Jeffrey Piper, professor of trumpet, UNM Department of Music, received the International Trumpet Guild’s Award of Merit. In addition, UNM junior Justin Holub won a New Mexico Music Award.
Piper will be recognized in a ceremony on Friday, May 29 at the ITG Annual Meeting at Messiah College in Harrisburg, Pa. The ITG Award of Merit is bestowed on individuals who have made substantial contributions to the art of trumpet playing through performance, teaching, publishing, research, composition or support of ITG's goals.
Piper served as principal trumpet of the San Diego Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and Opera Southwest. He also performed with the Santa Fe Opera. He co-founded and performs with the New Mexico Brass Quintet, which was in residence at UNM for 30 years. He has appeared throughout the United States, Mexico, Australia, China, Canada, Finland, Russia and Europe as soloist, adjudicator and clinician.
Piper has served on the ITG Board of Directors since 1998, including terms as president, vice president and secretary. He was recently elected to the board through 2013.
He has been on the UNM faculty for 32 years and previously served on the faculties of Quincy College and Truman State University.
Holub received a New Mexico Music award in Rock-Adult Contemporary for his song "Sleeping Dog." He is pursuing a Bachelor of University Studies with a concentration in audio engineering. His mentor in the Department of Music is Doug Geist, UNM adjunct professor and Santa Fe Center Recording Studios staff.
The New Mexico Music Awards helped to create the Eric Larson Music Endowment at UNM as a tribute to the awards program founder, Eric Larson. The endowment assists junior or senior UNM students who have declared music or a related field, such as the recorded arts, as their major and who maintain a 3.0 grade point average or better. A portion of the proceeds from the awards program is contributed annually to the endowment.
The New Mexico Music Awards recognize excellence in original music productions recorded and mixed primarily within the state of New Mexico.
For more information visit: Department of Music.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at May 20, 2009 05:10 PM