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The Title

“col·lage: 1: anything made of odd parts or pieces; 2: a composite or mixture.”

The cover design of this CD clearly demonstrates the principle of collage. Various visual elements have been combined to produce a composite. But the significance of this title goes far beyond the cover.

The selection of repertoire is also a demonstration of collage. There are songs, technical solos and longer compositions. We chose accessible pieces that can be enjoyed by listeners outside of the euphonium world (for instance, my mother). At the same time, these are viable and substantial works within the euphonium world.

More broadly, my life is actually a collage. So many different elements form the composite of who I am: my roots in small-town America, my new home in Germany, my faith in God, my family and friends, my passion for teaching, my love of performing…

Finally, I want to include a collage of genuine thankfulness to:

* God

* My family and friends, who through the years encouraged me to think possibilities, to keep reaching, to work at growing.

* The four teachers who have significantly shaped and formed me: Kenley Inglefield, Brian Bowman, Fritz Kaenzig and Abbie Conant.

So this is the production we call “Collage”. I hope you enjoy it!

–Angie Hunter

Angie Hunter, originally from Greenwich, Ohio, studied euphonium at Bowling Green State University (BM, 1983) and at the university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MM, 1986), as well as trombone at the Conservatory of Music in Trossingen, Germany (Artist’s Certificate, 1999). She was the winner of the first Leonard Falcone International Euphonium/Baritone Horn Competition, held in 1986.

Miss Hunter appeared as a soloist at the International Tuba-Euphonium Conferences in Chicago (1995) and in Riva del Garda, Italy (1997), as well as at the International Women’s Brass Conferences in 1997, 2000 and 2003. She is also one of the founding members of the tuba-euphonium quartet JUNCTION. Her teachers include Kenley Inglefield, Fritz Kaenzig, Brian Bowman and Abbie Conant. Since 1989 Miss Hunter has been on the music faculty of the German Bible Institute in Koenigsfeld, Black Forest, Germany.

On a lighter note, Angie comes from a long line of faithful Cleveland Indians fans.

Uwe Zeutzheim, born in Boppard on the Rhine, studied piano in Mainz, Hannover and Frankfurt with Gerhard Niess, Wolfgang Schamschula, Klaus Storck and Charles Spencer. He also took part in many master classes, among others with Menahem Pressler (Beaux-Arts-Trio) and as a scholarship-holder at the “International Day of Music” in Hitzacker. Since then, he has been active as a concert soloist in Germany and many other countries in Europe. He has also recorded for television, radio and CD productions in Germany, USA, Finland, Italy and Turkey.

Mr. Zeutzheim participated many times in the Opera Festival in Savonlinna, Finland, where he had the opportunity to work with Tom Krause and Jorma Hyninnen, among others. In 1997 and 1998 he was invited by the Goethe Institute to give concerts and serve as a guest professor at the State Conservatory in Ankara, Turkey. In 2001 he gave several concerts in Poland, including Mozart’s Piano Concerto KV 413 with the Opole Philharmonic. Currently Uwe Zeutzheim is on the piano faculty of the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz.

One interesting sidelight: Uwe speaks fluent Finnish!

Recording: August 31, September 1-2, 1997, Concert Hall, Trossingen Conservatory of Music, Trossingen, Germany

Recording Engineering and Editing: Michael Rast

Photography and Graphic Art: LAQUAFOTODESIGN www.laqua.de

© Copyright 1998 Bernel CDs LTD.

Reissued for streaming © 2021 Benjamin Roundtree Music.