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Bruce Engel, Artist in Residence;
Conductor of the University Wind Ensemble
M.M. The Juilliard School, 1974
E-mail Bruce Engel at:
bengelbrass[at]yahoo.com
Bruce Engel's conducting credits include appearances with the Goldman Band and the New Jersey Pops. Internationally, he has conducted in Florence, Rome, Venice, Seville, Toledo, and Madrid. Presently Mr. Engel is Music Director of the Brooklyn Brass and the New York Herald Trumpets, and is Director of Music at St. Anthony's High School. After his studies in trumpet and conducting at Juilliard, Mr. Engel was granted fellowships to perform at the Tanglewood Music Festival, the National Orchestral Association, and the Festivals of Two Worlds in Spoleto. He is a member of the New York City Symphony and principal trumpet of the Goldman Band. As a free-lance musician, Mr. Engel has appeared with the Bolshoi and Metropolitan Operas, the American Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the New York and New Jersey Pops, the Winnipeg and Stuttgart Ballets, and the New York Philharmonic. In addition to directing the wind ensemble at Stony Brook, Mr. Engel teaches a summer graduate conducting course. He also appears nationally as a conducting clinician.Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Post Graduate
Conducting studies with Anthony Maiello.
M.M. The Juilliard School, Brass Fellowship, Principal trumpet of Julliard Orchestra and Brass Ensemble. Conducting studies with John Nelson. Graduated 1974.
B.M. The Juilliard School, 1973.
Diploma National Orchestra Association, Principal trumpet and soloists, 1973 - 1977.
Fellowship Tanglewood Music Festival, 1969.
B.A. Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1969.
Private Study William Vacchiano, Melvyn Broiles, Vincent Penzarella, Roger Voisin, Elin Frazier, Don Miles.
- Freelance Musician
Performed with New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera (toured 1977, 1079 and 1985), New Jersey Symphony, Masterworks Orchestra, Stuttgart Ballet, Eric Hawkins Dance Company, La Scala Opera, Bolshoi Opera, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto, Italy), Miami Boys Choir (toured Europe, 1988), Long Island Philharmonic and the New York Pops.
Performed as principal trumpet
Queen's Symphony, Cathedral Symphony, Stanford Symphony, New York Symphony (toured Orient, 1988), Goldman Memorial Band, New York Klezmir Ensemble, New Jersey Pops and the Herald Trumpet Ensemble (performed for Governor of New York and Prime Minister of England).
Cast Member
"Rags" (Broadway production with Teresa Stratas) - trumpet soloist, dancer, actor, singer, 1987).
Commercial Music
Performed with Henry Mancini, Edie Gorme & Steve Lawrence, Diane Carole, Vic Damone, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick (toured 1986), Temptations.
Soloist
Cathedral Symphony, the Stanford Symphony, National Orchestral Association, Staten Island Musicians Society, Goldman Memorial Band, Trinity Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral and the New Jersey Pops.
- Recording Artist
First Trumpet with Rick Wakeman, New York Klezmir Ensemble, Bis Label-Works of Ernesto LeCuona-Vol 4.
Music Director and Conductor
Touring Orchestra of Italy (Rome - St. Peter's Cathedral, Florence, Venice - St. Marc's Cathedral), 1996; Spain (Madrid, Salamanca, Seville, and Toledo), 1998.
Conducted regional theater for Camelot-1998, Guys and Dolls-1997, Music Man-1996, Fiddler on the Roof and Gypsy-1995.
Stony Brook University Wind Ensemble, 1994 - present.
Conductor Temple Emannuel Choir, 1992.
Verrazano Winds, 1991 - 1994.
Brooklyn Brass, 1980 - present.
Staten Island Musicians Society, 1989.
Guest Conductor/Clinician
Princeton Brass Ensemble, Columbia University Wind Ensemble, Goldman Memorial Band, New Jersey Pops, Montclair Theater Company, and the Onadoga Music Company.
- USDAN Center for the Performing Arts, Trumpet Instruction, 1998-.
Stony Brook University, Instructor of Instrumental Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques, 1997-present; Director and Conductor Wind Ensemble, 1994-.
St. Anthony's High School, Conductor Symphonic Band, Orchestra, 1991-; Director of Music, Jazz Band, 1988-.
Princeton University, Trumpet Instruction and Brass Ensemble, 1981 - 1991.
Staten Island Academy, Trumpet Instruction, 1983 - 1991.
Wagner College, Full time Instructor, Director and Conductor (Pep, Concert and Stage Bands), Teacher of Music Appreciation, Conducting, Pedagogy,
Performing Class and Private Trumpet Instruction, 1989.
St. Ann's School, Trumpet Instruction, 1984 - 1989.
Allen Stevenson School, Trumpet Instruction, 1984 - 1989.
United Nations School, Trumpet Instruction, 1973 - 1983.
Columbia Preparatory School, Trumpet Instruction, 1976 - 1983.
Newark Center for the Arts, Trumpet Instruction, 1974.
Balwin School, Music Theory, 1972.