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Tuesday, June 6
7pm Opening Ceremony Performance: Rowan U. Trumpet Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, ITG Festival Choir, Rowan Univ. Faculty Trumpet Trio - George Rabbai, Bryan Appleby-Wineberg, and Darin Kelly, Rich Rulli, James Ackley, Army Herald Trumpets 10:30pm Late Night Jam Session at The Landmark Americana - Downtown Glassboro - Trent Austin, host Wednesday, June 7 7:00am Warm Up Session with James West 8:00am Trumpet Yoga with Rich Illman Clinic: U.S. Army Herald Trumpets - "Ruffles & Flourishes: Fanfares for Presidents and World Events" 9:30am Orchestral Excerpts Competition Finals Clinic: Liesl Whitaker - Perspectives on Lead Trumpet and a Military Career Lecture: Carole Nowicke, John Almieda, Tyrone Breuninger & Abe Torchinsky - The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli: A Celebrationa and Retrospective of the 1968 Recording 11:30am Dedicated Exhibit Hour 1pm Recital: David Bilger Concert: Trumpets East Youth Solo Competition - Sr. Division 3pm Recital: Barbara Butler Concert: Randy Brecker 5pm Concert: Matt Shulman Concert: Brass Band Spectacular - New York Salvation Army Staff Band - Atlantic Brass Band - Imperial Brass Band with Roger Webster and Jamie Prophet 5:30pm Clinic: Robert Earley - The Job of Orchestral Second Trumpet.....and the audition to get there 8pm Concert: Mnozil Brass * MUST SEE MNOZIL CONCERT PHOTO GALLERY 10:30pm Late Night Jam Session at The Landmark Americana - Downtown Glassboro - Mike Vax, Host Thursday, June 8 7:00am Warm Up Session with James West 8am Youth Solo Competition under 14 8:30am Clinic: Barbara Butler - Barbara Butler on Confidence - Do You Have What It Takes 10am Recital: Michael Tunnell, Aurthur Vanderhoeft - Corno di Cacia Recital: Chris Gekker & Eric Ewazen Lecture: Kevin Eisensmith, Donald Robertson - Scratch Pads and Pop-ups: A Cognitive Science Approach to Performance Anxiety 12 noon Recital: Amanda Pepping Concert: American Brass Quintet followed by ABQ "Talk Back Q&A Session" 2pm Dedicated Exhibit Hour 3pm Recital: New Chamber Music Concert Concert: Bravo Brass 3:30pm George Rabbai Jazz Clinic - Jazz Articulations and Phrasings Using Standard Trumpet Exercises 4:30pm Clinic: Susan Slaughter - Trumpet Technique and Problem Solving 6pm Concert: Arturo Sandoval 8:30pm Concert: Monarch Brass 10:30pm Late Night Jam Session at The Landmark Americana - Downtown Glassboro - Matt Shulman, Host
7pm Opening Ceremony Performance: Rowan U. Trumpet Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, ITG Festival Choir, Rowan Univ. Faculty Trumpet Trio - George Rabbai, Bryan Appleby-Wineberg, and Darin Kelly, Rich Rulli, James Ackley, Army Herald Trumpets
10:30pm Late Night Jam Session at The Landmark Americana - Downtown Glassboro - Trent Austin, host
Wednesday, June 7
7:00am Warm Up Session with James West
8:00am Trumpet Yoga with Rich Illman Clinic: U.S. Army Herald Trumpets - "Ruffles & Flourishes: Fanfares for Presidents and World Events"
9:30am Orchestral Excerpts Competition Finals Clinic: Liesl Whitaker - Perspectives on Lead Trumpet and a Military Career Lecture: Carole Nowicke, John Almieda, Tyrone Breuninger & Abe Torchinsky - The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli: A Celebrationa and Retrospective of the 1968 Recording
11:30am Dedicated Exhibit Hour
1pm Recital: David Bilger Concert: Trumpets East Youth Solo Competition - Sr. Division
3pm Recital: Barbara Butler Concert: Randy Brecker
5pm Concert: Matt Shulman Concert: Brass Band Spectacular - New York Salvation Army Staff Band - Atlantic Brass Band - Imperial Brass Band with Roger Webster and Jamie Prophet
5:30pm Clinic: Robert Earley - The Job of Orchestral Second Trumpet.....and the audition to get there
8pm Concert: Mnozil Brass
* MUST SEE MNOZIL CONCERT PHOTO GALLERY
10:30pm Late Night Jam Session at The Landmark Americana - Downtown Glassboro - Mike Vax, Host
Thursday, June 8
8am Youth Solo Competition under 14 8:30am Clinic: Barbara Butler - Barbara Butler on Confidence - Do You Have What It Takes
10am Recital: Michael Tunnell, Aurthur Vanderhoeft - Corno di Cacia
Recital: Chris Gekker & Eric Ewazen
Lecture: Kevin Eisensmith, Donald Robertson - Scratch Pads and Pop-ups: A Cognitive Science Approach to Performance Anxiety
12 noon Recital: Amanda Pepping Concert: American Brass Quintet followed by ABQ "Talk Back Q&A Session"
2pm Dedicated Exhibit Hour
3pm Recital: New Chamber Music Concert Concert: Bravo Brass
3:30pm George Rabbai Jazz Clinic - Jazz Articulations and Phrasings Using Standard Trumpet Exercises
4:30pm Clinic: Susan Slaughter - Trumpet Technique and Problem Solving
6pm Concert: Arturo Sandoval
8:30pm Concert: Monarch Brass
10:30pm Late Night Jam Session at The Landmark Americana - Downtown Glassboro - Matt Shulman, Host
Friday, June 9
7:00am Warm Up Session with James West 8am Solo Competition Finals Lecture: Del Lyren - Mendez Tribute Lecture: Daniel Kelly - The Morceaux de Concours of Jean Baptiste Laurent Arban, 1869-1889 9:30am Recital: Barry Bauguess Baroque Trumpet Concert: Ellsworth Smith Competition Winner, Caruso Competition Winner, ITG Composition Commission World Premiere Lecture: R. Dale Olsen - The Equilibrium Concept of Trumpet Performance Clinic: Patrick Hession - A Hession Session: The Trumpet is a Soprano Instrument 11am Dedicated Exhibit Hour 12 noon Recital: Synergy Brass Quintet Masterclass: Michael Sachs Clinic: Jerome Callet - Trumpet Secrets of the Legendary Trumpet Virtuosos 2:30pm Recital: Ibrahim Maalouf Concert: Freelance Brass Clinic: Scott Whitener, Travis Heath - Playing the Trumpet in the High Register 5pm Recital: Aaron Smith Concert: Alliance Brass Ensemble feat. Roger Webster 8pm Concert: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia - Eric Aubier, Matthias Höfs and Rodney Mack 10:30pm Late Night Jam Session at The Landmark Americana - Downtown Glassboro Saturday, June 10 7:00am Warm Up Session with James West 8am Jazz Solo Competition Finals ITG Open Business Meeting 10am Recital: Zhonghui Dai Concert: Bala Brass Clinic: Frank Kaderabek - Tonguing and Articulation: My Perspectives after 42 Years in the Business Lecture: Tim Leasure - Trumpet Mechanics: Tips for Solving Common Playing Problems 12 noon New Music Solo Recital Masterclass: Rodney Mack Lecture: Brian Shook - William A. Vacchiano: His Life and Influence on Trumpet Pedagogy and Performance 2pm Dedicated Exhibit Hour 3pm Festival of Trumpets Concert 5:30pm ITG Banquet 8pm Concert: ITG Festival Big Band with Sean Jones and George Rabbai
8am Solo Competition Finals
Lecture: Del Lyren - Mendez Tribute Lecture: Daniel Kelly - The Morceaux de Concours of Jean Baptiste Laurent Arban, 1869-1889
9:30am Recital: Barry Bauguess Baroque Trumpet Concert: Ellsworth Smith Competition Winner, Caruso Competition Winner, ITG Composition Commission World Premiere Lecture: R. Dale Olsen - The Equilibrium Concept of Trumpet Performance Clinic: Patrick Hession - A Hession Session: The Trumpet is a Soprano Instrument
11am Dedicated Exhibit Hour
12 noon Recital: Synergy Brass Quintet Masterclass: Michael Sachs Clinic: Jerome Callet - Trumpet Secrets of the Legendary Trumpet Virtuosos
2:30pm Recital: Ibrahim Maalouf Concert: Freelance Brass Clinic: Scott Whitener, Travis Heath - Playing the Trumpet in the High Register
5pm Recital: Aaron Smith Concert: Alliance Brass Ensemble feat. Roger Webster
8pm Concert: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia - Eric Aubier, Matthias Höfs and Rodney Mack
10:30pm Late Night Jam Session at The Landmark Americana - Downtown Glassboro
Saturday, June 10
8am Jazz Solo Competition Finals
ITG Open Business Meeting
10am Recital: Zhonghui Dai Concert: Bala Brass Clinic: Frank Kaderabek - Tonguing and Articulation: My Perspectives after 42 Years in the Business Lecture: Tim Leasure - Trumpet Mechanics: Tips for Solving Common Playing Problems
12 noon New Music Solo Recital Masterclass: Rodney Mack Lecture: Brian Shook - William A. Vacchiano: His Life and Influence on Trumpet Pedagogy and Performance
3pm Festival of Trumpets Concert
5:30pm ITG Banquet
8pm Concert: ITG Festival Big Band with Sean Jones and George Rabbai