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Author: stephen
Posted: February 27, 2024
An active performer in the Pacific Northwest, Sarah Viens is Principal Trumpet of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, Symphony Tacoma, and the Auburn Symphony. Sarah frequently performs with the Seattle Symphony and Opera, The Fifth Avenue Theater, Oregon Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theater, and the Portland Opera. In the summers, she plays with the Sunriver Music Festival, and has performed with the Britt Festival Orchestra, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Oregon Bach Festival. Sarah is an accomplished teacher, and in addition to fifteen years of experience in higher education, she has taught all ages and levels of trumpet lessons. She has previously taught at the University of Oregon and Willamette University. Also an accomplished administrator, Sarah is co-founder of Orchestra Next, the resident orchestra for the Eugene Ballet company. Sarah has also performed with a variety of chamber and recording ensembles, broadway shows, jazz ensembles, alternative, funk and rock bands.
www.sarahviens.com
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Author: Jeffrey Smith
Posted: February 22, 2024
Specializing in corporate events, restaurant entertainment, weddings and other occasions, I provide a variety of sizes and styles of ensembles to fit your needs. From a full, traditional big band, 10 piece little big band, 10 piece Latin band, and jazz quintets with selections in a wide variety of sounds I work with clients to create the right sound for their mood and atmosphere.
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Jeffrey Smith has performed in each of the lower 48 States and in 13 countries: as far west as Thailand and as far east as Turkey as a trumpet player for a variety of groups including The Temptations, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Don Menza Big Band, Showboat, Jiggs Whigham, Bobby Shew, Kenny Rogers, Heart, Donna Summer, Yakima Symphony, New World Brass Quintet, Las Vegas Philharmonic, and many others. Performance credits also include showbands in Las Vegas including the Imperial Palace, Light at The Bellagio, the Flamingo, and many hours of studio recording for television, radio, and album productions. Jeffrey is currently Director of Jazz Studies at Yakima Valley College and a music educator for the West Valley School District running the Jazz Department and concert bands. He continues to perform regionally working in all styles of music.
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Author: stephen
Posted: October 25, 2023
Chuck is a brass specialist, performing on trumpet, trombone, euphonium and tuba all around the Seattle area. Chuck also plays keys and organ as the music director at Live Life Church in Renton. Chuck performs all types of music with all types of ensembles ranging from classical, funk, even specializing in traditional New Orleans brass bands. When not playing music, Chuck teaches music to all ages and all subjects, from Orff-inspired elementary classes to private improvisation lessons.
Chuck has earned several awards in chamber groups, winning the NWRTEC chamber music competition in 2015 and 2017, and placing 3rd internationally with his chamber group at ITEC in 2016. Chuck earned his music education degree from University of Oregon, and his Masters in Curriculum and instruction from Eastern Washington University.
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Author: stephen
Posted: May 25, 2023
Shelly Devlin received her Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance and Education from the University of Iowa and her Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from the University of Washington. She currently serves as adjunct trumpet instructor at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington.
An active performer, Shelly currently plays principal trumpet with the Bremerton West Sound Symphony, the Choppers Brass Quintet, and the Choppers Brass Trio. Shelly’s solo appearances include Telemann’s Sonata for piccolo trumpet and Handel’s Messiah with the Bremerton West Sound Symphony, Vincent Persichetti’s The Hollow Men on trumpet with the Pierce College Orchestra, and Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez for flugelhorn with the Evergreen Brass. Shelly frequently performs as a featured trumpet soloist on chamber music series, and has been sponsored on solo tours to the Midwest. Shelly formerly served as a trumpeter with Navy Band Northwest.
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Author: stephen
Posted: April 21, 2023
B.M. Cornish College
Graduate Studies; Sweelink Conservatory, Amsterdam,
Film Composition Berklee College of Music
David George has been active in the Seattle music scene for years. He is presently owner of Shoreline Music and
an adjunct faculty member at North Seattle College. David leads his own 4tet , “The Blues Union” and
his big band “Northwest Passage”.
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Author: stephen
Posted: April 25, 2017
Judson Scott offers trumpet lessons and brass ensemble coaching based in 30 years of teaching and performing experience. Students and ensemble coached by Dr. Scott have repeatedly placed at state competition.
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Author: stephen
Posted: March 24, 2017
Enhance your gathering with the elegant sounds of jazz, played by Seattle’s finest musicians. Pianist Bill Anschell was voted “Northwest Jazz Instrumentalist the Year” in 2005 and 2010 by the Seattle jazz community, and his trio was voted “Northwest Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year.” He’ll put together an ensemble to suit your needs, adding any configuration of bass, drums, sax, guitar, trumpet, and/or vocals. Anschell has a huge repertoire of standards from the American songbook, and also plays compositions by the great jazz composers. Free demo CD available on request.
www.billanschell.com/events
billanschell@mindspring.com
206/365-4759
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Author: stephen
Posted: March 23, 2017
Robert Gale has been playing and teaching trumpet in the Seattle area for 20 years. His teachers include Fred Sautter (Oregon Symphony), Christopher Leuba (Chicago Symphony) Jerry Oram, and Claude Gordon. He plays in the Northwest Sinfonietta, Federal Way Symphony, Seattle Trumpet Consort, and Pacific Brass Quintet. He also teaches band and private lessons at several locations in Renton, Kent, and his home in Mountlake Terrace.
www.robertgaletrumpet.com
