http://www.solotromba.com/home trumpet, music, life, thoughts... Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.solotromba.com/home/2010/01/the-northerner-kicking-some-brass/ http://www.solotromba.com/home/2010/01/the-northerner-kicking-some-brass/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:24:58 +0000 Raquel http://www.solotromba.com/home/?p=1009 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/ ]]> http://www.solotromba.com/home/2010/01/the-northerner-kicking-some-brass/feed/ 0 http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/12/uk-tour-nov-2009/ http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/12/uk-tour-nov-2009/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:15:39 +0000 Raquel http://www.solotromba.com/home/?p=896 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 [...]]]> http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/12/uk-tour-nov-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/10/a-few-of-my-favorite-things/ http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/10/a-few-of-my-favorite-things/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:42:25 +0000 Raquel http://www.solotromba.com/home/?p=863 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. [...]]]> http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/10/a-few-of-my-favorite-things/feed/ 0 http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/10/brass-band-news/ http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/10/brass-band-news/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:21:51 +0000 Raquel http://www.solotromba.com/home/?p=825 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 [...]]]> http://www.solotromba.com/home/2009/10/brass-band-news/feed/ 0