Fanfare and Fireworks!
April 6, 2019 | 7:30 PM
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Featuring
John Varona, organist Martin Hodel, trumpeter Garrett Klein, trumpeter Ron Beitel, hornist Myra Lee, trombonist David Kassler, tubist Terry Gresser, timpanist Program Bach (1685-1750) – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Vierne (1870-1937) - Marche triomphale centenaire de Napoleon I, Op. 46 Dupre (1886-1971) - Poeme heroique Albinoni (1671-1751) - Trumpet Concerto in F Major, Op. 7 No. 9 Hindemith (1895-1963) – Sonata No. 2 for Organ Works for Quintet by Bach, Dukas, Hudson and Forsythe |
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John Varona
A pupil of America’s premier organist, Catherine Crozier, John Varona is known for making his concert programs both informative and entertaining. John believes in the power of music to communicate directly with his audience and uses this to great effect in all his performances.
John’s forte centers in baroque music by French composers. His extensive repertoire spans six centuries and includes organ works of Messiaen, Langlais, Widor, Vierne, Reubke, and Bach. He has performed in venues throughout the world and he also enjoys theatre organ music as well as providing live accompaniment for silent film movies. John Varona is principal organist at Christ United Methodist Church and is a consultant for Midwest Home Staging Company & Design.
John’s forte centers in baroque music by French composers. His extensive repertoire spans six centuries and includes organ works of Messiaen, Langlais, Widor, Vierne, Reubke, and Bach. He has performed in venues throughout the world and he also enjoys theatre organ music as well as providing live accompaniment for silent film movies. John Varona is principal organist at Christ United Methodist Church and is a consultant for Midwest Home Staging Company & Design.
Martin Hodel
Martin Hodel, trumpet, has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player in the US and around the world. During the 2005-06 season he played full time in the trumpet section of the Minnesota Orchestra, with whom he has recorded and plays extra. As principal and solo trumpet with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Hodel toured the U.S. and Japan, and he has toured coast to coast in America with the Dallas Brass. He has also shared the stage with jazz artists Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider, Slide Hampton, Claudio Roditi, David Murray, and Jimmy Heath, and has toured Germany with organist Bradley Lehman as part of the Hodel-Lehman Duo. A CD by the Duo, In Thee is Gladness, was recorded in Emden, Germany. Hodel appears as a soloist on seven other compact discs, has performed live on the nationally-broadcast radio program, A Prairie Home Companion, on Minnesota Public Radio, on public television, and on national broadcasts of the radio programs Sing for Joy and Pipedreams.
Since 1997 he has been the trumpet professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Hodel holds a doctorate in trumpet performance and a performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music, a master of music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Goshen College. His teachers have included Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, Allen Vizzutti, James Ketch, Raymond Mase, Craig Heitger, David Hickman, and Anthony Plog. On a recent sabbatical, Hodel studied Baroque (natural, valveless) trumpet and 18th-century trumpet literature in Europe with Dr. Edward H. Tarr, the leading expert on early trumpets and trumpet literature.
Since 1997 he has been the trumpet professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Hodel holds a doctorate in trumpet performance and a performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music, a master of music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Goshen College. His teachers have included Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, Allen Vizzutti, James Ketch, Raymond Mase, Craig Heitger, David Hickman, and Anthony Plog. On a recent sabbatical, Hodel studied Baroque (natural, valveless) trumpet and 18th-century trumpet literature in Europe with Dr. Edward H. Tarr, the leading expert on early trumpets and trumpet literature.
Garrett Klein
As an artist-teacher of the trumpet, Garrett Klein is deeply committed to providing engaging performances that thrill and inspire audiences. Garrett is a member of the internationally recognized Dallas Brass, which is well-known for performing a wide variety of music around the United States. Outside of touring with the Dallas Brass, Garrett is in demand as a soloist, orchestral musician, and clinician. He has performed with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, The Phoenix Symphony, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and the National Repertory Orchestra. As an enthusiastic proponent of new music, Garrett has been invited to present new compositions at International Trumpet Guild Conferences in Columbus, OH and San Antonio, TX.
During the 2018-2019 academic year, Garrett is serving as Visiting Instructor of Music at St. Olaf College, where he teaches trumpet and chamber music. He is also on faculty at Gustavus Adolphus College, where he directs the Chapel Brass and has taught music theory. Garrett holds degrees from St. Olaf College and Arizona State University, where he is currently completing a Doctorate of Music Arts. His primary teachers include Dr. Martin Hodel, Charles Lazarus, and David Hickman.
During the 2018-2019 academic year, Garrett is serving as Visiting Instructor of Music at St. Olaf College, where he teaches trumpet and chamber music. He is also on faculty at Gustavus Adolphus College, where he directs the Chapel Brass and has taught music theory. Garrett holds degrees from St. Olaf College and Arizona State University, where he is currently completing a Doctorate of Music Arts. His primary teachers include Dr. Martin Hodel, Charles Lazarus, and David Hickman.
Ron Beitel
Ronald Beitel, horn, is an active soloist, chamber music artist, and horn class clinician. As a soloist, he has appeared with the National Arts Chamber Orchestra, the San Antonio Symphony, the Salt Lake Symphony, the Vivaldi by Candlelight Orchestra in Salt Lake City, and the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Mr. Beitel has appeared with numerous friends and colleagues around the country, most recently on the Nova and Intermezzo series in Utah, and Manhattan to the Mountains at Snow College and Southern Utah University. For the last 29 years, his music career as an orchestral artist has included positions with the Utah Symphony for 18 years, the San Antonio for 9 years, and the Memphis Symphony and the Ohio Chamber Orchestra for one season each. He has also performed, recorded, and toured with the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Houston Symphony. Now a resident of Rochester, his musical activities are varied, including composing and arranging music for horn, and teaching private lessons.
Myra Lee
David Kassler
David Kassler is currently an adjunct professor at Rochester Community and Technical College and Director of Music at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. He also maintains a large low brass studio in Rochester. Previously he was Assistant Professor at Fort Hays State University, played bass trumpet and tenor tuba with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, and played Principal Tuba with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as a guest artist on euphonium on numerous university campuses throughout the United States.
David studied euphonium and trombone with the late Edward Kleinhammer and with Hugh Harbison, Timothy Mahr, John Olah and Robert Yeats. His principal composition teachers include Quincy Hilliard and Gabriel Miller. He holds an MM in Music Education from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, an MM in Music Composition and Theory from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, and a DMA in Baritone Horn Performance from the University of Miami. His articles on low brass pedagogy appear in the Instrumentalist and the Kansas Music Review.
David studied euphonium and trombone with the late Edward Kleinhammer and with Hugh Harbison, Timothy Mahr, John Olah and Robert Yeats. His principal composition teachers include Quincy Hilliard and Gabriel Miller. He holds an MM in Music Education from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, an MM in Music Composition and Theory from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, and a DMA in Baritone Horn Performance from the University of Miami. His articles on low brass pedagogy appear in the Instrumentalist and the Kansas Music Review.
Terry Gresser
Terry Gresser, drums, taught elementary music in the Rochester Public Schools for 28 years and retired in 2017. He has taught applied percussion methods classes for Rochester Community and Technical College for the past 18 years, as well as MU 320 for the education department of Winona State University, Rochester Campus for the past 14 years. Earlier music teaching positions at the college level were at the College of Saint Teresa and Saint Mary’s College both in Winona. His professional percussion performance career has included national and international touring in a variety of popular music performing groups, jazz combos, pit orchestras, experiences in both the theater and ballet genres, and work with the Winona State Symphony (1987-1990). He holds a BS degree in Sociology from the University of Maryland, a BA degree in Music Education from the College of Saint Teresa, Winona, and an MA in Ethnomusicology and Music Education from Saint Mary’s College in Minneapolis. He currently resides in Rochester.
