Silverman Archive

Stories for Our Time = Ida GOTKOVSKY; Elaine FINE; Anne GUZZO; Cecilia MCDOWALL; Hillary TANN; Faye-Ellen SILVERMAN – Music for Trumpet and Piano / Thomas Pfotenhauer, trumpet; Vincent Fuh, piano – MSR Classics

by Audiophile Audition | Apr 19, 2017 | Classical CD Reviews

A diverting collection of trumpet and piano music by contemporary women composers Stories For Our Time: Music for Trumpet and Piano by Women Composers – Thomas Pfotenhauer, trumpet; Vincent Fuh, piano – [World Premiere Recordings] MSR Classics CD MS 1589 TT: 65:25 (11/11/16) [Distr. by Albany] *** This is a unique disc from MSR Classics, with music for trumpet and piano by contemporary women composers. It seems a niche, but tat doesn’t diminish the quality of the music. Thomas Pfotenhauer plays the trumpet, fluegelhorn and E-flat trumpet as called for in the various pieces. Vincent Fuh is at the piano. Dr. Pfotenhauer studied trumpet with Armando Ghitalla at the University of Michigan, completing a Masters degree in 1993, and holds a Bachelors degree in music from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trumpet performance from the University of Kansas. Fuh is a University of Wisconsin graduate with a private teaching studio. He’s a new member of the Oakwood Chamber Players, a long time member of Opera for the Young, and a freelance collaborative pianist specializing in cross-genre music. All the composers are living, most working in the United States, but not all were born here. […]