4738 Walteta Way
Las Vegas, NV 98119
702-433-4738(H), 702-513-0867 (C)
strinkle@hotmail.com
Objective and Teaching Interests: Teaching applied trumpet at the undergraduate and graduate level; conducting brass ensembles, orchestras and wind ensembles; and, teaching music appreciation, orchestra literature, brass literature, music theory, recording technology, and music business.
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Course work toward D.M.A – Trumpet Performance
Additional conducting study with David Becker
Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
Master of Music 1975 – Trumpet Performance
Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
Bachelor of Music 1972 – Applied Music (Trumpet)
Herbert Mueller, Trumpet, Ithaca College
Roger Blackburn, Trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducting study with David Becker, Donald Portnoy, Kirk Muspratt,
Sam Jones, and Paul Vermel
Conducting Fellow, Conductor's Institute of South Carolina, 1995,1996
University of Nevada Las Vegas 2006 –
Adjunct Associate Professor of Trumpet, Graduate Faculty
Casper College, Casper, Wyoming 2004-2006
Director of Bands and Instructor of Brass
Director of the CC Concert Band, Pep Band and Brass Ensemble. Instructor of Brass Instruments and Music Appreciation.
Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, VA 2003 – 2004
Instructor for courses in Music Appreciation
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA 1997 - 2003
Associate Professor of Music
*Trumpet Studio of 16 undergraduate and graduate students,
*Instructor for courses in Sight Singing , Class Strings, Introduction to Music
*Literature, Choral Arranging, Brass Literature, Brass Chamber Music.
*Conductor for the Shenandoah Conservatory Brass Ensemble with
tours in 2000 to Brazil and in 2001 to Switzerland and Italy. Performances
at the Kennedy Center in 2001 and 2002. Performances at public schools
sponsored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts in Virginia and Maryland. Repertoire includes:
Symphony for Brass and Timpani – H. Haufrecht Procession of the Nobles – Rimsky-Korsakov
Divertimento – K. Husa Concertino in E-flat – Ernst Sachse
Selections from Three Penny Opera – K. Weill Concerto per Due Trombe in C – A. Vivaldi
Hungarian March from Damnation of Faust – H. Berlioz Prelude to Die Meistersinger – R. Wagner
Sokol Fanfare – Leos Janacek Mutations from Bach – S. Barber
Peter and the Wolf – S. Prokofieff Fanfares Liturgiques – H. Tomasi
Caprioccio sopra la Battaglia – G. Frescobaldi The Beautiful Blue Danube – J. Strauss
National Federation of Music Clubs repertoire advisor - 2002-2003
International Day Recognition for support of global education, October, 2002
International Trumpet Guild Artist/Teacher profile, October, 2001
University Service has included:
Advisor for more than 35 undergraduate and graduate students
Committee member for graduate master’s and doctoral committees
Committee member for music theory and instrumental faculty searches
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1995 - 1997
Trumpet studio of undergraduate performance and music education students. Weekly master classes and seminars. Placed students in graduate schools including Ithaca College, University of Arkansas and teaching positions throughout the southeast. Premiered “Rapsodia” by Roberto Sierra with the University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble (James K. Copenhaver, conductor). Faculty recital.
University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC 1993 - 1996
Adjunct Professor of Brass
Trumpet studio of undergraduate performance and music education
students. Instructor for courses in Music Appreciation and Class
Strings. Faculty recitals.
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC 1994 - 1995
Adjunct Professor of Brass
Studio of trumpet, French horn, euphonium and tuba students.
Instructor for courses in Class Brass and Orchestration.
Edgewood College, Madison, WI. 1989 - 1992
Adjunct Professor of Trumpet
Creighton University, Omaha, NB 1975
Guest Lecturer
Trumpet studio instructor, music director and conductor of the Creighton University Wind Ensemble.
State University College at Cortland, Cortland, NY 1972 - 1975
Trumpet studio for music majors and minors.
Summer Music Clinic, University Of Wisconsin - Madison, WI 1986
International Music Camp, Bottineau, ND 1986, 1987
Escuela de Musica, San Felipe, Venezuela, Director of Brass, 1977
Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA, Trumpet Teacher, 1976 - 1977
Ithaca Community Music School, Ithaca, NY, Trumpet Teacher 1973 – 1975
Casper Youth Orchestra 2005-2006
Conductor of the Philharmonia
TKAM Festival Orchestra, Casper, WY April 2006
Assistant Conductor, Grant Writer, Engineer and Stage Manager
II Encontro Internacional das Bandas de Música, October 2002
Guest Conductor
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Performance of
“Concerto for Trumpet” – Alexander Arutunian, with Fred Mills, soloist
Brazilian premiere of “Canzon (1) für Blechbläserensemble” and
“Chagall Impressionen” by Bernd Franke
Shenandoah Conservatory Brass Ensemble 1997 – 2002
Performances at the Kennedy Center, tours of Brazil, Italy and Switzerland.
Shenandoah Summer Music Theater 2001
Music Director for Fiddler on the Roof
Fayetteville Symphony, Fayetteville, NC Fall 1992, Spring,1993
Guest Conductor
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Dubuque, IA 1986 - 1989
Assistant Conductor
Clinton Symphony, Clinton, IA 1989
Guest Conductor
Blackhawk District Band Festival, Platteville, WI 1988
Guest Conductor
Robeson Civic Chorale, Lumberton, NC 1993-1995
Music Director
Annual concert season
Robeson County District Choral Festival, Lumberton, NC 1994
Guest Conductor
St. Dennis Catholic Church, Madison, WI 1989 – 1991
Catholic Church, weekly services for 5000 members. Adult and
Children’s Choir Director.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Madison, WI 1986 – 1989
Choir Director
Catholic Church, weekly services for 7000 members.
Glenwood Moravian Church, Madison, WI 1984 - 1986
Choir Director
Trinkle Brass Works, Inc. Casper, WY and Las Vegas, NV 1977- Artistic Director and Co-founder
More than 300 concerts throughout the United States and Brazil; featured on Wisconsin Public Radio. Trumpet and Percussion Duo; Trumpet, Marimba, Bass Trio; Brass Quartet; Brass Quintet and 14 piece brass and percussion ensemble, specializing in commissioning new music for brass and percussion ensembles and performing Renaissance and Baroque music on period instruments. Artists-in-Residence at Clarke College, Artists-in-Education for Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri North Carolina and Virginia. Registered on the artist’s roster with Arts Midwest, Western States Arts Federation, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Wisconsin Arts Board and North Carolina Arts Council. Tours of Brazil in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Chestnut Brass Company, Philadelphia, PA 1976 - 1977, 1983 - 1984
Brass Quintet performing on modern, Civil War, and Baroque instruments through Joanne Rile Artists Management. Tours performing concerts throughout the United States and Canada, artists-in-resident at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
Tours of the Northeast, East, South waterways of the United States,
More than 300 performances of 20th century literature.
Augusta Symphony Orchestra, Augusta, GA. Principal Trumpet 1992 – 1997
Annual season under the direction of Donald Portnoy. Soloists
have included Leon Fleisher, Sarah Chang, John Browning.
Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Asheville, NC Second Trumpet 1995 – 1997
Greenville Symphony Orchestra, Greenville, SC Section Trumpet 1993 – 1997
Milwaukee Symphony and Florentine Opera, Milwaukee, WI
Extra Trumpet, 1991
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Dubuque, IA Principal Trumpet 1986 - 1989
Shreveport Symphony and Opera, Shreveport, LA Principal Trumpet, 1982 – 1983
Paul Strauss , Principal Conductor, Margery Deutsch, Associate Conductor
Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX
Extra Trumpet, 1978 - 1983
Missouri Symphony Society, Columbia, MO
Trumpet, Librarian, Stage Manager, 1981, 1982
Kansas City Philharmonic and Ballet, Kansas City, MO Extra Trumpet, 1981 – 1982
William McGlaughlin, Conductor
Orchestra da Camera Italiana, Turin, Italy Principal Trumpet, 1979
Salvatore Accardo, Conductor
Orchestra Sinfonica RAI, Associate Principal Trumpet, Turin, Italy, 1979
Guiseppe Sinopoli, Wilfred Boettscher, Herbert Sourdant
Orquesta Sinfonica de Maracaibo, Assistant Trumpet, 1977 - 1978
Maracaibo, Venezuela, Eduardo Rahn
Festival Latinoamericano de Musica Contemporanea, 1977
Syracuse Symphony, Extra Trumpet, 1974 - 1975
Northeast Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Trumpet, 1974 – 1977
Tomas Michalik, Conductor
American Wind Symphony Orchestra, World Premiere, “3 Marches for C.I.”
by Bernd Franke, June 2002
Orchestra Sinfonica da Universidade Federal Minas Gerais (Brazil), May 2000
"Trumpet Concerto in E-flat" by F. J. Haydn
University of South Carolina, Wind Ensemble, “Rapsodia” by Roberto Sierra
Augusta Symphony Orchestra, October 1993 "The Quiet City" by Aaron Copland
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, January 1989 “Nightsongs” by Richard Peaslee
And “Concerto in D”, G. F. Handel
Trinkle Brass Works, World Premiere "The Vertical Man" by
Gunther Tautenhahn, Madison, WI. February 12, 1986
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, World Premiere "Concertpiece for Trumpet
and Orchestra" by Brian Fennelly, February 13, 1983
The Conductors Guild
International Trumpet Guild
Associação dos Trompetistas do Brasil
College Music Society
National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors
American Federation of Musicians Local 161-710
MENC
College Band Directors National Association
American String Teachers Association
American Symphony Orchestra League
Judge – National Trumpet Competition, sponsored by George Mason University
Fairfax, VA, 2000 and 2001.
International Trumpet Guild Conference. Performance with the Quinteto de
Metais Itarratan, Richmond, VA, May, 2000.
National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Symposium,
Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 1999 “Commissioning Music for Mixed Ensembles”
College Music Society Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA. October, 1994
“Latin American Potpourri: The Music of Astor Piazzolla and Antonio Lauro”
Burkett, Eugenie and Trinkle, Steven, Trinkle Brass Works "J. E. Altenburg’s Treatise, Essay on an Introduction to the Heroic and Musical Trumpeters' and Kettledrummers' Art from the Timpanists' Perspective" NACWPI Journal, Winter, 1983
Burkett, Eugenie and Trinkle, Steven, Trinkle Brass Works "The Early History of the Timpani before the Guilds", NACWPI Journal, Fall, 1981
International Festiva of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, Ct. Guest Conductor for Educational Project
between IFAA and American Wind Symphony June 2007
Touring Artist Program, Nevada Arts Council. Fall 2006
II Encontro Internacional das Bandas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
October 2002
Associação dos Trompetistas do Brasil, Campinas,Brazil October 2001
Shenandoah Conservtory Brass Ensemble, European Tour, Luzern, Venice,
Florence and Rome, May 13-25, 2001
Shenandoah Conservatory Brass Ensemble, Kennedy Center, Mar. 4, 2001, Feb.17, 2002
TBW Trio, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), October 1999
III Festival Nacional de Musica de Camera - Paraiba (Brazil) TBW Trio October 1999
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), TBW Duo May 1997
"Band Stand Brass" Tour, Dane County Wisconsin, June-July 1992
Sunday Afternoon Live, Wisconsin Public Radio, WERN Madison, WI, 1991
University of Wisconsin-Platteville Concert Series, Platteville, WI, 1991
City of Kalamazoo New Years Arts Festival, Kalamazoo, MI, 1990
Southwest Contemporary Music Festival and Conference, San Marcos TX.1990
Luther College Concert Series, Decorah, IA, 1990
Wisconsin Arts Board Artist Workshop and Performance, Madison, WI, 1990
Paine Art Center and Arboretum Opening of English Painters, Oshkosh, WI, 1989
Dorian Opera Festival, Decorah, IA, 1988, 1989,1990, 1991
Platteville Summer Music Festival, Platteville, WI, William McGlaughlin,
JoAnn Falletta,1988-1992
Dane County Library Tour, Dane County, WI, 1989
Wisconsin Arts Board ASBEG Workshop, Madison, WI, 1989
Dubuque Arts Council-Dubuque Symphony Residency, Dubuque, IA, 1989
Artist in Residence, Clarke College, Dubuque, IA, 1989
University of Mary, Concert Series, Bismark, ND, 1988
Wausau Performing Arts Foundation Tour, Wausau, WI, 1988
International Peace Gardens Festival of Music, ND, 1987
Dubuque Chorale Collaborative Concert, Dubuque, IA, 1987
Trinkle Brass Works 10th Anniversary Concert, Madison, WI, 1987
Dane County Cultural Affairs Chamber Music Tour, Dane County, WI, 1987
Fox Valley Chamber Music Library Tour, Menasha, WI, 1986
Lawrence University Trumpet Day Symposia, Appleton, WI, Robert Levy, 1986
Tour of Kansas and Missouri, 1982
Missouri Symphony Society, MOSSPAC, Columbia, MO, Hugo Vianello, 1980, 1981,
Concierto por la Semana del Ingeniero, San Felipe, Venezuela, 1977
Orquesta de L'histoire du Soldat tour of Venezuela, 1977
Festival Latinoamericano de Musica Contemporanea, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1977
List of References for Steven Trinkle:
Dr. Gary Malvern Dr. Eric Unruh
Department of Music Fine Arts Division Chairman
Furman University Casper College
(864) 294-3195 (307) 268-2602
GaryMalvern@Furman.edu unruh@caspercollege.edu
Dr. Stephen Johnston (ret) Dr. James Kriewald
Shenandoah Conservatory Vice-President
Shenandoah University Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA 22601 Winchester, VA 22601
(540) 665-4552 (540) 665-3495
sjohnsto@su.edu jkriewal@su.edu
School of Music School of Music
University of South Carolina Ball State University
Columbia, SC 29208 Muncie, IN 47306
(803) 777-6059 (765) 285-5416
rdavis@mozart.sc.edu hsturm@gw.bsu.edu