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Music at Noon Series: Paul Merkelo, trumpet (McGill University); Colleen Klassen, piano
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
12:15 pm, University Recital Hall
FREE Admission

Renowned as one of the finest trumpet players of his generation, Paul Merkelo is recognized for his "pure technical prowess’’ (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle) as well as his ‘’unusual lyrical gifts’’ (Gramophone). Principal trumpet with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 1995, Mr. Merkelo is regularly praised by the Montreal press as ‘’a spectacular soloist… a most impressive master of his instrument’’ (Montreal Gazette). He has been featured frequently with the OSM, including tours to South America and Lincoln Center in New York.  Merkelo has also been featured with orchestras, and in recital, throughout Canada, the United States, Russia, China, Japan, Portugal, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, France and Thailand. Paul Merkelo attended the University of Illinois and Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the Speth Scholarship for outstanding orchestral musician. Mr. Merkelo is on the faculty at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and McGill University. He is on the board of directors for the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (Canada), and is the founder of the Paul Merkelo scholarship.