Detailed
Biographical Sketch
Glenn Call has toured extensively as a prominent soloist, conductor and teacher,
conducting and performing with orchestras and bands throughout the United States,
Canada and Europe. Following
studies with Matty Shiner at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and later with
Cherry Beauregard at the Eastman School of Music, Glenn Call began his distinctive
musical career as a member of the famed "President's Own" U.S.
Marine Band, touring the country and performing at the White House with that
elite ensemble under Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Regan.
On leaving the Marine Band, Call returned to Rochester, New York where he taught
low brass and brass pedagogy at the Eastman
School of Music and directed the Wind Ensemble at the Nazareth
College of Rochester. At Nazareth College, he was influential in attracting
members of the Rochester Philharmonic to the wind faculty there and featured them
regularly as soloists in his concerts. In
the late 1980's, Glenn Call accepted the directorship of the venerable Monroe
County Parks Band. Under Call's rebuilding program, the Parks Band achieved
an extraordinarily high level of performance in a very short time. Drawing huge
audiences wherever it performed, the Band was also featured on National Public
Radio broadcasts and recordings. During this time, Glenn Call continued to be very active as a soloist. Included among his solo successes were appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinu in the Czech Republic, making him one of the few Euphoniumists of his generation to have appeared as soloist with major symphony orchestras. In his appearance with the Buffalo Philharmonic, a reviewer described his performance as "sweet and athletic." Mr. Call is a Yamaha Performing Artist and was instrumental in the design of the popular YEP 642 professional Euphonium.
Glenn Call holds degrees in music performance and literature from the famed Eastman
School of Music of the University of Rochester and has studied conducting
under Kirk Trevor of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Victor Feldbrill of Toronto
and Jorma Panula of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. Glenn Call takes time out of his busy schedule to pursue his hobbies in German and Asian cultures and literatures, comercial and recreational diving and motorcycle touring. He currently resides in Rochester, in western New York state with his wife Eileen.
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K. Call Highlights:
1975:
Featured Soloist -- The Eastman Wind Ensemble 1976:
Featured Soloist -- The Eastman Wind Ensemble 1976
- 1981: Euphoniumist 1979:
Soloist / Clinician -- International Congress for Brass Musicians,
Soloist
/ Clinician -- Pittsburg State University Adjudicator
-- National Association of Brass Band Conductors 1980:
Guest Conductor -- Redbridge Youth Brass Band, Redbridge Music School Featured
Soloist -- Pennsylvania State University Brass Chorale 1982:
Featured Soloist -- Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Featured
Soloist -- Brighton Symphony Orchestra, Soloist
/ Clinician -- North Carolina State University, 1983:
Featured Soloist -- Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Adjudicator
-- Greece Performing Arts Society, Conducted
world premiere of Gustav Holst's Three Folk Tunes 1984:
Featured Soloist -- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Featured
Soloist --- Rush-Henrietta School District Featured
Soloist -- Memorial Concert 1986:
Clinician -- Educational Support Program, 1987:
Featured Soloist -- New York State School Music Association Summer Conference
1988:
Featured Soloist -- Williamsville North Wind Ensemble 1989:
Featured Soloist -- Cornell University 20th Festival of Contemporary Music
1987
- 1991: Director -- The Monroe County Parks Band 1989
- 1992: Adjudicator -- Cattaragus County Music Educator's Solo Festival
1990
- 1994: Featured Soloist -- Lancaster Community Band, 1992:
Guest Conductor -- Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra 1994:
Guest Conductor -- Jugendblasorchester Estenfeld 1995:
Masterclass -- Ithaca College School of Music Guest
Soloist -- Bohuslav Martinu Filharmonie, 1996: Named "Yamaha Performing Artist" 1997:
Featured Soloist -- Fredonia Wind Ensemble For
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In 1990, with considerable financial support from the state of Bavaria and the
city of Würzburg, Glenn Call led the the Parks Band on a grand concert tour
Germany. Under his direction, the Parks Band became the first group of it's kind
to appear in concert at the famous shrine to Richard Wagner, 
