Originally from Philadelphia, William Takacs joined the faculty of West Texas A&M University in the spring of 2002. Prior to his appointment at WTAMU, he was instructor of trumpet at the University of West Georgia. He has also served as Artist-in Residence as a member of the Skyline Brass at Iowa State University, Drake University, Grinnell...
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Alan Wenger is Assistant Professor of Music at Central Missouri State University. He held prior faculty positions at Amarillo College (Texas) and Midland Lutheran College (Nebraska). A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Wenger’s education includes a Bachelor of Music Degree (1988) in Trumpet Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, graduate studies at Boston University, and...
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Currently on a two-year leave of absence from his position at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Ramon Vasquez is finishing up the requirements for a DMA in Trumpet Performance from the University of Minnesota studying under Dr. David Baldwin. While in Minneapolis, Ramon has been sought after as a freelance musician playing with the top Rock,...
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Graham Ashton was born in London and trained at the Royal Academy of Music. Now a US citizen, he has been Professor of Trumpet and Chair of Brass at Purchase College, State University of New York since 1999. As a soloist, he has appeared with orchestras around the world including the BBC Symphony with Sir...
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Iskander Akhmadullin, Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Missouri holds degrees from the Kazan Music College, the Moscow Conservatory, and the University of North Texas. His major teachers were Abbas Slashkin, Vadim Novikov, Leonard Candelaria, and Keith Johnson. Dr. Akhmadullin has performed in several professional orchestras in Russia and the United States and...
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