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Scott Whitener Scott Whitener
At Juilliard, he was first trumpet of the Juilliard Orchestra under the distinguished French conductor, Jean Morel, who influenced his conducting. He began his professional career with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra where he played under Pablo Casals, among others, and later played at the American debut of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio of Munich under Raphael Kubelik at Carnegie Hall.
Professor Whitener participated in the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble program in Horncastle, England. It was this experience that inspired him to found the Rutgers University Brass Ensemble in 1993. He also studied the interpretation of 16th and 17th century music at Stanford University. Dr. Whitener taught conducting for twenty-four years. Among his former students are Paavo Järvi, principal conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and regular guest conductor of major orchestras throughout the world; and Gail Lee, a guest conductor of orchestras in the Czech Republic and the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, for four years associate conductor of the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Professor Whitener serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Music and Chair of Brass.
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Scott Whitener, Professor of Music in the Mason Gross School of the Arts of
Rutgers University, is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the University of
Michigan, and Rutgers.
Dr. Whitener's book, A Complete Guide to Brass: Instruments and
Technique (Schirmer Thomson), now in its third edition, is used at over one
hundred universities and is considered the definitive work in the field. He was
invited in June, 2006 to present a lecture on playing the trumpet in the high
register at the International Trumpet Guild Symposium.