The Marine Band Brass Quintet is one of several ensembles formed from within “The President’s Own” to present chamber concerts and educational clinics. Members of the quintet perform regularly in the Marine Band, Marine Chamber Orchestra, and Marine Chamber Ensembles, and are frequently featured as soloists. The quintet was a featured ensemble at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in 2005 and also at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in 2010. The group has also traveled extensively throughout the U.S. offering recitals and master classes.
Trumpeter/cornetist Master Sergeant Matthew J. Harding of North Dartmouth, Mass., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in September 1998. He was appointed solo cornetist in January 2000. Master Sgt. Harding began his musical instruction at age 9. A 1992 graduate of Dartmouth High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in music from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in New York, and has completed one year of master’s-level study at Rice University in Houston. He has studied with John Martin of Boston, Eastman’s Charles Geyer, and Armando Ghitalla. He was a featured soloist in both 2002 and 2009 for the Marine Band’s National Tour. Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Master Sgt. Harding spent a year with the New World Symphony in Miami; toured Japan with the Eastman Wind Ensemble; and performed at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, Chautauqua Music Center in New York, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. He also was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Mass.
Trumpeter/cornetist Gunnery Sergeant Michael P. Mergen of Lebanon Township, N.J., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in May 1999. Gunnery Sgt. Mergen began his musical career at age 9. Upon graduating from Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, N.J., in 1992, he attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance and education in 1996. In 1998, he earned a master’s degree in music performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and in 2008 he earned a doctorate in trumpet performance from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He was a soloist for the Marine Band’s National Tour in 2001. His notable instructors include the late Armando Ghitalla, Charles Daval, and Charles Geyer. Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Gunnery Sgt. Mergen performed with the Singapore Symphony in the Republic of Singapore, the Harrisburg Symphony in Harrisburg, Pa., and was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Mass.
French horn player Gunnery Sergeant Hilary K. Harding of Princeton, Ken., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in May 2003. Gunnery Sgt. Hart began her musical training at age 11. Upon graduating in 1996 from Caldwell County High School in Princeton, she attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Ill., where in 2000 she earned a bachelor’s degree in music. In 2002, she earned a master’s degree in music from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and in 2008 she earned a doctorate of musical arts at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. She was a soloist for the Marine Band’s National Tour in 2008. Her horn instructors include Martin Hackleman of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., Peter Landgren of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Kazimierz Machala, formerly of the Sydney Symphony in Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Gunnery Sgt. Hart performed with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in Maryland, the New World Symphony in Miami, the Gettysburg Symphony in Pennsylvania, and the Richmond Symphony in Virginia.
Trombonist Gunnery Sergeant Chris Clark of Commerce, Texas, joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in August 1999. He was name section leader in 2008. Gunnery Sgt. Clark began his musical instruction at age 11 under the tutelage of his father, Jimmy Clark. He graduated in 1991 from Commerce High School, where he studied with the late Dr. Neill H. Humfeld. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he studied with Glenn Dodson, a former member of the Marine Band and principal trombonist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1997, he earned a master’s degree in music from The Juilliard School in New York where he studied with Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic. He earned his doctorate in musical arts from the Catholic University of America in May 2009. Prior to joining the band, Gunnery Sgt. Clark was a freelance trombonist in New York.
Tuba player Gunnery Sergeant Christopher G. Tiedeman of Tacoma, Wash., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in May 2002. Gunnery Sgt. Tiedeman began his musical career at the age of 7. After graduating from Stadium High School in Tacoma in 2000, he attended the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in New York, where he studied with Don Harry. He also studied with Ivan Giddings of Tacoma. Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” he won the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference’s Young Artist competition.
Established by an Act of Congress in 1798, the Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Its primary mission is unique—to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. “The President’s Own” maintains a standard of excellence instated by 17th Director John Philip Sousa. Musicians are selected at auditions much like those of major symphony orchestras, and they enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps for duty with the Marine Band only. Most of today’s members are graduates of the nation’s finest music schools, and nearly 60 percent hold advanced degrees in music.
Jazz Times magazine writes: "Breedlove has chops...and is the leader of a tight, forceful band". AllAboutJazz.com has called Graham Breedlove "A trumpet player with an exquisite tone and provocative harmonic ideas...Breedlove exhibits great control and cranks out some head-turning melodic ideas". The International Trumpet Guild's Journal raves, "...one of the most exciting trumpet players on the planet!" Also active as a composer, Grahams work has been featured on NBCs Today show, Food Networks Emeril Live and the Washington Post has called it ...terrific...with luminous, fine-grained autumnal harmonies....
Since taking up the trumpet at age twelve in his hometown of Lafayette, LA Graham Breedlove has performed on four continents in more than twenty countries, with headliners representing more than one hundred Grammy nominations. Among these are: The Saturday Night Live Band, Ray Charles, Wynton Marsalis, Ramsey Lewis, Darius Rucker and Doc Severinsen. As a leader, Breedlove is a Summit Records recording artist. When reviewing his debut CD "Coming Home", released in 2001, Amazon.com states, "This CD is like a bottomless glass of good wine". The Graham Breedlove Quintet appears regularly at the Kennedy Center, and was recently invited by the Obama administration to perform at the White House. Graham is listed in the upcoming book Trumpet Greats, which is a biographical dictionary of about 2,000 famous trumpeters since the Baroque Era being compiled by noted educator/author/trumpeter David Hickman. As a sideman, Breedlove has appeared on more than 100 recordings, including back-to-back Grammy winning CDs in 2004 and 2005.
Currently, Mr. Breedlove is a trumpet soloist with the Army Blues jazz ensemble, part of The United States Army Band, "Pershing's Own" in Washington, DC and he has appeared as a soloist, composer/arranger or lead player on five CDs with the Army Blues. Graham also appears as musical director, soloist, and composer/arranger on Voodoo Boogaloo, the debut recording by Swamp Romp, a Louisiana-music group comprised of members of the Army Blues. In an effort to promote jazz, Breedlove has presented clinics, masterclasses, and appeared as a guest soloist at colleges and universities across the country, and he has served on the faculties of Towson University, Catholic University of America and the National Jazz Workshop. Graham also appears on the Hal Leonard Jazz Play Along Series, an educational book/CD series with over 125 volumes currently available in music stores around the world. During the 2008 holiday season, Breedlove volunteered to participate in a USO concert tour of Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan, performing for thousands of military men and women with country singers Mark Wills and Craig Morgan, comedian Louis CK, and model/TV personality Leann Tweeden. In 2011 he was honored by his undergraduate alma mater when he was inducted into the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction as the 2011 Young Alumnus of the Year.
Mr. Breedlove holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University, the Master of Music degree and Performer's Certificate from Indiana University, and has studied with world famous masters David Baker, Alvin Batiste, Byron Stripling, and Stephen Burns. He is an endorsing artist for the Conn-Selmer company and plays Selmer trumpets, Monette mouthpieces, and TrumCor mutes exclusively. For more information please visit www.grahambreedlove.com.
10:00 AM-1:00 PM Scholarship Auditons, Barnes Recital Hall
2:00 PM Opening Concert, "The President's Own" Marine Band Brass Quintet, Barnes Recital Hall
3:30 Masterclass: Marine Band Quintet Trumpet Matthew Harding and Michael Mergen, Byrnes Auditorium Stage
4:30 Masterclass: Graham Bredlove ,Byrnes Auditorim Stage
6:00-7:30 Dinner Break
7:30 Closing Concert: Graham Breedlove, with the Winthrop Faculty Jazz Combo, Barnes Recital Hall
Mark Dulin leads an active career as a performer and educator. Dr. Dulin is professor of trumpet at Winthrop University. He performs frequently with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Augusta Symphony, Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and Winston Salem Symphony. Dr. Dulin is Principal Trumpet of the Western Piedmont Symphony and is a former member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and has performed as acting Co-Principal of the Florida West Coast Symphony and has performed with the Orchestra Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (Spain). As a chamber musician he is a member of the Charlotte Chamber Brass and has performed with the Emerson String Quartet, Charlotte Symphony Chamber Players, Florida Brass Quintet, the Atilier Ensemble and the Charlotte Brass Quintet.
In October 2009 Mark Dulin gave the North American Premiere of Dimitri Shostakovich's Op. 41a with the Emerson String Quartet.
Dr. Dulin is a graduate of the Indiana School of Music, the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and SUNY Stony Brook. His teachers include Kevin Cobb (American Brass Quintet) John Rommel (Indiana University), Marie Speziale (former Associate Principal Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra), Michael Sachs (Principal Trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra) James Pandolfi (former Trumpet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), and Joseph Phelps (Appalachian State University).
As an author Dulin has written several articles for the Internationa Trumpet Guild including interviews with intenational soloist, Hakan Hardenberger, American Brass Quintet Trumpeters Raymond Mase and Kevin Cobb, as well as with Gabor Tarkovi, Principal Trumpet of the Berlin Philharmonic. In addition he has edited Thomas Morley's Complete Canzonets for Two Trumpets (Balquhidder Music); hailed by Cleveland Orchestra Principal Trumpeter Michael Sachs as a "must have". Dulin is also co-editor (along with Michael Cichowicz) of Vincent Cichowicz's Long Tone Studies. This popular book has quickly become a staple in trumpeter's libraries around the world.
Dr. Dulin is in demand as a clinician. He has recently presented lectures at the Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, the North Carolina School of the Arts and the University of South Carolina.
Mark Dulin is a Vincent Bach Performing Artist.
www.markdulin.com
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the costs of the Trumpet Festival?
All masterclasses and the opening concert by the Marine Band Brass Quintet are free, the cost for Graham Breedlove's evening concert is $10.00. Tickets will be available at the door.
Will there be instruments and music for sale?
YES! Both Musical Innovations and the Vincent Bach Corperation will be on hand for all of your trumpet needs. Room 120 will serve as our exhibit room.
I am a high school student looking to audition for Winthrop. Will I be able to auditon that day?
Yes, scholarship auditons will be held that morning beginning at 10:00 AM in Barnes Recital Hall. Please contact Dr. Dulin or the music office for more information. You may reach Dr. Dulin at dulinm_winthrop.edu or call the music office at (803) 323-2255.
Will violists and singers be allowed to attend?
Yes, we are an accepting group of people.
Winthrop University
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(803) 323-2255
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