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Tracy Richardson
Tracy Richardson, harpsichord, is a recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship awarded by the Delaware Division of the Arts. After earning degrees from the Oberlin and New England Conservatories, she spent two years in Amsterdam as a special student at the Sweelinck Conservatorium. She is a co-founder of Mélomanie. She enjoys working with contemporary composers and has premiered works of composers Mark Hagerty, Chuck Holdeman, Curt Cacioppo and Sergio Roberto de Oliveira, among others. Ms. Richardson is Program Director and a member of the Master Faculty at The Wilmington Music School, faculty of Immaculata College, and a Teaching Artist for the Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education. She appears frequently as concerto soloist with orchestras in the region and is a regular guest artist with Le Triomphe de l’Amour, the Delaware Symphony and numerous ensembles. Ms. Richardson has played solo recitals across the northeastern United States and The Netherlands, and recently performed an all-contemporary program in Rio de Janeiro. She can be heard on the Lyrichord label.
Tom Moore
Tom Moore holds degrees in music from Harvard and Stanford and studied traverso with Sandra Miller. He is Music Librarian and director of the Duke Collegium Musicum. From 2004 to 2007 he was visiting professor of music at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UniRio), where he as co-director to the early music ensemble, Camerata Quantz. He has recorded with Kim Reighley and Melomanie for Lyrichord (USA) and with Le Triomphe de l’Amour for Lyrichord and A Casa Discos (Brazil). He participated as flutist and interviewer for the CD released in October 2006 marking ten years of music for flute by Sergio Roberto de Oliveira. Dr. Moore writes about music for BrazilMax.com, Opera Today, Flute Talk, Flutist Quarterly, and other venues. As a singer he has performed and recorded with the Symphonic Chorus of Rio de Janeiro, and with Concert Royal and Pomerium Musices of New York.
Randall Love
Randall Love is a member of the Duke University music faculty where he teaches piano and fortepiano. He has been heard in this country and abroad as a soloist and chamber player in performances on period and contemporary instruments. He has collaborated in numerous programs featuring Romantic music on original instruments. Love received his training at the Oberlin Conservatory (B.M.) and the New England Conservatory (M.M. with honors), after which he studied in Amsterdam where he earned a soloist diploma with honors from the Sweelinck Conservatory. His awards include being a finalist in the Erwin Bodky Early Keyboard Competition (1983) and a finalist in the Jaques Vonk Prijs Piano Competition in Amsterdam (1984).
Penelope Jensen
Penelope Jensen, who sings music from the Baroque to the contemporary, is often asked to perform with original instruments. She has performed with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Ars Musica and Ensemble Courant, and has recorded with the Cleveland Baroque Soloists and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, where she is a member of the faculty. Ms. Jensen resides in Chapel Hill and is Associate Professor of the Practice of Music in Voice at Duke University. She performs frequently in the area in recital, chamber music, and as soloist with orchestra and chorus.
Don Eagle
Don Eagle is a native of Raleigh, NC. He has lived and worked in this area except for a stint in the military when he was principal trumpet for the 82nd Airborne Division Band. Following this service he attended UNC-Chapel Hill. Mr. Eagle left UNC to pursue a freelance career and has become a fixture in many of the leading ensembles in the area, including the North Carolina Symphony, the St. Stephen’s Chamber Orchestra, and the Crown Chamber Brass Quintet at UNC-CH. Mr. Eagle has appeared as soloist with numerous ensembles. He is also active as a studio teacher with students at Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Meredith College, and Barton College. Mr. Eagle was the recipient of an Emerging Artist grant by the City of Raleigh in 1994.
E270 Valve Trombone, Tenor in B-flat
Valve Trombone, Tenor in B-flat, , C.G. Conn (1900-05).
Identifying mark(s):
“MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / IND. & / WORCESTER / MASS” is engraved on the bell. “PAT. JUNE / 16(?), 1886” and the serial number: 61436 are engraved on the back of the 2nd valve.
Description:
There are 3 Périnet valves with mother-of-pearl touchpieces at the left of the entry tube. The entry tube, passing bend 1 with the tuning slide and having a water key on the lower bend in the tuning slide, enters into valve 3, but a straight tube bypasses the valves (doubtless a dummy). A clamp ferrule attaches the bell tube to the tube exiting the valves.
Materials:
Brass, silver plate, and gold.
Notes:
The trombone is in good condition and has a beautifully engraved bell.
Measurements:
Total length of tube: 266.4 cm.
Bore: at the entry tube: 1.0 cm.
Bore at at the tuning slide: 1.2 cm.
Bore at the end of the bell tube: 1.3 cm.
Bell Diameter: 16.0 cm.
Associated Mouthpiece:
“CONN EUPHONIUM” is printed on the cup-shaed mouthpiece.Cup-shaped.
Length: 7.0 cm.
Rim width: 0.6 cm.
Inner cup diameter: 2.4 cm.
Depth of cup: c. 2.5 cm.
Bore at end: 0.9 cm.
Former inventory #: Trombone 2
Ioan Costache Making an Instrument
Here Ion Costache shows an instrument he is making. He works at his home in his workshop that also doubles as his bedroom. He works to the highest standards, and has only recently started incorporating electric tools (of his own design) to help him cut out the bore of the instruments.
William Michal, Jr. M.D.
William Michal, Jr. M.D. was born in Charlotte, educated in the public school system, and attended UNC-CH for both undergraduate and medical school. After residency training in pediatrics out of the state and two years in the US Army Medical Corps, the family settled in High Point, NC where he practiced in a pediatric group for 32 years. He and his wife Nancy have three children and seven grandchildren all living in the Triangle area. His interests have included church activities, various sports, music, and collecting. For the last 30 years he has endeavored to assemble a broad representation of banjos made from about 1875 to 1915, the premier era of the instrument’s acoustic and decorative development.
Mamadou Diabate
From a very early age, Mamadou Diabate knew that the kora was his destiny. He first learned to play the kora from his father, N’fa Diabate, and then from his cousin, Toumani Diabate. When he was fifteen, Mamadou won first prize for his kora playing in a regional competition and instantly became something of a local celebrity. In 1996, a touring group from the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali offered Mamadou the chance to travel to the United States. Following a successful tour, he decided to continue his work in the USA and now lives in Durham. Named “World Musician of the Year” in 2007 by the American Folk Alliance and nominated for a Grammy award in 2006, Mamadou performs throughout North America and Europe. Eager to bring the kora to new audiences, he collaborates with jazz and other contemporary artists.
B. O’Neal Talton
Bob Talton is a native North-Carolinian who has been making award-winning stringed instruments for more than thirty years. Bob has displayed a natural talent for working with wood his whole life, crafting everything from working model airplanes to classic wooden sailboats. When he turned his hand to instrument making, he did extensive research into the techniques of such old masters as Stradivari, Guarneri, and Amati, with critically acclaimed success. Bob thoroughly enjoys creating stringed instruments and derives equal pleasure from hearing them.