Valley Cultural Coalition

01/11/2021

See who made Donald Munro's Top 20 picks in a very different kind of year.

12/25/2020

Hello, everyone: welcome to our Youth Orchestras of Fresno Humoresque Project video.The recordings compiled here involved several weeks of hard work in our v...

03/04/2020

Mihoko Watanabe, flute

02/23/2020

More for ! Check out the audition requirements to study with Joe Burgstaller here:
https://www.foosamusic.org/trumpet-auditions

Called “quite simply, a superstar of the trumpet” by conductor JoAnn Falletta, international soloist Joe Burgstaller connects with audiences throughout the world with his captivating sound, dazzling virtuosity and engaging personality. Known as a story-teller with his instrument, Burgstaller is “brass-famous” for his nearly eight years as trumpeter and arranger for the famed Canadian Brass.

Joe tours worldwide as a soloist (recently including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Winnipeg, Hamburg, Bologna, US Virgin Islands, etc.), as a chamber musician, as a crossover artist, as a guest orchestral musician, and as a masterclass clinician (more than 120 universities and conservatories) including his groundbreaking seminars for all instruments called "Change Your Mind, Change Your Playing.®”

As a teacher, he has been hailed as a “Talent Whisperer”. As Associate Professor of Trumpet at Arizona State University, his dynamic studio comprehensively prepares students for the demands of today's music world, focusing on Artistic Development, Versatility, Entrepreneurship and Career Growth.

Every Monday morning, Burgstaller live-broadcasts his Trumpet Warmup Show to an audience that spans 30+ countries, combining warmup, routine, fundamentals and pedagogy in a format best described as a “Trumpet Talk Show”. www.trumpetwarmupshow.com

Joe’s discography includes hit classical solo CDs (License to Thrill and The Virtuoso Trumpet), three Top-10 Billboard hits with Canadian Brass, and his crossover CDs (Bach’s Secret Files and Mozart’s Blue Dreams) were Top-50 on JazzRadio charts and the Roots Radio Report (under Paul Simon but right above the Beastie Boys).

Joe Burgstaller is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

https://www.foosamusic.org/josef-burgstaller

02/22/2020

French violinist Ambroise Aubrun has been described as a performer with a “marvelous ease, suppleness and beauty of sound” Since his recital debut at age 14, Aubrun has been invited to numerous festivals such as “Le Cercle musical” (Cannes, France), the “Festival de Loudun”, the “Dilij...

02/14/2020

Concert recap: Vadim Gluzman took time out of his busy schedule to perform with the Youth Orchestras of Fresno.

02/08/2020

Israeli musician Vadim Gluzman will play the Stradivarius in Fresno on Sunday.

02/08/2020

Concert preview: Annual 'Love Conquers All' Youth Orchestras concert features violin great.

01/26/2020

Wonderful story!

A rock star of the classical world is on a mission to promote the sublime power of music to young people across the country