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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:19 pm    Post subject: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Player Bios Reply with quote

David Krauss



David Krauss joined The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as Principal Trumpet in 2001 and occupies the Beth W. and Gary A. Glynn endowed chair. He has has performed with James Levine in the MET chamber series at Carnegie Hall and has appeared as guest principal trumpet with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. A native of Long Island, New York, he earned both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School as a student of William Vacchiano and Chris Gekker. He also studied trumpet with with James Pandolfi and Wynton Marsalis. Prior to joining the MET, he performed with a variety of ensembles in and around New York City including Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The New York Philharmonic, and on several Broadway shows. David co-produced three recordings--Metropolitan Opera Brass, Waltzes, Songs & Festive Scenes and Sacrae Symphoniae, where he is praised by the American Record Guide both for his “singing tone which is luxurious and inviting” and “effortless handling of difficult runs, trills and soaring tessitura”. He is currently trumpet professor at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and teaches in the pre-college division at The Juilliard School. In the summertime, he is the head brass coach and trumpet teacher at the Boston University TanglewoodInstitute. David lives in Manhattan with his wife Kristen, a violinist and teacher, and their four children Noah, Eli, Margot, and Ava.

Player bio taken from the Met Orchestra Musicians website from 2014.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Peter Bond



Peter Bond has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera trumpet section since 1992 and has a somewhat unusual musical background for an orchestra musician. Mr. Bond grew up playing in a junior drum and bugle corps in his hometown of Rockford, Illinois, later becoming a devotee of big band jazz in High School. Mr. Bond pursued his interest in big band playing at Western Illinois University, where he earned a BA in music. In 1980 he accepted an assistantship at Georgia State University in Atlanta, where he began serious study of classical playing with Atlanta Symphony principal trumpeter John Head. Mr. Bond received a master’s degree in performance in 1981 and remained in Atlanta for six years, working with the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Ballet, Charleston (SC) Symphony, brass quintets, and chamber groups. In 1987, Mr. Bond was appointed Principal Trumpet of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra in Albuquerque, where he remained until joining the Met Orchestra as second trumpet. In addition to a full schedule of opera and symphonic concerts, Mr. Bond also teaches one day a week at Rutgers University. In what could be viewed as coming full circle, Mr. Bond has spent the last several summers on the road, coaching the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps; the same youth group in which he played.

Player bio taken from Hartwick Music Fesitval web site from 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mark Gould



Since joining the Metropolitan Opera in the lead trumpet chair in 1973, Mark Gould has led an active and varied musical life. He is much sought after as a soloist and as a teacher and, since 1982, has maintained a full teaching schedule with both trumpet students and Orchestral Repertory courses on the faculty of the Juilliard School of Music. As guest conductor and trumpet soloist, Mr. Gould has appeared with the Seattle Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Hartford Symphony Orchestras, as well as at festivals such as the Vermont Mozart Festival, the Waterloo Music Festival, the Madeira Bach Festival and the Caramoor Festival.

Mr. Gould travels regularly to Europe and the Pacific Rim countries to perform and present clinics and master classes. As a Yamaha Artist his activities include yearly visits to Japan for concerts, clinics and master classes. He also appears regularly at festivals in Spain and Portugal adding to his appreciation of Iberian music and customs.

Mr. Gould is director of the New York Trumpet Ensemble and the Main Street Band, an ensemble dedicated to presenting American wind band masterpieces.

Player bio taken from ITG 2000 Conference web site
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mel Broiles



Mel Broiles learned to play the trumpet in second grade in Salina, Kansas. In his later school years (1940s), after moving to California, he played in dance bands around Hollywood and Los Angeles where he listened to the music of Charlie Parker, Howard McGee and others.

In 1950, Broiles entered The Juilliard School where he was a student of William Vacchiano. His education was interrupted with an invitation to perform with The Symphony of the Air (NBC Symphony) for a tour of the Far East. This three-month tour entertained servicemen in Japan, Korea, and many other countries in that part of the world.
On his return, Mr. Broiles did considerable work freelancing in New York City. He played many studio dates and Broadway shows, and was the brass coach for the National Orchestra, a student training orchestra in NYC.

From 1951 to 1955 Mel Broiles served with the West Point Military Academy Band in the United States Army. He spoke fondly of his time with this organization and told John Sartoris, a later member of the band who studied with him, that his playing improved dramatically during his four years at West Point. The section during Broiles' tenure included Robert Nagel, Frank Kaderabek, Thomas Stevens, and many other fine players.

In 1956 he was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera to play trumpet in the stage band. He left in 1957 to play a season with the Philadelphia Orchestra. During this time he was married to Teresa Yergo; their daughter, Karen, was born a year later. He returned to the Metropolitan Opera in 1958, where he remained as principal trumpet until his retirement in July of 2001.

In 1971 Mel Broiles was appointed to the faculty at The Juilliard School where he taught for more than thirty years. He was prolific as a composer for trumpet ensemble, brass ensemble, and he wrote many etude books for trumpet. A library of his music is being established by Fred Mills, professor of trumpet at the University of Georgia, Athens.
Mel Broiles' interests went beyond trumpet. He was an accomplished pilot, and owned a Cessna single-wing four-seat aircraft. He also excelled as a photographer, using many sophisticated still cameras, movie cameras, and various other photographic techniques to record the world and the people around him.

Player bio taken from ITG News 2003 web site

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Photo by Louis Mélançon (courtesy Metropolitan Opera Archives)



Photo by Louis Mélançon (courtesy Metropolitan Opera Archives)
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Edwin Franko Goldman



Edwin Franko Goldman, a founder of the American Bandmasters Association, was born in Louisville, Kentucky on 1 January 1878. He enrolled at the National Conservatory at the age of eight where he studied cornet and was a composition student of Antonin Dvorak. From 1899 to 1909 Goldman was solo cornetist with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra. In 1911 he formed his own band which continued to perform under the baton of his son, Richard Franko Goldman until 1979. Goldman championed the performance of neglected band music and gave the American premieres of a number of important works, including Berlioz's Symphonie funebre et triomphale. He composed over one-hundred marches including "On the Mall." He wrote several books, including The Goldman Band System (1935), and an unpublished autobiography, Facing the Music, the manuscript of which is in the Library of Congress. Goldman died on 21 February 1956 in New York.

Player bio taken from University of Maryland Edwin Franko Goldman Collection web site from 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

James Ross



James Ross has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1994. Prior to joining the MET Mr. Ross was Principal Trumpet of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and a frequent performer with the Vancouver Symphony and the CBC Radio Orchestra. During the 2006-2007 season, Jim was 2nd trumpet with the New York Philharmonic.

As a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, he can be heard weekly on the worldwide Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and with the orchestra in their frequent Carnegie Hall appearances and on concert and opera tours to Europe, Japan, and throughout the United States. James is also a member of the Met Chamber Orchestra, performing at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall's new performance space.

Mr. Ross's freelance activities have included performances at Tanglewood with the Orchestra of St. Lukes and concerts with the New York based orchestra Orpheus.

Past teachers have included Vincent Cichowicz, Arnold Jacobs, Thomas Parriott, Michael Sachs and Susan Slaughter.

Mr. Ross performs on Yamaha's Chicago Model Artist Series Trumpet exclusively.


Player bio provided by James Ross (November 22, 2004)
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joe Alessi


Photo by Sedge LeBlang (courtesy Metropolitan Opera Archives)

Joe Alessi was Principal Trumpet in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1946 to 1959.

September 2, 1915-December 24, 2004

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Alessi was born to Joseph Alessi and Josephine Interrante and grew up in Norwood, New Jersey.

At the age of eleven, he began studying trumpet with his father, who was a professor at the Manhattan School of Music and played trumpet in the NBC Symphony. He received a scholarship to the Juilliard School, where he studied with Max Schlossberg. After Schlossberg’s death, Joseph Alessi continued his studies with William Vacchiano and later with Harry Glantz. Mr. Alessi held a Bachelor of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music and an M.A. from the California State University at San Francisco. Honorably discharged in 1945 from the United States Navy after serving in World War II, Joe Alessi made his career in New York performing with the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, the New York City Symphony and Opera under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1948-59 and the Goldman Band. Together, he and William Vacchiano designed the Alessi/Vacchiano and the Jo-Ral series of brass instrument mutes.

With his wife, Maria Leone Alessi, a former soprano at the Metropolian Opera he moved to Las Vegas in 1959 and performed at all the major hotels. Moving to San Franciso in 1961, he performed for a year with the San Francisco Symphony before embarking on a teaching career. He was a teacher at Aptos Junior High School, City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University and became a master trumpet teacher to a prolific number of professional musicians worldwide. An avid golfer and story-teller, Mr. Alessi had a great sense of humor and a wide circle of friends, colleagues and students with whom he stayed in touch.


Player bio taken from Slidearea.com, Joe Alessi’s web site (NY Phil Principal Trombone) from 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isadore Blank


Photo by Sedge LeBlang (courtesy Metropolitan Opera Archives)

Isadore Blank was Principal Trumpet in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1939 to 1972.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Derek Reaban wrote:
Joe Alessi


Photo by Sedge LeBlang (courtesy Metropolitan Opera Archives)

Joe Alessi was Principal Trumpet in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1946 to 1959.


Was he by chance the trombonist that plays principal in the nyp's father?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wvtrumpet wrote:

Was he by chance the trombonist that plays principal in the nyp's father?


Yes. And his father was also Principal Trumpet in the MET (Joseph Alessi 1920-1927).
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good stuff! Fun to see all those pictures.

Hmmm...how long ago was that picture of Peter taken?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ralph wrote:
Good stuff! Fun to see all those pictures.

Hmmm...how long ago was that picture of Peter taken?


Not as long ago as the one of Gould!
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol... Gould pretty much looks the same now as in that picture
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Billy Ray Hunter



Principal Trumpet
Birthplace: Austin, Texas
Joined the Met: 2004
Education/Career Highlights: BM University of Texas, MM Juilliard School, New World Symphony. Teachers include, Raymond Crisara, Raymond Mase, and Mark Gould. Current member Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago, former member of the Baltimore Symphony, New World Symphony, Spoleto Orchestra, and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.

Player bio taken from the Metropolitan Opera website from 2009.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Earlier in the year, Billy Ray received a distinguished alumni award from University of Texas which is why he missed out on the MET Brass recording.

http://www.texasexes.org/involved/oytex.asp

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Raymond Riccomini



Raymond Riccomini, trumpet, joined the Metropolitan Opera orchestra in 2004. Prior to this, Raymond frequently performed, toured and recorded with the New York Philharmonic, including as guest Principal trumpet. He has also held the positions of second trumpet in the New Jersey Symphony and Principal trumpet of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Raymond was a founding member of the Manhattan Brass Quintet and was a winner in the 1993 Fischoff Chamber music competition. In 2006, Raymond performed as Principal trumpet in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 as part of Riverside Church’s 75th Anniversary celebration with members of the Detroit Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Neeme Jarvi.

Raymond received his BM from the Mannes College of Music and his MM from the Manhattan School of Music. His teachers include Vincent Penzarella, Eduard Treutel and Philip Smith. Raymond is currently on the faculty of The Mannes College of Music and serves as the Brass Department Chairman. He released his debut solo album, The Inner Voice, in 2010.

Player bio taken from the Met Orchestra Musicians website from 2014.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Derek Reaban wrote:
Isadore Blank


Photo by Sedge LeBlang (courtesy Metropolitan Opera Archives)

Isadore Blank was Principal Trumpet in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1939 to 1972.

Izzy was my teacher at NYCOM from 1967-1970 he was great, what a sound!
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