Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 7:30pm The Whiting Flint, MI Rachmaninoff - Vocalise from Fourteen Songs, op. 34, no. 14 Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, op. 125, D minor Buy Tickets Here FSO Rachmaninoff and Beethoven This bold program of heavy-hitters is the perfect way to wrap up the 2022-23 FSO season. Vocalise from Fourteen Songs features soprano soloist Jhane Perdue. Rachmaninoff wrote a beautiful, melancholy melody reflecting the state of the time as World War I raged on.

Saturday, March 4, 2023 - 8:00pm Temple Theatre Saginaw, MI Romanticism in music took many shapes, including a big, rich orchestral sound, lush harmonies, and extremes of musical expression. All can be found in tonight’s selections. Tchaikovsky’s music opens the program with the Polonaise from the opera Eugene Onegin. Typical of Tchaikovsky’s dances, the Polonaise is a tuneful, catchy dance, played by a large Romantic orchestra. A style of music called Strurm and Drang [Storm and Stress] developed in the 18th-century became a precursor to 19th century Romanticism.

Saturday, February 4, 2023 - 7:30pm Temple Theatre Saginaw, MI Over the last century, some Black composers have found their place in European-based classical music, while others have been at the forefront of creating distinctively Black styles of American music such as blues, jazz, and Motown. Tonight’s program honors composers from all these traditions. Julia Perry’s Short Piece for Orchestra (1943) is full of exciting musical contrasts. Orchestral arrangements of popular standards follow, one group by Duke Ellington, another by Louis Armstrong, and a final set of Motown songs.

Saturday, March 28, 2020 - 8:00pm Saginaw Bay Symphony Kevin Cole, Piano Soloist Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 Temple Theatre, Saginaw, MI

Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra Piano soloist Di Wu plays Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Copland, Billy the Kid Suite Bernstein, Fancy Free Dance Variations The Whiting, Flint, MI

Sunday, February 9, 2020 3:00pm Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra Music for double brass and woodwind quintets Trinity Episcopal Church, Torrington, CT

Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 8:00pm Saginaw Bay Symphony Temple Theatre, Saginaw, MI ​ More Information

Saturday, May 11, 2019 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra The Whiting, Flint, MI ​

Saturday, March 23, 2019 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra The Whiting, Flint, MI ​

Saturday, February 23, 2019 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra The Whiting, Flint, MI ​

Thursday, February 7, 2019 7:30pm Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra Bristol Eastern High School, Bristol, CT ​

Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 8:00pm Saginaw Bay Symphony Temple Theatre, Saginaw, MI ​ More Information

Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra The Whiting, Flint MI ​ More Information

Saturday, March 17, 2018 - 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra The Whiting, Flint MI ​ More Information

Saturday, February 17, 2018 - 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra The Whiting, Flint MI ​ More Information

Saturday, February 10, 2018 - 8:00pm Saginaw Bay Symphony Temple Theatre, Saginaw, MI ​ More Information

Saturday, January 20, 2018 - 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra The Whiting, Flint MI ​ More Information

Saturday, January 13, 2018 - 8:00pm Flint Symphony Orchestra The Whiting, Flint MI ​ More Information

Firday, December 15, 2017 - 7:30pm Fountain Music Series First Congregational Church - Ridgefield, CT More Information

Saturday, December 2, 2017 - 7:30pm Sunday, December 3, 2017 - 3:00pm Flint Symphony/Flint School of the Performing Arts The Whiting, Flint, MI More Information

clay - Jun 1, 2014 very good video work. as ya know I usually cya from the distance of the audience, was cool to watch the close ups. cya 6-20. will be a nice bday time if I get there on time from work. ive enjoyed hearing the haydn from others and you too.

It turns out that the Livonia Symphony has an agreement with Livonia Public Access Television that allows them to put concert video online. Here’s the video from my concert with them on March 15, 2014. I enter at 13:00, and perform Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in Eb, then Leroy Anderson’s Trumpeter’s Lullaby, and finally team up with LSO Principal Robert Hawkins on Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra. Livonia Symphony Orchestra - Chamber Classics from Livonia Television on Vimeo.

I am excited to announce that I’m going to be the featured soloist on the upcoming Livonia Symphony Orchestra Chamber Classics concert, March 15th 2014 at 4:00pm. I’ll be performing the Trumpet Concerto by Josef Haydn, as well as the Concerto for Two Trumpets by Antonio Vivaldi (teaming up with LSO Principal Trumpeter Robert Hawkins).

Back on February 11, 2013, I was honored to perform Robert Bradshaw’s Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble with the Wayne State University Wind Symphony. I’m happy to report that a video recording of the performance is now available online!! The first and second movements are combined here: And the last movement is here:

I have a couple of performances coming up in the very near future that I feel merit extra attention here on my website. The first will take place on Saturday, January 19th, at The Whiting in Flint, MI. Notable about this performance is the programming of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. In my 17 years with the Flint Symphony, this is the first time the orchestra has performed any Bruckner work, and it’s also the first time I’ve ever performed a Bruckner Symphony as Principal.

FLINT SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS AND FLINT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA present FSO Brass Join us for the next Chamber Music Series concert June 15 featuring FSO Brass, in the intimate setting of the FIM’s MacArthur Recital Hall, 1025 E. Kearsley St. in Flint. The concert is free of charge and begins at 7 pm. Enjoy a harmonic blending of beautiful chamber music–just for brass! _ A reception follows each concert._Sponsors The Chamber Music Series is sponsored by the Patricia Cumings Dort Fund and the David T.

Last stop on the whirlwind gig weekend are two performances of the Bach Magnificat at First United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, at their 9:30 and 11:15am services. Click here for more info.

Next up on the “Big Gig Weekend” is the annual FSO Holiday Pops! Click the picture for more information. The concerts are already sold out, but you can catch us on TV!

It’s a big gig weekend here in the Motor City area. First up, I’ll be filling in on a few performances of Wicked at the Detroit Opera House.

It wouldn’t be Christmas in Metro-Detroit without the annual performance of Handel’s _ Messiah_ at First Presbyterian Church, in Northville. Performing the Messiah and Nutcracker every year marks the start of the holiday performance season for me… something I truly enjoy! Come on out and hear some great festive music performed live to get yourself in the spirit of the season!! More information about this performance is available here.

It’ time once again to usher in the holiday season with our annual production of the Nutcracker. This is a great holiday tradition, and the Flint Institute of Music and Harlem Ballet do a wonderful job with this production. Plenty of information is available at the FSO Website.

My second season as Principal Trumpet with the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra begins with an exciting program. From the orchestra’s website: Red Cape Tango, Michael Daugherty Totentanz, Franz Liszt Symphonie fantastique, Hector Berlioz The fantastic dreams of a lovesick artist. A fantastic fight between evil and the quintessential American superhero. A fantastic vision of the afterlife, animated by one of today’s most exciting pianists, Jason Hardink. Spanning 180 years, all three fantasies have common themes - including the very fine line between what we find frightening and what we find seductive.

Fall is finally upon us, and that means orchestras around the world are gearing up for a new season. The Flint Symphony (my home orchestra) opens it’s 2011-2012 season on September 24th at 8:30pm. Here’s a blurb from the orchestra’s web site: Wagner, Flying Dutchman Overture Barber, Violin Concerto Ravel, Alborada del gracioso Ravel, Rapsodie Espagnole Ravel, Pavane for a Dead Princess Ravel, Bolero Enrique Diemecke, conductor • Elmar Oliveira, violin Continental borders have never defined classical music, nor the imaginations of classical composers.

The Flint Symphony’s 2010-2011 season “From the Eternal City” continues this weekend with a convert featuring Richard Strauss’s Aus Italien and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a There of Paganini. More information is available here.

In case you can’t make it to Ann Arbor to hear the premier of James Nissen’s Concerto for Trumpet and Large WindEnsemble (or even if you can!), I’ll be teaming up with fellow brass faculty member Gary Hellick for a joint faculty recital in the Schaver Music Recital Hall, Old Main, at Wayne State University. We’ve put together a great program of modern music for trumpet and trombone. There’s lots of variety on this program, with something to please any brass afficionado!

On Sunday, March 6th, I will be performing the world premiere of the Concerto for Trumpet and Large Wind Ensemble by James Nissen. The performance will take place at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor at 2:00 pm as part of the Ann Arbor Concert Band’s performance titled “Heroes, Legends and Empires.” This performance is the culmination of a long collaboration between myself and the composer, James Nissen. I first heard Jim’s music several years ago when his Requiem Mass was programmed as part of a concert in which I was playing.

Achimiasmina - Dec 4, 2015 Thank you very much for this great article. I must say that I have lraent alot. I am not a trumpet player but I am involved putting together a marching band at the school that I work. Thank you for the diagram showing the different sections of the trumpet.Continue to share, alot of persons are learning from your articles.

The Flint Symphony Orchestra’s February concert will feature the Requiem by Giuseppi Verdi. More information is available on the FSO website or on Facebook.

The Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra will perform our first concert of 2011 with a romantic theme in honor of Valentine’s Day this coming Saturday, February 12th, 2011. I’ll have plenty to do on this program, with the exception of the Adagio For Strings, by Samuel Barber. Here’s the full program: West Side Story Overture, Leonard Bernstein Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland Symphonic Dreams, Catherine McMichael Symphony no.

I’ll be making my debut performance as the new Principal Trumpeter with the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra in their Classical Christmas program on December 7th. Although I’ve performed with the orchestra many times over the years, I’m very excited to begin working as an official member of the group. More information is here.

It wouldn’t be Christmas in Metro-Detroit without the annual performance of Handel’s _ Messiah_ at First Presbyterian Church, in Northville. Performing the Messiah and Nutcracker every year marks the start of the holiday performance season for me… something I truly enjoy! Come on out and hear some great festive music performed live to get yourself in the spirit of the season!! More information about this performance is available here.

It’ time once again to usher in the holiday season with our annual production of the Nutcracker. This is a great holiday tradition, and the Flint Institute of Music and Harlem Ballet do a wonderful job with this production. Plenty of information is available at http://www.thefim.org/concerts/nutcracker

It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over, but here we are at August 19th. It’s been a great summer, and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my break from the so-called “daily grind.” Not that my daily grind is so bad, mind you. It’s hard to complain a lot when you enjoy your work as much as I do. But it can be exhausting, and we all need a change of pace now and again.

Flint’s annual Music In The Parks concert series starts off this year with the Flint Symphony Orchestra performing at Crossroads Village. We’ve got a really fun program planned, with everything from movie music (E.T.) to patriotic tunes to one of my favorites, John Williams’ Summon the Heroes. Come on out for a fun and relaxing evening, rain or shine!!

This week I’ll be performing with Bay City’s Bijou Orchestra as they kick off the summer concert series at the Pigeon Band Shell in, you guessed it, Pigeon, Michigan. If you’re hanging out in the upper thumb this Thursday, come on out and have a listen!! More information is available here.

[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“385” caption=“FSO Brass”][/caption] On June 18th, the Flint Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet will perform a recital as part of the Flint Institute of Music’s Chamber Music Series. we have a big program planned, with great brass quintet music by Ewazen, Bozza, Dahl, Debussy and more! Come out and hear us for an evening of great music! Tckets are free!!

MUSIC FOR CHORUS, BRASS, PERCUSSION, PIPE ORGAN & SYNTHESIZERS Dr. Bradley Bloom conducts the Choir from First Presbyterian Church & singers from the Flint Symphony Festival Chorus, with soprano & alto soloists, on May 14th, 7:30 PM in the recently renovated sanctuary, with its stellar acoustics & magnificent brand new organ. Included will be music of Johannes Brahms, Charles-Marie Widor (his famous Toccata from the 5th Organ Symphony, with text added for singers in an arrangement by Sir David Willcocks), and the Requiem by James Nissen, Ann Arbor-based composer, which utilizes all the instruments, organ, & THREE synthesizers!

We’ll be starting 2010 with a bang in Flint this month with a performance of Gustav Mahler’s seventh Symphony. It is always a joy to perform Mahler’s works. The trumpet parts in his symphonies are well-written and as musically gratifying as they are challenging. Come on out for an exciting evening! Also on the program will be the Reinecke Concerto in D major for Flute and Orchestra, featuring 2009 Byrd Competition winner Conor Nelsen.

I just found the schedule of re-broadcasts for the FSO Holiday Pops concert this past weekend. Straight from the ABC-12 website: Holiday Pops air times: ABC12 LIVE Dec 19 at 7p.m., Taped airings: ABC12: Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. and Dec. 25 at noon. PBS: WNMU Marquette Thurs 12/24 10pm WGVU Grand Rapids/Kzoo Thurs 12/25 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. WTVS Detroit Thurs 12/24 10 p.m. WCMU Mt Pleasant/Alpena/Traverse City Fri 12/25 9 p.

I will be performing Handel’s Messiah several times throughout the Metro-Detroit area this holiday season. The first of these has become a holiday tradition for me, as I’ve performed this production all but one of the last 15 years. This performance will take place at First Presbyterian Church in beautiful downtown Northville. From the FPC website (where more information and directions are available): Handel’s most popular and enduring work is his oratorio based on the life of Jesus Christ, “Messiah”.

Once again the Christmas season is upon us. What better way to get things rolling than with a performance or two of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet. From the FIM website: Enjoy the magic of the holidays with this timeless story told in dance and music with Nutcracker’s sparkling sets and beautiful costumes. Featuring New York City’s Collage Dance Collective and Flint School of Performing Arts dancers while the Flint Symphony performs the unforgettable score to this charming holiday performance.

I’ll be making a rare appearance in Farmington on November 15th, performing with the Oakland Brass Band. [caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“455” caption=“Oakland Brass Band Logo”][/caption] Featuring the works of John Williams from the films “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Saving Private Ryan” Jones Whip SmallPlease come and join us for a delightful afternoon of film scores, animation soundtracks, and fun music as only the Oakland Brass Band can do it.

As summer draws to a close, it’s time for the fall performance season to begin. To start my fall season, I’ll be sitting in on second trumpet with the Ann Arbor Symphony for their season opening Beethoven Festival. Not surprisingly, we’ll be performing an all Beethoven program. You can check out the video below or click on this link for more information.

Once again it is time for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. If you happen to be in the vicinity of Santa Cruz, California, stop by and see us! Click here to visit the Cabrillo Festival Website.

Join us for the final concert of the FIM Chamber Music Series Featuring the FSO Brass Friday, June 19 7:00 pm MacArthur Recital Hall at the FIM, 1025 E. Kearsley St. in Flint FREE! _Sponsored by the Patricia Cumings Dort Fund and the David T. Dort Fund _ FSO Brass Get to know some of the FSO’s principal brass players, and experience that incredible connection between musicians as they perform up close in this “concert of friends”.

The final subscription concert of the Flint Symphony’s 2008-2009 season will kick off with a performance by the brass section of Dukas’ Fanfare to La Peri, followed by selections by Shostakovich, Debussy and Poulenc. We’ll be led by guest conductor Nir Kabaretti, who will be making his FSO debut appearance. Full details are available here.

I’ll be in the orchestra at Christ Church Grosse Pointe for a performance of Faure’s Requiem. Good Friday evening, April 10th, 2009 at 7pm. Details are available here.

[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“450” caption=“The Planets”][/caption] Come out to the Michigan Theatre on Sunday, March 22 at 4pm to hear the Ann Arbor Symphony perform an all space movie themed concert. This concert is part of the Michigan Theatre’s “Not Just for Kids” series, so there will be lots of family friendly events before and after the concert. Bring the whole family!! For more information, click this link!

The “Cafe Paris” season coninues Saturday night with a performance of Cesare Franck’s Symphony in d-minor, Copland’s El Salon Mexico, plus two works by Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy and Zigeunerweisen. Our music director, Enrique Diemecke, is in Europe working on a recording project, so we’ll be working with guest conductor Bartholomeus Van de Velde. Following the concert we have our annual FSO Season Preview Party. Tickets are required, so call Cathy Prevett at 810-237-3122 if you want to come out and find out what’s in store for next season!

[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“455” caption=“Romeo and Juliet”][/caption] I will once again be sitting in with the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra this month, as they collaberate with the American Ballet Theater in a production of Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet. It’s always a pleasure to perform at the Detroit Opera House, and this is some breathtakingly beautiful music. More details can be found here.

OK, so bash might be too strong a word, but we are doing a really cool concert with tons of music by Bach, much of it featuring very big trumpet parts. Plus, I get to stand up front and center for a solo on Cantata 51, with my friend and colleage, soprano Karen Roberts. If you like watching trumpet players sweat it out in the hot seat with lots of high, exposed playing, this is the concert for you!

Our February subscription concert with the Flint Symphony will include the famous Symphonie Fantastique, by Hector Berlioz, among other pieces. A special trumpet note: We’re including the cornet solo in the second movement of the symphony, and I’ll be playing it (and most likely the rest of the piece) on my recently acquired circa 1899 Boston cornet. This instrument produces a really unique sound and is exactly the kind of instrument that would have been in use at the time the piece was written.

Or, to translate the above, West Side Story at Chippewa Valley High School. Every once in a while I get called to sit in with the high school musicians in the pit for a high school musical. This time, it’s a performance of West Side Story at Chippeway Valley High School, in Clinton Township, MI (which coincidentally is the town I lived in when I attended High School, far too many years ago).

The Birmingham First Chamber Choir and Orchestra offer this unique collection of psalm settings, including the spirited Dixit Dominus by Handel, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and works by Grieg and Mozart. Tom Trenney, Director. Carole Halmekangas, Organist, Chamber Orchestra. At Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Northville, MI. This is a repeat of our performance titled “Psenturies of Psalms” which was presented Friday night at First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, MI.

For our first concert of 2009, the Flint Symphony Orchestra will be performing Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. As a trumpeter, performing any Mahler symphony is always a treat, and I’ve been fortunate to perform nearly all of his symphonic works during my time with the FSO.The fifth holds a special place as one of the most important orchestral trumpet parts in the repertoire. I’ve wanted to perform it since the very early days of my musical career, so I’m very excited about this performance.

The Birmingham-First Chamber Choir and Orchestra offer this unique collection of psalm settings from across the ages, including the spirited Dixit Dominus by George Frideric Handel and other works by Edvard Grieg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Leonard Bernstein. More information is available here.

The FSO Brass will be making our annual appearance at the Fenton Family Julib’EVE performing arts festival. We’ll be in the sanctuary of Fenton United Methodist Church at 7:45 and 9:00. More information can be found here.

The first half of our Holiday Pops concert, broadcast live on December 20, 2008, will be re-broadcast across Michigan on Public Television Stations. Here’s the schedule: Dec. 22 - 9:00 pm WNMU 13 (Marquette) Dec. 23 - 8:00 pm QTV 19 (Saginaw) Dec. 24 - 9:00 pm WFUM 28 (Flint) Dec. 24 - 4:00 pm WTVS 56 (Detroit) Dec. 25 - 12:00 pm WGVU 35 (Grand Rapids) Dec. 25 - 12:00 pm WKAR 23 (World) Dec.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“428” caption=“Image source: www.thefim.com Flint Institute of Music”][/caption] Our annual Holiday Pops concert. 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 or click this link. The first half of the concert will be broadcast live on WJRT TV-12 in Flint.

The New Century Chorale will present their 15th annual Yuletide Festival. I’ll be performing with a brass quintet assembled just for the occasion. Both concerts will take place at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Grand Blanc, MI. More information is available here.

[caption id=“attachment_222” align=“aligncenter” width=“382” caption=“Detroit Symphony Brass and Friends”][/caption] I’ll be performing with a large brass ensemble made up of mostly Detroit Symphony brass players and a few friends at the Lexington Music Theatre in Lexington, Michigan. More information is available here.

I’ll be joining the FSO Brass Quintet as part of the Flint Institute of Music’s annual Nutcracker and Holiday Pops Sneak Peek event. From the FSO Website: Take a fun, fascinating look behind the scenes of two of this area’s favorite holiday programs. You’ll find lots for you and your children to do and see at this FREE family event!

During the month of November I will once again be returning to the pit at the Detroit Opera House, performing in Michigan Opera Theater’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece opera, Madame Butterfly. Led by Maestro Edoardo Muller, the cast includes: Ermolena Jaho and Mihoko Kinoshita in the role of Cio-Cio San James Valenti and David Pomeroy in the role of Pinkerton Joseph Hu in the role of Goro David DiChiera, Artistic Director for the Michigan Opera Theater, offers a synopsis of this opera on the Detroit Opera House website.

I’ll be performing with the Ann Arbor Symphony in a concert titled “The Orchestra is Here To Play.” From the A2SO website: Join the A²SO and everyone’s favorite twins—Gemini—as they share their warmth, humor and fun. Bring your family and sing along with music from around the world and original songs about growing up. Plus, our Ann Arbor connections continue with a performance by the Ann Arbor Youth Chorale, singing along with Gemini and the A²SO.

For the second concert of our 2008-2009 “Cafe Paris” season, we’ll be playing a large program with a couple of great pieces for trumpeters! Enrique Diemecke, conductor Peter Soave, bandoneón Moncayo, Sinfonietta Debussy, Prélude to Afternoon of a Faun Piazzolla, Aconcagua; Concerto for Bandoneón Stravinsky, Petrouchka Music excerpts, program notes, and lots of other information can be found at the FSO Website.

I’ll be performing an all Andrew Lloyd Weber show at Saginaw’s Temple Theatre to raise funds for the Field Neurosciences Institute. This is a great cause, so if you’re in the area and have the time, come on out!!

I’ll be returning to the stage of Bay City’s State Theatre to perform with the Bijou Orchestra in a concert titled “Gay Paree.“ From the Bijou Orchestra website: Feast on the music of a great city. Savor familiar classics like the “Bacchanal” from Samson and Delilah and Debussy’s Clair de lune. Discover Paris in the 1920’s when songs performed by Mistenguett and Maurice Chevalier filled the cafés or Montparnasse and the night clubs of Montmartre.

The Flint Symphony Orchestra’s 2008-2009 season, “Cafe Paris,” opens with a unique opportunity to hear our music director, Enrique Diemecke, not only conduct but also perform as violin soloist! Also featured will be pianist Ina Yoon. We’ll be performing Gershwin’s American in Paris and the always popular Bolero, by Maurice Ravel, and more. Full program information is available here. Please be aware that this concert starts at the VERY unusual time of 6:00pm.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“327” caption=“Stefan Sanderling conducts the TSO”][/caption] On September 26 and 27 I’ll be performing with the Toledo, Ohio Symphony, as they open their 2008-2009 season with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, The Resurrection. This is one of my all-time favorite pieces of symphonic music, and I’m always thrilled to have the opportunity to perform it. From the TSO Website: A concert experience unlike any other. The Toledo Symphony performs with 350 performers - its largest force!

I’ll be performing with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra on their season opening concert, titled “Roots.” From their website: In this season of commemoration, we complete our Naxos CD project with Fetler’s Bicentennial evocation of the yearning for innocence in times of war. Louis Nagel brings to life the raw intensity and rich sound of Ravel’s neoclassical piano tour de force. Finally, your A²SO rounds out the concert with Dvořák’s cheery homage to his Bohemian roots.

Radio station KUSP of the California Central Coast region will be broadcasting several of our Cabrillo Festival concerts over the next few weeks. These broadcasts are available online! Here’s the schedule from their website (NOTE: all times on the original website are PAC time, but I’ve changed them here to Eastern time, since that’s where I and most of my readers are): Sunday, August 24, 2 pm: San Juan Day with Music at the Mission.

For the second year, I will perform with the orchestra backing up the official tour band of Led Zeppelin to present The Music of Led Zeppelin: A Rock Symphony. This concert will be held at DTE Energy Music Theater (or, as all of us still call it, Pine Knob). The band they put together for this last year was outstanding. They’re not the original Led Zeppelin members, but they sound great.

Our final concerts of the 2008 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music: (4:00pm SOLD OUT) Mission San Juan Bautista Tickets: $35 / click here to order Chiayu: Feng Nian Ji (Harvest Festival) (World Premiere) Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round Alla Borzova: To the New World (U.S. Premiere) Avner Dorman: Variations Without a Theme (West Coast Premiere) Four composers new to the Festival, each with voices rooted in lands far away, will be honored in the storied setting of the Old Mission sanctuary on a program aptly titled To the New World.

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music continues with our fourth orchestral program. There’s a lot of great music on this program, but of special note to trumpeters is the Adams, which has a stunning extended trumpet solo for our principal trumpeter, Craig Morris. Saturday, August 9, 8:00pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Tickets: $26-41 Matthew Cmiel: Sneak in a Window (World Premiere) Mark Anthony Turnage: Riffs and Refrains (Bharat Chandra , clarinet) (U.

My sixth season with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music starts off with an exciting concert at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. From the Cabrillo Festival Website: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Tickets: $26-$41 Stephen McNeff: Sinfonia Conciso (U.S. Premiere) Eric Lindsay: Darkness Made Visible (World Premiere) David W. Sanford: Scherzo Grosso (Matt Haimovitz , cello) Christopher Rouse: Concerto for Orchestra (World Premiere/Cabrillo Festival Commission) This very First Night is itself full of firsts.

The Flint Symphony Orchestra summer season comes to a close with a performance with rock and roll group Flash Cadillac at the Flint Cultural Center. More information is available here.

I’ll be playing with the Bijou Orchestra up in Pigeon, Michigan on Thursday, June 26th. The concert will start at 7pm, at the Pigeon Band Shell. More information is available at the Pigeon Band Shell website.

The Flint Symphony Orchestra continues it’s tradition of performing at Flint’s Riverbank Park during the July 4th weekend. This year we’ll be joined by Motown group The Contours for a concert of Motown hits and patriotic music. More information is available http://www.thefim.com/musicintheparks.asp.

Gretchko Elementary School in West Bloomfield holds a fun concert every spring, where First Grade students perform a musical created just for them. This year’s musical is based on the Brothers Grimm tale Stone Soup. This is a pretty unique production for an elementary school, in that they bring in professional musicians and really do a good job with production values. I’ll join the orchestra to play music from Puccini’s Turandot and other classics.

I’ll be performing Terry Everson’s Idea Number 24 with the MSU Trumpet Ensemble, under the direction of Richard Illman. This performance will take place as part of the “trumpet preludes” series during the International Trumpet Guild’s annual conference at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Check the conference program for more details.

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.

This weekend I’ll be performing in the backup orchestra for the “Music of Led Zepplin” tour at the DTE Music Theater, or as I like to refer to it, Pine Knob. DTE Music Theater website. Music of Led Zepplin website.

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music concludes with our annual pair of concerts at Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, California. We do this program twice: once at 4pm and again at 8pm. Music by Kenneth Fuchs, Aaron Jay Kernis and Kevin Puts. Click here for more info. 

Our final concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium will feature music by Mason Bates, Thomas Adés and Philip Glass. Click here for more info. 

Our annual FREE Family Concert featuring the famous “petting zoo” for kids and music by James MacMilan and Daniel Kellogg. Click here for more information.

The Cabrillo Festival continues with new music from Michael Daugherty and John Corigliano. Click for more information.

My fifth summer with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music begins with a concert featuring new music by composers James MacMilan, Dave Heath, Jennifer Higdon and Mark O’Connor. Click here for information.

Continuing my summer of pops performances, I’ll be performing with the Bijou Orchestra at their “Summer Swing” event at the Bay City Country Club. Click here for more information.

Performing at one of the eight summer concerts given by the Toledo Concert Band at the Toledo Zoo seems to have become a tradition for me in the past few years. This time around I’ll be playing the July 15th performance, titled “America: Life as it Was.” These are free concerts and always offer good entertainment for the crowds in attendance. Click for more information! 

I’ll be making my first appearance with the Grand Rapids Symphony this month on their “Sci-Fi Symphony” program at the Cannonsburg Ski Area. As a big fan of Science Fiction I’m really looking forward to playing the theme music from some of my favorite movies and tv shows! Click here for details from the GRSO website.

We’ve just returned from a whirlwind tour of the Canadian Rockies with the Michigan State University Alumni Band.While I’m not technically an alum just yet, I’m close enough and they asked Lynne and I to come along as principal trumpet and oboe with the group. Early in the trip, which included Calgary, Lake Louise, Banff, Kamloops and Vancouver, we performed at the Chateau Lake Louise Hotel (where we also stayed the night).

Once again, I’ll be performing with the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra. From the MOT website: by Charles Gounod June 2-9, 2007 Gounod’s penchant for voluptuous harmonies suited the legend of Romeo & Juliet. From the balcony scene to the crypt, the lovers entwine themselves in a string of star-cross’d duets.

For the first time in several years I’ll be performing with the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra. From their website: by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart May 12-19, 2007 The Abduction from the Seraglio is Mozart’s spiel on finding redemption in a Turkish harem. Lighthearted antics are bound up with some of the composer’s most dazzling arias. A Michigan Opera Theatre premiere.

For my final performance with the group we’ll be reprising our program from the concert at the Players’ Playhouse in Detroit, this time at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in East Lansing. Added to the program for this concert will be the world premiere performance of a new work for brass quintet by composer Roger Petersen. Here’s a brief excerpt from the Fine Arts Society website: “The April 12th Chamber Music at The Playhouse concert was another smashing success, filling The Players Founders Room with beautiful people and with even more beautiful music!

Final Subscription Concert of the 2006-2007 Season Lucas Meachem, baritone, William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition Winner ** Julia Broxholm, soprano Wendy Bloom, alto Robert Bracey, tenor** Flint Festival Chorus, Bradley Bloom, director Sponsored by Citizens Bank Guest Artist Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Fredrick W. VanDuyne Rossini, Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville Korngold, Mein Sehnen, mein Wahmen from Die Tote Stadt Rogers and Hammerstein, Soliloquy from Carousel Beethoven, Symphony No.

I’ll be performing with the Toledo Symphony this weekend. It’s a very big program for brass. I’ll be playing principal on the Jongen and the Dietz, and third trumpet on the Respighi. From the TSO Website: Classics VIII Organ & Orchestra Spectacular! Friday/Saturday, April 20/21, 2007 8:00 PM Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Chelsea Tipton II, conductor Todd Wilson, organ William Tell Overture Rossini Sinfonie Concertante Jongen Caldera * Dietz Roman Festivals Respighi

This is my group from Michigan State University. We’ll be performing a concert at The Player’s Playhouse on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. This concert is part of the Fine Arts Society of Detroit’s “Music at the Playhouse” concert series. Click the picture to visit their website.

A night of Broadway favorites at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield I’ll be performing with an orchestra in a fundrasing concert for Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. The concert will feature many favorite songs from Broadway shows, led by Cynthia Westphal, who was previously the Music Director of The Lion King on Broadway. For more information, contact Temple Israel at their website.

Laura Larson, flute Amy Ley, harp Sponsored by Anonymous Donor ** Guest Artist Sponsored by National City Bank** Mozart, Flute and Harp Concerto Richard Strauss, Thus sprach Zarathustra Richard Strauss, First Waltz Sequence from Der Rosenkavalier Download Program Notes Read More

MSU Concert Band and Wind Symphony MSU Fairchild Theatre Caroline Hartig, clarinet soloist Ticheli, Shenandoah Kalinnikov, Finale from Symphony No. 1 Colgrass, Bali Bennett, Suite of Old American Dances Daugherty, Brooklyn Bridge

I’ll be performing Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music with the Toledo Symphony. From their website (Click to see it): Stefan Sanderling leads the Toledo Symphony in some of the most recognizable melodies of the Baroque era. Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music has recovered from its disastrous premiere, when fireworks destroyed the outdoor stage, to become the music for many celebrations. Pachelbel’s famous Canon has accompanied celebrations of a different sort, being one of the most requested pieces for wedding processionals.

We’ll be performing at Walled Lake Northern High School for this concert. For more information contact Christopher Blackmer at (248) 956-5300. Date: 2/27/2007 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Walled Lake Northern High School 6000 Bogie Lake Road Commerce Caroline Hartig, clarinet soloist FREE ADMISSION! Bach/Paynter Toccata, Adagio and Fugue Daugherty Brooklyn Bridge Ticheli Symphony No. 2

This will be a great program for trumpet! Roger Maki-Schramm, bassoon Marianna Kulikova,mezzo soprano Richard Troxell, tenor Sponsored by A.G. Bishop Charitable Trust Guest Artist Sponsored by Drs. Gary & Dawnell Wease Johann Strauss, Jr. Overture Die Fledermaus Mozart, Bassoon Concerto Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde Download Program Notes Read More

In our second concert of the 2007-2008 season, the Flint Symphony Orchestra will perform Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony. Mahler is one of my favorite composers, and the Third Symphony contains an enormous amount of great music for trumpet, so I’m particularly excited about playing this concert. From the FSO website: Tonight’s offering, the stunning Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler, paints pictures of nature so vivid you’ll almost see them: A slow awakening gives way to solemn chords that lead to sweet, gentle melodies.