BRASS

GILLES BERNARD – TROMBONE
Doctor of Musical Arts, Manhattan School of Music; M.M., B.M., The Juilliard School. Studied with Dr. Per Brevig (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), David Finlayson (New York Philharmonic), and Jean Douay (National Orchestra of France). Assistant Professor at New Jersey City University and member of the Brass and Theory Faculty at Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division. Formerly Adjunct Professor of Low Brass at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. Orchestral positions include Principal Trombone with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, PA, and Second Trombone with the Lancaster Summer Festival Orchestra, OH. Performs regularly with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, PA; the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, PA; the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, MA; the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, NY; the Connecticut Grand Opera, CT; the Berkshire Opera company, MA; the National Chorale, NYC. Performed with the National Orchestra of France under conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, David Zinman, Vaclav Neumann, Lorin Maazel, and with the Orchestre de Cannes, France. Active as soloist and chamber musician in the tri-state area. Appearances also include the Preparatory Division Faculty Recital series at Manhattan School of Music, the Mid-Day Concert series at NJ City University, and Music for All Seasons – an organization that brings music to adult care centers and retirement homes in NJ.

FRANK HOSTICKA – TRUMPET, CORNET
M.A., to be completed; B.A., Manhattan School of Music. Trumpet studies with Chas Gorham, William Vacchiano, Mel Broiles, Arnold Jacobs. Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music; trumpet instructor at various music schools in NYC and NJ. Principle Solo Cornet with the Goldman Band since 1976. Associate Trumpet with the Metropolitan Opera since 1980, including recordings, tours, and performances with conductors such as Carl Bohm, Erich Leinsdorf, George Solti and James Levine. Additional orchestral credits include Spoleto Festival, NYC Opera, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Long Island Philharmonic, NJ Symphony, NJ Opera, Paris Opera, Royal Winnepeg Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Bolshoi Ballet, Jeoffrey Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem and Radio City Music Hall. Solo performances include Detroit Concert Band and New Sousa Band. Performed in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway musicals, and with many popular acts such as the Temptations and Tammy Wynette. Toured and recorded as a member of the Metropolitan Brass Quartet. Has performed and held clinics in Japan, Korea, South America and Italy.

SUSAN LA FEVER – FRENCH HORN
Doctoral Studies, Rutgers University; Performance Certificate, Manhattan School of Music; M.M., University of Nebraska. Winner of numerous competitions and scholarships. In addition to teaching horn and directing ensembles at Rutgers University, the University of Nebraska, and elementary and high schools in NJ and NE, has held recitals and master classes at Western Illinois University, Queens College, and at the Fieldston School. Performs extensively, both in the U.S. and abroad, as a recitalist, chamber music and orchestral musician. Recital appearances include the American Landmark Festivals at Federal Hall, St. Bartholomew’s Tuesday Chapel Concerts, Noonday Concert Series at St. Paul’s Chapel in Manhattan, and the Brooklyn Museum Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, among others. Performed as a member of various ensembles in Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Town Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, and with festival groups in Royal Albert Hall (London) and in Fontainebleau Castle (France). Orchestral credits include the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, New Jersey Opera Festival, Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. Currently principal horn of the Hat City Opera (Danbury) and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony (CT). Broadway credits include The Lion King, The Sound of Music and Cats, and the international tour of Porgy and Bess. Appeared as a guest on radio station WBAI in NYC as a member of the Amphion Woodwind Quintet, winner of the Artists International Auditions.

RICK SAVAGE – TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, JAZZ
B.M., Jazz Studies, Indiana University. Studied with Jimmy Maxwell, Randy Brecker and Eddie Henderson in New York, William Adam at Indiana University, Warne Marsh and Harold Mitchell in Los Angeles. Taught instrumental and general music in schools throughout New York. Performed internationally with a variety of well known entertainers such as Tania Maria, Gerry Mulligan, Jack McDuff, Mel Lewis, Nancy Wilson, Stan Kenton, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Michael Jackson, The O'Jays, The Temptations, Henry Mancini, Peggy Lee, Burt Bacharach and many others. Appeared in The Five Spot, SOB’s and The Village Gate in NY; The Blue Note in NY, Tokyo, Osaka and Fukeuoka; as well as clubs in Tokyo, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin and Minden. Founded The Rick Savage Quintet, touring the U.S. and Europe. Other artistic endeavors include commercial music, sound design and film scoring.