- Edward Carroll (musician)
Edward Carroll has served as Principal Trumpet of the
Rotterdam Philharmonic (James Conlon ,Jeffrey Tate , andValery Gergiev , Music Directors), theSan Diego Symphony (David Atherton ), and as Associate Principal Trumpet of theHouston Symphony (Lawrence Foster ), touring most of the world's major concert halls and festivals, and recording for Sony, EMI, Virgin, and Erato. A frequent guest with theChamber Music Society of Lincoln Center , Edward Carroll directed the New York Trumpet Ensemble from 1979 - 1988. He has also performed with theLondon Sinfonietta ,Speculum Musicae , Music Today, I Musici di Montreal,Orpheus , the Bach Aria Group, the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), and as soloist with many North American and European orchestras.Sir Harrison Birtwistle , Larry Polansky, Bruce Adolphe, and Paul Moravec are amongst the many composers that have written new music for him, and his many solo recordings can be found on the Sony, Vox, MHS, and Newport Classic labels.Edward Carroll has presented master classes at the
Juilliard ,Eastman , and Manhattan Schools of Music, the Curtis Institute, Rice and Northwestern Universities, theInterlochen Arts Academy , and theTanglewood Institute, as well as at the St. Petersburg Conservatory "Rimsky Korsakov", Bremen Trumpet Academy,Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), Hochschule fur Musik Cologne, Festival Fiati/Conservatorio Guido Cantelli, and at the Royal Northern Conservatory (Manchester). He is a frequent adjudicator of international competitions, including the Concert Artist's Guild, Young Concert Artists, and Chamber Music America.Carroll is a graduate of
Juilliard (BM, MM), Edward Carroll was appointed Associate Professor at McGill University's Schulich School of Music in 2007. He also serves on the faculty ofCalArts as instructor oftrumpet and coordinator of brass studies and Dartmouth College, following appointments as the International Chair of Brass Studies at London'sRoyal Academy of Music , Professor of trumpet at the Rotterdam (NL) Conservatory, and a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. He is the Director of the newly formed Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale.
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