David Hickman (musician)

David Hickman is an American trumpeter, author, academic, and is widely considered one of the preeminent trumpet virtuosi of the 20th century. He is a Regents' Professor of trumpet at Arizona State University and past President of the International Trumpet Guild.

Life and career

David Hickman received his B.M. degree at the University of Colorado in 1972. He continued graduate work at Wichita State University where he was a Graduate Trumpet Teaching Assistant for two years (M.M. - 1974). His primary teachers include Harry McNees, Frank Baird, and Walter Myers. He taught at the University of Illinois from 1974 to 1982 and since has been teaching at Arizona State University where he is a Regents' Professor of Music. He has been a member of the Saint Louis Brass Quintet (11 yrs.), Wichita Brass Quintet (2 yrs.), Illinois Brass Quintet (8 yrs.), Baroque Consort, Summit Brass, and the Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players.^[1]

Hickman has released 15 solo albums encompassing a wide variety of repertoire - from comet solos by Clarke, Levy, and others, to modern concerti by Planel, Baker, and Plog; from baroque works of Bach, Telemann, and Hertel, to recital pieces by Chance, Dello Joio, and Méndez; from contemporary works to fun Christmas medleys. He is credited with presenting the first modern-day performance on keyed trumpet, performing the second and third movements of Joseph Haydn's Concerto for Trumpet in 1972.^[2]

As a noted clinician and author, Hickman has presented workshops on over 300 major university campuses. He has taught (13 summers) at the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), Bremen Trumpet Days (Germany), Rafael Méndez Brass Institute (18 summers), and dozens of music festivals. He has published over 40 articles and several important trumpet and music texts including The Piccolo Trumpet, The Piccolo Trumpet Big Book, Trumpet Lessons With David Hickman, Vols. 1-5, and Music Speed Reading, a sight reading method widely-used among instrumentalists. David Hickman is author of Trumpet Pedagogy: A Compendium of Modern Teaching Techniques.

As an orchestral musician, Hickman performed as Principal Trumpet of the National Repertory Orchestra (1971 and 1972), Associate Principal of the Wichita Symphony (1972-1974), Principal of the Brevard Music Center Orchestra (1975), Principal, Tanglewood Fellowship Orchestra (1974), and Principal of the Champaign-Urbana Symphony (1974-1980). He has also performed with the Saint Louis Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. His principal orchestral teachers include Adolph Herseth, Armando Ghitalla, and Roger Voisin.

Hickman is founder and president of Summit Brass, a large all-star American brass ensemble dubbed by the press as the "Dream Team of Brass." Summit Brass has released 10 CDs, (many on the Summit Records label he helped establish), toured the world, and hosted the annual Rafael Méndez Brass Institute which has helped thousands of aspiring brass musicians. He served as president of the International Trumpet Guild from 1977 to 1979, and in 2005 received the International Trumpet Guild's prestigious Award of Merit.^[3]

Discography

Solo

• Masterclass Series: Classical Trumpet (Summit, 2008)
• Masterclass Series: Baroque Trumpet (Summit, 2007)
• A Cool Brassy Night at the North Pole (Summit, 1998)
• A Brassy Night at the Opera (Summit, 1997)
• David Hickman performs three trumpet concertos (Summit, 1997)
• Splendor and the Brass (Summit, 1997)
• Hope's Journey: The Music of Michael Conway Baker (Summit, 1995)
• The Golden Age of Brass, Vol. II (Summit, 1993)
• The Naples Philharmonic (featuring David Hickman, trumpet) (Summit, 1993)
• The Golden Age of Brass (Summit, 1992)
• Intimate Baroque (Summit, 1992)
• David Hickman, Trumpet (Crystal, 1990)
• Baroque Consort (Crystal, 1979)
• David Hickman, Trumpet (Crystal, 1976)
• David Hickman Goes on Record (Crystal, 1975)
• David Hickman, Trumpet (with the Denver Festival Chamber Orchestra) (Clarino, 1974)
• Concertos for Trumpet (Clarino, 1973)

Chamber

• Summit Brass Night: Live in Colorado (Summit, 2008)
• Summit Brass Live (Summit, 2003)
• Music of Howard Bradshaw (CBC Records, 1999)
• Spirits of Fire (Summit, 1998)
• Paving the Way (Summit, 1994)
• Ensemble 21 (Summit, 1993)
• Delights (Summit, 1993)
• Saint-Saëns Chamber Music (Summit, 1992)
• American Tribute (Summit, 1992)
• Baroque Brass (Summit, 1992)
• Hindemith: Complete Works for Brass (Summit, 1991)
• Windows (Crystal, 1991)
• The Saint Louis Brass Quintet (Crystal, 1990)
• Colors for Brass (Summit, 1990)
• Tuba 'n Spice (1989)
• Toccata & Fugue (Summit, 1989)
• All American Brass (Pro Arte, 1987)
• Episodes (Pro Arte, 1986)
• Carnival for Brass (Pro Arte, 1985)

References

1. ^ Bowman, Joseph (2003). "David Hickman Goes on Record". International Trumpet Guild 27 (4): 27–38. 
2. ^ The Keyed Trumpet O.J.'s Trumpet Resource Page. Retrieved 2010-04-10
3. ^ ITG Awards of Merit, 2005 The International Trumpet Guild. Retrieved 2010-04-10

External links

• Arizona State University Faculty Biography
• Hickman Music Editions

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