Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Trumpet Section

[Derek Reaban]

Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Trumpet Players

Start-End________Name

1995-Current_______Paul Merkelo
1993-1995_________Russell Devuyst (Acting Principal)
1991-1993_________Charles Daval
1990-1991_________Robert Earley (Acting Principal)
1976-1991_________James Thompson (to Atlanta for 1990 – 1991 Season)
1970-1976_________John Taber
1959-1970_________James Ranti
1958-1959_________Don Smith
1945-1958_________Jacques LeComte
1934-1945_________Theodore Gorshkoff

Web site: Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Trumpet Players

Current roster for the 2010-2011 Season:
Paul Merkelo – Principal Trumpet
Russell Devuyst – Associate Principal
Jean-Luc Gagnon – 2nd Trumpet
Christopher P. Smith

Paul Merkelo...........................Russell Devuyst
..

Jean-Luc Gagnon.....................Christopher P. Smith
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References:
Robert Earley reference
James Thompson reference
James Ranti reference 1 and reference 2
Jacques LeComte reference

All Names and Dates confirmed through the OSM Archive Department


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Historical Trumpet Sections of
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Online Articles about the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Trumpet Players

Paul Merkelo: Trumpeter for the 21st Century
by P. Bradley Ulrich (May 1999 ITG Journal)

James Thompson master classes on orchestral studies in Norway
reported by Vera Horven

Sound and tone quality – a vocal approach
Seminar with James Thompson

Master Class with Jim Thompson
by Stanton (a TPIN post)

James Thompson Buzzing Basics and The Buzzing Book Trumpet Herald Topics:

Ordering Information

Reference One
Reference Two
Reference Three
Reference Four

Ole’s Review of The Buzzing Book
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Trumpet Sections

Season.......Principal......2nd Trumpet.....3rd/Assoc Principal..4th Trumpet
2006-2007....Paul Merkelo..Jean-Luc Gagnon..Russell Devuyst...........Steven van Gulik
2005-2006....Paul Merkelo..Jean-Luc Gagnon..Russell Devuyst...........Steven van Gulik
2004-2005....Paul Merkelo..Jean-Luc Gagnon..Russell Devuyst...........Steven van Gulik
2003-2004....Paul Merkelo..Jean-Luc Gagnon..Russell Devuyst...........Steven van Gulik
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest