Lauraine Carpenter
Instrument:
Event:
trumpet
Lauraine Carpenter is originally from upstate New York and received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Ithaca College. She was a regular member of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and upon receiving her degree taught as a substitute teacher in the Ithaca public schools.
She moved to New York City and completed her Master of Arts degree at New York University. During graduate school she perfromed a wide variety of music including a Meringue band, a Swing band, concerts with the New York City Ballet Orchestra, and touring with Robert Palmer. After graduate school she taught Music Education, private lessons and Remedial Reading at East Rockaway High School in Long Island for one year.
Lauraine relocated to San Francisco and won the Second Trumpet position with San Jose Symphony and Principal Trumpet with the Oakland Symphony. She also freelanced in the Bay area, and performed regularly with the San Francisco Symphony, and the San Francisco Opera and Ballet Orchestras.
She taught music part time at McAllister Junior High School where she started a Jazz Band and also taught brass at the Capp Street Music School.
In 1996 Lauraine won a one year positon with the San Antonio Symphony as Assistant Principal Trumpet and returned to the Bay area in 1997. In 1998 she accepted the position of Principal Trumpet with the Toledo Symphony.
Lauraine was an active Board Member for the International Women's Bras Conference and actively participated in fund raising. She commissioned and performed a solo work by Alice Gomez for Trumpet and Congas and performed with the Monarch Brass. For many years Lauraine was a part time faculty member at the University of Toledo and now enjoys teaching privately from her studio.
Lauraine enjoys, teaching, cooking, traveling and speaking French to her Cornish Rex cat Oscar