Raquel Rodriquez | Trumpet Artist

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 often is his [...]

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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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A few of my favorite things…

Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Raquel.

So I have recently been very busy with two of my favorite things, namely, brass band and drum corps. I have been preparing for the upcoming UK trip with the Fountain City Brass Band. I also have the honor of being a soloist on tour. I am especially looking forward to Brass in Concert. [...]

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Brass Band news

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Raquel.

So, I am getting settled in my new settings, and I gotta say, I’m loving life! I really like my new school, Northern Kentucky University. The students are great and I am really enjoying playing in the faculty brass quintet. The quintet recently had a school show and it was a blast! I also recently [...]

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Trumpet in the Olympics

Posted on 20. Aug, 2008 by Raquel.

The Olympics began in ancient Greece nearly 3,000 years ago. Sporting contests took place during the great festivals that the Greeks held in honour of their gods. The most important of these contests was the Olympic Games, dedicated to Zeus, the Father of the Gods. Every four years, free men from all over the Greek [...]

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Zwilich American Concerto

Posted on 06. Aug, 2008 by Raquel.

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich is an important figure in the realm of the compositional world. She has written a diverse body of works in which she has received many accolades including the coveted Pulitzer Prize. Her output for the trumpet has been significant, contributing such works as Concerto for Trumpet and Five Players (1984), [...]

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Carissimi’s Jeptha

Posted on 26. Jul, 2008 by Raquel.

I recently purchased a CD from Amazon, it is one of my favorite pieces of music. It is Giacomo Carissimi‘s Jeptha. Jephte is easily Carissimi’s best-known and most-performed composition, an oratorio in the operatic, declamatory style developed by Monteverdi and others at the beginning of the 17th C.
The story of Jephthah, told in [...]

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