RECENT RESUME
Selected performances with Paul Gaspar as lead trumpet and/or solo trumpet (unless specified):
UPDATED September 23, 2019
No BS! Brass, Richmond VA Halloween Parade, October 31m 2019 (trumpet)
Miller & The Other Sinners, Ontario, Canada Festival , October 2019 (trumpet)
Tito Rojas, salsa artist from Puerto Rico, September 2019, Rochester, NY (lead trumpet)
Miller & The Other Sinners, 1000 Islands Blues Fest, September 2019 (trombone)
Chautauqua Lake Pops Orchestra conducted by Dr. John Marcellus August 2019 (lead trumpet on the Scott Keo set)
West Side Story Germany Tour: Cologne, Berlin, Dresden Summer 2019 Principal trumpet
Miller & The Other Sinners, The Tralf, Buffalo NY April 2019. (Horn arrangements, trombone)
Michael Stuart, salsa artist from Puerto Rico, April 2019 , in Rochester, NY (lead trumpet)
New York State Ballet, Rochester, NY March 2019; Gershwin & Gatsby. Lead & solo trumpet (big band portion), orchestrator, contractor, assistant principal to James Thompson on the Gershwin orchestral works.
National Broadway Tour of CHICAGO Jan 2019 in Elmira & Binghamton, NY (2nd trumpet)
2019 auditioning American Idol singer/song writer (name to be given later!): solo flugel horn & muted trumpet studio session, Noteworthy Studios, Victor, NY - September 2018
International Salsa artists Wilito Otero, Rey Ruiz, and Pete Perignon in Rochester July 2018
National Broadway Tour of BEAUTIFUL, the Carol King Musical: Elmira, NY May 15-20, 2018
Solo Tour & Master Classes, Napoli, Italy Feb 6-14, 2018
West Side Story International Tour: Den Haag & Gronigen (Netherlands), and Cologne (Germany): Principal trumpet Dec 2017 through January 2018
Alex Matos with Orquesta Antonetti, Toronto ON, Canada lead trumpet Dec 9 2017
FAME, Lille/Roubaix, France Composer / arranger, lead trumpet Nov 22-27, 2017
Henry Prego / Sinatra tribute: Las Vegas NV MD / lead trumpet / chief arranger Nov 17, 2017
LUVA: Mark Anthony Tribute featuring Orquesta Antonetti Sept 30, 2017
In The Heights, Geva Theatre, Rochester NY Lead trumpet (and solo soprano trombone) for 40 shows Sept 1- October 8, 2017
International Salsa artists Andy Montañez, N-Klabe, Tito Nieves, Marlon in Rochester & Buffalo NY Summer 2017
West Side Story International Tour: Zurich (Switzerland) and Dublin (Ireland) Substitute for my previous position as principal trumpet Jan 2-22, 2017
Napoli /Big Barra Band (Italy) Conductor, lead & solo trumpet, composer & arranger Dec 2016
Henry Prego / Sinatra tribute: Temecula CA MD / lead trumpet / chief arranger Nov 2o16
Bemus Point Pops Orchestra, Co-principal trumpet with James Thompson at his request. Sept 2016
Henry Prego / Sinatra tribute: Gulfport, MS MD / lead trumpet / chief arranger May 2o16
Napoli Conservatory Guest Trumpet Professor in Residence, Napoli, Italy May 2o16
Klaipeda, Lithuania Jazz concert: Paul Gaspar (trumpet & piano) and Leonardas Bėkša. (trumpet & piano), Klaipeda School of Music & Arts April 25, 2016
Napoli /Big Barra Band (Italy) Conductor, lead & solo trumpet, composer & arranger Dec 12 2015 - first time a big band on the San Carlo Stage EVER - theatre was built in 1737.
Trumpet Master Class: Napoli, Italy November 9-15, 2015
Spamalot: Geva Theatre, Rochester, NY: Lead trumpet for 40 shows September - October 2015
Solo Jazz Artist (trumpet & piano) European Tour: France October 16-November 24, 2015
Henry Prego / Sinatra tribute: Milwaukee, WI: MD / lead trumpet / chief arranger July 2015
Book of Mormon Broadway National Tour, Buffalo NY: Lead trumpet, June 2015
Rochester Lilac Festival: Landau Murphy. jr: Lead & solo trumpet, May 2015
Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA Trumpet Master Class April 2015
Kaunas Jazz Festival, Lithuania: Kaunas Big Band featuring singer Arina Boriunova: Guest lead & solo trumpet, April 2015
Vilnius, Lithuania: Baltic Salsa Orchestra: Guest lead & solo trumpet, March 2015
Vilnius, Lithuania: Baltic Salsa Orchestra: Guest lead & solo trumpet, March 2015
Lille, France: Nigerian recording artist ASA: Guest soloist March 2015
Lille, France: Ch'ti Jazz Quintet: Jazz soloist March 2015
Lille, France: Billy Elliot: Guest principal trumpet, March 2015
Master Classes:
Napoli Conservatory Guest Trumpet Professor in Residence, Napoli, Italy May 2o16
Napoli, Italy (November 2015) Trumpet Master Class
Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA (April 2015) Trumpet Master Class
Vilnius Lithuania (April 2015) Trumpet Master Class
Lille, France (April 2015) Lille Brass Choir Master Class: Classical & Jazz (guest conductor)
Roubaix, France (November 2014) Jazz Master Class
Napoli, Italy (November 2014) Trumpet Master Class
International Broadway tour of West Side Story, Principal Trumpet:
2012 - 2014 and 2017 - 2018. Most recent city listed first.
Cologne, Germany
Gronigen, Netherlands
The Hague, Netherlands
Dublin, Ireland
Munich, Germany
Zurich, Switzerland (2014 and 2017)
Salzburg, Austria
Bregenz, Austria
Baden Baden, Germany
Luxembourg
Frankfurt, Germany
Ghent, Belgium
Roubaix, France
Brest, France
Antwerp, Belgium
Tel Aviv, Israel
London, UK
Dresden, Germany
Monte Carlo, Monoco
Montpelier, France (con ducted by former Paris Opera House conductor Jerome Pillement)
Napoli, Italy
Paris, France
Essen, Germany
Guest Principal Trumpet for the Tel Aviv Opera House Orchestra, Tel Aviv, Israel, October 25 - November 10, 2013
Guest Principal Trumpet for the San Carlo Teadro Opera House Orchestra, Napoli, Italy June 14-28, 2013
Principal / lead trumpet for the 26 piece touring orchestra, conducted by Donald Chan, Assistant conductors Ben Van Tienen and Stephen Jones
Tour included 11 weeks at the Theatre du Châtelet in central Paris and 6 weeks at Sadler's Wells in London
Select National Artists: Salsa & Merengue: 1986 to September 2012 (listed alphabetically)
Paul is lead trumpet unless specified:
Tito Allen (Rochester, Buffalo, Binghamton)
Luisito Carrion (Buffalo)
Kevin Ceballo (Rochester & Buffalo)
William Cepeda (Buffalo)
Bobby Cruz (Puerto Rico & Miami)
Charlie Cruz
Raphael de Jesus
Cano Estremera
Paquito Guzman
Jay Lozado
Angie Machado (2nd trumpet)
MARLON (Fernandez)
N-Clabe
Frankie Negron (Rochester, Binghamton)
Choco Orta (Syracuse)
Edwin Rivera (2nd trumpet)
Johnny Rivera (Rochester, Syracuse)
Lalo Rodriguez (Rochester, Albany)
Tito Rojas (Rochester, Albany)
Luisito Rosario (Rochester & Buffalo)
Marvin Santiago
Michael Stuart (Buffalo, Albany)
Frankie Vázquez (Rochester, Binghamton)
Tony Vega (Buffalo) (2nd trumpet)
Grupo Zafra Negra (Rochester, Syracuse)
Puerto Rico & International Groups
Salsa: Bobby Cruz (Puerto Rico) 1997
Circus: Circo Mundial (Puerto Rico) 1997-2000
Gospel: Ron Kenoly (Puerto Rico) 1998
Rock: Animal Planet: USO/DOD tour (Middle East/Africa) 1999
Cruise Ships:
Tahitian Princess (French Polynesia) 2005
Princess Star (Western Caribbean) 2006
National Groups/Artists
Motown/ Soul / R&B 2002-date
Frankie Valli
The Temptations (NY, PA, OH, WV tour)
The Four Tops (NY, PA, OH, WV tour)
Little Anthony & The Imperials, Big Flats, NY
Jay Black & The Americans (2nd trumpet) Big Flats, NY
Mic Gillette
Big Band / Jazz artists
Joe Gransden & Joan Ellison sing Sinatra and Judy Garland, Bemus Point, Pops, Orchestra, Bemus Point, NY. Co-principal trumpet with James Thompson / jazz soloist
Tony Lujan Big Band: Music Director, Lead trumpet, chief arranger, Henry Prego Sings Frank Sinatra, Albuuerque, NM, Feb 2016
Wycliffe Gordon lead & solo trumpet, Rochester Feb 2013
Henry Prego sings Frank Sinatra) Rochester & Canada 2012 & 2013
Joe Scalissi (as Dean Martin) Rochester 2012 & Canada & 2013
Tribute Tour: “Count Basie / Frank Sinatra Live at the Sands” (solo chair/associate lead) Buffalo & Rochester 2011
Rick Holland/Evan Dobbins Little Big Band 2006-2010
Brazilian Jazz harmonica Hendrick Murkins 2005 & 2006
LA studio trombonist Rick Culver, Battle Creek, MI 2006
Byron Stripling 2005
Sam Noto Big Band 1990
The Eastman Jazz Ensemble (3rd trumpet/associate lead) including FL, NY & CT tours 1988-89
Les Algart Orchestra 1988
Rosemary Clooney (2nd trumpet) 1988
Additional Tours and other musical productions
Spamalot at Geva Theatre, Rochester NY 2015 (6 weeks)
Book of Mormon at Shea Auditorium, Buffalo NY 2015
Billy Elliot at Sebastopol Theatre Lille, France, 2015
West Side Story (2nd trumpet) at Shea Auditorium, Buffalo NY 2011
Legally Blonde: The Musical at Shea Auditorium, Buffalo NY, 2008
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Geva Theatre, Rochester NY (playing the trumpeter on-stage for main character Leevee) 2007
An Evening With George M. Cohen (solo cornet), Holmdel NJ 2006
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus 131st edition 2001 Red Unit. Conductor / lead trumpet for over 500 performances in 12 months
Touring Italian Acts
Henry Prego Sings Frank Sinatra Music Director, lead trumpet and chief arranger June 2013 to present
Joe Scallissi as Dean Martin (2012, 2013, 2017)
Elio Scaccio Music Director, keyboards, trumpet June 2013
Poperazzi Music Director, keyboards, trumpet June 2013
TV
A&E: “The Making of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 131st edition”, Tampa FL (as trumpeter / conductor) 2000
ESPN: “The Lighter Side of Sports with Lyle Alzato”, Atlantic City NJ (theme composer & trumpet) 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7VTs7t9LzU
WXXI-TV: Rochester, NY: "Que Pasa?" and "OnStage" (lead & solo trumpet) 1988-2009
Philharmonic Orchestras / Symphonies:
Bemus Point Pops Orchestra September 2016 Co-Principal Trumpet September 2016
Tel Aviv Opera House Orchestra, Tel Aviv, Israel: Guest Principal Trumpet October 25 - November 10, 2013
San Carlo Teadro Opera House Symphony, Napoli, Italy: Guest Principal Trumpet June 14-28, 2013
The Buffalo (NY) Philharmonic Orchestra, soloist 2011 & 2012
The Erie (PA) Philharmonic Orchestra 2003
Studio Sessions/CD
Steve Gadd 2011
James Thompson 2011
EDUCATION:
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY:
Paul Gaspar↑ en route to picking up diploma after commencement.
Photo by staff photographer
BA/AMU (classical) trumpet performance 2011
Douglas Prosser & James Thompson, trumpet professors
British trumpeter Benjamin Court, orchestral coach
Additional (previous) study at Eastman in the JCM department under Rayburn Wright 1986-1989
Albums & CD credits:
See Audio & Video page.