Biography


Patricia Luján Grima is Principal trumpet with Eugene Opera in Oregon and has extensive experience as an orchestral performer and soloist in the San Francisco Bay Area, Oregon, and Mexico, most recently performing Arutuinian's Trumpet Concerto with the Winds of Freedom in San Francisco. She is former principal trumpet of La Orquesta Sinfonica de la Universidad de Guanajuato in Guanajuato, Mexico and is a founding member of the Farallon Brass Ensemble. Her recordings include two Grammy Award winners: Ein Deutsches Requiem (London records) with the San Francisco Symphony and Credo (Penderecki) with the Oregon Bach Festival, as well as The Music of Chen Yi (New Albion Records) with the Women's Philharmonic and Chanticleer. Grima has toured the United States with the Western Opera Theater, and has participated in the Oregon Bach Festival and the International Cervantino Music Festival. She teaches trumpet at her studio in the Oakland hills. Ms. Grima recieved her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Oregon.

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Orchestral Experience
  • Eugene Opera, Principal Trumpet - Eugene, Oregon, 1989-Present
  • Orquesta Sinfornica de la Universidad de Guanajuto, Principal Trumpet - Mexico, 1998-2000
  • Western Opera Theater, Principal Trumpet 1993- Second Trumpet 1992, San Francisco, CA
  • Filarmonica del Bajio, Principal Trumpet - Guanajuato, Mexico, 1989-1990
    • San Francisco Symphony
    • San Francisco Opera
    • Sacramento Symphony
    • Berkeley Symphony
    • California Symphony
    • The Women's Philharmonic
    • Oakland/East Bay Symphony
    • Eugene Symphony
    • California Shakespeare Festival
    • Oregon Bach Festival
    • Napa Valley Symphony
    • Monterey Opera
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Solo Performances
  • Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 Napa Valley Symphony, University of California Symphony, Russian Hill Ensemble, Oregon Mozart Players, Diablo Symphony
  • Lou Harrison, World Power, piccolo trumpet solo with Mark Morris Dance Group
  • Telemann, Torelli, Gabrielli, Albrechtsberger; soloist with the Clarino Ensemble
  • Telemann, Concerto in D Oakland Civic Orchestra
  • Arutunian, Trumpet Concerto, University of Oregon Symphony, Eugene Oregon
  • Hummel, Concerto in Eb, Fremont/Newark Philharmonic, Fremont, California
Education and Festivals
  • University of Oregon School of Music, Bachelor of Music, 1989
  • Young Musician's Program, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1982
  • Grand Teton Orchestra Seminar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1989
  • Summit Brass Institute, Colorado Philharmonic, Keystone, Colorado, 1986
  • Tanglewood-Berkshire Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1984
Teachers
  • Susan Slaughter, St. Louis Symphony
  • George Recker, University of Oregon, Eugene Symphony, Kennedy Center Orchestra
  • Laurie McGaw, San Francisco Symphony
  • Jay Rizzetto, San Francisco area freelancer, Hayward State University
  • Jim Miller, San Francisco Opera


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