The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSULB congratulates Joshua Goldstein as the Bob Cole Conservatory Scholar of the Month for December 2017.
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Bob Cole Conservatory Scholar of the Month:
December 2017


Joshua Goldstein, trumpet

Joshua Goldstein.

Joshua Samuel Goldstein attended high school at Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego. He has performed with the Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra since August, 2014 and the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus since December 2013. He also performed with the UCSD Wind Ensemble, the California All-State High School Honor Orchestra and the California All-Southern High School Wind Ensemble. He studied privately with Frank Glasson from 2008-2016, had a masterclass and lessons with Greg Spence, masterclasses at Tanglewood with David Krauss and Terry Everson, an All State trumpet masterclass with Mark Inouye, and several ongoing lessons with Thomas Hooten. He is currently studying at the BCCM with Rob Frear.

Joshua won a full-tuition scholarship to the San Diego Summer Music Institute and was a winner in the Coastal Communities Concert Band Scholarship Competition. He was named Outstanding Soloist 2014 CMEA/KSDS 88.3 Jazz Festival in Spring 2014 and is a recipient of the America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society full-tuition scholarship. In 2012 he received a scholarship to Camp Heebee Jeebies in Port Angeles, WA.

During the summer of 2015 he attended the San Diego Summer Music Institute and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. In 2014, Joshua participated in the Interlochen Arts Camp Trumpet Seminar. He also organized and performed with the TEDx Trumpet Quartet for TEDx San Diego 2012.

Joshua, how did you get involved in music?
My mom insisted. Her father played violin, back when they lived in Brooklyn and one of my aunts has been the on-call sub for the 1st oboe chair for the Atlanta Symphony for 20 years. My other aunt plays and teaches the flute to middle school students and is part of a klezmer band. My mother also played the French horn when she was younger and was actually part of an SCOBA all Southern Honor Orchestra years ago with Rob Frear. I found Rob's name on the back of one of her old programs.

When did you first begin to study music?
I took Suzuki piano from age five until I was 12.

Whose idea was that?
Again, Mom insisted. Music lessons were always. My Dad didn’t care so much.

But he financed it?
That’s his part.

What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?
My mix of music is romantic: like Mahler—just that whole era. And Holst—he is always fun to listen to. I also enjoy ’60s rock bands like The Who and for some reason I am a top-40 guy too. I don’t know why. I like really bad ’90s tunes that most people hate from bands such as Smash Mouth and Blink 182, and Weezer (the only band I have seen live).

And where did you see them?
At the Del Mar Race Track, where I work, selling ice cream.

Who inspires you in the trumpet world?
Tim Morrison, because of his fantastic film scores and the great people he gets to play with. That’s what I would love to do. Tim was John Williams’ right-hand trumpet guy for all those great scores he wrote, which sounds pretty awesome. And then there is Phil Smith from the New York Phil, mostly back in his hey-day.

How do you learn the music? Do you memorize?
Most brass players don’t memorize their music but rather wait for their parts by listening and being aware of where everyone else is and knowing when to come in.

Any special technique you use for playing the trumpet?
Playing the instrument is actually really difficult. It requires a very different technique than other horns. Many players tense up and try to blow hard or as much as possible. But if you just blow into the horn, moving your lips back and forth—a real tone does come. But like anything, it takes practice and good coaching. However, no one has ever figured out how to truly play the trumpet yet.

How did you choose the Bob Cole Conservatory?
I have a brother, five years older that plays trombone who attended here. He was in a pop band for 5 ½ years but he was not destined to be a music major. I applied to several schools and was accepted to 3 others but CSULB just happened to be the best value for me. Many of the music schools, outside of Michigan, don’t have great trumpet professors like Frear and Darke. Plus, location: the CSULB campus is between two very entertainment-rich counties and also not far from my home and family. My dad, the banker, was very happy with my choice.


Previously Honored Cole Scholars of the Month

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2014

2013

2012

2011

 
 
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