Gabriel Langfur
managing director
Gabriel Langfur is bass trombonist of the Vermont Symphony
and Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestras, and performs frequently
with the Boston Symphony and Pops, the Boston Ballet Orchestra,
the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Opera Boston, and in
orchestras and theaters throughout New England. In addition
to a busy freelance performing career, he is Managing Director
of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston and Artist Relations/Marketing
Director of the S.E. Shires Company, a leading manufacturer
of custom brass instruments. For nearly ten years he worked
in the administration of the Boston Early Music Festival,
serving in various capacities including Director of Marketing
and Exhibition Manager.
Mr. Langfur is Visiting Instructor of Trombone at Brown University,
on the summer festival faculty of the Vermont Youth Orchestra
Association, and has given solo recitals at Brandeis University,
King's Chapel Boston, Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord,
Massachusetts, and the Oberlin and New England Conservatories.
He gave the premiere of Raymond Premru's That Time of Year
for bass trombone and marimba on the Dame Myra Hess Series
at the Chicago Public Library, in a performance broadcast
on National Public Radio, and in May 2005 premiered Aaron
Berkowitz' Concerto for Bass Trombone and Ensemble with noted
contemporary ensemble Alarm Will Sound under the direction
of Alan Pierson. He also performed as a guest on Alarm Will
Sound's Zankel Hall debut at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Langfur was
a member of the Orion Trombone Quartet, First Prize winners
at the 1989 Coleman Chamber Music Competition in Pasadena,
California.
Gabe holds a Masters Degree in Trombone Performance from
New England Conservatory, as well as Bachelor of Arts (English)
and Bachelor of Music Degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory.
His teachers have included Raymond Premru, Per Brevig, Norman
Bolter and Matthew Guilford. Mr. Langfur has performed on
recordings with the Boston and Albany Symphonies, Boston Symphony
Principal Trombonist Ronald Barron, Norman Bolter's Frequency
Band, and the Indigo Invention Group.
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