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Edmund Cord was former Principal Trumpet of the world-renowned Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Trumpet: Edmund Cord
Professor of Music at Indiana University, Edmund Cord is former Principal Trumpet of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, and the Santa Fe Opera. He has been a soloist with the Bangkok Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Utah Symphony. He has also appeared as Guest Principal Trumpet with the Symphony Orchestras of St. Louis, Houston, Indianapolis, and San Diego, the Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He has performed with Doc Severinsen, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Mancini, Marvin Hamlisch, John Williams, the Temptations, the Moody Blues, and many others in the jazz and commercial genres.
A charter member of the International Trumpet Guild, Professor Cord coaches and conducts various ensembles and is Director of the Indiana University Brass Choir. From 1994 to 2000 he was the Trumpet Faculty and a brass coach of the Asian Youth Orchestra. Many of his former students have performance and teaching positions in orchestras, service bands, schools and colleges in the United States, Canada, China, Mexico, Israel, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and Japan.
Professor Cord has presented Masterclasses, clinics, and workshops in Brass Performance in Australia and Israel, and throughout Asia and North America. He has adjudicated many solo and orchestral competitions, has been Director of the Thailand Brass Festival since 2004. Often called for commercial recording dates, he also maintains a busy performance schedule with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Carmel Brass Choir, Broadway touring companies, various big bands, and other ensembles.