Andrew has held the position of Principal Trumpet with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 1999.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he began playing the trumpet at age nine, focusing on marching band and jazz until his first experience playing classical music at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville. Subsequently, he studied the trumpet at Boston University and the Eastman School of Music. At age 20 and in his junior year of college, Andrew was offered his first orchestral position as Co-Principal Trumpet of the Savannah Symphony.

Building upon his orchestral experience, he left Savannah for appointments in the Kansas City Symphony as Associate Principal Trumpet, the Buffalo Philharmonic as Principal Trumpet, and the San Francisco Symphony as Associate Principal Trumpet.

Andrew is in in his ninth year as trumpet faculty and brass coordinator at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto. Andrew is a Yamaha performing artist.

A native of Philadelphia, Wise began his musical studies at the Settlement Music School. In 1965, immediately after his return from Europe with the premier Music from Marlboro tour, Wilmer Wise became the first African-American musician to join the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. He also served as an Adjunct Professor at Morgan State University. In 1970 he resigned from the Baltimore Symphony and the Peabody to pursue a career as a free-lance musician in New York City. Wise went on to perform and record with Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass and Steven Sondheim and others. His career spans the gamut of musical experience: Wise is sought out as a studio musician (he played the theme for the McNeil/Lehrer Report), performed on Broadway and at Marlboro with Pablo Casals and Rudolph Serkin.

A native of Chicago and graduate of Juilliard (BM, MM), Edward Carroll joined the faculty of CalArts as instructor of trumpet and coordinator of brass studies in 2001, following appointments as the International Chair of Brass Studies at London's Royal Academy of Music, Professor of trumpet at the Rotterdam (NL) Conservatory, and a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. He is the Director of the newly formed Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale. Mr. Carroll has served as Principal Trumpet of the Rotterdam Philharmonic (James Conlon, Jeffrey Tate, and Valery Gergiev, Music Directors), the San Diego Symphony (David Atherton), and as Associate Principal Trumpet of the Houston Symphony (Lawrence Foster), touring most of the world's major concert halls and festivals, and recording for Sony, EMI, Virgin, and Erato.

A frequent guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Edward Carroll directed the New York Trumpet Ensemble from 1979 - 1988. He has also performed with the London Sinfonietta, Speculum Musicae, Music Today, I Musici di Montreal, Orpheus, the Bach Aria Group, the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), and as soloist with many North American and European orchestras. Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Larry Polansky, Bruce Adolphe, and Paul Moravec are amongst the many composers that have written new music for him, and his many solo recordings can be found on the Sony, Vox, MHS, and Newport Classic labels. Edward Carroll has presented master classes at the Juilliard, Eastman, and Manhattan Schools of Music, the Curtis Institute, Rice and Northwestern Universities, the Interlochen Arts Academy, and the Tanglewood Institute, as well as at the St. Petersburg Conservatory "Rimsky Korsakov", Bremen Trumpet Academy, Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), Hochschule fur Musik Cologne, and at the Royal Northern Conservatory (Manchester). He is a frequent adjudicator of international competitions, including the Concert Artist's Guild, Young Concert Artists, and Chamber Music America.

Throughout his career, Tony Kadleck has been praised as a highly effective sideman, who has lent his hand to numerous musical activities. He is currently one of the most sought-after trumpet players in the New York area.

While attending the New England Conservatory in Boston, Kadleck studied both classical and jazz music, a task that would later benefit him, as he went on to perform and record with the Boston Pops Orchestra. In 1986, Tony was asked to join the trumpet section of the Buddy Rich Band, and later that year, decided to move to New York.

After graduating from the Manhattan School of Music in 1989, Kadleck did some touring with Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Blood, Sweat & Tears. Eventually, the NY studios kept Tony too busy to leave town, and he found himself recording with a number of artists, including Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, Elton John, and Celine Dion. Kadleck also spends plenty of time playing a wide variety of live concerts, having performed with Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Ella Fitzgerald, Issac Hayes, and most recently Andrea Bocelli, during a portion of his 2002 US tour.

In addition to playing on countless jingles and for many films and shows, Kadleck has also done a great deal of composing. Since he was 15 years old, Tony has always loved writing music. His debut CD "Extended Outlook", features eight of his original works, about which Tony says, "There is nothing more gratifying than hearing spectacular musicians making these songs come to life." Kadleck has drawn upon many musical experiences to form his own voice, which can be heard in both his playing and in his writing throughout this release. The CD features an amazing cast of musicians, including Chuck Loeb, David Mann, Henry Hey, Jon Herington and Andy Snitzer.

When asked about his musical influences, Kadleck is quick to point out his first teachers: Bernard Shifrin in Tony's hometown of Binghamton, NY; and Andre Come, formerly of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tony is currently a member of many organizations including the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, John Fedchock's NY Big Band, the New York Pops, and John Pizzarelli's Band. He lives in Westchester County (NY) with his wife Jamie, and son Jack. For Tony's extensive discography click here

Ingrid Jensen - Jensen on Jazz



Born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, Canada, Ingrid headed east after receiving a number of scholarships to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since graduating in 1989, her life has contained a whirlwind of musical activities. From her early days playing in the subways of New York, to establishing herself as a leader and soloist in a wide array of musical genres, Ingrid has made her mark. Her three CD's for the ENJA label won her nominations from the Canadian Juno Awards, including an award in 1995 for Vernal Fields.

Her performances as a leader and as a featured soloist have taken her around the world from Canada to Japan, Australia, South America, the Caribbean and to almost every country in Europe and Scandinavia.

Jensen can be heard with the Maria Schneider Orchestra, a number of other New York-based bands, as well as with her own groups. She has received rave reviews and a strong reputation among critics and peers. In 2003 she was nominated, for the second time, alongside trumpeter Dave Douglas for a Jazz Journalist Association Award in New York. A recent highlight was being featured on Gil Evans' Porgy and Bess at the San Francisco Jazz Festival, under the direction of Maria Schneider. She was also a guest in the festival's "Tribute to Woody Shaw and Freddie Hubbard", alongside Terence Blanchard, Eddie Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson and Kenny Garrett. Some of the many musicians she has performed and or recorded with include; Steve Wilson, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Dr.Lonnie Smith, Marc Copland, Bob Berg, Gary Thomas, Gary Bartz, Jeff Hamilton, Bill Stewart, Terri-Lynn Carrington, Geoffrey Keezer, Billy Hart, George Garzone, Chris Connor, Victor Lewis, Clark Terry, and the DIVA Big Band.

Jensen is currently on faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. From 1990 until 1992 she was professor of Jazz Trumpet at the Bruckner Conservatory of Music and at the Hochshule for Musik in Berlin. Jensen continues to fill her schedule with an astonishing array of artistic creativity as a performer and educator. In addition to performing, she conducts master classes, clinics, and workshops. Her current summer workshops include positions at the Salzburg Jazz Seminar, the Centrum Jazz Camp at Port Townsend, and The Brubeck Institute.