Earl Raney
Assistant Professor of Music in Performance, Music Director and Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra, Wind Symphony, and Brass Ensemble; Brass Instructor
Office: Watson M-205
Phone: (508)339-3742
Fax: (508)339-6450
Email: eraney@wheatonma.edu Personal web page
Degrees
M.M., Boston University
B.M., Boston University
Main Interests
Orchestral and concert band conducting; Brass chamber music; Trumpet performance as soloist with the Epic Brass; Arts Administration.
Teaching Interests
Courses taught at Wheaton:
MUSC100 Introduction to Music
MUSC114 Music Theory I
MUSC242 Conducting
MUSC398 Arts Administration
MUSP015 Chamber Orchestra
MUSP020 Wind Symphony
Applied instruction: trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium
Various brass ensembles
Other Interests
Professor Raney serves as Choir Director at his church in Easton, MA.
Performances
Earl Raney, is founder and director of the award winning Epic Brass Quintet. (Roster Artist for the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Cultural Educational Collaborative, and the New England Foundation for the Arts.) Since founding the Epic Brass in 1983 he has given over 1400 performances in 46 states, with appearances at the Kennedy Center, Weill Recital Hall, and Carnegie Hall to name a few. Internationally, Professor Raney has concertized in Canada, Bermuda, Jamaica, US Virgin Islands, England, Scotland, France, Austria, Germany, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, and the Far East.
Balancing a dual career as trumpeter and conductor, he is Music Director/Conductor of the Great Woods Chamber Orchestra, Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony, and the Atlantic Wind Symphony. During the summer Mr. Raney conducts the SMARTS Summer Winds Symphonic Band performing at the Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts. He is an adjunct Professor of Music at Atlantic Union College, assistant Professor of Music in Performance at Wheaton College, and Director of the Thayer Performing Arts Center in South Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
In addition to his chamber music career as solo trumpet with the Epic Brass, Professor Raney has performed in several New England area orchestras and as principal trumpet of the Taipei Festival Orchestra in Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.