News Briefs, August 2002	August 17, 2002

Slaughter Performs for Jack Buck Memorial Jack Buck, the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals and Baseball Hall of Fame announcer, died June 18 in the company of his family. Jack was honored before today's (June 19, 2002) televised game with speeches by Cardinals management, fellow announcers, and his son Joe Buck, also a sports announcer. Leading the ceremony and following a moment of silence was the playing of Taps by St. Louis Symphony Principal Trumpet Susan Slaughter. After speeches Susan accompanied the singing of God Bless America on solo trumpet. Jack Buck was interred at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in a private ceremony. Source: James King, St. Charles, Missouri Candelaria Joins the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Music. Trumpeter Leonard Candelaria, D.M.A., joins the UAB faculty as a visiting professor of trumpet and Artist-in-Residence. Candelaria comes to UAB from the University of North Texas (UNT), the largest music school in the nation, where he was a Regents Professor of Trumpet. Candelaria has earned international recognition as one of the United States' most distinguished artists and teachers and as a virtuoso performer on both modern and historical instruments. He has presented concerts and master classes at universities across the United States and in France, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Taiwan. Candelaria holds a doctorate of music from Northwestern University and a master's degree in musical education from UNT. In 1990 Candelaria was the recipient of the Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award by the Faculty Senate of UNT. From 1993 to 1995, Candelaria was president of the International Trumpet Guild, a global association of trumpeters whose 7,100 members represent more than 60 countries, and he continues as a member of the ITG board of directors. Source: UAB Department of Music Foy to DePauw University Lennie Foy has been appointed Associate Professor of Trumpet at the School of Music of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He will teach trumpet, coach brass chamber music, teach in the jazz studies program, and perform with the Faculty Jazz Sextet. He was formerly on the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University. Lennie has Bachelor and Master of Music degrees and a Performer' s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and is pursuing doctoral studies in brass pedagogy at Indiana University. A charter member of the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Orchestra, he maintains an active professional career in jazz and classical performance. He has recently appeared a member of the Nashville Symphony, Nashville Opera, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, New Brass Quintet, and the Stone River Chamber Players. He is a sought-after adjudicator and presenter of clinics and master classes throughout the country, and is also on the faculty of theShell Lake Music Festivals in the summer. Source: DePauw University Department of Music Masterclasses at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati 2002 Mario Guarneri, trumpet professor at the San Francisco Conservatory and inventor of the B.E.R.P., presented a masterclass February 8, where he discussed the benefits of mouthpiece buzzing. He also talked about his career as a member of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. Gary Bordner, principal of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra presented a masterclass February 26; he talked about his career as a trumpet player and also discussed the differences of playing in chamber group as opposed to a large orchestra. British concert and recording artist Crispian Steele Perkins presented a masterclass for the CCM trumpet studio on April 11, 2002. The main topic of his class was on the history and development of the trumpet and his thoughts on performance practice on old and modern instruments. He performed several works including the Hummel concerto on a natural trumpet. Stephen Bottom, trumpet professor at the University of Missouri and UMI Artist, presented a masterclass on April 18, 2002. He discussed being a versatile trumpet player and being able to play different styles from baroque to jazz. He demonstrated by playing excerpts from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 followed by "Autumn Leaves." Source: Jose Barriga, CCM Sources: as noted

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