FYI: On Sunday night (June 21), there will be a big, free trumpet concert on the Dartmouth Green (7 - 8 pm)
From: Ted Jastrzembski [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 10:26 PM
To: Deborah J. Brooks
Subject: Father's Eve Event
Hi Deb and Steve,
There is a very cool music event coming to the Dartmouth Green next Sunday evening, Fathers Day, June 21. An international group of world class trumpeters is assembling for an outdoor concert, celebrating the summer solstice, Fathers Day, and the 10th anniversary of the Center for Advanced Musical Studies, Trumpet Seminar. I have been a board member since the beginning. Ed Carroll, world renown trumpet master and faculty member at Cal Arts and Dartmouth College is the founder of the program and Hanover resident. This program has been going on mostly behind the scenes at the Shaker Museum complex in Enfield over the last ten summers. Check out the website at chosenvale.org.
With the convergence next Sunday Ed wanted to do something special to mark the occasion. He commissioned one of his colleagues to adapt an outdoor trumpet concert that was originally performed in Zurich. Here is a little background on the music:
Trumpet City, a live installation of 40 trumpets on the Hanover Green by Craig Shepard
- Date: Sunday, June 21st
- Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (one-hour piece)
- Location: The Green at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Music: Craig Shepard's Trumpet City
- Price: Free
- Performed by: Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar
- Director: Edward Carroll
"It sounds like hugs and kisses." -- Leon Meicht, 4 years old
Trumpet City: Hanover celebrates the longest day of the year with a one-hour sounding of 40 trumpets surrounding The Green in Hanover, New Hampshire. Beginning at 7:00 pm, trumpet virtuoso Edward Carroll leads 40 participants of the Chosen Vale Trumpet Seminar in a realization of Craig Shepard's Trumpet City.
Listeners will enjoy the sunset on the summer solstice with a stroll around the green, immersed in the soft tones of the trumpets. The melody begins in the low range of the trumpet, blending with the sounds of traffic on nearby Route 10A. Over the course of the hour, the trumpets rise out of this drone, rising as the sun begins to set.
Trumpet City was commissioned by the Musikpodium of the City of Zurich, has been realized with 92 trumpets on the NYC DOT's Summer Streets program August 2nd, 2014, presented by Dampfzentrale Bern on the banks of the Aare River in Switzerland August 2013, and performed on Lake Zurich in March 2009.
About the artists:
Wandelweiser composer Craig Shepard makes music related to stillness. Growing up in Connecticut, he would go for long walks in the middle of snowy nights, stopping to listen to the sheen of millions of snowflakes hitting the ground. Recent projects include On Foot: Brooklyn, a 91-day, 780-mile walking project in New York. He lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Edward Carroll is Director of the Center for Advanced Musical Studies, and is on the faculties of Dartmouth College, the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and Bard Conservatory of Music. He has served as Principal Trumpet for the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the San Diego Symphony, and has performed with the London Sinfonietta, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and many others. The Washington Post says: "Edward Carroll is one of the finest trumpeters of our day."
The Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale is a place for talented musicians who share the mutual goals of exploring their personal voice and expanding their artistic capacities. Over the course of the week-long seminars, participants live, dine, rehearse, and develop together. The music performed on the 21st grows out of this communal experience.
I think this would be memorable especially for kids and young musicians, and a great way to celebrate Father’s Day. Maybe I will see you there.
Ted