Biography
Trumpet
Glenn Fischthal
Associate Principal, Peter Pastreich Chair
SFS member since: 1980
Hometown: Apalachin, NY
Music schools you attended: Cleveland Institute of Music, California Institute of the Arts
Began playing music: At age 11
Musical inspiration: Louis Armstrong
If I were not a professional musician, I might be a: Radio broadcaster
Favorite composers: Mahler, Prokofiev, Bartók, Stravinsky
Favorite works featuring my instrument: Mahler, Symphony No. 5; Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5; Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra; Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
When I’m not working, I enjoy: Golf, walking my dog, watching local sports on TV, following Formula One racing
Recent reading: David Coulthard: His Decade in Formula One, by Anthony Rowlinson
On my CD player/iPod: Mahler Reloaded (a klezmer take on Mahler’s works, by Maciej Golebiowski and Alexander Shevchenko); Best of Mancini
Favorite thing to do in the Bay Area: Visiting wine country! Enjoying tasting and beautiful weather
Plus: I also perform with Bay Brass, which just released a CD of previously unrecorded works by American composers for brass ensemble.