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his works. In addition, the author hopes that this study will motivate and encourage
performers to play and record his music.
State of Research
The Key for trumpet and piano was composed in 1998 for Chris Gekker,
prominent trumpet player, member of the American Brass Quintet, and professor of
trumpet at the University of Maryland School of Music. It was premiered with pianist
Robert McCoy at the University of Maryland on September 18, 1999.3
The Key has been played by many performers, including Christopher Moore, a
member of the faculty of Florida State University, and Vince DiMartino, a well-known
jazz trumpet player and a professor of music at Centre College in Kentucky. Moore
played the piece at Florida State University in 2003, and DiMartino also performed it
with Steven Harlos at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in the same year, and
later at the University of Kentucky School of Music.4 Three years later, John Holt also
played it with pianist Natalia Bolshakova in Nancy, France.
There are currently available several recordings of James Wintle's music. Two of
them have been released by Albany Records, and another two of them released by
Crystal Records. There is only one recording of The Key for trumpet and piano. Chris
Gekker recorded the piece with pianist Rita Sloan on an album entitled Clarion, which
was released by Albany Records in 2007.
While Wintle's major works have been played often in such countries as France,
the Czech Republic, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Poland, China, Hong Kong and the
3 Chris Gekker, College Park, MD, electronic mail to the author, Young Mi Seo, Denton, TX, 14 February
2008.
4 James Wintle, Durant, OK, electronic mail to the author, Young Mi Seo, Denton, TX, 12 February 2008.
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