Dr. Harold McKinney is Professor of Music at Appalachian State University where he teaches trombone, philosophy of music and a summer institute in expressive arts. In addition, he teaches and performs every summer at the Windswept Music Workshop in Liberty, Missouri. He has taught at the arts center of Kalavrita, Greece and has served as an Academic Fellow for The European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland. Dr. McKinney has performed at the International Harvest Symposium, the International Brass Symposium, and the International Expressive Arts Therapy Conference. Dr. McKinney holds the Doctor of Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Northern Colorado and Certification in Creative Motion. He is a member of the Appalachian Expressive Arts Collective. Coauthor of Expressive Arts Therapy, Creative Process in Art and Life, Dr. McKinney is recorded with Swiss pianist Paolo Knill on the compact disk Saas Fee in Appalachian, which has been used for expressive arts activities in Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Canada, and the U.S. He is also recorded with “Gypsy Harvest” a postmodern hybrid improvisatory trio that also includes Knill and Appalachian percussionist Robert Falvo on the compact disk Syncopated Synapse.
Since studying with William Vacchiano at the Juilliard School (M.M.) Bill Jones has given over 3000 solo/chamber music performances in a career that has taken him across the United States, to Canada, and to Europe. He has served in both permanent and guest positions as a visiting artist, professor, faculty performer or teacher at twelve different colleges and universities in the southeastern United States. An active solo and chamber music performer, Jones maintains an international presence that has him performing with orchestras, bands, and brass bands and on concert series.
As an internationally published author his article on brass quintet music appears in the latest edition of the New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He is currently finishing the Brass Chamber Music Guide, the definitive reference for that genre. In collaboration with the American Brass Quintet, Jones and ABQ hornist David Wakefield have assembled a comprehensive listing of non-transcription brass quintet music that appears at the ABQ web site and is constantly updated by performers and composers. (Americanbrassquintet.org) As a brass quintet musician Jones has performed with the Chestnut Brass Company, Classic Brass, East Tennessee State University Faculty Brass, University of Kentucky Faculty Brass, Eastern Kentucky University Faculty Brass, and the Appalachian State University Faculty Brass. He currently is principal trumpet with the Appalachian Brass Orchestra (large brass ensemble based in Tennessee). Early music performances on the natural trumpet and cornetto have included engagements with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Sandhills Consort, and the Trinity Chamber Orchestra. As an orchestral performer Jones has performed with the Augusta Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic, Knoxville Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, Nassau Symphony, Oak Ridge Symphony, and Winston-Salem Symphony.
Education:
University of Kentucky, D.M.A.
Juilliard School, M.M.
University of Tennessee, B.M.
A native of Morristown, Tennessee, Sarah Storms began playing the trumpet in the 5th grade. While attending Morristown Hamblen West High School she was band president, principal trumpet, and Tennessee All State Band member. Upon graduation from high school she was awarded the Semper Fi Marine Award for Musical Excellence. Sarah auditioned into the Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University during the fall of 05. During her undergraduate career, she was principal trumpet in the Appalachian State University Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Appalachian Wind Ensemble, Honors Brass Quintet, and was the recipient of the Franz Merrell Memorial Endowed Scholarship. She graduated from Appalachian State University in May of 2009 with her bachelors in music performance (trumpet). She will be auditioning into various graduate school music programs during December of 2009.
