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About BSP
Barbara Sauer Prugh |
| Described as "...a rare artist; one who is a consummate
musician and a brilliant virtuoso..." (Michael Korn, late founder
and conductor of the Philadelphia Singers), Barbara Sauer Prugh has
been pleasing and exciting audiences throughout the Delaware Valley
and beyond for several years with her dynamic music-making! A Finalist in the 1983 Concert Artists' Guild Competition in New York City, she has appeared as a guest artist with many of the Philadelphia area's top musical organizations, including the Philadelphia Singers, the Basically Bach Festival of Philadelphia, the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the Chamber Symphony of Princeton, the Lenape Chamber Ensemble, the Riverside Symphonia, and both the Delaware and Reading Symphony Orchestras. She has performed the premiere of two new solo compositions for trumpet and contemporary ensemble with Orchestra 2001 (one by Philadelphian Jan Kryzwicki and the other by Thea Musgrave) and has worked as a soloist in conjunction with such artists as Benita Valente and Susan Starr, and conductors Michael Korn, David Hayes, Tom Lloyd, James Freeman, Marc Mostovoy, and Sidney Rothstein, among others. Her rendition of "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Handel's MESSIAH in various churches in the region to the stage of the Academy of Music in Philadelphia has thrilled and moved audiences and fellow musicians alike over the past twenty years! In addition to her work with ensembles, Barbara frequently performs in churches and concert halls as both a soloist and recitalist. When she's not busy as a soloist, Ms. Prugh is often heard in a "principal trumpeter" capacity with area orchestras, which includes a 1987 summer tour of Portugal with the Delaware Symphony and twenty years as Principal Trumpet with the Reading Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she has performed on occasion as part of the Philadelphia Orchestra's trumpet section, including the recording of an all-Respighi CD with Ricardo Muti. She has also recorded and concertized extensively with THE FESTIVE BRASS, a popular area-based brass quintet, and is Mannheim Steamroller's favorite trumpeter when they come to the Philadelphia area! Her music-making has taken Barbara to Europe on several occasions, most recently in March of 1999, when she was invited to perform and record Alexander Arutunian's Trumpet Concerto with orchestras in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, respectively. She has traveled to New England for the last several summers to perform as solo and principal trumpet for a Bach Festival in North Conway, New Hampshire, and served as a conductor as well for the 2001 festival. She has also been a featured soloist at both the International Women's Brass Conference in St. Louis, Missouri in 1997 and the 2nd International Brass Conference in Bloomington, Indiana in 1984. The International Trumpet Guild Journal review of her performance in Indiana described Barbara as "...the finesse player...who captured the audience with her playing." In addition to trumpet performance, Barbara has recently included some other "conducting" projects as part of her musical endeavors, (reviving her work as a conductor from earlier in her career). These include serving as music director and conductor for five musical theatre productions sponsored by the Garnet Valley Friends of the Arts over the past two years, along with the 2001 Bach Festival in New Hampshire. She also teaches trumpet (part-time) at Swarthmore College and does some private coaching as well. A native of Delaware, she received her music degrees from the University of Delaware (B.M. in Music Ed.) and the Eastman School of Music (M.M. in Perf.& Lit.), and has studied trumpet predominantly with Dr. David Blackinton, Sidney Mear, and Seymour Rosenfeld. |
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