CURRICULUM VITAE

HIGHER EDUCATION

Doctor of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance, May 2008
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Master of Music in Trumpet Performance, 2001
University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, Ohio

Performer Diploma in Trumpet Performance, 1999
Indiana University School of Music
Bloomington, Indiana

Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance, 1996
Indiana University School of Music
Bloomington, Indiana

Appalachian State University School of Music,
Boone, North Carolina 1991-1993

COLLEGE TEACHING

The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, Visiting College Lecturer, Trumpet
August 2013-December 2015
Responsibilities: Applied Trumpet (undergraduate and graduate students),
weekly repertoire class, conduct the trumpet ensemble, coach brass chamber music adjudicate brass juries, perform in the faculty brass quintet

Winthrop University, Rock Hill South Carolina, Adjunct Professor of Trumpet, August 2006-May 2013
Responsibilities: Applied Trumpet (undergraduate and graduate students), weekly repertoire class, conduct the trumpet ensemble, coach brass chamber music and adjudicate brass juries

Appalachian State University, Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet,
January 2007-May 2008
Responsibilities: Applied Trumpet, conducted the trumpet ensemble, coached chamber music and adjudicated brass juries

University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet
August 2003-2004
Responsibilities: Applied Trumpet, conducted the trumpet ensemble, coached chamber music and adjudicated brass juries

University of North Florida, Adjunct Faculty, 2001-2002
Responsibilities: Applied Trumpet, conducted the trumpet ensemble, coached chamber music and adjudicated brass juries

PRIMARY INSTRUCTION

Kevin Cobb, Faculty, SUNY Stony Brook, American Brass Quintet
John Rommel, Professor of Trumpet, Indiana University
Marie Speziale, Associate Principal Trumpet, Cincinnati Symphony (retired), Professor of Trumpet and Brass Chair, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Michael Sachs, Principal Trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra, Chair, Division of Brass, Cleveland Institute of Music
James Pandolfi, Trumpet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Retired)
Joseph Phelps, Professor Emeritus of Trumpet, Appalachian State University

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION

Vincent Penzarella, Trumpet, New York Philharmonic (retired)
Philip Collins, Principal Trumpet, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (retired)
William Scarlett, Associate Principal Trumpet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (retired)
Bernard Adelstein, Principal Trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra (retired)
Edmund Cord, Professor of Trumpet, Indiana University

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Orchestral
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Substitute Trumpet, September 2002-Present
Western Piedmont Symphony (NC) Principal Trumpet, 2006-Present
Western Piedmont Symphony, Second Trumpet, 2002-2006
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Substitute Trumpet 2010-Present
Winston Salem Symphony, Substitute Trumpet, February 2007-Present
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Third Trumpet, 1999-2001
Florida West Coast Symphony, Acting Co-Principal Trumpet, 1998 Season
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Acting Third/Utility Trumpet, 1997 Season
Chicago Civic Orchestra, Associate Member, 1999-2000
Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Substitute Trumpet, 1995-Present
Orquestra Sinfonica de Tenerife, Substitute Trumpet, 2001
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Substitute Trumpet, 1995-1999

Chamber Music
Charleston Symphony Brass Quintet, December, 2011
Charlotte Symphony Chamber Players, 2005
Charlotte Chamber Brass, 2003-Present
Atelier Brass Ensemble 2000 (Jacksonville, Florida)
Apex Brass Quintet 1999 (Bloomington, Indiana)
Florida Brass Quintet 1998 (Sarasota, Florida)
Recent Notable Recital  Performances
Emerson String Quartet, Dimitri Shostakovich’s Op. 41a Podrugi, for Trumpet, Piano & String Quartet (North American Premier), October, 2009 Stony Brook, New York
Charlotte Chamber Music, First Tuesday Concerts, Febuary,2009
Westobou Festival, Music for Trumpet and Organ, September, 2008 Augusta, Georgia
Piccolo Spoleto Recital, Premiere of L. Mark Lewis’s Nocturne Soliloquy, June, 2008, Charleston South Carolina

Additional Freelance Experience
Camelot, National Tour Orchestra, 2004
The King and I, National Tour Orchestra, 2004
The Sound of Music, National Tour Orchestra 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Vincent Cichowicz, Flow Studies Volume 2 (Co-editor), Studio 259 Productions, May 2014
Vincent Cichowicz, Flow Studies Volume 1 (Co-editor), Studio 259 Productions, February 2013
“Gabor Tarkovi Talks About His Career Path To The Berlin Philharmonic”, International Trumpet Guild Journal, June, 2012
“The Trumpets of the American Brass Quintet” International Trumpet Guild Journal, October 2011
Vincent Cichowicz Long Tone Studies (Co-editor), Studio 259 Productions
“The Bach Artisan Trumpet Comes to Life, An Interview with Michael Sachs and Jeff Christiana” International Trumpet Guild Journal, January 2011
Thomas Morley (Edited Mark Dulin) Compete Canzonets for Trumpets, Balquhidder Music (BQ-119)
“Virtuosity Defined, An interview with Håkan Hardenberger” International Trumpet Guild Journal, January 2009
“Thomas Reiner-Baroque Trumpet Concerto” International Trumpet Guild Journal, June 2008
“A Survey of the Arban as a Practicing and Teaching Method” International Trumpet Guild Journal, October 2007
“Sergei Nakariakov, Carmen Fantasy” CD Review, International Trumpet Guild Journal, October 2007

MASTER CLASS PRESENTATIONS (Recent)

Western Illinois University, November 2017
Northern Illinois University, November 2017
University of Wisconsin, November 2017
University of Iowa, November 2017
Cleveland Institute of Music, November 2013
Western Carolina University, February 2013
Appalachian State University, February 2012
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, November 2009
South Carolina Music Educators Association, Annual Conference, February 2009
Cleveland Institute of Music, October 2008
Eastman School of Music, October 2008
University of South Carolina, November 2007
The Juilliard School, October 2007

JAZZ EXPERIENCE

Indiana University, Jazz Band, Dominic Spera, director
David Baker, Jazz Improvisation Class, Spring 1999
Participated as a student at Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshop, July 2001, University of Louisville

RECORDINGS

Charlotte Symphony Chamber Players, Mill Village, music by David Crowe, taped for broadcast on North Carolina Public Television, August, 2007
Charlotte Chamber Brass, Ring tones for AT&T/Cingular, recorded November 2007

ADJUDICATION

South Carolina, International Trumpet Guild Chapter, November 2011 Solo Competition, Chair
National Trumpet Competition, Fairfax, Virginia, March 2011 Collegiate Trumpet Ensemble Competition
South Carolina, International Trumpet Guild Chapter, April 2011
Solo Competition

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Cannon Music Camp, Appalachian State University, July 2007, Responsibilities: Applied Trumpet, presented weekly master classes
Community School for the Arts (Charlotte, North Carolina) Summer Band and Orchestra Camp, July 2006, Responsibilities: Taught private lessons, coached brass sectionals
Jacksonville Youth Symphony Orchestra, 1999-2001, Brass Coach, Responsibilities: Coached Brass Sectionals
Private Trumpet Studio, 1993-Present

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Vincent Bach Corporation, Performing Artist and Clinician
International Trumpet Guild
College Music Society