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Stephen Tirpak
Trumpet, Horns leader

Stephen Tirpak plays trumpet, trombone and piano. This multi-talented composer, arranger and performer from the Philadelphia area has written and recorded for some of the hottest names in music today including: Will Smith, Diddy, R. Kelly, Vivian Green and the Young Gunz, just to name a few. Steve is also horn section leader and trumpet player on John Legend's Once Again concert tour in 2007. Stephen is well-versed in many styles of music including: jazz, R&B, classical, Latin, gospel, hip-hop, salsa, bossa nova, folk, alternative, and pop. He is also the owner of Tirpak Studio where he works as the chief engineer and producer.


Work Experience
• Trombonist and horn arranger for live performances with LL Cool J
• Played trumpet at Radio City Music Hall with The Roots and special guests Nas, Common, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Mos Def and Jay-Z
• Orchestral orchestration of the song "Warning" performed by Diddy at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards
• Programmed Jill Scott's live show intro with musical director Adam Blackstone
• Orchestrated "What a Wonderful World" with Larry Gold for a Japanese GAP commercial featuring John Legend
• String quartet arrangements for "The Roots" during their live show at The Kimmel Center
• Played trumpet at The Kimmel Center in a New Orleans style street band
• Copiest, arranger, transcriber, trumpet player, contractor and conductor at Larry Gold's, "The Studio" — Philadelphia, PA
• Played trombone in "Havana After Dark" at the Tropicana - Atlantic City, NJ
• Numerous performances at Chris's Jazz Café and Zanzibar Blue
• Owner and chief engineer of Tirpak Recording Studio - Edgewater Park, NJ
• Private trumpet, trombone, and piano lessons at Tirpak Studio

Discography
Album: Stephen Tirpak "Who Cares?"
Release Date: 2006
All songs composed, arranged, recorded, mixed and produced by Stephen Tirpak at Tirpak Studio, Edgewater Park, NJ.
Mastered by Steve Fallon at Sterling Sound, NY

• Pure Silver
• Who Cares?
• Maybe One Day
• Horizon
• Blazin' Blues
• Bom Mesmo E Amar
• Last Call
• Asesino Fuerte
• No Se Que Hacer
• Indefinite
• Found Away
• The Late Show
(you can listen to these songs at Stephen's Official Website)

Buy the album
Buy Stephen Tirpak's debut jazz CD "Who Cares?" from this site. CD price: $10.00.

Books - About Stephen Tirpak and Tirpak Music Skills
A fourth generation musician, Stephen began cultivating his musicianship from a very early age. With both parents as musical guides, he started playing the drums at age 3 and then went on to study Suzuki violin when he was 5. Stephen believes these two experiences were paramount in his development as a musician since the rhythmic aspect of music was focused on separately as a young drummer. After expressing an interest in pitch, the violin became his instrument of choice. The Suzuki method that he studied is a way of learning to play classical music by ear. Stephen didn't start learning to read music until he was playing trumpet in his local middle school band. Stephen began teaching private lessons and started noticing his students' learning patterns and their trouble areas. Frustrated with the traditional method books available, Stephen began putting together exercises that addressed each student's problem. The exercises were easy to understand and helped the students overcome their trouble areas. In time, the exercises were put together into books; thus Tirpak Music Skills was born. Learn more.

Links
• Stephen's Official Website
• Tirpak Music Skills Website

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