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Will Strieder is Associate Professor of Music at Texas Tech University.
He studied at Northwestern University, where he received the Masters of
Music degree in Trumpet Performance and was winner of the Northwestern
Concerto Competition. He also studied at the University of Houston,
where he received the Bachelor of Music in Music Education. He is
principal trumpet of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, as well as second
trumpet of the Houston Ballet Orchestra. Mr. Strieder performs at Texas
Tech with the Faculty Brass Quintet, and also conducts the Trumpet
Choir.
He is active as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United
States, Mexico, and Europe. Appearances have included those with such
groups as the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Pro Musica,
Clear Lake Symphony, Texas Opera Theater, Society for the Performing
Arts in Houston, and the Millar Brass Ensemble. He has recorded
Incantations for Trumpet and Piano, Rhapsody for solo trumpet and harp,
and Trio Italiano by Mary Jeanne van Appledorn with the Opus One
recording label. Also, Mr. Strieder recorded Fisher Tull’s Concerto for
Trumpet with the Nurnberg Symphony Orchestra in Nurnberg, Germany on
Albany Records. Mr. Strieder has also recently appeared twice as a
soloist with UADY Chamber Orchestra of Merida, Mexico.
In addition to his teaching and performing duties at Tech, Mr. Strieder
directs the School of Music’s recording program. He has drawn over
$100,000 in grant money to the program since 2000, improving equipment,
streamlining editing and authoring processes and training student
assistants to record the more than 400 performances that occur annually
at Texas Tech. Mr. Strieder also directs the Winds and Percussion
Department’s All-State Recording Project, in which audition materials
for Texas small school and large school bands are recorded by Texas Tech
faculty members. Faculty members also record spoken commentary to help
students prepare for their auditions.
Mr. Strieder’s students have had success in the education and
performance fields. The trumpet studio at Texas Tech has attracted
talented students from throughout the United States. These students have
been accepted into prestigious music festivals and graduate programs
nationwide. In addition, many of his former students are successful
teachers and performers.
To contact Will Strieder, email
will.strieder@ttu.edu.
Visit the trumpet studio web site: www.webpages.ttu.edu/wstriede.
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