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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Professional Activities Calendar
Bill has been going over the calendar to reminisce about the last 5.5 months of teaching, performing, interacting with people, and discovering Latvia. It has been a fun ride! No pictures this time, just lots of bulleted items. Throughout the spring, 2010, term Bill had the following "steady" assignment:
Taught four trumpet students at the J.V.L.M.A. - Janis Ivuskans (trumpet performance major), Guntes Supe (trumpet performance major), Viesturs Galanieks (wind conducting major), and Oskars Ozolins (jazz studies major)
Taught two trumpet students at the Jazeps Medins Riga Music College - Janis Auzins (trumpet performance major) and Janis Grudinskis (trumpet performance major). Coached the Medins College brass quintet in the months of January, February, and March.
Rehearsed weekly with the Latvian Brass Band as solo flugelhorn player and regularly with the J.V.L.M.A. Brass Ensemble.
Served as the English-language narrator for the J.V.L.M.A. promotional video (click here).
Individual professional activities of note (in the order they occurred):
January 29 - Adjudicated trumpet players for a Youth Brass Competition at the J.V.L.M.A.
January 29 - Brass.lv quintet and solo trumpet performance at Riga's Dome Cathedral (performed Alan Hovhaness' Prayer of Saint Gregory with organist Talivaldis Deksnis).
February 10 - Adjudicated brass and saxophone players for a Youth Music Competition (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Riga, Latvia.
February 14 - Piccolo trumpet performance at St. Saviour's Anglican Church in Riga, Latvia (selected movements from Handel's Suite in D Major).
February 17 (10 a.m.) - J.V.L.M.A. Symphony Orchestra Childrens' Concert performing Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky/Ravel (3rd trumpet, solo piccolo trumpet).
February 17 (12 p.m.) - J.V.L.M.A. Symphony Orchestra Childrens' Concert performing Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky/Ravel (3rd trumpet, solo piccolo trumpet).
February 17 (2 p.m.) - J.V.L.M.A. Symphony Orchestra Childrens' Concert performing Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky/Ravel (3rd trumpet, solo piccolo trumpet).
February 19 - J.V.L.M.A. Symphony Orchestra Concert performing Migla (Evija Vecumniece), Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra (Chopin), and Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky/Ravel (principal trumpet).
March 9 - J.V.L.M.A. Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Faculty Concert (performed Night Sun Journey by Meg Bowles).
March 10 - Adjudicated brass players for a Youth Music Competition (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Ventspils, Latvia.
March 15 - Adjudicated brass players for a Youth Music Competition (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Liepaja, Latvia.
March 17 - Adjudicated brass players for a Youth Music Competition (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Jelgava, Latvia.
March 18 - Adjudicated brass players for a Youth Music Competition (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Jurmala, Latvia.
March 21 - Riga's City Jazz Big Band performance (solo jazz trumpet).
March 24 - Adjudicated brass players for a Youth Music Competition (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Rezekne, Latvia.
March 25 - Adjudicated brass players for a Youth Music Competition (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Daugavpils, Latvia.
March 26 - J.V.L.M.A. Brass Ensemble performance (solo piccolo trumpet).
April 1 - Presented the "Trumpet" portion of Brass Master Classes for Teachers (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Cesis, Latvia.
April 2 - Conductor/solo trumpet at the Riga Reformed Church (performed Mass for Peace by Bob Chilcott with musicians from the Riga Reformed Church).
April 9 - Presented the "Trumpet" portion of Brass Master Classes for Teachers (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Ventspils, Latvia.
April 12 - Co-presented the "Trumpet" master class at the 2010 Riga International Brass Symposium.
April 12-15 - Taught trumpet lessons (with Dutch trumpeter Reijer Dorresteijn) at the 2010 Riga International Brass Symposium.
April 13 - 2010 Riga International Brass Symposium Teachers' Concert (performed Concerto in E-flat by Neruda, Enescu's Legende, and three movements of Ewazen's Elizabethan Songbook with pianists Ilze Dzerve, Ieva Dzerve, and tuba player Janis Retenais).
April 15 - 2010 Riga International Brass Symposium Wind Orchestra Concert solo trumpet performance (performed Dramatic Essay by Clifton Williams and Andante et Allegro by Ropartz with the Jazeps Medins Riga Music College Wind Orchestra).
April 17 - 2010 Riga International Brass Symposium Final Concert performance with the J.V.L.M.A. Brass Ensemble (solo piccolo trumpet) and the Latvian Brass Band (solo flugelhorn).
April 23 - Presented the "Trumpet" portion of Brass Master Classes for Teachers (supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Jurmala, Latvia.
April 23 - Live-Brass quintet performance (solo trumpet and flugelhorn) in Kandava, Latvia.
April 26 - Presented the "Trumpet" portion of Brass Master Classes for Teachers and Students(supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Rezekne, Latvia.
April 27 - Recorded Matt Holmquiest's Stevie R (section trumpet) and Mongo Santamaria's Afro Blue (jazz trumpet soloist) with Riga's City Jazz Big Band.
April 28 - Solo trumpet performance at Riga's Anglican Church "Wednesday Recital Series" (performed Handel's Suite in D Major, Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, and Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary with organist Kristine Adamaite).
May 8 - Solo trumpet performance at Jelgava's Lutheran Church (performed Handel's Suite in D Major, Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, and Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary with organist Kristine Adamaite).
May 17 - Presented the "Trumpet" portion of Brass Master Classes for Teachers and Students(supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Cesis, Latvia.
May 20 - Presented the "Trumpet" portion of Brass Master Classes for Teachers and Students(supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Rezekne, Latvia.
May 23 - Conductor/solo trumpet at Riga's Baptist Seminary Church (performed Mass for Peace by Bob Chilcott with musicians from the Riga Reformed Church).
May 25 - Presented the "Trumpet" portion of Brass Master Classes for Teachers and Students(supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Riga, Latvia.
May 27 - Presented the "Trumpet" portion of Brass Master Classes for Teachers and Students(supported by the Latvian Ministry of Culture) in Ventspils, Latvia.
May 29 - Concert performance with the Latvian Brass Band in Ventspils, Latvia (solo flugelhorn).
May 30 - Concert performance with Inga Meijere for her J.V.L.M.A. diploma exam (jazz trumpet and flugelhorn soloist).
June 5 - Wind Orchestra Concert solo trumpet performance (performedThe Last Rose of Summer with the Jurmala Youth Wind Orchestra).
June 6 - Conductor/solo trumpet at Riga's Vilandes Baptist Church (performed Mass for Peace by Bob Chilcott with musicians from the Riga Reformed Church).
June 7 - Wind Orchestra Concert solo trumpet performance (performed movement two of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuezwith the University of Latvia Wind Orchestra).
June 13 - performed hymns at the Riga Reformed Church (solo flugelhorn).
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