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Biography
Robert
Nagel was born in Freeland, PA, USA in 1924. He
holds a Diploma in Trumpet and B.S. and M.S.
degrees in composition from the Juilliard School
of Music. For 20 years, Mr. Nagel was a freelance
first trumpet in concerts, radio, television,
recordings and film recording in New York City,
and a member of the American Composers Alliance.
He was the founder of the New York Brass Quintet,
which he directed for 31 years, and of the Nagel
Duo, a chamber ensemble of soprano, trum-pet &
keyboard. In 1975, he co-founded the International
Trumpet Guild and for many years was a Board
member of the Christian Instrumentalists and
Directors Association.
Mr. Nagel is Prof. Emeritus at the Yale School
of Music where he was a faculty member for 31
years. He also has former teaching affiliations
with the Juilliard & Manhattan Schools of
Music, University of Hartford, New England
Conservatory and North Carolina School of the
Arts. Currently an adjunct faculty member of the
University of South Carolina School of Music, Mr.
Nagel is also President of Mentor Music, a
publishing house for brass & choral music
founded in 1959. In 1999, Mr. Nagel received the
Cesare Bendinelli Award in Verona, Italy.
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