CONTACT: Brad White
Marketing and Publicity Manager
Center for the Arts, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90263
(310) 506-4055
BOX OFFICE: (310) 506-4522
http://arts.pepperdine.edu/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
FINE ARTS DIVISION

presents a guest artist / faculty recital by

GRANT S. PETERS, TRUMPET
GARY COBB, PIANO

Sunday, March 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Raitt Recital Hall, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA

The Pepperdine University Fine Arts Division will present a guest artist / faculty recital by Grant S. Peters, trumpet, and Gary Cobb, piano, at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, at Raitt Recital Hall on the University's Malibu campus.
 
There is no admission charge. For more information, call the Pepperdine Fine Arts Division office at (310) 506-4462.

Peters and Cobb will perform Suite in D by Handel, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano by Karl Pilss, an arrangement of Gershwin's "Someone to Watch over Me" by Joseph Turrin, Night Sun Journey by Meg Bowles, and 3 Episodes by Turrin.

Grant S. Peters is Professor of Music at Missouri State University, where he teaches applied studio trumpet and serves as the Brass Area Coordinator. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild.

Prior to his appointment at Missouri State, he served as co-principal trumpet of the Orquesta del Principado de Asturias in the northern Spanish province of Asturias (1992). During the 1989 season, he was a member of the Columbia Artists Management ensemble Dallas Brass, touring throughout 26 states and Canada. While with the Dallas Brass, he recorded the album A Merry Christmas with Brass for the Word label. He has performed in solo and chamber settings in Canada, Spain, Poland, England, Sweden, Thailand, Russia, Australia, and the Czech Republic.

His primary research focus is promoting and performing new works for the trumpet by American composers. Peters has performed the world premieres of Richard Faith's Evocations (2005) for trumpet and piano, Michael Murray's What Is It For? (2003) for trumpet and organ, Kenton Bales' From the Hills (1999) for trumpet and wind ensemble, Robert Frank's Liturgical Impressions (1986) for trumpet and organ, and the European premiere of John Prescott's Toccata and Fugues (1999) for two trumpets and organ in 2002. A solo album, entitled Friendly Amendments and consisting of previously unrecorded works for trumpet and organ by American composers, was released in 2004. A second recording in 2006, From the Hills, features new American works for solo trumpet with piano and chamber ensembles. In 2009 he produced and performed with the Missouri Chamber Players on Rhapsody, a recording of chamber music by American composer Richard Faith for the MSR Classics label.

Peters holds the Bachelor of Music in Education degree from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Trumpet Performance from the University of North Texas. His principal teachers include Dennis Schneider and Leonard Candelaria. He is an artist/clinician for Edwards Trumpets.

Gary Cobb is chair of the Fine Arts Division and Professor of Music at Pepperdine, where he has been a member of the faculty for 30 years. He holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in music from Texas Tech University and has done additional study at the University of Iowa, New York University, and Claremont Graduate University. He holds the Certificate of Executive Leadership from Claremont.

He has served as organist for numerous churches in Southern California and is presently the organist for Trinity Presbyterian Church in Camarillo. He has performed in many recitals and concerts both locally and internationally, having given performances at Harris Manchester College of Oxford University, the Cathedral of St. George in Jerusalem, the Church of Santa Maria dei Ricci in Florence, the Church of St. Giles in Prague, and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels.

Cobb has given lecture-recitals nationally for such groups as the Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Schools of Music on subjects ranging from the Italian madrigal to the music of Richard Wagner. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Graves Award that allowed him to engage in research at various European libraries and a National Endowment for the Humanities grant that enabled him to study at New York University. Most recently, he was the recipient of a summer research fellowship for study at Harris Manchester College at Oxford University during the summer of 2005. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists, the California Music Teachers Association, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Eta Sigma.

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