We performed the final concert of the tour in Leipzig tonight. It was such a privilege to perform in the Thomaskirche. As you can see, we performed from the balcony in the back of the church which was much larger than I thought it would be. Everyone is clamoring for video from the concert, so without further ado, here it is!
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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Dear Elisa, it was such a delight to be a part of the Paderborn – ‘event’ – audience, as I would like to call it. And I am almost jeallous that I could not join you all for the 4. concert in this marvellous tour! I am thankful to you for your great art, also to Reinhard, Prof Harder, his soloists and students, the great soprano, and not to forget Kurt for giving birth to all this! I appreciate a lot that we could share after the concert and I hope we can stay in touch somehow! As Kurt quoted from the great JSB: “S.D.G.” – may we go on to do our work as a small contribution for the glory of God – and may we live under his blessings! Thanks again! Most warmhearted regards,
Klaus -formally a retired Reverend – like all theses others Kurt, Ottfried etc -and yet not ‘retired’ at all (;-))
Elisa–This amazing concert project and the documentation of it on your blog is a wonderful blending of your own stated interests in history and technology and an impressive statement of who you are as a musician, scholar, adventurer, and leader. Thanks for including us.
Hello dear Elisa, I just found the videos of the concert in youtube. wow, what a great view you got with the camera!! I hope you had a nice stay in germany and a safe trip back home. I was wondering if you also have a clip of brandenburgs 2nd mov… if you do, could you may be post it or send it to me per e mail, I would very much appreciate it. Congratlations and best regards
Hello, Dante! Thank you for your message (comment)! I will post the Second Mvt. of the Brandenburg later today as well as the central movements of the cantata for Cosima. I apologize for not uploading them sooner, but I had very limited time after the concert in Leipzig to post the other clips and I promised Reinhard that I would post his Bach movements, too. Stay tuned! It was a wonderful pleasure to perform with you these past two weeks and I wish you all the best for the rest of your studies in Detmold. You are an enormously gifted musician with a bright future!
Herzliche Gruesse aus dem USA! – Elisa
Elisa Koehler 
Dear Elisa, it was such a delight to be a part of the Paderborn – ‘event’ – audience, as I would like to call it. And I am almost jeallous that I could not join you all for the 4. concert in this marvellous tour! I am thankful to you for your great art, also to Reinhard, Prof Harder, his soloists and students, the great soprano, and not to forget Kurt for giving birth to all this! I appreciate a lot that we could share after the concert and I hope we can stay in touch somehow! As Kurt quoted from the great JSB: “S.D.G.” – may we go on to do our work as a small contribution for the glory of God – and may we live under his blessings! Thanks again! Most warmhearted regards,
Klaus -formally a retired Reverend – like all theses others Kurt, Ottfried etc -and yet not ‘retired’ at all (;-))
Elisa–This amazing concert project and the documentation of it on your blog is a wonderful blending of your own stated interests in history and technology and an impressive statement of who you are as a musician, scholar, adventurer, and leader. Thanks for including us.
Hello dear Elisa, I just found the videos of the concert in youtube. wow, what a great view you got with the camera!! I hope you had a nice stay in germany and a safe trip back home. I was wondering if you also have a clip of brandenburgs 2nd mov… if you do, could you may be post it or send it to me per e mail, I would very much appreciate it. Congratlations and best regards
Hello, Dante! Thank you for your message (comment)! I will post the Second Mvt. of the Brandenburg later today as well as the central movements of the cantata for Cosima. I apologize for not uploading them sooner, but I had very limited time after the concert in Leipzig to post the other clips and I promised Reinhard that I would post his Bach movements, too. Stay tuned! It was a wonderful pleasure to perform with you these past two weeks and I wish you all the best for the rest of your studies in Detmold. You are an enormously gifted musician with a bright future!
Herzliche Gruesse aus dem USA! – Elisa
GOOD FOR YOU!!!
Great to see all this and hear your performances.
Very cool. See you in Feb.
Jay