Bruce
Bonnell
Bruce
Bonnell,
horn. A chamber music specialist, Dr. Bonnell has
enjoyed a successful career as orchestral performer, soloist,
clinician and pedagogue on the horn and natural horn throughout
North America and Southeast Asia. Born and raised in Newfoundland,
Dr. Bonnell received his undergraduate degrees in Music Education
and Performance from Memorial University and The Guildhall School of
Music (London, England), receiving the President’s Medal for Music
in 1990. He received his Master of Music from Northwestern
University (Pi Kappa Lambda) in 1991 and a Doctor of Music at
Indiana University in 2003. From 1997-98 he was Assistant Professor
of horn and theory at Indiana State University and has been
Assistant Professor of horn at Central Michigan University since
2000.
Dr.
Bonnell’s orchestral experiences include Second Horn in the Hong
Kong Philharmonic from 1991-1994, and Principal Horn in the
Malaysian Philharmonic from 1998-2000 where he earned high praise
for his playing from such notable maestros as Kurt Masur, Sir
Neville Marriner, Kenneth Jean, David Atherton, Jan Pascal Tortelier
and Hans Graf. He has performed with the Newfoundland Symphony
Orchestra, Ottawa Symphony, Hull Chamber Orchestra, Bloomington
Camerata, Pan Asian Symphony and is presently Principal Horn with
the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra. Solo and chamber music
highlights include the finals of the 1989 Canadian Music
Competition, the 1998 Fischoff Chamber Music competition and
recitals throughout North America and Southeast Asia.
An
enthusiastic performer of new works for horn, Dr. Bonnell premiered
David Gillingham’s Baker’s Dozen at the 2001 International Horn
Symposium, Danzas Breves for Horn and Percussion by José-Luis
Maśrtua at the 2004 Sound Symposium in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and
gave the world premiere of David Gillingham’s Concerto for Horn and
Symphonic Band in St. John’s, Newfoundland in May of 2007.
As a
member of the Powers Woodwind Quintet, he has toured and performed
throughout the Midwestern states and received high critical acclaim
for the 2006 release “Brementown Musicians” on Centaur records. His
next recording project, a compilation of works for horn and flute
with Vieri Bottazzini, flute and Peter Green, piano is due for
release in 2007. His teachers include William Costin, Kjellrun
Hestekin, Michael Hatfield, Paul Tervelt, Richard Seraphinoff and
Richard Bissill.
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Powers Woodwind Quintet
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