John Rommel is an American classical trumpeter and professor at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Life

Prior to his hiring at Indiana, Rommel was principal trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

 of the Louisville Orchestra

Louisville Orchestra

The Louisville Orchestra is the primary orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky and has been called the cornerstone of the Louisville arts scene. It was founded in 1937 by Robert Whitney and Charles Farnsley, Mayor of Louisville...

 from 1988 until 1996. His numerous solo and chamber music performances include recent performances of J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, David Gillingham

David Gillingham

David R. Gillingham is a contemporary composer. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh for his undergraduate degree in Music Education and Michigan State University for his PhD in Music Composition/Theory. He currently serves as professor of music theory and composition at Central...

's When Speaks the Signal Trumpet Tone, Anthony Plog

Anthony Plog

Anthony Plog is a renowned American conductor, composer and trumpet player.The music of Anthony Plog has been performed in over 30 countries around the world...

's Double Concerto For Two Trumpets and Chamber Orchestra, and Gyorgy Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre.
He has also performed with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, Summit Brass, Saint Louis Brass Quintet, and the Nashville Contemporary Brass Quintet.

In addition to his performance experience, Rommel has recorded more than 30 compositions with the Louisville Orchestra by many of the leading composers of the twentieth century and has extensive commercial recording experience in Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

 and in Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

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. He was a clinician for the Vincent Bach Corporation

Vincent Bach Corporation

The Vincent Bach Corporation was an American manufacturer of brass musical instruments that began early in the twentieth century and still exists as a subsidiary of Conn-Selmer. The company was founded in 1918 by Austrian-born trumpeter Vincent Schrotenbach .-Vincent Bach:Vincent Schrotenbach was...

, a division of the Selmer Company, and has studied with former IU trumpet professors William Adam

William Adam (trumpeter)

William Adam is an American trumpeter, respected pedagogue, and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. He was highly analytical as a teacher, but always avoided discussing the mechanical aspects of trumpet playing with a student. Instead he "taught" by demonstration and by explanation in terms...

 and Louis Davidson, former Louisville Orchestra principal Leon Rapier, and former Chicago Symphony trumpeters Vincent Cichowicz and William Scarlett.

External links

• "Two Celebratory Fanfares (1995)", Art of the States