UMaine Music Recital April 3 Debuts New Trumpets
Contact: Jack Burt, (207) 581-1773, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
(Ed. Note: release also references the late Dr. Michael Solomon, former Bangor physician.)
ORONO — Jack Burt, UMaine assistant professor of trumpet, and friends will perform a concert on Sunday, April 3 at Minsky Recital Hall on the Orono campus that debuts three new German rotary trumpets sharing the stage with piano, cello and percussion instruments.
Burt will play with several UMaine students and faculty from the School of Performing Arts music division, and Burt’s wife Marisa Solomon. The concert begins at 2 p.m.
The recital consists of: music for solo trumpet, including the familiar fanfare from “CBS Sunday Morning…” show by Gottfried Reiche; music for trumpet and piano by Tartini, Stevens and Samuel Barber; a piece for four marimbas and trumpet, “The Prayer of St. Gregory,” by Alan Hovhaness; and a piece for brass sextet, using the new rotary trumpets the university recently acquired.
Marisa Solomon will play the Andante from the Rachmaninov Cello Sonata, dedicated to her late father, Dr. Michael Solomon, a Bangor physician. She will be accompanied by Dr. Laura Artesani, instructor and assistant chair of music, on piano.
Burt will be accompanied by Phillip Silver, associate professor of music, on piano. The ensemble pieces, marimbas and brass sextet will be played by UMaine students.
It is a casual concert, with a variety of music and musicians, according to Burt, hence the reference to “Jack Burt and Friends.”
German rotary trumpets are trumpets with rotors like a French horn as opposed to pistons, and can emit a wider spectrum of tonal colors, yet still maintain a mellower, less edgy tone than traditional piston trumpets. The new trumpets broaden the musical depth and range of the UMaine brass studios, according to Burt.
Concert admission is $6, although students are admitted free with a MaineCard. Minsky Recital Hall is located in the Class of 1944 Hall. Information and tickets are available through the Maine Center for the Arts box office at (207) 581-1755.