2015 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition

Sponsored by ITG and Sam Houston State University in cooperation with the Herb Alpert Foundation, the prestigious Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition will be hosted by Sam Houston State University in the Gaertner Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, September 19. All are invited to this fantastic event which is free and open to the public.



The schedule is:

10am Ingrid Jensen master class on the teachings of Carmine Caruso (& Laurie Frink)

1pm-4:30pm Competition Finals (This will also be web streamed. The URL isn't set, but there will be links from www.shsu.edu/caruso and trumpetguild.org)

7:30pm Gala Concert featuring judges Bobby Shew, Clay Jenkins, and Ingrid Jensen, the 5 finalists Zubin Edalji, Max Goldschmid, Aidan Lombard, Hermon Mehari, & Joshua Shpak, and the Sam Houston All Star Big Band led by Aric Schneller

Judges: Bobby Shew, Clay Jenkins, Ingrid Jensen

Finalists: Zubin Edalji, Max Goldschmid, Aidan Lombard, Hermon Mehari, & Joshua Shpak

Caruso poster

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