Yates and Harbison with NKU Jazz Ensemble

On Saturday, April 2, 2011, the Northern Kentucky University Department of Music hosted the 2011 Trumpet Day. Pat Harbison, Professor of Music at Indiana University (Jazz Studies), and Alexa Yates, Co-Founder of 21st Century Trumpet with Harbison were the featured guest artists. Their appearance at NKU was sponsored in part by the NKU Music Department and Conn Selmer-Bach.

The day began with a mass warm-up session in which Harbison and Yates led the participants in an hour long session. Participants then took part in a mass trumpet ensemble reading session. After a lunch break the day continued with a recital by Dr. Raquel Rodriquez (Assistant Professor of Trumpet at NKU), a baroque trumpet masterclass by Paul Loeb van Zuilenburg (Senior Lecturer of Music at Free State University, South Africa), and a masterclass by Harbison and Yates discussing various trumpet pedagogy. Participants came from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

The final concert included performances by the NKU Jazz Ensemble and NKU Faculty Jazz Combo with Harbison, Yates, and John Zappa (NKU Jazz Trumpet Instructor).

Link:http://www.nkutrumpet.com/

Source: Dr. Raquel Rodriquez, Assistant Professor of Trumpet, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

Loeb van Zuilenburg coaching Josh Craig, Chris Hedges, and Ian Caldwell on Bach's Magnificat

L->R: John Zappa, Raquel Rodriquez, Paul Loeb van Zuilenburg, Alexa Yates, Pat Harbison