In a few hours I will be heading off to Germany for a two-week concert tour. I will be posting updates here while I’m away, but before I go, I wanted to explain how the tour came about.
Jim Sherry, Kurt Oberschäfer (center), and Elisa Koehler after a performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass in April 2001.
For the past fifteen years I have enjoyed performing Baroque music with several groups in the Baltimore area. At one performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass in 2001 with the Handel Choir of Baltimore directed by T. Herbert Dimmock, noted Bach scholar Christoph Wolff presented a pre-concert lecture. Also in attendance were Dr. Wolff’s friends, Rev. Kurt Oberschäfer and Rev. Otfried Arndt. To make a long story short, I had the pleasure of seeing Dr. Wolff, Rev. Oberschäfer, and Rev. Arndt at subsequent performances of Baltimore’s Bach Concert Series (also directed by Dr. Dimmock) over the years and they very kindly invited me to perform in Germany.
I am planning to post some videos from Germany, if possible. Stay tuned.
Elisa Koehler is Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Formerly the Director of the Center for Dance, Music, and Theatre at Goucher College and the Music Director and Conductor of the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, she is a professional conductor, trumpeter, and author. Dr. Koehler has performed on both modern and period instruments with the Bach Sinfonia, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Washington Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Baltimore’s Bach Concert Series, and as the leader of Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band. Her publications include two books: Fanfares and Finesse: A Performer’s Guide to Trumpet History and Literature (Indiana University Press) and A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player (Rowman & Littlefield), numerous articles on historic brass for the ITG Journal, and new performing editions of the Haydn and Hummel trumpet concerti for Carl Fischer Music. She was named a Distinguished Alumna by the University of Tennessee in 2009 and elected to the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild in 2017. In 2014 Dr. Koehler received Goucher College's highest faculty honor, the Caroline Doebler Bruckerl Award, which recognizes an exemplary faculty member in the areas of scholarship, teaching, and service. She earned a doctorate in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory, a master’s degree in trumpet performance from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and bachelor’s degrees in both music education and performance from Peabody.
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Good luck, Elisa! I’m sure that you’ll sound fantastic!
Just one nit-picking comment: You mentioned that the instrument originated in “Mo-day-na” Italy, which is the birthplace of the late Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni also. He used to pronounce the town’s name as “MO-den-a”. I capitalized the first syllable for emphasis, since I don’t know the proper language symbols. Oh well.
Elisa Koehler 
Good luck, Elisa! I’m sure that you’ll sound fantastic!
Just one nit-picking comment: You mentioned that the instrument originated in “Mo-day-na” Italy, which is the birthplace of the late Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni also. He used to pronounce the town’s name as “MO-den-a”. I capitalized the first syllable for emphasis, since I don’t know the proper language symbols. Oh well.
You’ll make us so proud, Elisa! Have a wonderful time!
and thanks for the recipe – I loved them last season when you brought them to rehearsal!