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from Chile, May - November 2002 |
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On May 3, 2002, Miguel Muñoz performed his senior recital in the auditorium of the Music Institute of the Catholic University in Santiago. Miguel was the first trumpet student to graduate from the Institute, as well as the first student of Professor Javier Contreras (Master of Music, University of Louisville), to do so. He performed music by Telemann, Haydn, Arutunian, and Poulenc. In July, Eugene C. King, principal trumpeter of the Santiago Philharmonic and Professor of trumpet at the University of Chile's Music School, was invited to coach the Trumpet and Brass section of the newly-formed Youth Orchestra of the Americas at their rehearsal site, New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Three weeks of rehearsals preceded a three-week tour of the Boston area, Washington, D.C., Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela. The young trumpeters participating were: Gaudy Sanchez - Venezuela, Andrés Gonzalez - Venezuela, Nathan Joiner - Boston, Juan Avendaño - Columbia, and David Solomón - Nicaragua. In September Nelson Herrera, a former student of Eugene King, performed a trumpet recital at the University of Chile's Music School. Nelson is presently in his third year of study with Eric Aubier in Paris. A second student of King's, Claudio Anais, took a three-month course with Aubier in October through December. November was a busy month for Santiago's Philharmonic Brass as they embarked upon a ten-day tour of Vina del Mar and the extreme northern Chilean cities of Antofagasta, Iquique, and Arica. As well as a busy concert schedule, the group worked with municipal bands. Music of Byrd, Holborne, Handel, Calvert, Tull, Piazzola, Pavra, and others was performed. The Philharmonic Brass trumpeters are Eugene King and Juan Carlos Urbina. Websites:
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