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Westminster College Music Faculty Present Trumpet and Piano Recital

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Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018

Dr. Timothy Winfield and Dr. Nancy DeSalvo will present their trumpet and piano recital, “Musical Shorts and Landscapes,” on Friday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wallace Memorial Chapel at Westminster College. The recital is free and open to the public.

During the recital, Winfield and DeSalvo will premiere the latest compositions by Dr. Jason Howard and award-winning composer Joshua Hobbs. The recital will also feature music written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Walter Hartley, John Williams and Herbert L. Clarke.

Winfield is an assistant professor of music at Westminster where he directs the Westminster College jazz ensemble. He teaches private trumpet, trumpet ensemble, brass chamber music, brass pedagogy, general music methods, introduction to classic jazz, introduction to western music and band practicum. Winfield completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in trumpet performance from the University of Southern California.

DeSalvo is currently an associate professor and chair of the Department of Music at Westminster. She teaches applied piano, vocal and instrumental accompanying/coaching, piano techniques courses, coaching students, capstone and music history. Dr. DeSalvo completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music/ Case Western Reserve University in Collaborative Piano, where she was a student of Anne Epperson. Recently her recording of two new piano sonatas by Daniel Perttu and Jason Howard has been accepted for expected commercial release in February, 2018.

For more information, contact Tom Fields at fieldste@westminster.edu or 724-946-7190.