Rex Richardson will spend three weeks in Europe, performing and teaching at three festivals. The first is the Maspalomas Trumpet Festival on Gran Canaria Island (off the coast of East Africa), where he will share billing with many top European artists as well as American Mary Bowden. Next is the Italian Brass Week Festival in Florence, where he will share the stage with Pacho Flores, Allen Vizzutti, Andrea Tofanelli and several other world-class brass artists. From there he heads to Leuven, Belgium where he will appear in concert with renowned American organist Jonathan Dimmock.
Welcome to the Site of Trumpet Soloist and Jazz Artist Rex Richardson
Hailed in classical circles as “among the very best trumpet soloists in the world today,” (International Trumpet Guild) and in jazz as “a standout soloist with the power, range and flexibility to rival Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw,” (DownBeat Magazine) Yamaha Performing Artist Rex Richardson was named the 2008 Brass Herald Personality of the Year.
Photo credit: Trumpetland and Pickett Brass
Highlights
Italian Brass Week is Coming
Truax School of Trumpet Camp - "The Ultimate Week of Trumpet Experience from the Best in the Business"
New article by Mouthpiece Online
Trumpet Artist Profile: Rex Richardson. What was your proudest professional moment? What drew you to the trumpet as a child? Find out what Rex had to say here.
Rex to Perform in Vienna, Austria
Trumpet Madness featuring Rex Richardson, Daniel Nosig, and Thomas Gansch. It's going down in May!
Rex to Perform with the Adam Meckler Orchestra
DGN Fine Arts
Trumpet virtuoso Rex Richardson is in residence this week at Downers Grove North High School, working with students in the DGN Bands and preparing for Tuesday night's "Sharing Is Caring" Jazz and Percussion Ensemble Concert. (Photo credit Brayer Teague)
Brass Chats by Monster Oil - Conversations With the World's Best Brass Players
We scored a Brass Chat with Rex Richardson! It was a close call - he's a busy man and we only had a very short time with him, but it was a doozy. See the full interview here.
Review: UIndy Music Dept. Partners with International Trumpet Guild
The walls of Ruth Lilly Hall at Christel DeHaan Center are still intact, but they’ll be reverberating the trio of trumpets in concert at the close of the Second Annual University of Indianapolis Trumpet Conference on March 18. Providing the gusto were internationally-known solo artists Rex Richardson, Doc Severinsen and Larry Powell, in concert with the Indiana Wind Symphony.
Rex Richardson to perform in Indianapolis, March 17 & 18
Rex will appear as guest soloist at the Music For All Festival and at the 2nd Annual Indiana Trumpet Guild Conference. On Saturday night he will perform Allen Vizzutti's "Three World Winds" on the MFA Chamber Music concert, and on Sunday evening he will perform Andy Scott's "Freedom of Movement" with the Indiana Wind Symphony. On this concert, Rex will also perform with Doc Severinsen (in Tony DiLorenzo's "Thoughts from the Stairwell") and with Larry Powell (in Kevin McKee's "Under Western Skies.").