| Dennis
Najoom has been chopping up trumpets for the past 35 years and has worked
with various trumpet manufacturers since coming to play with the Milwaukee
Symphony Orchestra in 1970. Apart from performing, designing and customizing
trumpets and trumpet parts has always been his passion. Najoom Music
Products, Inc. was formed when more and more people began to ask to
purchase trumpet accessories he had originally made for himself. The Mid-west
has provided fertile ground for him, as it is close to many major brass
instrument manufacturers and machine shops familiar with making parts for
musical instruments.
A member of the
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for nearly 30 years, Mr. Najoom currently
holds the position of Co-principal Trumpet. Throughout his career, he has
been active as a soloist, performing with many ensembles and symphony orchestras,
including duo performances with Doc Severinson and Marvin Stamm. His recordings
include over twenty albums with various ensembles. |
Mr.
Najoom is currently the Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at the University
of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, and Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. He has
taught trumpet and/or given master classes at most of the prominent music
schools throughout the United States and Canada including among others;
Tanglewood Music Center, Manhattan School of Music, Eastman School of Music,
University of North Texas.
An incurable trumpet
tinkerer, Dennis Najoom owns Najoom Music Products, Inc., a small
company that sells instrument parts of his exclusive design. Some of his
more well known products include the Najoom®
Leadpipe and Najoom®
Custom Mouthpiece.
Born in Pittsfield,
Massachusetts, he began his trumpet studies at age nine, eventually studying
with many of the world’s great trumpet teachers and performers including
Robert Nagel, Roger Voisin, Armando Ghitalla, Seymour Rosenfeld, Arnold
Jacobs, and Mel Broils.
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While
attending Hartt College of Music he was awarded a position in the Tanglewood
Music Center Fellowship Orchestra for two summers, as well as a position
in the Hartford Symphony. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Music
Performance, at age 23 he won the position of Assistant Principal Trumpet
with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Dennis Najoom performs
exclusively on the French Besson Classic C and Bb trumpets that he designed
for Boosey & Hawkes. He has designed the following Besson trumpets
for Boosey & Hawkes;
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French
Besson Classic C |
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French
Besson Classic Bb |
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MEHA
New Generation Bb |
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