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James Thompson
James Thompson is currently
Professor of Trumpet at the renown Eastman School
of Music. He came to this position having played
Principal Trumpet in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
since September 1990. He has held corresponding
positions with the Phoenix Symphony, the Orchestra
of the State of Mexico, the National Symphony
of Mexico, and for 14 years, the Montreal Symphony
Orchestra. He is, presently Guest Professor at
the Trompeten-Academy Werder in Bremen Germany.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany,
he was raised in Phoenix, Arizona where he began
trumpet studies at the age of ten. His principal
teachers included Richard Longfield and Roger
Voisin.
Mr. Thompson has been
active both as a soloist and a teacher. He has
taught trumpet and Brass Ensemble at Northern
Arizona University, the National Conservatory
of Music in Mexico City, and McGill University
in Montreal, Canada. He has also performed as
soloist with orchestras in North and South America
as well as Europe. In 1979 he competed in the
first Maurice Andre International Trumpet Competition
and was a prize winner. He has made recital tours
to Japan, Canada, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Norway,
and Latin America. He has also been a guest artist
with the Summit Brass, a brass chamber ensemble
made up of members from America’s finest orchestras,
and Chicago’s Music of the Baroque. At the 1996
Atlanta Olympic Opening Ceremonies he was seen
performing a jazz/gospel trumpet solo on television
more than 3 billion people. In the last year he
has performed as guest Principal Trumpet with
the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic,
as well as the Baltimore Symphony.
Mr. Thompson has also
actively encouraged new compositions for the trumpet.
In 1987 he performed the world premiere of Malcolm
Forsyth’s Concerto for Trumpet, which was written
for him and the Montreal Symphony. He has recorded
this concerto with the Kitchener-Waterloo Orchestra
for CBC Records in May 1992. In 1990 he performed
the Quebec premier of Jacques Hetu’s Trumpet Concerto,
and in March of 1992 he gave the world premier
of the Glenn Buhr Concerto for Trumpet, also written
for him and the Montreal Symphony.
Mr. Thompson can be heard
on London Decca recordings with the Montreal Symphony,
and Telarc’s Atlanta Symphony releases. He has
also recorded on the Chandos Label in performances
which include, Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets,
and the critically acclaimed Shoshtakovitch Concerto
#1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings. Mr. Thompson
is a Yamaha Performing Artist. |
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