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Page 5 â€" Great Canadian Town Band Festival â€" June 14-16, 2002 Alain Trudel Trombone Trudel, bom in is among the very few trombonists pur- suing a brilliant career as an international soloist. Combining immense talent with great flair and humour, the performances of Alain Trudel leave audiences filled with awe. Tmdel truly is an evangel- ist for the cause of thé trom- bone. Performances as a soloist include engagements with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the National Art Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Austrian Radio Orchestra, the Tivoli Festival Orchestra (Copenhague). Alain Tmdel is an International Yamaha Performing Artist and has developed (with Yamaha) his own signature-model mouth- piece. The company regularly supports his master classes, and it sponsored a CD of trombone music performed by him and produced by the International Trombone Association. Since 1989 he has been a regular guest at the Scotia Festival of Music and since 1995 at the Festival of the Sound where he offers con- certs, master classes and con- ducts the brass and chamber music ensembles. He has been invited four times to play at the International Trombone Festival in Europe as well as in the U.S., where he created quite a sensation as both a soloist and a teacher. Tmdel has also been a regular guest of the Hamamatsu Summer Academy, the Australian New Music Festival, the Qrford Arts Centre, and the Vancouver Chamber Music Society. Tmdel, with the assistance of a grant from the Government of Quebec, col- laborates with composers and commissions works for the trombone in a variety of con- texts. Among the composers who have already written for him are Anthony Rosankovic, Pascal Dusapin, Jacques Hétu, Malcolm Forsyth, and Alexina Louie. The National Arts Centre of Canada has commissioned a piece by Peter Lieberson for Tmdel to be premiered in the year 2000. In addition to his solo career, Tmdel can be found playing with the Tmdel 4 Jazz and performing in his two- person trio with tmmpetist- pianist Guy Few. A charming and devoted personality, Alain Tmdel is often asked to appear on national and foreign broad- casting networks-the CBC (Canada), Radio-France, ABC (Australia), and Ã"RF (Austria). A portrait of Tmdel has been prepared for televi- sion broadcast entitled The Mission of Alain Trudel; and his participation put in nomi- nation for a Prix Gemeaux 1998. Alain Tmdel has recorded two classical CD's on the Naxos label. The first features concerti for alto trombone by Leopold Mozart, Michael Haydn, Wagenseil and Albrechtsbergér, with England's Northern Sinfonia under the soloist's direction. Alain Tmdel is the first brass player ever to win a number of major prizes: first prize in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra soloist competition, first prize in the Canadian International Stepping Stone Competition, the Mildred Dixon-Holmes Artist of the Year Award, and the Virginia Parker Prize (1996). Among the various honors attributed to him, his former Montreal Highschool Joseph François Perrault inaugurated in April 1996 the Alain Trudel Concert Hall. He held the position of first trombone with the Orquestra Ciutat Barcelona (1986-1987) under Franz- Paul Decker. He also held the position of trombonist for the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne of Montreal before dedicating himself to a career as a soloist. He now performs, on average, one hundred con- certs per year. In 1997 Alain Trudel took over the trombone class at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec in Montreal, from his former teacher Joseph Zuskin. Ragtime Pianist John Yates TYRONE MILLS LIMITÈDâ€" 1846 LUMBER, APPLE CIDER S STONE GROUND FLOUR Robert M. Shafer . 2656 Concession Rd. #7 905-263-8871 Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K6 Discover the science of nuclear energy. Visit us at Darlington Nuclear and Pickering Nuclear generating stations . . or we'll come to you. Learn from our knowledgable speakers. Experience exciting demonstrations, plant tours, and exhibits. It's informative, interesting, and fun - a great learning experience for people of all ages. Call today to discover the science of nuclear energy. Darlington Information Centre 1-800-461-0034 Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pickering Information Centre (905)837-7272 Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 0NTAR10P8WER GENERATION