this unique repertoire.
Student rush tickets are only $5 at the door with valid student I.D. More information can be found at ToledoSymphony.com
Professor of Trumpet, Charles Saenz participated in the tenth annual Festival de Música de Cámera in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The festival took place from July 13-20, 2014.
In addition to coaching chamber ensembles, Professor Saenz performed a Brass Quintet Recital with members of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Aguascalientes.
