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Robert Nagel was born in Freeland, PA, USA in 1924. He holds a
Diploma in Trumpet and B.S. and M.S. degrees in composition
from the Juilliard School of Music.
For 20 years, Mr. Nagel was a freelance first trumpet in concerts,
radio, television, recordings and film recording in New York City,
and a member of the American Composers Alliance. He was the
founder of the New York Brass Quintet, which he directed for 31
years, and of the Nagel Duo, a chamber ensemble of soprano, trum-pet
& keyboard. In 1975, he co-founded the International Trumpet
Guild and for many years was a Board member of the Christian Instrumentalists and Directors Association.
Mr. Nagel is Prof. Emeritus at the Yale School of Music where he was a faculty member for 31 years. He
also has former teaching affiliations with the Juilliard & Manhattan Schools of Music, University of
Hartford, New England Conservatory and North Carolina School of the Arts. Currently an adjunct faculty
member of the University of South Carolina School of Music, Mr. Nagel is also President of Mentor Music,
a publishing house for brass & choral music founded in 1959.
In 1999, Mr. Nagel received the Cesare Bendinelli Award in Verona, Italy.
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