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2021 Carmine Caruso Competition
After a wide array of world-class entries from all around the globe, our preliminary judges have decided upon the following finalists for the live competition to take place in Denver, Colorado on October 1st and 2nd.
Congratulations to each of our six finalists in the ITG Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition! (in alphabetical order):
Brandon Choi, Astoria, NY
Brandon Choi is an improvising trumpet player. A recent transplant to New York City, he enjoys making music and sounds with the kindred spirits he’s found there. Brandon is enjoying a burgeoning career as both a performer and composer, having had the distinct pleasure to make music with luminaries such as Miguel Zenon, Ingrid Jensen, Joe Martin, Jim McNeely, and Bill Holman. Brandon draws on his experience as an in-demand freelancing trumpeter all across Upstate and Western New York, as well as the rich experiences garnered at the Eastman School of Music, in his current and future endeavors. In 2019, Brandon placed first in the ITG Jazz Trumpet Competition. Brandon considers himself fortunate for every opportunity to connect, through sound, with all those around him.
Joey Curreri, Marina del Rey, CA
Joey Curreri is a jazz trumpeter from Marina
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The 2015 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition was held on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas on Saturday, September 19, 2015. First held in 1993, and co-sponsored by the International Trumpet Guild and the Herb Alpert Foundation, this bi-annual competition is considered the world’s most prestigious for jazz trumpeters. The winner of the competition receives $10,000, and the runner-up receives $5,000. The co-hosts for this year’s competition were Amanda Pepping, Aric Schneller and Randal Adams.
Carmine Caruso was one the world’s greatest brass teachers. It is to the man and his work that this competition is dedicated. Caruso was born on November 2, 1904, and lived his entire life in New York, and died on May 26, 1987. Although he played all the woodwind and string instruments, Caruso made his living as a saxophone player, performing in ballrooms and on radio shows. He played his last club date on his 70th birthday in 1974. Caruso took his first trumpet student in 1942 and, within a year, had forty brass students. Brass players from all over the world traveled to New York to study with him, and he developed a reputation for being able to help players improve.