The 8th annual Trumpet Volunscary presentation was massively successful, with great music, interesting guest artists, and audience appeal. The guest trumpet artists in residence this year were Jason Carder (University of Arizona, trumpeter for YANNI) and Bianne Border (Arizona State University, yoga instructor). Their masterclasses were outstanding, and totally transformative for my studio. Brianne held a masterclass on "Yoga for Musicians" and was attended by most of the instrumental music majors here at UND. Jason presented two masterclasses on "Improvisation for Classical Musicians" and "Playing Correctly in the Upper Register." Both guest artists taught individual private lessons to my students, most of which were attended by other trumpet students. The studio recital was especially successful, and was attended by 110 audience members and a multitude of live attendeed via Livestream from Sweden, Brazil, China, Canada, Michigan, California, Iowa, North Carolina, and Minnesota. The program contained pieces for trumpet ensemble, small ensemble, solos, guest artist performances, and UND faculty participation. We premiered our piece, Counter Counterpoint by Dean McNeill, commissioned by the UND Trumpet Studio for the 2017 National Trumpet Competition. I want to especially thank my colleagues for appearing on the program:
Dr. Nariaki Sugiura, piano
Prof. Michael Blake, marimba
Dr. Michael Wittgraf, computer
Prof. Keith Teepen, piano
Our program included:
Catacomb (Jason Dovel) - UND Trumpet Ensemble
Three Snapshots (Nicole Piunno) - Alaynee Van Ornum, Kyle Matthees, Mark Van Camp
Concerto, mvt. 1 Vif (Henri Tomasi) - Christiena Taralson; Matthew Sebald, piano
Sonata 3, mvt. 3 Lightly (John Prescott) - Michael Morrissey; Keith Teepen, piano
Concerto, mvt. 3 As before, but slightly more intense (Eric Morales) - Kyle Matthees; Matthew Lorenz, piano
Concerto for Cootie (Duke Ellington, arr. Ronnie Ingle) - UND Trumpet Ensemble; Mitch Geiger, drums; Ryan Brown, bass; Ronnie Ingle, soloist
Counter Counterpoint (Dean McNeill) - UND Trumpet Ensemble
Gold Digger (Michael Wittgraf) - Kyle Matthees, Michael Morrissey, Mark Van Camp, Evan Axel Ouderkirk; Michael Wittgraf, computer
Trumpet Studio Year in Review (A brief video montage of our accomplishments throughout the year)
Elegy in memoriam Gustav Mahler (Miroslaw Gasieniec) - Brianne Borden, Guest Trumpet Artist; Nariaki Sugiura, piano
Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma) - Jason Carderr, Guest Trumpet Artist; Mike Blake, marimba
Soar (Joshua Hobbs) - Jason Carder, Brianne Borden, Ronnie Ingle, Mark Van Camp, Christiena Taralson
Round in Seven Parts (Gordon Jacob) - UND Trumpet Ensemble
UND Trumpet Ensemble:
Maddie Ardelean
Flávio Boni
Kyle Matthees
Michael Morrissey
Evan Ouderkirk
Christiena Taralson
Mark Van Camp
Alaynee Van Ornum
Paul Murray (bass trumpet)