Citaat:
Charles Schlueter has announced his retirement from the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, effective at the end of the Tanglewood 2006 Season.
Charlie grew up in Du Quoin, Illinois and got his early musical training
there. He started playing at the age of ten. His first teacher was Charles
Archibald. His studies continued when he won a coloring contest sponsored
by a local music store and received free lessons with the resident trumpet
teacher, Don Lemasters. Subsequently, he studied with Mel Siener, Band
Director at Du Quoin Township High School, whose encouragement had a
profound influence on Charlie becoming a professional musician. While in
high school he also received instruction in St. Louis, Missouri from Edward
Brauer who was a member of the staff of the NBC radio studio. His studies
culminated at the Juilliard School, from which he graduated in 1962. There
his mentor was William Vacchiano, then principal trumpet of the New York
Philharmonic. (Mr. Vacchiano passed away on September 19, 2005 at the age
of 93.)
Charlie's 25 years as principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is
exceeded only by Georges Mager, who was principal for 31 years. Charlie is
the only principal trumpet in the 20th century who was not already a member
of the BSO. All of his predecessors were members of the orchestra prior to
becoming principal trumpet: Gustav Heim, Roger Voisin, Armando Ghitalla,
and Rolf Smedvig each joined the BSO as third/assistant principal. Mager
was hired as a violist.
Charlie has also been a member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players since
1981. Prior to his appointment in Boston, he held the position of principal
trumpet in the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, and the Kansas
City Philharmonic. He was associate principal trumpet in the Cleveland
Orchestra under George Szell.
Throughout his long and distinguished career, Charlie has received numerous
awards and accolades. He has appeared as soloist both in recital and with
orchestras in France, Brazil, Japan, as well as in the United States. He
has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the
direction of Seiji Ozawa and with the Minnesota Orchestra under conductors
Neville Marriner, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Kazuyoshi Akiyama. In Japan
he has appeared as soloist with the Kyushu Symphony in Fukuoka under
Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, and with conductor Naohiro Totsuka has performed with
both the Tokyo City Philharmonic and the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. He
has also been soloist with the Kyushu and Hiroshima Symphonies with
Kazuyoshi Akiyama conducting.
In addition to holding positions on the faculties of the New England
Conservatory and the Tanglewood Music Center, Charlie is also in demand as
a teacher abroad and has held master classes in Europe, Canada, Japan, and
South America. Since the 1980s he has been a regular visitor to Brazil,
presenting master classes and recitals. He has appeared as soloist with
orchestras in Joao Pessoa, Sao Luis, Recife, Sao Paulo, Campinas, Salvador,
Vitoria, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre.. He has taught in Rio de Janeiro
at the University of Rio de Janeiro, and also in Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte,
Salvador, Vitoria, and Campinas. In 1988 Charlie helped create the
Northeastern Brazil Brass Master Classes in Joao Pessoa, and this series
was subsequently expanded to include the areas of Sao Luis, Recife, and
Belem. He has also performed and recorded with BRASSIL (the resident Brass
Quintet of Paraiba University) and on several occasions has appeared with
the Jazz Orchestra of J.U. Da Silva ("Duda"). Since 1995 Charlie has been
visiting professor at Sakuyo University, in Kurashiki, Japan where in
addition to teaching has given recitals with pianist Yasuo Watanabe and has
appeared as soloist with the University's Wind Ensemble.
Charlie can be heard on most Boston Symphony recordings made since his
appointment in 1981. In addition, in 1994 he began making solo recordings.
The first, "Bravura Trumpet" was originally recorded for VOX and has been
recently re-issued by and is available from the Charles Schlueter
Foundation. Three other CDs have been subsequently released on the Kleos
Classics label: "Virtuoso Trumpet" (2001), "Trumpet Concertos" (2002), and
"Trumpet Works" (2003).
The Charles Schlueter Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, was
founded in 2001 to encourage communication among brass players and to
advance the level of performance, teaching and literature associated with
brass instruments. Its mission is to foster the enjoyment of music, promote
music education, and assist in the training of talented young brass
performers. The Foundation strives to promote music as an essential part of
school curriculums and to understand and demonstrate how music serves as a
means of communication across a range of cultures throughout the world.
Contents of Charlie's solo CDs:
"Bravura Trumpet" (1994): " Intrada" by Otto Ketting, "Chamber Music VII -
Ceremonies" and "Chamber Music VIII - Sonata" by Robert Suderburg,
"Sonate pour Trompette en Re et Violoncelle, op. 21" by Yves Chardon, and
"Sonate" by Paul Hindemith. Recorded at Symphony Hall, Boston.
"Virtuoso Trumpet" (2001, Kleos Classics KL5114): "Intrada" by Artur
Honegger, "Legende" by Georges Enesco, "Sonate for Cello and Trumpet" by
Yves Chardon*, "Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone" by Francis Poulenc,
"Septet" by Camille Saint-Saens, and the world premiere recording of "Duo
Concerto for Trumpet and Organ" by Tomas Svoboda. Recorded at Thompson
Chapel, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. (*from "Bravura
Trumpet")
"Trumpet Concertos" (2002, Kleos Classics KL51222): "Concerto in Eb Major"
by Johann Baptist Neruda, "Concerto in Eb Major" by Franz Joseph Haydn,
"Concerto in D Major" by Giuseppe Tartini, and "Concerto in E Major" by
Johann Nepomuk Hummel. This was recorded in April 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan
with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama, and
funded in part by The Charles Schlueter Foundation, Inc.
"Trumpet Works" (2003, Kleos Classics KL 5126): "Sonate" by Jean Hubeau,
"Chamber Music VII - Ceremonies" and "Chamber Music VIII - Sonata" by
Robert Suderburg, "Sonate" by Paul Hindemith. Recorded at Thompson Chapel,
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Following his retirement from the BSO, Charlie plans to remain active as a
member of the faculty of the New England Conservatory, as well as
continuing his annual trips to Brazil and Japan and Europe to give master
classes. Plans to record a few more CDs are also on the horizon.
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