CAO : Brass

Trumpet

	Ethan Bensdorf : Trumpet Ethan Bensdorf is currently attending Northwestern University working towards his Bachelor's degree in Music Performance and studying with Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer. Growing up in a musical family, he was turned on to classical music at a young age and started playing the trumpet at age 11. Ethan attributes much of his musical training to Interlochen Arts Camp where he spent seven summers intensively studying and improving. There he was principal trumpet of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra, was the recipient of the Emerson Scholarship from the state of Illinois, and was awarded the Fine Arts Award. As a chamber musician, Ethan was a founding member of the Panoramic Brass Quintet, semifinalists at the 2003 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and winners of the Rembrandt Chamber Players' Youth Chamber Music Competition. Ethan is currently a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, training orchestra for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has participated at such summer festivals as Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and the National Orchestral Institute in Maryland. Throughout his orchestral playing career, Ethan has performed under the batons of such world renowned conductors as Lorin Maazel, Gerard Schwarz, Neemi Jaarvi, David Robertson, and Valery Gergiev. Ethan is a current active freelancer in the Chicago area where he has performed with such groups as the Lira Ensemble and the Chicago Chamber Orchestra.
	David Leon : Trumpet Currently one of Chicago's most active performing trumpet players, Mr. Leon received his musical training at the Eastman School of Music and Northwestern University School of Music where he graduated Cum Laude. A seasoned orchestral musician since the age of 19, Mr. Leon has performed with such renowned ensembles as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, Symphony II, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. In the spring of 2000 while on tour, Mr. Leon made his Carnegie Hall debut under Daniel Barenboim. He has also performed under other great conductors such as Neemi Jarvi, Charles Dutoit, Gerard Schwarz, Pierre Boulez, and Michael Tilson Thomas. In demand internationally as a guest performer/soloist, he has appeared with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and La Orquestra Sinfonica de Tenerife (Spain). A familiar face at the country's most prestigious music festivals, Mr. Leon has been invited to such prestigious summer festivals such as the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Tanglewood Festival Orchestra in Massachusetts, Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, and the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. Mr. Leon's active solo and studio career began early on. After performing Haydn's "Concerto in Eb" in Tacoma, Washington, following his first two years of trumpet studies, his solo and recital career led him to performances throughout New York, Illinois and Washington State. In addition to classical and popular television and radio recordings with the Chicago Recording Company, he has been twice featured on Japanese national television as principal trumpet/soloist with such noted ensembles as the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Sapporo and the Eastman Wind Ensemble in Tokyo.

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Horn

	DeAunn Davis : Horn DeAunn Davis received her bachelors in horn performance from Northwestern University in 2003. Since then, she has been teaching privately, performing regularly with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and working full-time at the Northwestern University Music Library. In the fall, DeAunn will begin to pursue a Master's degree from DePaul University.
	Jeremiah Frederick : Horn Hornist Jeremiah Frederick is currently a freelance artist in Chicago and Northern Indiana. He holds the positions of Fourth horn with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Associate Principal horn with the South Bend Symphony. In addition, Jeremiah has played with other fine ensembles including the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Elgin, Northwest Indiana, and Omaha Symphonies, and the Philly Pops Orchestra in Philadelphia. He enjoys new music performance and to this end has played with contempo at the University of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony's MusicNow series. As a soloist, Jeremiah was awarded third place in the American Horn Competition in 2001. Solo engagements have included performances of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Jacob's Concerto For Horn and Strings at Northwestern University. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Frederick is a member of the Stonegate Brass, Third Coast Brass and the Millar Brass Ensemble. He is also a founding member of Quintet Attacca, a wind quintet and winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition's Grand Prize and Senior Wind Division Gold Medal in 2002. Following this great honor, Quintet Attacca has toured extensively in the Midwest, been an ensemble-in-residence at Italy's Emiglia Romagna Festival and recently made their New York debut at the Schneider Concert series at New School University. Jeremiah graduated from Northwestern University in 2000 with a Masters' Degree in performance and received his Bachelor's from Lawrence University. His teachers have included Gail Williams, Bill Barnewitz, Dale Clevenger, and James DeCorsey.

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