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“Mr. Debth has led a distinguished career as a performer and teacher.” 
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Biography

Education

Yale University – Master of Musical Arts

University of Louisville  - Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education

 

Trumpet Teachers

Bernard Sanchez

Principal Trumpet Toledo Symphony,

Trumpet professor,

Toledo University, Orchestra Conductor,

Toledo University

Leon Rapier

Principal Trumpet, Louisville Orchestra,

Trumpet Professor, University of Louisville,

Band Director, University of Louisville,

Principal Trumpet Baton Rouge Symphony

Robert Nagle

Trumpet Professor Yale University,

Founder of New York Brass Quintet, C

asals Music Festival,  New York freelance musician

Samuel Krauss

Principal Trumpet - Philadelphia Orchestra –

Curtis Institute of Music

Frank Kaderabek

Principal Trumpet - Detroit Symphony –

Philadelphia Orchestra – Curtis Institute of Music

 

 

Solo Recitals and Performance 

 

Michigan State University

Recital

Toledo University

Recital

Goshen College

Recital

 

Platteville Summer Arts Festival - Bill McGlaughlin Conductor

Soloist - Riisager Trumpet Concerto

 

Conductors Performed Under

            Jorge Mester

Louisville Orchestra

            Eugene Ormandy

Philadelphia Orchestra

            Leopold Stokowski

Philadelphia Orchestra

            Leroy Anderson

Composer/Conductor

            John Mauceri

Hollywood music conductor (over 70 albums)

            Christian Tiemeyer

Cedar Rapids Symphony -

Associate Conductor Dallas Symphony

 

Notable Audition

Selected to audition for the 3rd trumpet in the Chicago Symphony -

won by Phil Smith who then became Principal Trumpet  New York Philharmonic.

 

Teaching Experience

Louisville

Kentucky State College

University of Louisville Preparatory Department

 

New Haven

 Yale University

Preparatory Department

 

Maine

New England Music Camp

Iowa

University of Iowa

Interim trumpet Instructor

Coe College

Trumpet instructor

Cornell College

Trumpet instructor

Private trumpet studio

Over 50 All State trumpet students

Students in McDonald’s All-American band

Austin

            Westlake High School

            LASA High School

            Dripping Springs High School

            Bowie High School

            Gorzycki Middle School

            Bailey Middle School

            Kealing Middle School

Notable students

 

Louisville

David Scott

Trumpet Professor – McNeese State University - Bugler Churchill Downs ("Kentucky Derby")  -University of Louisville

Steven Plank

Professor – Oberlin Conservatory - University of Louisville

 

Cedar Rapids

Karen Easterday

Bugler Churchill Downs ("Kentucky Derby")  (1st female bugler at any major race track -University of Louisville

Steve Buttleman

Bugler Churchill Downs - Current  ("Kentucky Derby")  -University of Louisville

Beth Hronek

University of Tennessee, MM 1985
University of Iowa, BM 1983; MA 1990

  Jeff Reed

Music Director – Orchestra Kentucky

Guest Conductor – Has conducted the orchestras of Alabama, Augusta, Charleston, Detroit, Knoxville, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, Omaha, Phoenix, Portland (ME), Quad Cities (IA), Sacramento, South Bend and Winston-Salem. 

Austin

Tommy Glass

Marine Corp Band – New Orleans – Dripping Springs Wind Ensemble

Rebecca Ortiz

SMU – University of Texas – Bowie Wind Ensemble

Ross Brown

University of Texas trumpet studio - All-State Band – Bowie Wind Ensemble

AJ Marks

University of Texas trumpet studio – LASA Wind Ensemble

Quentin Schaefer

University of Texas trumpet studio

Ashley May

Westlake Wind Ensemble

Danielle Rameriez

Crockett Wind Ensemble

Graham Stockton

LASA Wind Ensemble

Griffin Larner

Dripping Springs Wind Ensemble

Allen Block

Westlake Wind Ensemble

Hayden Tomasin

LASA Wind Ensemble

Makenzie Wallace

LASA Wind Ensemble

Katie Tiernan

Dripping Springs Wind Ensemble

Jasmine Bisett

Dripping Spring Wind Ensemble

Jungwook Mah

All-State Orchestra – LASA Wind Ensemble

Marco De La Vega

Crockett Wind Ensemble

Matt CosentinoWestlake Wind Ensemble

Matthew Davie

Crockett Wind Ensemble

Mike McKeonDripping Springs Wind Ensemble

Ryan Russo

LASA Wind Ensemble

Maddie Savasky

Bowie Wind Ensemble

Jackson Bloder

Bowie Wind Ensemble

Travis Shivers

All-State Band – LASA Wind Ensemble

Victoria Sheeler

Penn State Marching Band – Dripping Springs Wind Ensemble

Alex Rye

Westlake Wind Ensemble

Will Borland

Purdue Symphonic Band – Westlake Wind Ensemble

Adam Dinkins

McDonald’s All-American Band - Bowie Wind Emsemble

Victoria Zamloot

Westlake Wind Ensemble

Blake Peters

1st trumpet – University of Texas Marching Band – Bowie Wind Ensemble

 Jake Barnes

University of North Texas – Bowie Wind Ensemble

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Solo Repertoire

Solo Repertoire

James Debth Solo Performances

Anderson

A Trumpeter's Lullaby

Arban

Carnival of Venice and Variations

Arutunian

Concerto

Bach, Vincent

Hungarian Melodies

Balay

Andante et Allegretto

Balay

Petite Piece Concertante

Barat

Fantaisie en me bemol

Barat

Andante and Scherzo

Orientale

Berghmans

La Chenille

Bitch

Quatre Variations on a Theme of Scarlatti

Bloch

Proclamation

Buchwald

Funf Bagatellen

Busser

Variations in D Flat

Clarke

Sounds of the Hudson

Clarke

From the Shores of the Mighty Pacific

The Sounds of the Hudson

Carnival of Venice and Variations

Clarke

Trumpet Tune and March

Copland

Quiet City

Cords

Romanze

Corelli 

Sonata VIII

Frackenpohl

Sonatina for Trumpet

Goedicke

Concert Etude

Handel

Suite in D Major

Handel

Aria Con Variazoni

Haydn

Concerto

Hindemith 

Sonate

Hindemith 

Concerto for Trumpet and Bassoon

Hovahaness

Prayer of Saint Gregory

Hummel

Concerto

Jolivet

Concertino pour Trompette

Kennen

Sonata  

Kupferman

Three Ideas

Latham

Suite for Trumpet and Strings

Llewellyn

My Regards

Marteau

Morceu Vivant

Martinu

Sonatine

Nelhybel

Suite for Trumpet  

Pilss

Sonata  

Poot

Etude de Concert

Purcell

Trumpet Tune  

Riisage

Concertino  

Ropartz

Andante and Allegro

Simon

Willow Echoes

Stevens, Halsey

Sonata  

Tull

Three Bagatelles

Turrin

Caprice

Vivaldi

Concerto for two Trumpets

Whitney

Concertino for Trumpet and Band

Wavy Abstract Background

Quintet Repertoire

Anonymous

Sonata From Bankelsangerlieder

Arnold

Brass Quintet

Bach

Air on the G String

Contrapunctus I

Contrapunctus V

Contrapunctus IX

Brahms

Es ist nin Ros’ entsprungen

Two Songs

Calvert

Suite from the Monteregian Hills

Cheetham

Scherzo

Clarke

Prince of Denmark’s March

Couperin

Two Pieces

Dahl

Brass Quintet

Debussy

Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Dukas

Fanfare

Ewald

Quintet #1

Quintet #2

Filllmore

Lassus Trombone

Frackenpohl

Brass Quintet

Gabrielli

Canzona per sonare No.2

Gershwin

Summertime

I Go Plenty of Nutin’

It Ain’t Necessarily So

Gesualdo

Three Madrigals

Glasel

Saints Alive

Harris

Four Moods for Brass Quintet

Holborne

Suite of Elizabethan Dances

Ives

Four Songs

Jones

Four Movements for Five Brass

Joplin

Three Scott Joplin Rags

The Entertainer

Kazdin

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Krell

Mississippi Rag

Lavallee

La Rose Nupitale

Leclerc

Par Monts Et Par Vaux

Maurer

Three Pieces

Mouret

Rondeau

Nagel

This Old Man March

Pilss

Scherzo

Scheidt

Two Canzonas

Canzona Bergamasca

Galliard Battaglia

Waller

Ain’t Misbehavin

Lookin’ Good, But Feelin’ Bad

Wilbye

Two Madrigals

James Debth Quintet Performances
Quintet Repetoire
Orchstral Repetoire
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Sand

Orchestral Repertoire

Bach

Cantata 51

Charistmas Oratorio

Komm susser Tod

Magnificat

Mass in B minor

Tocatta and Fugue

Barber

Commando March

Symphony #1

Overtiure to "School for Scandal"

Bartok

Concerto for Orchestra

BartokThe Miraculous Mandarin Suite

Beethoven

Egmont Overture

Leonore overture #2

Leonore overture #3

Symphony #1

Symphony #3

Symphony #5

Symphony #6

Symphony #7

Symphony #9

Berlioz

Beatrice et Benedict Overture

Benvenuto Cellini

Roman Carnival Overture

Symphonie Fantastique

Bernsein

Candide Overture

Chichester Psalms

On The Tow: Three Dance Episodes

West Side Story - Overture

West Side Story - Symphonic Dances

"Mass"

Bizet
L'Arlesienne - Suite 1

L'Arlesienne - Suite 2

Carmen Suite 2

Borodin
         Prince Igor - Polvtsian Dances

Brahms

Academic Festival Overture

Hungarian Dances

Symphony #1

Symphony #3

Symphony #4

Tragic Overture

Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Britten

Young person's guide tot the Orchestra

Charbrier

Espana

Chasson

Symphony, op 20

Clarke

Trumpet Voluntary

Copland

Appalachian Spring

Billy the Kid Suite

Danzon Cubano

Fanfare for the Common Man

Lincold Portrait

Quiet City

An Outdoor Overture

Rodeo - Four Dance Episodes

El Salon Mexico

Debussy

Images

Jeux - Poem Danse

La Mer

Nocturnes

Delius

Brigg Fair

Dukas

Sorcerer's Apprentice

La Peri - Fanfare

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances

Symphonie #4,

Synphony #9 "New World"

Elgar

Cockaigne, op.40

Enigma Variations

Pomp and Circumstance

de Falla

Three Cornered Hat

Nights in the Gardent of Spain

Faure

Pelleas et Meleisande

Franck

Symphony in D minor

Gabrielli

Sonat pian'e fort

Gershwin

American in Paris

Piano Concerto in F

Porgy and Bess - Symphonic Picture

Rhapsody in Blue

Grieg

Peer Gynt Suite 1

Peer Gynt Suite 2

Griffes

The White Peacock

Grofe

Grand Canyon Suite

Handle

Messiah

Royal Fireworks

Water Music

Haydn

Concerto for Trumpet

Symphony  #101 - "The Clock"

Symphony #45 - "Farewell"

Symphony #94 - "Surprise"

Toy Symphony

Symphony #104 - "London"

Hindemith

Concert music for Strings and Brass

Mathis der Maler

Symphonic Metamorphoses

Holst

The Planets

Humperdink

Hansel and Gretel

Husa

Music for Prague

Ibert

Bacchanale

Divertissement

Ives

Symphony #4 

Three Places in New England

The Unanswered Question

Variations on "America"

Janacek

Sinfonietta

Kabalevsky

Colas Breugnon Overture

Kodaly

Hary Janos Suite

Lalo

Le Roi D'Ys Overture

Liszt

Les Preludes

Mahler

Symphony #1

Symphony #2

Symphony #3

Symphony #4

Symphony #5

Martin

Concert for 7 Winds

Mendelssohn

Midsummernight's Dream

Symphony #5

Mihaud

La Creation du Monde

Mozart

Gloria

Magic Flute Overture

Marriage of Figero Overture

Symphony 35 "Haffner"

Symphony 38 "Prague"

Symphony 41 "Jupiter"

Mussorgsky

Night on Bald Mountain

Pictures at an Exhibition

Offenbach

Orpheus in the Underworld Overture

Orff

Carmina Burana

Poulenc

Gloria

Prokofiev

Cinderella Suite #1

Classical Symphony

Lieutenand Kije

Peter and the Wolf

Romeo and Juliet SuiteSymphony #1 

Symphony #5

Rachmaninoff

Concerto for piano #2

Symphonic Dances

Symphony #1 

Symphony #2

Ravel

Alborada del Fracioso

Bolero

Daphnis et Chloe Suite #1

Daphnis et Chloe Suite #2

Rapsodie Espagnole

Le Tombeau de Couperin

La Valse

Piano Concerto  

Respighi

Ancient Aires and Dances

Roman Festivals

Fountains of Rome

Pines of Rome

The Birds

Rimsky-Korsakov

Capriccio Espagnol

Russian Easter Overture

Scheherazade

Rodrigo

Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar

Rossini

Barber of Siviglia Overture

William Tell Overture

Saint-Saens

Carnival of the Animals

Septet

Symphony #3 "Organ"

Satie

Gymnopedies #2

Schoenberg

Gurre-Lieder

Six Songs, Op8 for Soprano

Schubert

Symphony #4 "Tragic"

Symphony #8 "Unfinished"

Schuman, William

New England Triptych

Schuman, Robert

Symphony #3 "Rhenish"

Shostakovich

Festive Overture

Symphony #1,

Symphony #5

Symphony #9 

Sibelius

Finlandia

Symphony #1

Symphony #2

Mu Country "Ma vlast

Smetana

The Bartered Bride Overture

Strauss, Johann

Emperor Waltzes

Roses from the South

Tales from the Vienna Woods

Thunder and Lightneing Polka

Radetzky March

Strauss, Richard

Also Sparch Zarathustra

Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Death and Transfiguration

Don Juan

Four Last Songs

Der Rosenkavalier Suite

Till Eulenspiegels

Stravinsky

The Fairy's Kiss

Firebird Suite

L'Histoire du Soldat

Jeu de Cartes

Octet

Petrouchka

Pulcinella Suite

The Rite of Spring

Symphony of Wind Instruments

Symphony in C

Symphony of Psalms

Tchaikovsky

Capriccio Italien

March Slave

Nutcracker

1812 Overture

Romeo and Juliet  

Sleeping Beauty Suite

Swan Lake Suite

Symphony #1

Symphony #4  

Symphony #5  

Symphony #6

Varese

Integrales

Verdi

La Forza Del Destino

Requiem

Vivaldi

Concerto for 2 trumpets

Gloria

Wagner

Lohengrin Prelude Act 1

Die Meistersinger

Parsifal PreludeSiegfried - Forest murmurs

Sigfried Idyll

Tannhauser Overture

Ride of the Valkyries

Weber

Oberon Overture

Webern

Geistliche Lieder, Op 15 - High Soprano

James Debth Orchestral Performances
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