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Alumni Profile: Adolph "Bud" Herseth '54, '85 hon. D.M.

Trumpet Performance

Bud Herseth

Retired after fifty-five seasons as principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bud Herseth is widely admired for his virtuosity and musicality.   For decades, he passed on the keys to technical mastery and his love for orchestral music to students through his work with the CSO's Civic Orchestra, a training orchestra for young players.

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