Steven Wayne Trinkle

4738 Walteta Way

Las Vegas, NV 89119

702 433-4738 (H), 720 513-0867 (C)  strinkle@hotmail.com

 

 

Objective:     Trumpet performance and conducting.

 

Education:

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)

 

Principal Teachers:

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

 

Professional Experience:

Chamber -

 

Trinkle Brass Works, Inc. Casper, WY                                                                                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.

 

Orchestral Performance -

 

American Wind Symphony, Pittsburgh, PA Principal Trumpet,                   1976, 1985, 2002

                        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

 

Solo Performance:

 

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

 

 

Instrumental Conducting

 

            Casper Youth Orchestra                                                                                                          2005

            Conductor of the Philharmonia

     

American Wind Symphony Orchestra,                                                          Summer 2003-04

            Assistant Conductor, Grant Writer, Engineer and Stage Manager

                        Concerto performance of “Rhapsody in Blue” with Paul Poznak, soloist.

 

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

Director of Brass Ensembles

            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

 

      Choral Conducting

 

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

Director of Liturgical Music

                        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

 

College and University Experience:

 

     Casper College, Casper, Wyoming                                                                                     2004-

     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

     Adjunct Professor of Music

            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

     Adjunct Professor of Trumpet

Trumpet studio of undergraduate performance and music education

students.  Weekly masterclasses 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

Creighton University Wind Ensemble.

 

     State University College at Cortland, Cortland, NY                                                 1972 - 1975

     Adjunct Professor of Trumpet

                        Trumpet studio for music majors and minors.

 

Related Teaching Experience:

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

 

Association Memberships:

 

            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

 

Publications, Presentations and Service to the Profession:

 

            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

 

Selected Performances and Workshops:

 

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                                                    Mr. Robert Boudreau                     

Department of Music                                              American Wind Symphony            

Furman University                                                  550 Plains Church Road           

Greenville, SC 29613                                                Mars, PA 16046                          

(864) 294-3195                                                           (724) 934-8334                      

GaryMalvern@Furman.edu                                   awso@execnet.net   

 

Dr. Stephen Johnston                                              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                 

 

 

Dr. Ronald Davis                                                      Dr. Hans Sturm

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

 

 

Dr. Karen Keating                                                   Dr. Pat Patton                                  

Shenandoah Conservatory                                                Department of Music

Shenandoah University                                          Casper College

Winchester, VA 22602                                             Casper, WY 82601

(540) 665-4641                                                           (307) 268-2603

kkeating@su.edu                                                      ppatton@caspercollege.edu