The program was created by a grant of private money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is administered by the United Negro College Fund and other minority funds and organizations. Currently they are the trumpet faculty at Northwestern University following 20 years at the Eastman School of Music. In addition to their teaching positions, they are the co-principal trumpets of Chicago's Music of the Baroque, the Chicago Chamber Ensemble, and the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra. Butler and Geyer will be joined by pianist Yoko Ya-mada and an honor trumpet choir of college and high school students conducted by Truman professor Gregory Jones. The duo will share their experiences, both as members of the Chicago, Van-couver, and Houston symphonies as well as performers in venues including Chip Davis, Mannheim Steamroller and others.
All events are free and open to the public.
January 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . Semester begins January 8-12. . . . . . . . . . . . January 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate research stipend proposals due February 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . .