Manny Laureano (born August 17, 1955) is an American trumpet player and conductor. He is currently the Principal

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of the

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,. Laureano began his musical studies in the

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public school system and received his

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Degree from the

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in 1977. He was appointed Principal Trumpet of the

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, where he performed various solo works, including the rarely played concerto by Michael Haydn. He held this post for four years before serving in his current position as principal trumpet with the

. He has appeared numerous times with the Minnesota Orchestra as soloist playing concertos by

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, Hummel, Arutiunian, and

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. He also performed the American premiere of the concerto by Viennese composer

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along with Leonard Slatkin conducting in Minneapolis in 1983. In 2006, Laureano appeared as a soloist along with trumpeter Doc Severinsen in a concerto for two trumpets by composer Steve Paulus. Since then, he has premiered two works for solo trumpet and orchestra, one, a concerto by Michael Gilbertson and another by Reinaldo Moya called ''A Matter of Taste''. He has performed as soloist with a variety of ensembles throughout the United States including the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra,

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, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs in Colorado. As a conductor, he has worked with a variety of ensembles, ranging from having been Music Director of the Calhoun-Isles Community Band in

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, Music Director of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, to several appearances in Young People's Concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra. He has been in demand as a clinician for young orchestras throughout the state of

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. In 2002, Manny and his wife Claudette were invited to guest-conduct the National Suzuki Youth Festival Orchestra and were invited to serve again in 2004. Manny served as Co-Artistic Director of the Minnesota Youth Symphonies (MYS) from 1988 until 2020. He was the conductor of the MYS Symphony Orchestra and was the brass coach for the MYS Repertory Orchestra, conducted by Co-Artistic Director Claudette Laureano. Laureano served as Assistant Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra during the 2005-06 season and served as conductor of the 2008-2009 Minnesota All-State orchestra. In recent years he has appeared as a guest conductor at

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, as well as the Eastern Music Festival,

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, and Bethel University.

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Laureano at the Minnesota Orchestra
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