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| Luis Engelke |
 Originally a native of Brazil, Luis C. Engelke is currently professor of trumpet and graduate coordinator at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland and on the faculty of the Maryland Conservatory of Music. He performs more than a hundred engagements annually as an orchestral and chamber musician, soloist, educator, scholar, composer/arranger, and conductor, and currently serves as Music Reviews Editor for the International Trumpet Guild Journal. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist/Clinician, and his first solo CD titled A Brazilian Collection is available from Amazon.com.
A former member of Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira (OSB, Rio de Janeiro), Engelke has performed with the following orchestras: Phoenix Symphony, Maryland Symphony, Annapolis Opera, Delaware Symphony, Harrisburg Symphony, Harrisburg Opera, Kennett Symphony, Lancaster Symphony, Mesa Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Ohio Valley Symphony, Orquestra Pro-Música (Rio de Janeiro), Music at Penn’s Woods Festival Orchestra, Rome Festival Orchestra (Italy), and Pro-Music Chamber Orchestra of Columbus. Work in jazz, popular music, and other styles include performances with Andrea Bocelli, the Moody Blues, the Heavenly Seven, and recordings for Globo TV in Brazil. Additionally, he has performed as a soloist in North America, South America, and Europe and recorded for the Pro-Arte, Decca, and other labels. With OSB, Engelke recorded the trumpet solo for Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Choros No. 10 on the soundtrack for the film Villa-Lobos: Sua Vida de Paixão. He has taught at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Conservatório Brasileiro de Música, Arizona State University, Ohio State University, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and Florida State University Music Camps, in addition to providing other master classes and workshops at various institutions and conferences. He has appeared as a soloist in several regional, national, and international conferences sponsored by such organizations as the International Trumpet Guild, Music Educators National Committee, and the College Music Society. His scholarly work includes more than eighty publications in the ITG Journal, Euro-ITG Newsletter, Jazz Educators Journal, and Triad. Topp Brass in Switzerland and Triplo Press published several of his arrangements and editions. Engelke holds the BM and BME degrees from Florida State University, the MM and MA degrees from Ohio State University, and DMA from Arizona State University. He has won awards and scholarships from the following organizations: CAPES-Fulbright, Music Teachers National Association, International Trumpet Guild, and Rádio Mec. His former teachers include David Hickman (Regents’ Professor, ASU), Bryan Goff (FSU), Dr. Richard Burkart (OSU), Larry Black (Atlanta Symphony), Pharez Whitted (OSU, jazz artist), Dr. Edward H. Tarr (Switzerland), Vincent Cichowicz (retired, Northwestern University), and Philip Smith (New York Philharmonic). Office: CA 3100 |