BRASS
GILLES BERNARD TROMBONE
Doctor of Musical Arts, Manhattan School of Music; M.M., B.M., The Juilliard
School. Studied with Dr. Per Brevig (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), David
Finlayson (New York Philharmonic), and Jean Douay (National Orchestra of
France). Assistant Professor at New Jersey City University and member of the
Brass and Theory Faculty at Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division.
Formerly Adjunct Professor of Low Brass at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY.
Orchestral positions include Principal Trombone with the Allentown Symphony
Orchestra, PA, and Second Trombone with the Lancaster Summer Festival Orchestra,
OH. Performs regularly with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, PA; the Lehigh
Valley Chamber Orchestra, PA; the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, MA; the Hudson
Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, NY; the Connecticut Grand Opera, CT; the
Berkshire Opera company, MA; the National Chorale, NYC. Performed with the
National Orchestra of France under conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Seiji
Ozawa, David Zinman, Vaclav Neumann, Lorin Maazel, and with the Orchestre de
Cannes, France. Active as soloist and chamber musician in the tri-state area.
Appearances also include the Preparatory Division Faculty Recital series at
Manhattan School of Music, the Mid-Day Concert series at NJ City University, and
Music for All Seasons an organization that brings music to adult care
centers and retirement homes in NJ.
RICK SAVAGE
TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, JAZZ
B.M., Jazz Studies,
Indiana University. Studied with Jimmy Maxwell, Randy Brecker and Eddie Henderson
in New York, William Adam at Indiana University, Warne Marsh and Harold
Mitchell in Los Angeles. Taught instrumental and general music in schools
throughout New York. Performed internationally with a variety of well known
entertainers such as Tania Maria, Gerry Mulligan, Jack McDuff, Mel Lewis, Nancy
Wilson, Stan Kenton, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Michael Jackson, The O'Jays, The
Temptations, Henry Mancini, Peggy Lee, Burt Bacharach and many others. Appeared
in The Five Spot, SOBs and The Village Gate in NY; The Blue Note in NY, Tokyo,
Osaka and Fukeuoka; as well as clubs in Tokyo, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin and
Minden. Founded The Rick Savage Quintet, touring the U.S. and Europe. Other
artistic endeavors include commercial music, sound design and film scoring.
BENJAMIN WOLKINS TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, PICCOLO
TRUMPET, JAZZ
M.A. Jazz Trumpet, Queens College - CUNY; B.M. Jazz Performance, University
of Toledo. Additional coursework, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University
of Cincinnati and Indiana University. Private teachers:
Bernard Sanchez, Gene Parker, William Adam, Pat Harbison, Brad Goode,
John Rommel, Mark Byerly and Michael Philip Mossman. Additional study with Jon Hendricks, David
Berkman, Arturo OFarrill, Antonio Hart, Gunnar Mossblad, Scott Gwinnell, David
Baker, Tyrone Wheeler, Philip De Greg, Rick Van Matre and Marc Fields. Teaching credits include
private studios throughout Indiana, Ohio, NY and NJ. Clinician and adjudicator
throughout the East Coast. Finalist in the 1999 and 2000 International Trumpet
Guild, Jazz Soloist Competition. Jazz, orchestral, big band, marching band,
swing and pop performances as a trumpet artist on B-flat and C trumpet,
flugelhorn, soprano bugle and piccolo trumpet across the U.S. with such notables
as the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Jack Morgan and the Russ Morgan Orchestra, Henry Cuesta and the Lawrence Welk All Stars, Harlem Renaissance Orchestra, Stan Rubin
Orchestra, Bobby Vinton, Bobby Rydell, the Four Tops, John Von Ohlen and the
Blue Wisp Big Band, Jon Hendricks, and the Big Apple Circus. Can be heard and/or
seen on numerous CDs and DVDs with a wide variety of groups, as well as on his
own Ben Wolkins Quartet, Ben Wolkins Trio and Ben Wolkins Trio 2
compact discs.
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