Daniel L. Savolskis
Daniel L. Savolskis, lead trumpet, is a member of the board of directors for the Trinity Music Group, Inc. and has been part of the organization since its inception. He was born and raised in Grove City, Pennsylvania. After spending 10 years traveling the world, he moved back to the area and calls Fredonia home with his beautiful wife Barb and their son Nicholas (1).
Dan’s education included performance degrees from Duquesne University and the University of Michigan, culminating in a Master’s of Music. He also earned a certificate from the Honor’s College at Duquesne. His teachers include Charles Duval, Roger Sherman, Armando Ghitalla, Bernard Adelstein and Esotto Pellegrini as well as master class work with Allen Vizutti, Michael Sachs and Jens Lindemann.
He has performed with orchestras such as the Maui Symphony Orchestra, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Cape Fear Chamber Singers Orchestra, Butler Symphony, Greenville Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor Ballet Orchestra, South Denver Orchestra, Edgewood Symphony, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestras, Duquesne University Orchestras, Pittsburgh Youth Symphony, Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra, Youngstown Youth Symphony Orchestra; Wind ensembles including Cape Fear Wind Symphony, Musicians Concert Band, Circus Kingdom Brass Band, Honolulu Community Concert Band, Oahu Salvation Army Brass Band, Allegheny Brass Band, Karl Mark’s Band, Mercer Community Band, River City Youth Brass Band, Duquesne University Wind Symphony, University of Michigan Wind Ensembles; World Music groups including Mariachi en Hawaii, Cinco de Mariachi; Jazz groups such as the Pittsburgh Jazz Society Big Band, Chad Amon Project, Slack, Felonious Monks, Jack Bowman Orchestra, Jim Cunningham Orchestra, Gibbons Big Band and the MCB Jazz Big Band; Chamber groups including Perfect Fourth Brass, Centertown Post Brass, Butler Brass, and Leeward Brass.
Dan has worked with Jon Faddis, Herbie Mann, Vince DiMartino, Ray Brown, James Earl Jones, Joe Negri, and David and Maureen Budway; performed as guest soloist with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Circus Kingdom Brass Band, Allegheny Brass Band, Mercer Community Band, Oahu Salvation Army Brass Band, Cape Fear Chamber Singer’s Orchestra, Guthrie Arts Guild as well as presented several solo recitals.
He is the founder and music director of the Guthrie Arts Guild in Grove City, which presents regular arts events to the surrounding communities using professional artists from around the country, as well as Argentina, Scotland, and Macedonia.
His day job is working as an Investment Advisor through his father’s CPA firm in Grove City. Dan’s hobbies include mountain climbing, woodworking, scuba diving as well as home renovation projects.
On Traveling: “I love to travel, and was fortunate to spend five great years in the U.S. Army as a photojournalist and photographer. I climbed Mt. Fuji in Japan and visited Munich, Germany during Oktoberfest. I traipsed the jungles of Central and South America and went diving in Hawaii.”
“But my favorite travel story is that during my student years at Duquesne University, I ran away and joined the circus on a whim one summer to get more playing time. It was a collegiate circus that traveled every day to a new town. While playing and recording was great, I was also once the bearded lady, learned fire eating and performed on the still trapeze.”
He plays on a Stomvi Mambo Titanium Bb trumpet using a Mark Curry custom 1HCS mouthpiece and a Leblanc Sandoval flugelhorn using a Curry 1HFL mouthpiece.
