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Brass 
William FielderTrumpet, Jazz Studies Hailed as a genius by many of his peers, William Fielder is an exceptional musician. He earned degrees from the American Conservatory of Music and has become fluent in both jazz and classical music. "Prof" has worked with B.B. King, Slide Hampton, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Kenny Burrell, Art Pepper and Dinah Washington. Classical performances include the Chicago Civic Symphony and the American Conservatory Symphony and Brass Ensemble. He studied with Vincent Cichowicz, one of North Americas foremost experts in brass pedagogy and member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 23 years, and Adolph Herseth, who was the principal trumpeter of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for over four decades.
Office: Rehearsal 009 | Phone: 732-932-8886 
Conrad HerwigJazz Trombone New York jazz trombonist Conrad Herwig has recorded seventeen albums as a leader. His latest release on Half Note Records, "Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis" was recorded live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC. With special guests Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Valentin, and Brian Lynch this recording received a 2005 GRAMMY nomination. This CD is the long awaited follow up to the 1998 Grammy-nominated "Latin Side of John Coltrane". His other recent solo recordings include "Obligation", "Que Viva Coltrane", co-led with Brian Lynch, and "Heart of Darkness" on Criss Cross Records, which received 4 1/2 stars in Downbeat Magazine. He has also been voted #1 Jazz Trombone(TDWR) in the 1998, 1999, and 2002 Downbeat International Jazz Critic's Poll. Conrad has been a featured member in the Joe Lovano Nonet (featured as a soloist on Lovano's Grammy Award winning "52nd St. Themes"), Tom Harrell's Septet and Big Band, and the Joe Henderson Sextet. Conrad has also performed and recorded with Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta II and Afro-Caribbean-Jazz Octet, Paquito D'Rivera's Havana-New York Connection, and the Mingus Big Band (often serving as musical director). Herwig is a recipient of performance and teaching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and is currently Professor of Jazz Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Conrad has been on the Board of Directors of the International Trombone Association. An in-demand jazz educator, Conrad Herwig is a Conn-Selmer clinician and performs on Bach Stradivarius trombones, as well as composing and arranging exclusively using Sibelius Music Notation software.
Office: RHL 209A | Phone: 732-932-3177 
Douglas LundeenHorn Douglas Lundeen received his D.M.A. from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of music. He has played principal horn with orchestras in Costa Rica, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh, is principal horn of the Princeton Symphony, and has played principal horn for the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, and the Riverside Symphonia, as well as playing on Broadway with "Jeckyll and Hyde" and "Aida. Dr. Lundeen won first prize for solo natural horn in the 1987 American Horn Competition. Since then he has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey, and has been a recitalist at workshops of the International Horn Society and the International Early Brass Society. He has played principal horn with original instrument orchestras in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Vancouver and Washington, D. C.. His recordings can be found on the Sony, Newport Classics, Musical Heritage Society, Koch and Centaur labels.
Office: Levin Theater 203 | Phone: 732-932-3616 
Scott MendokerTuba Scott Mendoker has earned a reputation as both a superb musician and a distinguished teacher. His experience includes performances with the New York Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops and the Broadway hit - Ragtime. Scott has both performed and recorded with the Chicago Symphony and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He is currently on the Performance Faculty of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where he teaches Tuba, Euphonium and directs the Chamber Music Program. Scott is also the Director of the Brass Institute at Drew Summer Music . While at home he is a member of the New York Chamber Soloists, the Westfield Symphony, the New Jersey Chamber Music Society and the world famous Goldman Memorial Band. Most recently (July 2005), he was appointed to the tuba position with the renowned brass quintet Philadelphia Brass. Scott is a Willson Performing Artist and lives in Chatham, New Jersey with his wife Annie (a professional horn player), their daughter, and their dog Lucy.
Office: Music Building | Phone: 732-932-9302 
Michael PowellTrombone Michael Powell is one of the most sought-after trombonists in New York City. Since 1983, Mr. Powell has been a member of the celebrated American Brass Quintet. He performs and records regularly as principal trombonist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Little Orchestra Society, Speculum Musicae, and the Aspen Festival Orchestra. Mr. Powell has appeared as soloist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Kansas City Philharmonic, and at the Aspen and New Hampshire music festivals. He also performs on Broadway, records for radio, television and the cinema, and has been recorded on many major record labels. He frequently appears with such diverse ensembles as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Zankel Band, Music Today, Musical Elements, the Classical Band, and P.D.Q. Bach. He has taught master classes in Trombone and Chamber Music all over the world. Mr. Powell commissioned and recorded the Sonata for Trombone and Piano by Eric Ewazen, with the composer as pianist, on the Well-Tempered label. He is also a faculty member of The Juilliard School, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the Aspen Music Festival.
Office: Rehearsal Hall | Phone: 732-932-8791 
John RojakBass trombone Rojak has performed and recorded with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York Pops, Little Orchestra Society, Stamford Symphony, and Broadway’s Les Misérables. He has performed and recorded with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus, New York Chamber Symphony, and as solo trombone of Solisti NY. As part of Gunther Schuller’s handpicked orchestra he was involved in the recording of Brahms’ First Symphony and Beethoven’s Fifth for a collaborative CD to Mr. Schuller’s book “The Compleat Conductor.” Mr. Rojak has performed with many ballet companies, including the Bolshoi, Kirov, Royal, Netherlands Dance Theatre, Chinese, and San Francisco. His Broadway shows also include Sugar Babies, the original orchestra for Les Miserables, and Shirley MacLaine on Broadway. He has played with the big bands of Mel Lewis, Jerry Mulligan, and Bob Mintzer, and with Metallica in Madison Square Garden. Besides classical recordings, he can be heard on soundtracks for commercials and film. His teachers include John Coffey, Don Harwood, and Sam Pilafian.
Office: Music Building | Phone: 732-932-9302 
Scott WhitenerBrass instruments, Conducting Scott Whitener, Professor of Music in the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University, is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the University of Michigan, and Rutgers. At Juilliard, he was first trumpet of the Juilliard Orchestra under the distinguished French conductor, Jean Morel, who influenced his conducting. He began his professional career with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra where he played under Pablo Casals, among others, and later played at the American debut of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio of Munich under Raphael Kubelik at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Whitener's book, A Complete Guide to Brass: Instruments and Technique (Schirmer Books/Simon & Schuster Macmillan), now in its second edition (the third edition is in press), is used at over one hundred universities and is considered the definitive work in the field. Professor Whitener participated in the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble program in Horncastle, England. It was this experience that inspired him to found the Rutgers University Brass Ensemble in 1993. He also studied the interpretation of 16th and 17th century music at Stanford University. Dr. Whitener taught conducting for twenty-four years. Among his former students are Paavo Järvi, principal conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and regular guest conductor of major orchestras throughout the world, and Gail Lee, who has been conducting orchestras in the Czech Republic and was for four years associate conductor of the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Professor Whitener serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Music.
Office: Rehearsal 011 | Phone: 732-932-8860
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