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Short 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 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Glenn Call began his 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. Early in his career, Mr. Call was very active in England as soloist, guest conductor, and adjudicator, appearing throughout the country and on the BBC. The British Press enthusiastically hailed him as "Euphonium King." On leaving the Marine Band, Mr. Call returned to Rochester, New York. to accept a positon teaching at his Alma Mater, the Eastman School of Music. As a Yamaha Performing Artist, he helped design the Yamaha YEP 642, one of the most popular professional Euphoniums on the market today. In the late 1980's, Glenn Call was appointed director 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 perormed, it was also featured on National Public Radio broadcasts and recordings and was sponsored by Rochester's Sister-City Würzburg in a spectacular tour of Germany.
Glenn Call holds degrees in music performance and literature from the University
of Rochester's Eastman School of Music
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 from his busy schedule to pursue his interests in Germanic and Asian cultures and literatures, commercial and recreational diving, alpine skiing and motorcycle touring. He currently resides in Rochester, in western New York with his wife Eileen.
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