Fundraisers to Benefit UofL Trumpet
Ensemble Trip to Italy
Donations Graciously Accepted
(Read how to donate below)
The University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble is traveling to Orvieto, Italy to attend the first Orvieto Musica Trumpet Festival to be held in conjunction with the Chamber Music Festival Orvieto Musica to be held June 22 - 29, 2008. The Trumpet Ensemble, headed by UofL Trumpet professor, Mike Tunnell has been trying to raise funds for the student trip by holding the two fundraisers described below. In addition to attending the "Call to Port" fundraiser on May 17th, there are three other ways you can make a gift to support the Orvieto trip if you would like to make a donation. These are described at the end of this article.
The first fundraiser held was a Silent Auction. before and during intermission at the Symphonic Band Concert on Friday, April 11 and at the Concert Band and Community Band Concert on Monday, April 14 . Several items were auctioned off: 7 different trumpeters to play "Call to the Post" at a Derby party, tickets to the Pegasus Parade, CD recordings, a chance to conduct one of the groups, and a chance to commission a new work by Fred Speck for Brass Quintet.
The second fundraiser will be a World Record setting event, and the world-famous Churchill Downs has very graciously offered to help our fund-raising efforts by hosting this event on Saturday, May 17. We are trying to set five World Records: 1. the largest number of trumpeters to play "Call to the Post" for an actual race; 2. the largest number of trumpeters to play "Bugler's Holiday" with a brass band accompaniment; 3. the largest number of horns to play the beautiful slow Horn Solo from "Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony" with brass band; 4. the largest number of trombonists to play "Lassus Trombone" with brass band; and 5. the largest number of tubas and euphoniums to play "POWER" by John Stevens. Derby City Brass Band, conducted by John Jones, and the U of L Trumpet Ensemble will also be featured on this program.
All music for the world record attempts:
http://louisville.edu/music/call%20to%20post.html
Orvieto web site:
http://www.orvietomusica.org/trumpetfest.html
UofL News Stories:
http://php.louisville.edu/news/news.php?news=1140
http://php.louisville.edu/news/news.php?news=1157
http://php.louisville.edu/news/news.php?news=1156
How to Donate to the Orvieto Trip
If you would like to donate a gift online, please click on the link below:
http://www.give.louisville.edu
Click on "How To Give - Give Online" Under "Please designate my gift to" enter the dollar amount of your gift in the School of Music box. Under "Further designation" enter "School of Music Orvieto Trip G1761" and the dollar amount. Complete the remainder of the information and submit your gift for processing.
If you want to mail a gift and pay by check, make the check out to the Uof L Foundation and in the memo line write "School of Music Orvieto Trip G1716" to designate how you want your gift to be used. Mail your check to: Development, School of Music, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292.
If you want to make a gift by credit card, call Tedi Vaughan, Development Director, School of Music at 502-852-0516.
Info on the U of L Trumpet Ensemble--
The University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble, Michael Tunnell, Director
Members: John Bryant, Robert Bertke, Kurt Bonnett, Don Johnson, Zach Schell,
Zach Groves, Austin Coldiron
The ensemble was honored to be asked to perform at the following International Trumpet Guild Conferences: 1991 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); 1994 (Champaign, Illinois); and 1998 (Lexington, Kentucky) and at the 1995 Summit Brassfest in Bloomington, Indiana. In May, 2000, the group performed new works by Steve Rouse and Marc Satterwhite at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Purchase, NY. In November, 2000, the UofL Trumpet Ensemble was featured in the UofL New Music Festival.
The University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble competes regularly at the National Trumpet Competition and won First Prize in the Ensemble Division of the 1999 National Trumpet Competition. The competition was held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia on March 19, 1999. The ensemble was awarded a prize of $1000. The members of the quartet were Jennifer McCord, graduate student from North Carolina, Geoff McBride, senior from Northern Kentucky, DeWayne T. Venzen, senior from the Virgin Islands and Daniel Hazelton, sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Tunnell coached the ensemble which performed the Samuel Scheidt Canzon and the William Schmidt Variants with Solo Cadenzas to take the first place award. The Indiana University Trumpet Ensemble won second place and third place was awarded to Florida State.
In 2002, the University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble placed 2nd in the National Trumpet Competition.
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