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Kiri Tollaksen
enjoys a varied career as a performer and teacher. Equally skilled on cornetto and modern trumpet, Kiri has been praised for her "stunning technique, and extreme musicality," (Journal of the International Trumpet Guild). She has performed extensively throughout North America and Europe with numerous groups such as Apollo's Fire (Cleveland), The Folger Consort (Washington D.C), Piffaro (Philadelphia), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (California), New York Collegium (New York City), Concerto Palatino (Italy), La Fenice (France), the Huelgas Ensemble (Belgium), Capella Artemisia (Italy), and Oltremontano (St. Petersburg, Russia). She has performed both at the Boston Early Music Festival, and at the Bloomington Early Music Festival, and she is a regular member of the quartets La Gente d'Orfeo and Anaphantasia, both based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a professional trumpet player, Kiri performs with the River Raisin Ragtime Revue, plays the Eb soprano saxhorn with the Dodworth Saxhorn Band (a re-creation of a 19th century community brass band, based in Ann Arbor), and was a member of the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra from 1995-2004, under the direction of Maestro Gustav Meier. Kiri teaches trumpet and cornetto privately, and has taught cornetto at the Amherst Early Music Festival. She holds performing degrees in trumpet from Eastman, Yale, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Michigan. Kiri has recorded with the Huelgas Ensemble, Apollo's Fire, Piffaro, The New York Collegium, La Gente d'Orfeo, and the Dodworth Saxhorn Band. For upcoming concerts, please visit http://www.kiritollaksen.com |