Dominic Derasse Curriculum Vitae

 

Free lance gigs in Paris:

 

Paris National Opera, 1984-1985

Paris Brass Ensemble, First Trumpet, 1984-1985

French National Radio Symphony Orchestra, 1983-1985

Michel Legrand Orchestra, First Trumpet, 1983-1985

Various live TV shows

Contemporary music performances with:

Pierre Boulez' Ensemble Inter-Contemporain, Musique Vivantes and 2E2M, Paris, 1980-1985

Houston Grand Opera, Porgy and Bess, Paris production, Principal Trumpet, 1979

Numerous French films, commercials and recordings as well as some American films such as: “Private Benjamin”, 007’s “Moonraker” and “The Spy Who Loved Me” and the TV show: “Dynasty”.

 

List of Orchestras and Shows:

 

Orchestral work:

Eos Orchestra, Principal Trumpet, 1996-2004

New York Grand Opera, Principal Trumpet, 1987-1997

 

Free lance appearances with:

The New York Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, Concordia, New Jersey Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey, New York FILMharmonic Orchestra, Long Island Philharmonic, N.Y. Pops, Manhattan Philharmonic, Bronx Arts Ensemble, Colonial Symphony, Westfield Symphony, Sainte Cecelia Orchestra, Naumberg Orchestra, Musica Sacra, Collegiate Chorale, and The National Grand Opera.

 

Broadway Shows:

“Jerome Robbins’ Broadway”, 1988-1990 (Best Musical Tony Award winner)

“Camelot”, 1993

“Peter Pan”, 1993

“A Christmas Carol”, 1994-2003 (Madison Square Garden)

“ 1776” , 1997-1998 (Best Musical Revival Tony winner)

“Kiss Me Kate, 1999-2001 (Best Musical Revival Tony winner)

“Into The Woods”, 2002 (Best Musical Revival Tony winner)

 “Assassins”, 2004 (Best Musical Revival Tony winner)

“The Frogs”, 2004

 

Broadway appearances in:

Les Miserables, Into The Woods (1988), Cats, Legs Diamond, Gypsy, Miss Saigon, Me and My Girl, The Secret Garden, Oh Kay!, And The World Goes Round, Grand Hotel, Guys and Dolls, Cyrano, Crazy for you, Beauty & The Beast, Passion, Phantom Of The Opera, Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Blood Brothers, Catskills On Broadway, Sunset Boulevard, High Society. Scarlet Pimpernel, Sound of Music, Candide, Victor/Victoria, Nick and Nora, , Bring in Da'noise / bring in Da'funk. La Boheme, 42nd Street, and Spamalot.

 

Radio City Music Hall : Christmas and Spring  Spectaculars.

 

Encores! Series: New Moon, Can-Can, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.

 

 

Musical Recordings:

Cast album “The Frogs”            , 2004

Cast album “Assassins” , 2004

Cast album “Into The Woods”, Nonesuch Records, 2002

Cast album “Kiss Me Kate”, DRG Theater, 2000

“Lenny Kravitz”, 2000

Tom Pierson’s “Hidden Goddess”, 2000

“Jewel”  Christmas Album, (Atlantic Records), 1999

Eos Ensemble, Copland recording 1998, BMG classics & Grammy nominated Celluloid

Copland, Telarc 1999

Cast Album " 1776 ", TVT records.1998

Eos Ensemble  Gershwin recording 1997, BMG classics

Trumpet Ensemble on Philip Smith's "New York Legends", Cala Records, 1996

Eos ensemble, music for Merce Cunningham, BMG records, 1996

Tom Pierson‘s “Planet Of Tears”, Auteur Records, 1996

Cast album " Rent", 1996

Music of John Corigliano with" I FIAMMINGHI " Orchestra of Flanders, Belgium, 1995

Music of Henryk Gorecki with" I FIAMMINGHI " Orchestra of Flanders, Belgium, 1995

"Luther Vandross" Christmas Album

Cast album  "A Christmas Carol " Music by Alan Menken, January 1995

"David Sanborn", Album with Johnny Mandel. April 1994 (Sony Records)

The Music of Ben Johnston with " Music Amici " -New World Records, 1993

Cast album  "Jerome Robbins' Broadway". (1990 Grammy Award winner)

 

PBS TV specials:

Great Performances from Lincoln Center:

South Pacific, special presentation at Carnegie Hall, June 2005 (broadcast date TBD)

Passion 2005

American Theatre Orchestra: “Opera Stars Sing Broadway”

Cook, Dixon & Young with American Theater Orchestra 2004 (to be broadcast in August 2005)

Kiss Me Kate, Taped February 2000

My Favorite Broadway: “Love Songs” 2000

“Broadway, 100 years”

Tony Awards 2000 and “The Today Show”( Kiss Me Kate)    

Grammy Awards 1997

 

“ABC News” Special:  “September 11, 2002: One Year After”:

“The Story about the Bugler at Ground Zero”

 

 

Live Performances:

STING, Elton John, James Taylor, Robin Williams, Diana Ross, Al Jarreau, Ray Charles, Moody Blues, Maureen Mc Govern, Marvin Hamlisch, Marlene Ver-Planck, Bernadette Peters, Madeline Kahn,Vic Damone, Tony Bennett, Jennifer Holiday, Dionne Warwick, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Bette Midler (and others)

 

 

Solo Appearances:

 

Trumpet & Organ Concert, Vernon, France, May 2005

 

Eric Ewazen, Concerto for trumpet and Strings, Craftsbury Chamber players, Vermont, August 2002

 

Carnegie Hall’s Making Music Series: H.K. Gruber.“ 3 MOB pieces” for Trumpet & Ensemble March 18, 2002

 

J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #2, Pinamar (Argentina) Music Festival,  February 1999

 

Aaron Copland's " Quiet City " Westfield Symphony Orchestra, January 1997

 

Music Amici, The music of Ben Johnston, New York, March 1993

 

Aramis Chamber Orchestra, Knoxville TN, conductor and soloist , October 1992

 

F.J. Haydn Concerto, Brooklyn Heights Music Society, February 1992

 

Founder, Music Director and Conductor: Aramis Chamber Orchestra, Since 1991

 

Recital at the 92nd street Y, New York, March 1990

 

 31 Concert tour            , Japan, Nov.-Dec.1989

 

David Chesky: Concerto for trumpet and Orchestra (World Premiere) Charleston Symphony, November 14,1987

 

Recitals at the New York Brass Conferences, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1998 and 1999, 2004

 

Charleston Symphony:

F.J. Haydn trumpet Concerto, 1986

J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #2, 1985

 

International Trumpet Guild Conference, Albuquerque, NM, May 1985

 

Performances with Organ and Chamber Ensembles throughout Europe and the United States

 

 

 

 

Masterclasses , Teaching & Lectures:

Master Classes at the Conservatoire du Xeme in Paris, May 2005

Master Classes at the Paris National Conservatory of Music, November 2004

92nd street Y School of Music faculty, September 1989- January 1992

Master Class at Toho College of Music, Tokyo, Japan, December 1989

One week of Master Classes, Paris, France, November 1989

Lecturer at the New York Brass Conference, April 1990, 1996 and 2004

Private Teaching, 1979 to present.

 

Motion Pictures:

Stepford Wives, S.W.A.T., Frida (Oscar Winner for best score),Mission To Mars, What Planet Are You From, The Castle, You’ve Got Mail, Meet Joe Black, Life, Sphere, Primary Colors, Mercury Rising, CopLand, Operation Condor, Pants On Fire, Wide Awake, Picture Perfect, The Chamber, Michael Collins, A Time To Kill, Ransom, City Of Industry, Reagan Tribute. Anastasia, Joe's Apartment, The West, Ed, Tom & Huck, Fargo, The Journey Of August King, Batman Forever, Interview With The Vampire, Mixed Nuts, Smoke, Ed Wood, Cobb, It Could Happen To You, Wolf, Carlito's Way, The Hudsucker Proxy, Age of Innocence, Sleepless In Seattle, Pocahontas, Life With Mikey, Muppets Christmas Carol, Aladdin, Prelude To A Kiss , This Boy's Life, Lethal Weapon III, Cape Fear, Beauty & The Beast, Shining Through, Billy Bathgate, Barton Fink, Doc Hollywood, Tune In Tomorrow, Moonraker, Private Benjamin, The Spy Who Loved Me”, Queen(T.V. film).

 

 

TV themes and Jingles:

CBS, NBC (Nightly News), CNN, HBO, ESPN, NYSE, Acura, AT&T, Cingular, American Airlines, Diet Coke, FedEx, U.S.Postal service , Sony, Trix, Triples, GE, Pizza Hut, RitzBits, Healthy Choice, General Tire, Tide, NYNEX, Miller Lite, RCA, Michelob, Sunoco, Gallo Wines, Xerox, Folgers, Disney, Tyco Toys, U.S. Army, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hardee's, Century 21, Metlife Prudential, Cocoa Puffs, Norelco, Noma, Pepsi, Chrysler, Camel, Sprite, British Petroleum, Doritos, MCI, Anheuser Busch, M & M, 7 up, Visa, Gillette, Huggies, Lucky Charms, Cracker Jack, Chevrolet, Cunard, Lay's, Range Rover, Ford, Delta, Lincoln, United Airlines, Chloraseptic, Red Lobster, Health Rider, McDermott, Andersen Consulting, Mobil, New York Life and numerous others…

 

 

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