Department of Music Faculty
Louis HanzlikAssistant Professor of Music (Trumpet)
As an educator, Hanzlik promotes the inclusion of chamber music, in concept and practice, within a student’s curriculum and subsequent professional life. He administers and teaches at the Atlantic Brass Quintet International Seminar at Boston University and Sonoma State University. The seminars, for brass students and professionals, are designed to foster musicality, ensemble skills, and democratic collaboration. Hanzlik’s dissertation, Chamber Music Coaching: Exploring the Valued Attributes of Chamber Music, in progress at Teachers College, Columbia University, examines the coaching techniques of two successful college chamber music coaches and explores democratic principles and critical thinking in the chamber music classroom. March 2008 marked Hanzlik’s solo debut at Carnegie Hall, performing Arutiunian’s Concerto for Trumpet, with the University of Iowa Symphony Band. Anthony Aibel, reviewer for the New York Concert Review, wrote, “Hanzlik is an excellent musician…. He has exceptional tone and sense of pitch, and he is one with his instrument, handling virtuosity with ease.” Performances for 2008–2009 include regular appearances with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Riverside Symphony, and Orpheus at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Caramoor. Hanzlik will perform Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and is scheduled for performances throughout the country with the Atlantic Brass Quintet. Hanzlik records with the Atlantic Brass Quintet for Summit Records. He can also be heard on the Naxos, Decca, Chandos, Arabesque, Bridge, New World, and Vanguard Classics labels. Hanzlik has recorded frequently for commercial radio and television and for numerous public radio and television features, such as “Live from Lincoln Center” and National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” Originally from Iowa, Hanzlik is a graduate of the University of Iowa and the Juilliard School. |
Trumpeter Louis Hanzlik has established himself as an accomplished chamber musician, orchestral player, and educator. He has been a member of the Atlantic Brass Quintet since 2002 and was recently appointed a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Hanzlik also performs with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and serves as co-principal trumpet with the Riverside Symphony and Sinfonia New York–Gotham Early Music Scene. In addition to his duties at UConn, he maintains an international teaching presence with the Atlantic Brass Quintet’s International Brass Quintet Seminars.