I’ll be performing the Stabat Mater, by Antonin Dvorak on the final concert of this year’s Ovations! concert series at First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Michigan. This is a free concert!! There’s plenty of information about the concert at the church’s website, here.

For the next couple of weeks I’ll be in the orchestra pit for Michigan Opera Theatre’s production of La Rondine (The Swallow). There isn’t a whole lot for the trumpets to do in this opera, but it’s still some great music! Click the logo below to visit MOT’s website.

We’ll be closing out our subscription season in Flint this month with a performance of Debussy’s La Mer. The program was originally set to include selections from The Discovery of Brazil, by Villa-Lobos, but a snafu with the music publisher has made that impossible, and it’s been bumped to next season. Here’s a link to the Flint Symphony web page for this concert, which has not yet been updated to reflect the new program, but does give all you need to purchase tickets and find our auditorium.

I’ll be performing Mozart’s Requiem this week for Good Friday at Christ Church Grosse Pointe. More information is available here.

I’ll be performing with the Metropolitan Detroit Chorale for their spring Masterworks concert. The concert program includes three works by John Rutter: Five Orchestral Meditations, Distant Land, and The Mass for the Children, though there are no trumpets on the Meditations. The performance will be at the Fraser Performing Arts Center at Fraser High School, my alma mater! Tickets are $15. For ticket information and directions, visit the Metropolitian Detroit Chorale’s website at http://www.

The Flint Symphony Orchestra’s March concert will continue in the theme of “The Wonder of it All: The Majesty of Nature through the Grandeur of Musicâ€?. This is the full program: Mendelssohn’s Hebredies Overture Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, with soloist Amir Khosrowpour (winner of the 2007 Byrd Competition) Vaughan Williams’ Symphony #7: “Antarcticaâ€? We’re happy to welcome back guest conductor Francesco Maria Columbo to lead this exciting program. For tickets and directions, visit the Flint Symphony website at http://www.

I’ll be playing with the Ann Arbor Symphony this week on their Family Concerts. We’ll be doing Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, as well as the world premier of Stop, Drop and Listen, by local composer Elizabeth Kelly. Click here for more information about the concert.

Christ Church Cranbrook Choir and Festival Orchestra It’s Celebrate Bach Month at the annual spring choir concert. Three stunning Bach cantatas featuring the outstanding CCC choir, superb area instrumentalists, and special guest soloists. John Repulski, conductor. No charge. More information at the CCC website.

The 2007-2008 season continues, with performances of Michael Daugherty’s Niagra Falls and the ever popular Grand Canyon Suite by Grofe. From the FIM Website: This evening begins with Michael Daugherty’s energetic work, Niagara Falls, a musical ride over the Niagara River, complete with stops at a haunted house and wax museum. Then, you’ll enjoy a variety of delightful vocal selections performed by a talented baritone, followed by Vaughan Williams’ Concerto Grosso, alternately imposing, humorous and rousing, augmented by FSPA string students.

I’ll be performing the Prayer of St. Gregory by Alan Hovhannes as part of an organ recital on the brand new organ at First United Methodist Church in Royal Oak. Craig Symons is the organist. Admission is free.

The Flint Symphony Orchestra kicks off 2008 with a bang, performing Richard Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony. This is a great piece of music with lots of excellent brass writing. If you haven’t heard it (or if you have) you owe it to yourself to come out to Whiting Auditorium and hear this great music! Also on the program will be pianist Angela Cheng performing Brahms’ first piano concerto. Enrique Diemecke will conduct.

I’ll be sitting in with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this week, playing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, the “Leningrad” Symphony. It’s been a long time since I’ve performed with the DSO and I’m really looking forward to making music with this group of amazing musicians. Also on the program, violinist James Ehnes will perform Samuel Barber’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Peter Oundjian will be conducting. More information is available here.

On Friday, January 11 at 7:30pm, I’ll be performing cantatas 1, 5 and 6 of J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248). 1 and 6 both have huge trumpet parts, which I’ll be playing on my (relatively) new Schilke P5-4. Other trumpeters in the section will be Kiri Tollekson and Natalie Bruno. It may seem odd to perform the Christmas Oratorio in January, but the piece actually contains music related not just to Christmas, but also to the New Year and Epiphany, so it is relevant, after all.

My last performance of 2007 will take place New Year’s Eve in Fenton, at the annual “Fenton Family Jubil ‘Eve” celebration in downtown Fenton. The FSO Brass will perform two 45 minute programs in the Fenton United Methodist Church sanctuary, at 7:45pm and 9pm. Click here for directions and ticket information.

I’ll be supporting the choirs at St. Mary Monroe in their annual holiday concert. Music on the program will include John Rutter’s Rejoice and be Merry as well as the ever popular Hallelujia Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. Visit St. Mary Monroe website for more information.

Our annual Holiday Pops concert, broadcast live on Flint’s ABC 12 TV. Celebrate the season by sharing this warm and joyful musical event with your family. Enjoy your favorite carols like Joy to the World, White Christmas and holiday favorites including Handel’s Messiah. Get your tickets today! For ticket information, call The Whiting Ticket Center at 810.237.7333 or 888.8CENTER. Hosted by abc12’s Bill Harris and Angie Hendershot. Click here for more information and to buy tickets online.

Capture all the joy and magic of the season with this timeless ballet featuring students from the Flint School of Performing Arts and dancers from Collage Dance Collective. The Flint Symphony performs the unforgettable score to this charming holiday performance. More information available here. 

I’ll be performing the Christmas parts (including The Trumpet Shall Sound) of Handel’s Messiah at First Presbyterian Church’s annual Messiah concert. More information is available here.

Come celebrate the holidays with the Great Lakes Brass Quintet as we bring the brilliant sounds of the holiday season to St. Clair Community College. GLBQ will perform a wide variety of music from classical to jazz to standards and seasonal favorites, bringing fun and excitement to audiences of all ages. Date/time: Thursday, November 29th at 12:00 noon Location: Fine Arts Theater at St. Clair Community College - Port Huron The program is featured on St.

On November 14, the Great Lakes Consort will present a duo recital. I’ll be performing with my wife, oboist Lynne Marie Flegg. Pianist John Repulski will join us to present an hour-long Salon concert with High Tea at Christ Church Cranbrook. Music on this program includes selections for oboe solo, English horn solo, trumpet solo, and trio written by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, Robert Mueller, and John-Joseph Mouret.

I’ll be performing Vivaldi’s Gloria at Romeo United Methodist Church in Romeo, Michigan.

I’ll be performing the Vivaldi Gloria in a concert at St. John the Evangelist Church in Allenton, MI.

I’m pleased to announce my final solo recital in preparation for the Doctorate of Musical Arts at Michigan State University, this coming Monday, October 29th, 2007 at 7:00pm at The People’s Church, East Lansing, Michigan. I’ll be performing a varied program, featuring works by Humphries, Hummel, Peeters, and a brand new concerto from Robert Bradshaw.

Michigan Opera Theatre’s 2007-2008 Season kicks off with the long-awaited world premiere of David DiChiera’s Cyrano. Based on Edmund Rostand’s literary masterpiece, Cyrano de Bergerac, the opera recounts the story of a swordsman-poet’s selfless love affair with his beautiful cousin, Roxane. I’ll be in the orchestra pit for most of the show, and backstage for parts of the second and third acts. Click the logo below to visit Michigan Opera Theatre’s website.

Grab your traveling companion and join the Great Lakes Consort for a tour across Europe at the turn of the 18th Century. No passport is needed to enjoy this lively concert featuring trumpet, oboes, cello and harpsichord. We will take you on a trip through France, Belgium, Italy, England and Germany, bringing you a variety of music of the era and sharing fascinating stories about the careers and inspirations of the composers.

The Flint Symphony Orchestra begins its 2007-2008 season this weekend. Here’s the program: Lilya Zilberstein, piano Smetana, Vltava (The Moldau) from Má Vlast ** Tchaikovsky, Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra** Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F major (Pastoral) Click here for more information from the Flint Symphony Website.

The Flint Symphony Brass will be performing in concert at the Fenton Community Center in Fenton, Michigan. More information is available at the Fenton Community Center website.

In what is a very unusual gig for me, I’ll be playing in the back-up band for comedian Martin Short at The Whiting in Flint. For more information and to get tickets online, go to The Whiting’s website.

Saturday and Sunday the Flint Symphony Brass will be performing at the UAW Festival at the Flint Cultural Center. From the Flint Journal: If you don’t have any Labor Day weekend plans yet, the UAW and the Flint Cultural Center have a deal for you: Free fun. That’s the cost for a slew of events taking place at the Cultural Center and around Flint this weekend_._ Four days of happenings are wrapped around the theme “Ordinary People Changing the World,” officials noted.

Several of our concerts from this year’s Cabrillo Festival are being rebroadcast on KUSP radio over the next few days. To tune in, go to KUSP Listen Live. Here’s the schedule from their website (I didn’t play on “Behind the Notes” but I’ve listed it here because it was a good program – highly recommended): Thursday, August 23, 7 pm (10pm Michigan time), “Behind the Notes” and Birthday Encore Recital. An evening with Marin Alsop and composers/performers including violinist Mark O’Connor, pianist Kevin Puts, flutist Dave Heath, jazz pianist Michael Daugherty and electronica star Mason Bates.