Kansas City Symphony / Philharmonic Player Bios

[Derek Reaban]

Chip Schutza



Gary (Chip) Schutza Jr. has been the principal trumpet of the Kansas City Symphony since 1982. He holds a Performance Certificate from the Curtis Institute of Music, a M.A. from the Curtis Institute of Music, and a B.A. from Southern Methodist University.

Player bio taken from the Baker University from 2005.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Steve Weger

Steve Weger has been the Principal Trumpet with the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra since 1982. He was Principal Trumpet with the Kansas City Philharmonic from 1978-1982, and Co-Principal with the KC Philharmonic from 1973-1978.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Richard Smith

Richard Smith joined the Cleveland Orchestra at the age of 26 in 1956 as second trumpet and became first trumpet in 1958 for two seasons. He had played with the Kansas City Philharmonic for six years beginning at the age of fifteen. He then played two years in the Army, followed by two years as first trumpet with the Denver Symphony Orchestra. He was a student of William Vacchiano. He continued with Cleveland playing 3rd trumpet from 1960 – 1964 and 4th trumpet from 1964 – 1967. After Cleveland he became principal trumpet with the Buffalo Philharmonic from 1967 – 1969. In 1969 he returned to the Kansas City Philharmonic as principal from 1969 – 1973, Co-Principal from 1973 – 1975, and retired in 1978.

Player bio taken from the article Trumpet Players of the Cleveland Orchestra, 1918 – 1993 by Mary Thornton in the February 1994 ITG Journal and Trumpet Players of the Cleveland Orchestra, 1918 – 1993: An Addendum by Mary Thornton in the December 1994 ITG Journal.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Adel Sanchez



Adel Sanchez, Assistant to music director and AYP winds coach, was a full scholarship student at the Julliard School of Music, where he studied with William Vacchiano, Rene Longee, and Jean Morel. Later he studied with Adolph Herseth and Arnold Jacobs.

Since 1969, Adel Sanchez has been a member of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. He holds the position of Assistant Principal Trumpet. Previously, Mr. Sanchez held the position of principal trumpet with the Kansas City Philharmonic.

In addition he has performed with the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski; the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein; and as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra on more than 40 occasions in the United States and abroad. He has toured the far east, not only as a soloist with the NSO, but with the Philharmonic Virtuosi and the New York Symphonic Ensemble. Mr. Sanchez serves on the faculty of the Catholic University of America.

The 2004-2005 year marks Adel Sanchez's 11th season with the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras.

Player bio taken from the AYPOrchestras web site from 2005.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Chandler Goetting



Chandler Goetting was born in Mescalero, New Mexico, of Native American heritage. His natural inclination to and talent for the arts were given strong support in the Amarillo, Texas, school music system, where he graduated from Amarillo High School. The last two high school summers were spent at the Interlochen Music Camp in Michigan where Chandler was honored to be chosen as Concerto Winners Soloist. Engineering studies at Michigan State University and the University of New Mexico were interrupted by a scholarship offer to attend the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
During his two years of study with William Vacchiano, principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, Chandler immersed himself in the New York musical life. He played frequently with the Metropolitan OperaÂ’s stage trumpet corps and, through the contacts made there, began playing with the American Symphony Orchestra, at that time still under the direction of its founder, Leopold Stokowski. An offshoot of these experiences was the opportunity to be in on the some of the first performances of the New York City OperaÂ’s staging of GershwinÂ’s Porgy and Bess.

The two years as principal trumpet of the Kansas City Philharmonic and six years with the Saint Louis Symphony in the same position were, along with ten years as principal trumpet of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and a summer with the Casals Festival Orchestra in Puerto Rico, ChandlerÂ’s only years in the American symphony orchestra scene. A drive toward broader experiences led him to Munich, Germany, where he became principal trumpet of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio under its Music Director Rafael Kubelik, who at the time was also Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera.
The succession of Music Directors - Kubelik, Sir Colin Davis and Lorin Maazel were only three of the many eminent conductors with whom Chandler worked during his years in the orchestra. A brief listing would include Sir Georg Solti, Sergiu Celibidache, Riccardo Muti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bernard Haitink, Carlo Maria Giulini, Seiji Ozawa, Erich Leinsdorf, Dimitrj Kitajenko and Karl Boehm. The Leonard Bernstein recording sessions of Tristan und Isolde gave him the chance to play the original wooden trumpet designed for the premier performance of the opera at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. This interest in playing original instruments was stimulated by an association of several years duration with Edward H. TarrÂ’s baroque trumpet ensemble.

The freer work schedule of a European orchestra gave many opportunities for Chandler to perform with such groups as Karl RichterÂ’s Munich Bach Orchestra, with which he made many tours around Europe and South America, playing on one occasion BachÂ’s 2nd Brandenburg Concerto fourteen times during the course of an eighteen-day tour. There were several appearances with the Musica Rinata Mí±ºí³¨en at the Corfu Music Festival, the Lourdes Easter Festival with Kurt Redel and the Pro Musica Mí±ºí³¨en as well as many solo engagements with numerous chamber orchestras in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland, including those with the Mí±ºí³¨ener Kammerorchester, Festival Tibor Varga and in Zí²Ší¹£h with the Zí²Ší³¨er Kammerorchester.

The last years in the orchestra saw Chandler combining his childhood love of horses with the German classical equestrian school - arguably the best in the world. After building a firm basis on which to work with the horses, he, along with his wife Susan, oboist and English hornist with the Munich Philharmonic for many years, and their two German Warmbloods returned to the United States where they are settling into a quiet but active life in rural Wisconsin.

Player Bio taken from the International Music Festivals web site from 2005.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Charles Schlueter



Charles Schlueter, grew up in Du Quoin, Illinois and got his early musical training there. His first teacher was Charles Archibald and then he continued studying with Don Lemasters at the Egyptian Music Company when he won ten free lessons in a coloring contest competition sponsored by the store. Mel Siener, Band Director at Du Quoin Township High School, had a profound influence on Charles becoming a professional musician.

Charles Schlueter has been principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1981. Prior to his appointment in Boston, he held the same position in the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, and the Kansas City Philharmonic. He was also associate principal trumpet in the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell.

Throughout his long and distinguished career, Charles Schlueter has received numerous awards and accolades.

Mr. Schlueter has appeared as soloist both in recital, and with orchestras in France, Brazil, Japan, and in the United States, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under conductor, Seiji Ozawa, and the Minnesota Orchestra under conductors Neville Marriner, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Kazuyoshi Akiyama. He has appeared as soloist with the Kyushu Symphony in Fukuoka with conductor, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, and with the Tokyo City Philharmonic and the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, both with conductor, Naohiro Totsuka.

In demand as a teacher, he has held master classes in Europe, Canada, Japan, and South America. Since 1988, Mr. Schlueter has been a regular visitor to Brazil where he presented masterclasses and recitals and has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Joåo Pessoa, Såo Luis, Recife, and Såo Paulo, Campinas, Salvador, Vitoria and Rio de Janeiro. He has also performed and recorded with BRASSIL (the resident Brass Quintet of Paraiba) and on several occasions appeared with the Jazz Orchestra of J.U. Da Silva ("Duda".)

Mr. Schlueter is a member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. He is on the faculties of the New England Conservatory and the Tanglewood Music Center.

A graduate of the Juilliard School, Mr. Schlueter studied with William Vacchiano, principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic.


Player bio taken from the Charles Schlueter web site from 2004
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Henry Nowak

Henry Nowak was Solo Principal Trumpet of The Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra September 1957 throught 1962 April.

I resigned to go on tour to the Soviet Union as first trumpet with Robert Shaw Choral and Orchestra fall of 62. My first son was born in Kansas City October of 1958 my second October as Principal as I remember well her becoming pregnant in my first season as Principal.

After a four years of freelancing in New York City, where I played the last couple of concerts of the Symphony of the Air, Toscanni's former NBC Orchestra, I went to work for Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico as Solo Principal of Orchesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico, Casals Festival and Conservatorio de Musica, all part of Festival Casals Inc.

Just prior to that time I also became Solo Principal Trumpet of the Mozart Festival Orchestra at Lincoln Center for the first three seasons of what was re-named the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. I would perform at the Marlboro Music Festival in the earlier part of these three summers. 1965 66 67 I believe.

In 1966 having recorded as Solo First Trumpet the Bach Orchestral Suites with Casals conducting for Columbia records, I began performing the whole summers at Marlboro and recorded under Casals most of the Beethoven symphonies, and works of Brahms, Mendelssohn, etc.

In 1970-71 season I took a sabbatical and was Solo Principal Trumpet of the Zagrebacka Philharonic, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, after previously doing a European tour with it. While in Zagreb, I recorded the Brandenburg Concerto with Solisti di Zagreb.

After performing for Casal's funeral I flew to Europe with a lifetime contract with the RAI TV-Radio Orchestra Sinfonica, Rome, Italy on New Year's Day 1973 and stayed for four seasons playing under most of the most prestigious world class conductors of that era. Bernstein, Maazel, Gulinni, Muti, Bohm.

I will finish this tomorrow - have to stop now, but was also Solo Principal of the Hong Kong Philharmonic in 1984.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Gabriel Bartold

Gabriel Bartold was Principal with the National Symphony Orchestra during the 1942 – 1943 season. He was Principal Trumpet with the Kansas City Philharmonic for 5 seasons (1943 – 1948). During the 1948 – 1949 season he was Principal Trumpet with the Houston Symphony. He became the principal trumpet in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra beginning in 1950 and remained there until 1958.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Brian Rood



Brian Rood, trumpet, joined the Kansas City Symphony in 1995. In 1997 he served as the Musicians' Spokesperson when the Kansas City Symphony achieved union recognition and ratified its first collective bargaining agreement. Brian has also served as Chair of the Musicians' and Negotiation Committees and has been the ICSOM Delegate since 1999. Previously, Brian was the principal trumpeter of the Michigan Opera Theater and Flint Symphony Orchestras. While in Flint, he served as Union Representative and Orchestra Committee Chair. Brian has recorded the concertos of Fasch, Hadyn and Telemann for Music Minus One.

Player bio taken from the ICSOM Officers web site from 2005.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Julian Kaplan

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Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Julian Kaplan and his family moved to North Carolina, where he began playing trumpet at age 12. He soon began studying with the principal trumpet of the Charlotte Symphony, Michael Miller, who now plays in the Cleveland Orchestra. Kaplan received a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Kentucky, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in trumpet performance and studied with Mark Clodfelter. He also was a student of Vince DiMartino at Centre College. While at the University of Kentucky, Kaplan played at several large venues, including the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, and performed concerts in Greece and China. Shortly before graduation, Kaplan was appointed principal trumpet of the Lexington Philharmonic, where he played for two seasons, before being appointed second trumpet of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. After two seasons as second trumpet, Kaplan was appointed principal trumpet of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in 2013. Kaplan has appeared with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony and Asheville Symphony Orchestra, among others, and he often performs as a featured soloist with several chamber music groups. Kaplan also is a recording artist, spending time in Nashville recording for various albums. Kaplan has served on the faculty at the University of North Florida for the last two years. During his time off, he also enjoys golf, racquetball and tennis.

Player bio taken from the Kansas City Symphony website from 2017.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Philip Clark

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In addition to serving as associate principal trumpet, Clark is a member of the KC Brassworks. He has been a member of the Toledo Symphony, Utah Festival Opera, Crested Butte Music Festival and the Galliard Brass Ensemble. He holds doctorate and bachelor's degrees from the University of Georgia, and he earned his master's degree from the University of Michigan. His teachers include Armando Ghitalla (former principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony), Albert Ligotti (formerly of the New York Philharmonic), and Craig Parker (a Kansas State University faculty member).

Player bio taken from the Kansas City Symphony website from 2017.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest