A soloist worth watching

Winner of the 1^st Prize of the International Women’s Brass Conference Trumpet Competition, Mary made her solo debut with the Birch Creek Symphony Orchestra performing the Arutunian Concerto. Since then she has performed as a soloist with the Richmond Philharmonic, Harper College Orchestra, Richmond Youth Symphony Orchestra, Lower Merion Symphony, New Haven Chamber Orchestra, Banff Strings, the Atlantic Music Festival Strings, among many others. She performed the Vivaldi Concerto for two trumpets twice at the Banff Centre in Canada with renowned soloists Jens Lindemann and Ryan Anthony. Lindemann described her as having “one of the most beautiful trumpet sounds I have ever heard from a soloist.” She was 1 of 8 finalists at the 2012 Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Competition, and also won the Public Prize for the Perrenoud Foundation Competition in 2009. She performs frequent recitals around the country, and also duo performances with trumpeter David Dash.

Mary is a member of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia and has been adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is co-founder of the Chrysalis Chamber Players in Florida, a recipient of a Yale Alumni Grant. She has performed chamber music at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, at the Banff Centre, and has performed chamber works at the Sydney Opera House under the baton of solo trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger.

An experienced orchestral musician, Mary recently performed as Principal Trumpet in the Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand. She also performed at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland under the baton of Pierre Boulez where she was principal trumpet in the Festival Academy for Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, which has been released on CD in June 2011. The Luzerner Zeitung described her playing as “outstanding.”