UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
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GUEST FACULTY TRUMPET RECITAL
Jesse Cook, trumpet
Farren Mayfield, piano
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Escapade
Joseph Turrin
(b. 1966)
Sonata for Trumpet
Allegretto
Dolce – Espressivo
Vivace
Allegretto
George Antheil
(1900-1959)
Rhapsody
David Sterett
(b. 1983)
INTERMISSION
Suite for Trumpet and Strings
Prelude
Air
Dance
William Latham
(1917-2004)
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Allegro molto
Allegretto
Allegro con fuoco
Eric Ewazen
(b. 1954)
Rondo for Lifey
Leonard Bernstein
(1918-1990)
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The Fifth Concert of Academic Year 2014-2015
RECITAL HALL
LAIDLAW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Monday, September 22, 2014
7:30 p.m.
Dr. Jesse Cook is Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at Northeastern State University in
Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Dr. Cook has recently enjoyed performances with the Houston
Symphony Orchestra, the Austin Lyric Opera, the Austin Bach Cantata Project, and the City
Limits Brass Quintet. Recent solo and orchestral appearances have included Bach’s
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben and Alpine Symphony, Stravinsky’s
L’Histoire du Soldat and Petrouchka, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Handel’s Messiah,
Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and Mahler’s Ninth Symphony.
A frequent recitalist and clinician, Dr. Cook has performed for and instructed students at
universities in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Texas and Oklahoma. Dr. Cook has a
DMA in Trumpet Performance from the University of Texas-Austin. While in Austin, Dr.
Cook served as the Teaching Assistant to the trumpet and brass chamber music programs. Dr.
Cook also has a MM from UT-Austin and a BME from Roosevelt University. His principal
instructors are Ray Sasaki, Mark Hughes, Mark Ridenour and Channing Philbrick. From
2006-2008, Dr. Cook was the band director at John Marshall Harlan High School in Chicago.
During this time, he revitalized Harlan’s band program, taking it from 30 to 120 students
who performed exclusively on 160 school-owned instruments acquired during Dr. Cook’s
tenure.
Dr. Cook has written two articles, published in the International Trumpet Guild Journal, on
the subject of Music Performance Anxiety. In addition, Dr. Cook was an invited speaker at
the 2014 Texas Music Educators Association annual conference and the 2014 ITG
Conference. He has also been asked to serve as a guest lecturer at several universities around
the country, including the University of Wisconsin, University of Iowa, University of
Minnesota, Baylor University, and the University of Houston.
Dr. Cook moved to eastern Oklahoma in the summer of 2014. He lives with his wife, Dr.
Dorea Cook, and their cat at their home in Tahlequah, where they all root for the Green Bay
Packers every Sunday in the fall.