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Friday, November 13, 2008
Central Washington University, Music Building (Corner of 14th and Alder) , Ellensburg,
WA.
Trumpet Fest 2008 is a day of master classes and
clinics to educate and present to college and high school
students the many aspects of trumpet playing, music
education, and the music business.
High School students, ages 14-18, may participate in the National Trumpet
Competition NW Division. This is a great opportunity to be adjudicated
by a professional and be involved in a national event. The winner of
the regional competition will travel to Washington DC to perform in
the NTC semi-finals.
Dr. Frank Romero
A native of Las Vegas, New Mexico, Pancho Romero comes from a family of music educators, with a father, brother, two uncles and seven cousins having been involved in music education within the state.
Dr. Romero received a BME at New Mexico State University, MME at the University of North Texas, and a Doctorate in Trumpet Performance from the University of Oklahoma. From 1992-2001, he was Associate Professor of Music at Oklahoma Baptist University where his duties included music technology director, trumpet professor, jazz studies, and taught various other academic courses. He was active with Oklahoma Band Masters Association and the Oklahoma chapter of the International Jazz Educators Association and is called upon regularly to conduct clinics and adjudicate in his areas of expertise.
Dr. Romero has recently completed research at the Conservatoire Superieur National de Musique de Paris (Paris Conservatory of Music) and was invited to Guatemala City, Guatemala to conduct workshops in music education and musical instrument repair at the Conservatorio de Musica. Dr. Romero toured, Austria, Germany and Czechoslovakia in January 2005 as a member of the NMSU Faculty Quintet
Pancho has owned and operated the Romero Family Music Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was founder of the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra and Border Jazz Orchestra (Las Cruces, El Paso). His professional career spans from playing with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra to performing with the likes of Clark Terry, Rich Matteson, Tony Campise, Chris Vadala, Lou Fischer, Steve Houghton and John Fedchock. Included are performances with the Reba McEntire, Roy Clark, The Ice Capades, Bob Hope, Rita Moreno, The Temptations, The Four Tops and The Supremes.
Dr. Romero is currently principal trumpet with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra, section trumpet with the El Paso Opera Orchestra and is active as a jazz musician in the El Paso/Las Cruces area.
Pancho and his wife, Debbie are reacquainting themselves with southern New Mexico and have built a passive solar, rammed-earth home. The couple can frequently be seen bicycling on Snow Road in Old Mesilla. Dr. Romero is an Associate Professor of Music at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces New Mexico. His duties include, associate director of bands, director of jazz ensembles and professor of trumpet.
Gil Hoffer
Sergeant First Class Gil Hoffer plays the trumpet in The United States Army Concert Band (Pershing's own). Gil began playing the trumpet at the age of nine, under the tutelage of his stepfather, Bob Day, a 33 year veteran of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In 1981, he went on to study music at Indiana University, where he completed a bachelor's degree. In the fall of 1986, Gil joined the army as a regular bandsman, and completed tours of duty in the Fourth US Army Band at For Sheridan, IL (now de-activated) and the Eighth US Army Band in Seoul, Korea. In 1989, he left active military service and returned to Indiana University for further study. He completed a master's degree in 1992, and began working toward a doctorate in brass pedagogy. In 1994, he returned to active duty as a member of the Army Ground Forces Band in Atlanta, GA, and in 1996 he accepted a position as a bugler in the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, part of the Third US Infantry in Washington, DC. In 1998, he won a spot in Pershing's Own as a member of the Ceremonial Band, and the following year he won his current position in the Concert Band.
In addition to his regular schedule, Gil still performs ceremonial duties in Arlington National Cemetery and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and occasionally performs with the Army Brass Quintet and the Army Blues Jazz Ensemble. He is a regularly featured soloist on the band's summer Capitol Concert Series, and was a featured soloist with The Army Blues at the 2004 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. He is also active as a freelance musician in the Washington DC metropolitan area, and plays principal trumpet in the Maryland Philharmonic Orchestra.
Through the years, Gil has studied trumpet playing and been influenced by many great players and teachers. Included among them are Bill Adam, Charles Gorham, Bernard Adelstein, John Rommel, Edmund Cord, John Harbaugh, James Thompson, and Steve Hendrickson. He has also been greatly influenced by many of the players with whom he has had the opportunity to work. He continues to benefit from those experiences daily in practice and performance, and is forever grateful to those who have freely shared with him their knowledge and shown him patience along the way.
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