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The Department of Music at Auburn University is pleased to announce the appointments of two new faculty members beginning with the 2005 fall semester. Doug Rosener will assume the position of Assistant Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Percussion Studies and Ramon Vasquez becomes Assistant Professor of Trumpet Studies and Director of the Jazz Bands. Both men were selected as the result of a nation-wide search.
Doug Rosener
Rosener received the Bachelor in Music Education from Penn State University, the Master's Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of North Texas, and is completing his Doctorate in Percussion Performance from the University of Colorado in Boulder. He has performed with many pro- fessional orchestras including the
Altoona Symphony, the Boulder Philharmonic, the Sinfonia of Colorado, the Colorado Ballet Company Orchestra, and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. He has recorded with the North Texas Wind Symphony, North Texas Chamber Players, and has been a regular drummer with several profession- al musical theater companies. He was also a mem- ber of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from 1987 to 1990.
Mr. Rosener's previous appointments include Director of Percussion Studies at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and Interim Director of Percussion Studies at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington.
Several of
his percussion ensemble compositions and arrange- ments have been published, and he continues to remain active as a percussion composer/arranger, clinician, and judge for high schools and universities throughout the United States. Mr. Rosener is an Artist/Clinician for Sabian cymbals. His responsibil- ities at Auburn include applied percussion instruc- tion, director of various percussion ensembles, and Assistant Director of Auburn University Bands.
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY MUSIC DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES NEW FACULTY
Ramon Vasquez
Ramon Vasquez is currently com- pleting the Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree at the University of Minnesota. He comes to Auburn University by way of Duluth Minnesota where he was Professor of Trumpet at the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1998- 2003. His earned degrees include
the Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance from Northwestern State University in Louisiana and a Master of Music Degree in Performance from the University of North Texas. His teachers include Galindo Rodriguez, Dr. Leonard Candelaria, Keith Johnson and Dr. David Baldwin.
Mr. Vasquez's versatility as a trumpet artist makes him sought after as clinician, adjudicator and per- former. In addition to being trumpet artist/clinician for the Edwards Instrument Company, he has held summer residencies with the Disney All-American College Marching Band and International Student Show Band. He has also performed with such nota- bles as Barry Manilow, Sheena Easton, and Peabo Bryson, as well as with the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Minnesota Opera, the Minnesota Contemporary Ensemble and the Big Time Jazz Orchestra. In 2004, he presented a lecture on Baroque trumpet perform- ance at the University of Saskatchewan Fine Arts Research and Lecture Series. He was the 1997 win- ner of the Master's Division of the National Trumpet Competition.
Mr. Vasquez has had extensive Drum Corps experi- ence as both a performer and instructor, including involvement with the Phantom Regiment, Blue Stars, and Minnesota Brass Drum and Bugle Corps. This year he will present a clinic entitled "The Benefits of Drum Corps on Trumpet Playing" at the 2005 International Trumpet Guild Convention in Bangkok, Thailand. At Auburn Mr. Vasquez will teach applied trumpet and will conduct the Trumpet Ensemble and the Auburn University Jazz Bands.
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