Larry Larson
Trumpet
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Larry Larson has been the Principal Trumpet of the Kitchener-Waterloo
Symphony and the Canadian Chamber Ensemble since 1993. Larry is a
graduate of DePaul University of Chicago and was a student of Adolph
Herseth, renowned Principal Trumpet of the Chicago Symphony. As a
soloist, Larry has been featured with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony,
Orchestra London, and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, performing
both Classical and Pops repertoire, and has been featured on CBC Radio
in performances of trumpet concertos by Malcolm Forsyth, Johnny Cowell
and R. Murray Schaffer. Larry has also enjoyed an extensive freelance
career that has had him performing with the Toronto Symphony, Chicago
Symphony, Montréal Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestras.
In addition to performances of the classical
repertoire, Larry has developed six critically-acclaimed Pop programmes
for orchestra with conductor/trombonist David Martin. Larry is in much
demand by Toronto recording studios for his work on motion picture
soundtracks and commercial jingles. You can hear him every night, in
fact, trumpeting in the CTV News with Lloyd Robertson. He has had the
great pleasure to work in back-up orchestras for Diana Krall, Brian
Wilson, Jann Arden, Holly Cole, Anne Murray, Dennis DeYoung, Roger
Hodgson, and Yes.
After a dormancy of about 20
years, and with great encouragement from pianist and composer Glenn
Buhr, Larry has enjoyed re-awakening the sleeping giant that was his
jazz playing, performing in various venues in Kitchener-Waterloo – and
loving every minute of it.
And yes, you’ve
probably seen Larry at the Stratford Festival each summer for the past
several years, fanfaring patrons into the Festival Theatre or
performing in the pit for the musicals. Performances at the Elora
Festival and the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival round out
his summer playing.
Larry and his wife, trumpeter Mary Jay, live in Waterloo, ON, with their two beautiful children and three enigmatic cats.
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