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June 2011
Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by Raquel.
Happy Summer Soltice! The word solstice derives from Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still). I am currently in Dallas eating alot of TexMex food and just enjoying having no obligations! I had a cool couple of weeks in late May into June. I traveled with the Fountain City Brass Band to Europe for [...]
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Summer Ideas
Posted on 12. May, 2011 by Raquel.
What’s a trumpeter to do in the summer besides practice? While a student in college I utilized the summers for performance and additional trumpet study opportunities. I believe these summers gave me a great advantage in the school year. I spent a summer marching drum corps, toured with Brass Theater and Blast!, I attended trumpet [...]
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James Curnow Brass Band Concert
Posted on 25. Nov, 2010 by Raquel.
Three Brass Bands paid tribute to Kentucky Composer James Curnow by presenting a concert consisting entirely of his music. The bands consisted of the Cincinnati Brass Band, Derby City Brass, and the host band, Lexington Brass Band. The show was entitled, “SALUTE TO KENTUCKY COMPOSER JAMES CURNOW” and was presented at UK Singletary Center for [...]
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Star United 2010
Posted on 14. Sep, 2010 by Raquel.
Star United, Star Alumni Corps… yes, they are two different entities. Star United is a mini corps based out of Indianapolis, IN that competes in the mini-corps portion of the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) I&E Championship. Star United had previously won 4 consecutive 1st place awards, and on Friday Sept. 3, 2010 we made it [...]
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Star of Indiana
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Raquel.
“The name Star of Indiana evokes an image of legend in the minds of many drum corps fans today. This corps, who took the field from 1985-1993, accomplished much in its relatively short existence, making the World Championship Finals in its very first year and winning a Championship in 1991. With groundbreaking programming that [...]
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Toronto in June is lovely!
Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Raquel.
So I just got back from the International Women’s Brass Conference held on the campus of Humber College in Toronto, Ontario. It was a great week filled with a competition, performances, reuniting with old friends, and great sight-seeing. Here is a short synopsis of my week. It all began for me on a very early [...]
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Drum Corps-experience of a lifetime!
Posted on 24. May, 2010 by Raquel.
So I recently attended a drum corps move-in camp and I have to say I was amazed at the physical challenges those kids embrace. I vaguely remember my own corps summer and I can’ t believe I was able to get through it! I do remember being in the shape of my life afterwards though! [...]
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Summer Time!
Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Raquel.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18) by William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And [...]
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The Northerner – Kicking some brass
Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by Raquel.
Check out an article about me from the Northerner, a student newspaper from Northern Kentucky University: via The Northerner – Kicking some brass – article on the Northerner website, here is also a scanned jpg of the newspaper article. http://www.thenortherner.com/
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UK Tour – Nov 2009
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Raquel.
Dr. Raquel Rodriquez, Assistant Professor of Trumpet at NKU, recently had a monumental November in which she embarked on a UK tour with the Fountain City Brass Band, a traditional British style brass band based out of Kansas City. With FCBB she won a national and international championship, recorded a CD, and performed as a [...]
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