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Let's meet some more of the #FOOSA2020 faculty! Mihoko Watanabe is Associate Professor of Flute at Ball State University and has appeared in Japan, Israel and C...anada as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist. Apply by March 15 for the change to study and perform with her! #meetthefaculty https://www.foosamusic.org/foosa-faculty/mihoko-watanabe

More #meetthefaculty for #FOOSA2020! Check out the audition requirements to study with Joe Burgstaller here: https://www.foosamusic.org/trumpet-auditions Calle...d quite simply, a superstar of the trumpet by conductor JoAnn Falletta, international soloist Joe Burgstaller connects with audiences throughout the world with his captivating sound, dazzling virtuosity and engaging personality. Known as a story-teller with his instrument, Burgstaller is brass-famous for his nearly eight years as trumpeter and arranger for the famed Canadian Brass. Joe tours worldwide as a soloist (recently including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Winnipeg, Hamburg, Bologna, US Virgin Islands, etc.), as a chamber musician, as a crossover artist, as a guest orchestral musician, and as a masterclass clinician (more than 120 universities and conservatories) including his groundbreaking seminars for all instruments called "Change Your Mind, Change Your Playing. As a teacher, he has been hailed as a Talent Whisperer. As Associate Professor of Trumpet at Arizona State University, his dynamic studio comprehensively prepares students for the demands of today's music world, focusing on Artistic Development, Versatility, Entrepreneurship and Career Growth. Every Monday morning, Burgstaller live-broadcasts his Trumpet Warmup Show to an audience that spans 30+ countries, combining warmup, routine, fundamentals and pedagogy in a format best described as a Trumpet Talk Show. www.trumpetwarmupshow.com Joe’s discography includes hit classical solo CDs (License to Thrill and The Virtuoso Trumpet), three Top-10 Billboard hits with Canadian Brass, and his crossover CDs (Bach’s Secret Files and Mozart’s Blue Dreams) were Top-50 on JazzRadio charts and the Roots Radio Report (under Paul Simon but right above the Beastie Boys). Joe Burgstaller is a Yamaha Performing Artist. https://www.foosamusic.org/josef-burgstaller

It's time to #meetthefaculty for #FOOSA2020! First up, Ambroise Aubrun. Ambroise had his recital debut at age 14 and has performed with festivals and chamber mu...sic groups all over the world. He's also premiered over 20 works by numerous composers. Dr. Aubrun is currently on faculty at the UNLV School of Music, and we're so excited he's joining us at FOOSA! https://www.foosamusic.org/ambroise-aubrun See more

What a wonderful review! Thank you, Donald Munro: The Munro Review!

Today's the day! 7pm at Shaghoian Concert Hall! Please join us. Vadim Gluzman plays Beethoven concerto on a Stradivarius that, as the Fresno Bee points out, is older than our country. And he is joined by two of our violinists--Benjamin Pegram and Alexander Han--in a performance of the Bach Double violin concerto. We've also got Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake (look for some dancers) and the Li Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture (look for more dancers)...and a dessert auction. You can't go wrong! See you at 7!

Thank you, Fresno Bee, and to Joshua Tehee and Craig Kohlruss. Everyone: do not miss Vadim Gluzman playing this 330-year-old Stradivarius this Sunday at 7 at the Shaghoian!

Wonderful interview with Vadim Gluzman in his new post as Distinguished Artist in Residence at Peabody Conservatory. You can hear a bit of his Beethoven Concerto at the end. Lovely.

Thank you, Donald Munro: The Munro Review!

Can't wait! Vadim arrives today. Master class tomorrow, Saturday February 8, at 3:00pm, Fresno State Concert Hall. Everyone is welcome! It's free!

Wonderful story!

Thanks to Donald Munro for this! And see you this afternoon!

Two winners of our Dream with Vadim competition to perform Bach Double with Vadim Gluzman at our February 9 concert: congratulations to all contestants and to our finalists, and two the winners, who are Benjamin Pegram and Alexander Han!