His first CD with Delos, “Mendelssohn: Complete Music for Cello and Piano,” with pianist Arnon Erez, was called “…in a word, beautiful…” by Allmusic. This is Gruber’s second CD on the Delos label, and his first recording collaboration with Sekino. Cellists, eager to play his chamber compositions originally written for other instruments, have made successful transcriptions of those compositions, and six of those are offered on this CD. Schumann wrote little original music for the cello–only his cello concerto and the Five Pieces in Folk-style, Op. He is a graduate of The Interlochen Arts Academy, DePaul University, and Wichita State University where he was a graduate teaching assistant and received a master’s degree in trumpet performance.ĮCU cellist Gruber and pianist Sekino release Schumann CDĮast Carolina University faculty members Emanuel Gruber, cello, and Keiko Sekino, piano, have released a CD of Robert Schumann’s music titled “Fantasy and Romance” on the Delos label. He also served as adjunct professor of trumpet at Syracuse University. He returns to his hometown of Danville, Kentucky, every summer to perform with The Advocate Brass Band at The Great American Brass Band Festival.ĭiMartino was a frequent recitalist and member of orchestras, big bands and chamber ensembles in the central New York area where he lived.
He has recorded CDs as a soloist with The Syracuse University Wind Ensemble and with his father, well-known trumpet soloist Vince DiMartino.ĭiMartino has also been a member of the summer faculty at Interlochen Center for the Arts and has presented master classes both there and at other institutions. DiMartino has been an assisting artist in groups performing with Patti Austin, Allen Vizzutti, rock groups Chicago and Mannheim Steamroller, and other touring artists. He has been a featured recitalist, performing both jazz and classical music, at The International Trumpet Guild in Australia Denver, Colorado and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gabriel DiMartino has joined the ECU School of Music as assistant professor of trumpet.ĭiMartino has performed as a member of The Wichita Symphony, The New Columbian Brass Band and the Doc Severinsen Big Band. They are students of Jami Rhodes, Nicole Franklin, Daniel Shirley and John Kramar.ĭiMartino joins School as trumpet professor
Jacob McCain was also selected as overall outstanding male singer. North Carolina National Association of Teachers of Singing student auditions in Winston-Salem in February 2018.ġst Place Graduate Women – Kerby Baier 1st Place Senior Women – Gina Falk 1st Place Junior Women – Alex Fee, 1st Place Junior Men – William Edwards 1st Place, Sophomore Women – Arianna Ford 1st Place Freshman Men – Jacob McCain 2nd Place Graduate Women – Laura Hutchins 2nd Place Senior Men – Joseph Morris 2nd Place Junior Men – Matthew Joyner 2nd Place Junior Men – Christopher Short 2nd Place Sophomore Men – Ashton Worley 2nd Place Freshmen Women – Meredith Howell 2nd Place Freshmen Women – Payton Parker 2nd Place Freshmen Men – Trey McCauley 3rd Place Junior Men – Adam Gross 3rd Place Junior Men – Corey Whaley 3rd Place Sophomore Women – Maggie Fox Honorable Mention – Jackson Baldwin, Jordan Snow, Eli Cole, Devon Boyd, Brianna Ellis
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