International Trumpet Seminar in Truro School, Cornwall
With Keith Johnson & Kristian Steenstrup
29th July - 3rd August 2007

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Truro School

Is a well-established private school with its own chapel and ample practice facilities. Its campus affords fine views over the capital city of Cornwall, with its imposing cathedral, elegant Georgian streets, excellent shops and many pubs and bistros worthy of investigation! The Truro River flows into the nearby South coast, with its gentle wooded meadows; whilst the North coast’s long sandy beaches and bracing Atlantic air are a mere 6 miles away. There is plenty to see and enjoy here!

The Course

We are proud to offer the possibility of studying with two trumpeters with such great reputations as both performers and teachers. Comparing notes and socialising with colleagues from other countries is usually found to be a very fruitful exercise also. Players are invited to bring any material they particularly want to work-on to Truro and at the end of the week some of the repertoire will be performed in concert. The course will be tailored to individuals’ wishes. Participants may arrive from 5 pm on 28th July and are welcome to stay for breakfast on 4th August.

Cost

£495 (sterling) to include tuition, accommodation and all meals. A deposit of £100 is payable to reserve a place.

Contact

Application forms and further information may be obtained from:
Paul Thomas, 34 Hill Hay Close, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 IEN, GB.
TEL/FAX 01726 833553. E MAIL paulthomasesq@talktalk.net

Kristian Steenstrup

Studied at The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus and at Northwestern University in Chicago with Vincent Cichowicz and Arnold Jacobs, attaining his Diploma in 1992. He has given master classes to the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Malmo Opera, Norwegian Wind Ensemble, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, the Danish military orchestras, Band of the Grenadier Guards (London), Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London College of Music, Prins Claus Conservatorium (Groningen, The Netherlands), National Music Academy (Estonia) and Ingesund Musikhojskole (Sweden). He is the author of the book Teaching Brass. He has lectured at “The Reflective Conservatory” conference at the Barbican Centre, London and the “Music in the Brain” conference in Aarhus in 2006. He is Assistant Professor at The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus and visiting Professor at London College of Music.

Keith Johnson

Keith Johnson is Regents Professor of Trumpet in the College of music at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Prior to this, he was Professor of Trumpet at the university of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
He performs with the Dallas Opera, the Fort Worth Symphony, the New Hampshire Music Festival and the Sundance Brass Quintet. He has played Baroque trumpet with the Dallas Bach Society, Fort Worth Early Music, the Orchestra of New Spain, the Texas Baroque trumpet Ensemble, the San Francisco Bach Choir and Orchestra and the New York Baroque Orchestra. He has also performed with the orchestras of Dallas, Shreveport, Kansas City, Cape Town, the Mexico City Philharmonic, the Mexico City Symphony, the Solistas de Mexico, and the Orchestra of the Mineria Festival.
He has presented clinics and recitals at more than seventy five universities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Romania and South Africa and he appears frequently as soloist with bands and orchestras throughout the US and overseas.

He has written more than thirty articles on brass playing and a method book entitled Developing the Upper Register. He is the author of two highly acclaimed books, The Art of Trumpet Playing and Brass Performance and Pedagogy. He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild and as music review editor or the ITG Journal for eight years. His students hold playing and teaching positions in orchestras, bands and universities in seven different countries.

He is a graduate of the University of North Texas and the University of Illinois. His teachers have included William Scarlato, John Haynie, Haskell Sexton, Vincent Cichowicz, Armando Ghitalla and Arnold Jacobs.

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