Trish Foti Genco: Bio
Trish Foti Genco - Vocalist
Trish Foti Genco is a New Orleans native known for her emotion-packed performances. Classically trained Trish studied voice at Texas Christian Univeristy and is a graduate of Louisiana State University. A Music Minister in the Catholic Church for over twenty-five years, she has served as Cantor (St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans), Music Director (Immaculate Conception Church in New Orleans) and a religious educator. Trish has also devoted herself to Catholic Music Education where her focus is on childrens music liturgy, and the inspiration of our youth.
As a seasoned performer, Trish Foti Genco has performed throughout the South including the Dallas-Fort Worth Opera, Robert Shaw Chorale, the Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, and numerous regional theatres. She's been featured on the 2005/2006 series "Backstage" for EWTN, National Council of Bishops 2006 Easter Mass, WLAE TV weekly Mass broadcast, and Sacred Heart Radio Network. She has received several UNITY AWARD nominations presented by the UCMVA (United Catholic Music & Video Association).
Trish Foti Genco is no stranger to the recording studio either. In 2003 she released her debut album titled INSPIRED which featured sacred arias mixed with contemporary hits. In 2004 she followed up with her sophomore release, a meditative project titled IN THE STILLNESS. Both of these CD's received critical acclaim but it was her 2006 release that truly caught the attention of industry professionals. While in the midst of recording her CD-the wrath of Hurricane Katrina forced her family to evacuate and Trish had to leave behind her project to weather the storm. Her community was devastated but her music was somehow protected. Trish called on Nashville producer-Joe Hand and a year later she released AFTER THE RAIN. According to Trish "There are pieces of many stories here...part of the total experience of our community. Indeed, we have all been changed by the past year. Hopefully, we are all better in some way for our experiences. My prayer for all of us is that "After the Rain", we will all emerge, stronger, wiser, and more grounded in what really matters."
Trish Foti Genco is not alone in her music. She uses exceptionally talented musicians on her projects and gives full collaborative credit to Dreux Montegut who not only is a brilliant pianist, but a mentor and friend. Dreux Montegut is Director of Music for the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana where he directs the Cathedral Choir and the St. Louis Boy choir. Dreux has been a member of the Loyola University voice faculty since 1994. He is a graduate of Loyola University and holds a Master's from Eastman School of Music. He holds an Artist-Teacher diploma from the Chorale Music Experience Institute.
In 2007 both Trish Foti Genco and Dreux Montegut pair again this time on a CD titled IN HIS PRESENCE...The Gift Of Christmas. Trish hopes that during the hectic Christmas season that you will be inspired to just stop and ponder the true meaning of the Holy season and really get to the heart of John 1: 6-18 "AND THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US." Trish Foti Genco is currently booking concerts celebrating the music on this new CD.
Trish Foti Genco resides in the New Orleans area with her husband and 2 children.
Dreux Montegut - Pianist
Director of music for the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana where he directs the Cathedral Choir and the St. Louis Boy choir. Dreux has been a member of the Loyola University voice faculty since 1994. He is a graduate of Loyola University and holds a Master's from Eastman School of Music. He holds an Artist-Teacher diploma from the Chorale Music Experience Institute. This is his 4th recording with Trish Foti Genco.
Jeremy Brekke - Trumpet
Jeremy Brekke is an active musician playing various styles of music. He has performed with the Centennial Philharmonic, Grand Forks Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, Central City Opera, Boulder Dinner Theatre, Denver Brass, and the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and various jazz ensembles. Brekke was the winner of the Rocky Mountain Concerto Competition in 2001, and has been the featured soloist with the Centennial Philharmonic, International Music Camp Orchestra, School of the Mines Symphonic Band, University of Northern Colorado Orchestra, and John Philip Sousa Honor Band. After receiving his doctorate in Trumpet Performance from the University of Northern Colorado, Dr. Jeremy Brekke has been the Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Loyola University New Orleans since 2003. Previously, he also taught in the public schools of North Dakota for three years, teaching middle and high school band and jazz ensemble. Currently, Brekke frequently performs with the Louisiana Philharmonic, Dr. Jazz and the Dixieland Sounds and freelances in the New Orleans area.
Contact info:
504 481-5956
jrbrekke@loyno.edu
Anne Chabreck - Flute
Anne Chabreck is native of New Orleans, Louisiana. She received a Masters of Music Degree in Flute Performance from Louisiana State University, and a Bachelors in Music Degree in Flute Performance and English Literature from Loyola University in New Orleans. In New Orleans, she works extensively as a flutist and flute teacher, and is the treasurer of the Louisiana Flute Society. She is the piccolo player of the Gulf Coast Symphony in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Anne plays flute at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Louisiana. She has played for many city wide events including the National Katrina Rembrance in 2006.
She has her own CD of sacred music, "Wind Song", by Raven Music released in 2007 and has played on the past 2 releases by Trish Foti Genco.
Karen Ray - Cello
Cellist Karen Ray performs in New Orleans with the Windsor Chamber Players and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. In her native Pacific Northwest Karen plays with the Oregon Coast Music Festival and has appeared on the series Chamber Music San Juan. She lived for six years in Germany, where she was a member of the Siegerland Orchestra and also played regularly at the Köln Opera. Karen appears frequently as soloist and chamber musician on numerous recital series in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area. In the early music field Karen has played the medieval vielle for for many years with the ensemble New Orleans Musica da Camera (MDC) and has also appeared on concerts in the Pacific Northwest and France. With graduate degrees in Musicology and Music Theory as well as in Cello Performance she has been as asset to a number of university faculties including Loyola, Tulane and the University of New Orleans. On recent recordings Karen can be heard playing cello on four CDs by inspirational singer Trish Genco (a final nominee for a UCMVA Catholic Grammy award in 2006 and 2007,) playing vielle on MDC's latest CD, and playing cello AND vielle on the latest release by celtic singer Betsy McGovern.
Vance Woolf - Trumpet
Mr. Vance Woolf is the Principal Trumpet with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has held since 2000. During his time with the LPO he has been a regular featured soloist performing works ranging from the high baroque piccolo concertos of Torelli and Grossi to Arban's Carnival of Venice and Arutunian's Concerto for Trumpet.
Originally from New Zealand, Mr. Wolf received his Bachelors Degree in Music from Victoria University of Wellington. While attending university in New Zealand, he served as a Cornetist in the Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Upon graduation, he traveled to the United States to pursue his trumpet studies. He earned a Master's Degree in Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Mario Guarneri and members of the San Francisco Symphony. While a student, he spent his summer months attending prestigious music festivals, including two summers at the Music Academy of the West, where he studied with the legendary Adolph Herseth and won the Maurice Faulkner Award. He was also selected twice to the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, where he studied with members of the Vienna Philharmonic and Empire Brass. He performed in the PMF Festival Orchestra as principal trumpet under Michael Tilson Thomas and Christoph Eschenbach.
Mr. Woolf has also worked towards a doctoral degree at the University of Miami, where he went to study with one of his all-time trumpet heroes - Gil Johnson, former principal trumpet with the Philadelphia Orchestra. While a student at Miami he served as Mr. Johnson's teaching assistant.
Prior to winning his current job in the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Woolf held contracts with the New Zealand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonic and the Stockton Symphony. He spent one year playing first trumpet with the award-winning Westwind Brass and was a regular substitute with the New World Symphony and the Palm Beach Opera in Florida. In recent years, he as also worked as a substitute with the Houston Symphony and the Seattle Symphony.