New York City Ballet Orchestra Player Bios

[Derek Reaban]

Robert Haley



Robert Haley was Co-Principal trumpet with the New York City Ballet Orchestra from 1993 to 2003. More bio information when available.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Ronald K. Anderson

Ronald Anderson was a pupil of William Vacchiano at the Juilliard School and later earned a Doctorate in Education at Columbia University. Previously he taught at Purchase College, New York University, Brooklyn College, and Stony Brook University. Anderson has recorded extensively for European Broadcasting Stations and appears on numerous United States record labels. He began teaching, conducting, and performing Western music in China immediately after its Cultural Revolution; in 1981 in Beijing, he conducted the first performances in China of the works of Igor Stravinsky. Anderson was principal trumpet with the New York City Ballet Orchestra from 1976 to 1993. He was also a member of the American Brass Quintet beginning in 1962 and remained with the quintet until 1965.

Player bio taken from the Bennington College web site from 2004.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Theodore Weis

Theodore Weis was principal trumpet with the New York City Opera Orchestra from 1949 to 1964 and again from 1968 to 1976. He was principal trumpet with the New York City Ballet Orchestra from 1949 to 1976. Beginning in 1976 he moved to third trumpet and became the Assistant Personnel Manager. He was also a founding member of the American Brass Quintet 1960 and remained with the quintet until 1962.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe Winds / Symphony of the Southwest

[Derek Reaban]

Armando Ghitalla



Following his musical training at the Juilliard School, Ghitalla performed in the New York City Opera and Ballet and the Houston Symphony before settling in Boston, where he spent twenty-eight years in the Boston Symphony, fifteen as principal.

Ghitalla was one of the earliest American classical soloists to garner substantial recognition for his recordings. Throughout his career, he remained active as a recitalist and soloist, performing widely in the United States, Italy, and Japan. His recordings can be found on the Cambridge, Deutsche Grammophon, and Premier labels.

His distinguished career as a pedagogue included membership in the faculties of Boston University, the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, the New England Conservatory, the Tanglewood Insitute, and the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan, Ghitalla received the Alumni Teaching Award and the Haugh Teaching Award. From the International Trumpet Guild, received an honorary award, and from Illinois Wesleyan University an honorary doctorate. Ghitalla was serving on the faculty of the Shepherd School of Music (Rice University, Houston) at the time of his death.

Ghitalla's impact as a performer and pedagogue is well reflected in the fact that his students populate university faculties, orchestras, and other performing ensembles throughout the United States and the world.

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