Bruce trinkley biography

Bruce Trinkley ’66is professor emeritus of music at Penn State, where he taught composition and conducted the Glee Club for 35 years. In retirement he has become a full-time opera, song and cantata composer. Major works include Santa Rosalia,a cantata inspired by paintings of Colombian artist Fernando Botero, and York: the Voice of Freedom,an opera about the life of the only African American on the Lewis and Clark expedition.

He is also proud to be the conductor of the Columbia Alumni Singers, University grads who want to continue singing Columbia songs.

Bruce Trinkley (born March 8, 1945) | World Biographical ...

What were you like when you arrived at Columbia?

I grew up in two small towns in West Virginia. In Princeton, W.Va., I had a piano teacher, Russell Falt, who had a degree from Teachers College and had studied with renowned Viennese pianist virtuoso Robert Goldsand in New York. Russell encouraged me to consider going to NYC and study with Goldsand, too.

“Ah,” I thought, “I will never g Collection: Bruce Trinkley papers | Penn State University ... DYBA