 | | Sandor at Central Conservatory: Xiao Lin, Sandor, Yi Liu, trumpet Professor Jian, and Ge Tao |
Through an invitation from Emeritus Professor Bao Lin, Dean of Wind and Brass at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Edward Sandor, Professor of Trumpet at the University Of Georgia, performed recitals and gave master classes in five of the provinces of China from late May until mid-June, 2000. Three different concert programs were presented by Professor Sandor, including two programs that were presented with the assistance of Prof. James Bennett of Norwich University in Vermont, a trombonist and conductor. The concert and pedagogical presentations were given at the Wuhan Conservatory, Hubei Province, Sichuan Conservatory, Xianshi Province (NW) Conservatory, and the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
Dr. Sandor's solo recital program, with pianist Xia, JaJa, included an opening suite of baroque movements by Jeremiah Clarke, Jean-Joseph Mouret and J. S. Bach; the Haydn Concerto in E-flat; a grouping of one-movement 20th-Century pieces: Otto Ketting's Intrada, Joseph Turrin's Psalm, and André Jolivet's Air de Bravoure; the Kent Kennan Sonata; and selections from Fisher Tull's Eight Profiles. At the Beijing Central Conservatory, the recital ended with Dr. Sandor performing a Sammy Nestico arrangement of Georgia on My Mind for solo trumpet and brass ensemble.
 | | Sandor giving a master class lesson to a high school student with assistance from Ge Tao, a Central Conservatory Junior |
Dr. Sandor conducted several Brass Ensemble programs which featured, in addition to standard brass choir literature by G. Gabrieli, T. Susato, A. Hovhaness and G. Jacob, the Fred Mills arrangement of C. T. Pachelbel's Magnificat and H. Fillmore's Miss Trombone, with James Bennett as soloist. Sandor also performed as trumpet soloist for the concert on Paul Lavendar's arrangement of John Williams' Summon the Heroes.
Professors Bennett and Sandor presented clinic demonstration concerts at the conservatories which were sponsored by the Selmer Corporation and arranged by Rene Rochat, International Sales Representative for Selmer. In addition to trumpet and trombone solo pieces by Fisher Tull, F. J. Haydn, Henry Fillmore, and N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Sandor and Bennett performed a suite of Handel duos arranged by Arthur Frackenpohl, a baroque suite arranged by E. Sandor, and the Francis Poulenc Sonata (trio) with one of the Chinese hornists in each location.
 | | Edward P. Sandor |
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