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Norman Engel, Cornet
www.normanengel.net
Canadian trumpeter Norman Engel enjoys a richly diversified career,
performing on both modern and historical instruments. On modern trumpet he
has performed with the Toronto Symphony; Canadian Opera Company; National
Ballet; Hannaford Street Silver Band; Les Violons du Roy; Santa Fe Opera and
the Stratford Festival amongst others. Major theatre productions he has
performed with include Miss Saigon; Phantom of the Opera ; Beauty and the
Beast; Ragtime; West Side Story and Cinderella.
Mr. Engel’s career on natural trumpet has taken him across North America, to
Europe, New Zealand and to Asia. In Toronto he performs with Opera Atelier;
The Toronto Consort; Aradia Ensemble and for the past nine seasons as a
member of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. He has also performed with
Apollo’s Fire; Portland Baroque Orchestra; New York Collegium; Magnificat!
Orchestra; Santa Fe Pro Musica; Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra; and American
Bach Soloists.
Highlights of the 2002/03 season include solo appearances with Tafelmusik;
Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the recent release of Purcell’s Trumpet
Sonata and Indian Queen Overture with the Aradia Ensemble on Naxos Records.
Mr. Engel has also recorded over 30 discs for Sony Classical; CBC
Enterprises; Naxos; Opening Day Records; and Anelekta Records.
He was educated at the University of Toronto; Humber College; and The Music
Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.
Norman lives in Toronto with his wife, cellist Mary-Katherine Finch and
their son Tristan.
Sound Room Credits
Cornet ... Norman Engel
Piano ... Bill Way
Producer ... Ted Sparks
Recording Engineer ... Ted Marshall
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