ITG Awards Bestowed	April 17 00

ITG Honorary Award The ITG Honorary Award was established by the International Trumpet Guild for the purpose of recognizing "those individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the art of trumpet playing." These contributions are through performance, teaching, publishing, research, and/or composition. Recipients of the ITG Honorary Award include Timofei Dokshizer, Renold Schilke, William Vacchiano, Doc Severinson, Robert King, Rafael Méndez, Roger Voisin, Maurice Andrè, Armando Ghitalla, Louis Armstrong, Clifford Lillya, and Robert Nagel, Philip Jones, and Vincent Cichowicz. The recipient of this year's ITG Honorary Award is Edward H. Tarr, known throughout the world as a pre-eminent scholar of music history whose research has vastly enhanced the historical repertoire of the trumpet and whose writings have won prominence in the world's most prestigious musical publications, including The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Music and Musicians (1980), The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984), and the forthcoming Revised New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2000). A native of Connecticut (USA) and a pupil of Roger Voisin and Adolph Herseth, Dr. Tarr's early interest in trumpet repertoire led him to begin research in old music, which in turn lead him to relocate to Europe in 1959 to study musicology with Leo Schrade at the University of Basel. He has lived in Europe ever since, where his research has led to the rediscovery, editing, and publication of innumerable musical compositions for trumpet, including works by Handel, Monteverdi, Bach, and others. Along with his countless articles encompassing almost every aspect of trumpet performance, he is a pioneer in the reintroduction of historical brass instruments and has made many recordings and performances on natural trumpet, low F trumpet, and cornett, while not neglecting the modern instrument. He has toured all over the world, has been advisor to musical instrument manufacturers Egger and Yamaha, and has produced scholarly editions of the most important trumpet concerti. He is currently on the faculty of the Basel Conservatory and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, teaching historical trumpet, and has held guest professorships and masterclasses in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Melbourne, Sydney, Stanford, Los Angeles, Tallahassee, Tokyo, Lucerne, and Vaduz. He is also a sought-after juror in major international competitions. Dr. Tarr has been director of the Bad Säckingen Trumpet Museum (Bad Säckingen, Germany) since its inception in 1985, and founded the Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble in 1969. He has been a duo partner with noted concert organist, psychotherapist, and author Irmtraud Krüger (The Duo), since 1980. Dr. Tarr's degrees are from Oberlin College (A.B., music, 1957), Northwestern University (M.M., music history and literature, 1959), and the University of Hamburg, Germany (Ph.D., historical musicology, 1897). ITG Award Of Merit The ITG Award of Merit was established in 1998 with the purpose of recognizing "those individuals who have made substantial contributions to the art of trumpet playing through performance, teaching, publishing, research, composition, and/or support of the goals of The International Trumpet Guild." The first recipient of the award was Gordon Mathie, given in 1999. This year's recipient is Charles Colin (1913-2000), from whose work the trumpet world - indeed, the brass world - has greatly benefited. He began playing the trumpet at age 11, studying with Aaron Harris and Walter Smith, among others. As a player, he free-lanced in the New York City area with many great musicians, and toured with the Charlie Barnet Band. As a teacher, he had hundreds of students who went on to become professionals. He was sent students from such greats as Dizzy Gillespie. Louis Armstrong sent his nephew to Dr. Colin, as did Duke Ellington, who sent his son, Mercer, for lessons. As a music educator, Dr. Colin wrote many studies for trumpet as well as pedagogical books and articles. As a publisher, he was among the first to make jazz pedagogy available to the masses with various publications of jazz books, arrangements, and series. He perhaps is best known to the brass world today as the founder of the New York Brass Conference for Scholarships, held annually in New York City since 1973. This highly visible conference provides a forum for the great players of yesterday and today to share their talents; offers an opportunity for the younger up-and-coming players to display their abilities; pays tribute to various legends of the brass world; and provides money for scholarships to brass students to study at summer festivals and music camps and clinics. In 1966, Charles was awarded an honorary doctorate from Elon College (North Carolina) in recognition of hi contributions in the field of music education. Source: Brad Ulrich, ITG Public Relations Director

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