Layne Hopkins
N. Chesterfield,VA
Summary
At VCU, I am an active participant in both the arts community and the academic community. I am enrolled in both the School of the Arts and the Honors College, and I am on track to receive a degree in music as well as a minor in business. At VCU, I have served as principal trombone of both the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Symphony Orchestra. I also serve as the treasurer of our chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, an honor band service fraternity that supports our music department, and I have helped raise over $2,000 for our chapter over the past two years. I have also performed three elective solo recitals since I started at VCU, none of which have been a requirement for my degree. I am passionate about performance and I always make sure that I have something that I am working towards.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Trombonist
Virginia Commonwealth University
N. Chesterfield, USA
08.2021 - Current
- I am an active participant in both the arts community and the academic community
- I am enrolled in both the School of the Arts and the Honors College, and I am on track to receive a degree in music as well as a minor in business
- I have served as principal trombone of both the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Symphony Orchestra
- I also serve as the treasurer of our chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, an honor band service fraternity that supports our music department, and I have helped raise over $2,000 for our chapter over the past two years
- I have also performed three elective solo recitals since I started at VCU, none of which have been a requirement for my degree
- I am passionate about performance and I always make sure that I have something that I am working towards
Recital Performer
02.2023 - 04.2024
- Recital February 28, 2023 - Repertoire: Cavatine, Camille Saint-Saens; Movement 2 of Two Latin Dances for Trombone, Lauren Bernovsky; Sonata No.1, Johann Ernst Galliard, Devil's Waltz, Steven Verhelst; Trombone Quartet No 1, Steven Verhelst
- Recital August 10th, 2023 - Repertoire: Cavatine, Camille Saint-Saens, Romance, Carl Maria von Weber, Concerto, Movement 1, Launy Grondahl; Movement 2 of Two Latin Dances for Trombone, Lauren Bernovsky; Morceau Symphonique, Alexandre Guilmant
- Recital October 13, 2023 - Repertoire: Concerto, Movements 1 & 2, Launy Grondahl; Concertino, Movements 1 & 2, Ferdinand David; Two Medieval Songs, Hildegard of Bingen; Transitions, Carolina Calvache, Achieved is the Glorious Work for Trombone Quartet, Franz Joseph Haydn, arr
- Donald G
- Miller
- Recital April 9th, 2024 - Repertoire: Sonata vox Gabrieli, Sulek; she danced in the rain, Cait Nishimura; Piece for Trombone, Guy Ropartz; Pastorale, Eric Ewazen
Education
degree - music, business
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA10.2024
Skills
- Spanish
- Trombone Performance
- Leadership
- Writing
- Teaching/Tutoring
- Written Communication
- Public Speaking
- Team Management
Awards
- Eric Walz Memorial Scholarship Recipient
- 2021
- 2024
- International Women's Brass Conference Mentorship Participant
- Alternate for the 2024 National Music Festival
- Dean's List Recognition
- Fall 2021
- Spring 2022
- Fall 2022
- Fall 2023
- Spring 2024
- School of the Arts Dean's International Research Grant Recipient, 2024
Summerfestivals
- Brass Institutes of America, 2022, 2023, 2024
- DC Trombone Workshop, 2024
- Attendee of the 2024 International Women's Brass Conference
Recitalperformances
- 02/28/23, Cavatine, Camille Saint-Saens, Movement 2 of Two Latin Dances for Trombone, Lauren Bernovsky, Sonata No.1, Johann Ernst Galliard, Devil's Waltz, Steven Verhelst, Trombone Quartet No 1, Steven Verhelst
- 08/10/23, Cavatine, Camille Saint-Saens, Romance, Carl Maria von Weber, Concerto, Movement 1, Launy Grondahl, Movement 2 of Two Latin Dances for Trombone, Lauren Bernovsky, Morceau Symphonique, Alexandre Guilmant
- 10/13/23, Concerto, Movements 1 & 2, Launy Grondahl, Concertino, Movements 1 & 2, Ferdinand David, Two Medieval Songs, Hildegard of Bingen, Transitions, Carolina Calvache, Achieved is the Glorious Work for Trombone Quartet, Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. Donald G. Miller
- 04/09/24, Sonata vox Gabrieli, Sulek, she danced in the rain, Cait Nishimura, Piece for Trombone, Guy Ropartz, Pastorale, Eric Ewazen
Timeline
Recital Performer
02.2023 - 04.2024
Trombonist
Virginia Commonwealth University
08.2021 - Current
degree - music, business
Virginia Commonwealth University
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