Vincent Cichowicz passes away

[Becky]

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Subject: Vincent Cichowicz Dies

Date: Wed 13 December 2006 3:50:52 PM CST

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We just received information that Vincent Cichowicz, a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's trumpet section from 1952 until 1974 and professor emeritus of trumpet at Northwestern University, died on Monday evening following a long illness at his home in Fontana, Wisconsin. He was 79. A lifetime figure on the music scene in Chicago, Cichowicz had served on the faculty at Northwestern since 1959 and as professor of trumpet from 1974 until his retirement in 1998. He began his musical career at the age of seventeen as a member of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and, after military service in the Fifth Army Band, returned to Chicago to attend Roosevelt University. He was a member of the Civic Orchestra from 1947 until 1950 and in 1952 became a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where he remained for twenty-three years under music directors Rafael Kubelík, Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon, and Sir Georg Solti. During this period he also was a member of the Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet and was a participant in the Grammy Award-winning recording of The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli.

He was appointed music director of the Millar Brass Ensemble in 1995; their collaboration can be heard on the Delos recording Brass Surround. In 1997 Cichowicz received a special achievement award from the European Chapter of the International Trumpet Guild and was presented with the Legends in Teaching Award by Northwestern University, and in 1999 he received the International Trumpet Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. Cichowicz was a faculty member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada from 1980 until 2002, and the Brass Seminar program at The Domaine Forget in Charlevoix, Quebec, from 1986 until 2004. He conducted numerous workshops and clinics throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan and was regarded as one of North America's foremost experts in brass pedagogy. Vincent Cichowicz was born on August 27, 1927, to Walter and Mary Cichowicz in Chicago, Illinois, and they preceded him in death, as did a brother, Walter. Cichowicz's first marriage to the former Lois Cahill, with whom he had three sons, ended in divorce. He married Genriq E. Murphy in 1987, and she survives him. He also is survived by three sons, Michael of Evanston, Steve and wife Donna of Arlington Heights, and Rob of Evanston, and grandchildren Kent, Lindsay, and Keith of Arlington Heights, and by sisters Ange Duda and Ann Carney and husband George.

A memorial service for Cichowicz is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. this Friday, December 15, at Saint Benedict's Catholic Church in Fontana, Wisconsin (<www.stbensparish.org>, 137 Dewey Avenue, 262-275-2480). Music at the service will be provided by the Millar Brass Ensemble, and lunch at the Abbey is planned afterward.

Letters of condolence may be sent to Ms. Murphy at 292 White Oak Road, Fontana, Wisconsin, 53125. Cichowicz asked that any donations be given in his name to the Millar Brass Ensemble <www.millarbrass.com> or to the Vince Lombardi Charitable Funds <www.lombardiclassic.com>.

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Bill Tempelmeyer, McC '64, GMcC '67

President, The NUMBALUMS

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Edited December 14, 2006 by Becky

[sla1977]

This is so sad. I don't think many people realize how important he was to the evolution of brass playing in the country.

[LaSqueegee]

:angel:

[Vanguard07]

May he RIP