Raquel Rodriquez | Trumpet Artist

Adventures in Car Buying!

Posted on 26. Jun, 2010 by Raquel.

So yesterday was a good day. I left the car dealership not feeling buyers remorse or feeling like I had been duped by the dealer. I got exactly what I wanted at the price I wanted! Just a few tips: research the dealerships, take a highly intelligent person with you, be prepared to walk away. [...]

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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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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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Spring is in the air

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by Raquel.

So Spring is in the air, I feel the cold grip of winter loosening and I couldn’t be happier! The Spring semester is going fast, I can’t believe it’s already March! The semester started with some cool performances, I have posted a video of my performance of the famous Mendez piece, La Virgen de la [...]

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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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Fall 2009 Retrospective

Posted on 25. Dec, 2009 by Raquel.

So, I am getting ready to head to Dallas for the Christmas break. My first semester at NKU was a blur of activity. I made alot of new friends and played in alot of concerts, not a bad semester!
Some highlights included performing with Star United Mini Corps at the DCA Championships and winning [...]

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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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DCA 2009

Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Raquel.

So, I had a blast performing with Star United at the 2009 DCA Championships in Rochester, NY. It was my first experience at DCA and it surpassed all my expectations! I was able to watch/listen to the winning Open Class Champions, Buccaneers at the DCA Finals. They did a great job and received a score [...]

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