MUSICAL BACKGROUND
TEACHERS
- Robert Souza (2011-Present) – Webster University faculty / STL Symphony sub.
- Tommy Perry (Jazz) (2010-Present) – Student at MSU, Springfield
- Ben Middleton (2006-Present) – Director of bands at Seckman High School
REPERTOIRE LIST
Notable Orchestral Repertoire Performed –
- Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
- Britten - Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
- Buxtehude/Chavez - Chaconne
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 2
- Bernstein - Suite from On the Waterfront
- Mendelssohn - The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture
- Brahms - Symphony No. 4
- Marshall - Kingdom Come
- Bizet - L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
- Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9
- Kabalevsky - Overture to Colas Breugnon
- Cimarosa - Overture to Il Matrimonio Segrete
- Haydn - Symphony No. 104 “London”
- Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
- Shostakovich - Festive Overture
- Copland - An Outdoor Overture
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 1
- Dvorak - Symphony No. 1
- Bizet - Carmen Suite No.1 & 2
- Hanson - Symphony No. 2 Romantic
- Strauss - Feierlicher Einzug
Notable Wind Ensemble Repertoire Performed –
- Holst – 1st Suite in Eb
Notable Solo Repertoire Performed –
- Hummel - Trumpet Concerto in Eb
- Oscar Bohme - Trumpet Concerto in F minor
- Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Trumpets in Bb (with Robert Souza)
- Corelli - Sonata No. 8 for Violin, transcribed by Bernard Fitzgerald
- Auguste DeBoecke - Allegro de Concours
- Flor Peeters - Sonata for Trumpet
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MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
- Thomas Drake, Michael Walk, Karin Bliznik – Throughout STL Symphony Youth Orchestra seasons.
- David Halen (2013)
- Reggie Thomas (2013)
- University of Central Missouri Wind Symposium (2012)
- Chris Jaudes (2012)
- Delfeayo Marsalis (2012)
PERFORMANCES
Hummel - Trumpet Concerto in Eb
- The Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO (5/25/13)
- Webster University, Webster Groves, MO (10/8/12) & (11/10/12)
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