{"id":3251,"date":"2025-05-23T10:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/?page_id=3251"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:49:19","slug":"kaupa-michael","status":"publish","type":"ecms-faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/ecms-faculty\/kaupa-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaupa, Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trumpeter Mike Kaupa has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan. From 2001 through 2005 he was a member of the faculty at the annual Seminario de Jazz, in Barcelona, Spain. &nbsp;On Saturday December 2nd, 2007, Mike performed at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona.&nbsp;He was an interim professor of jazz trumpet at the Eastman School for the 1999\/2000 school year and the spring semester, 2010. He recently performed at the &#8220;Remembering Marian&#8221; tribute to Marian McPartland concert at the 92nd St. Y in NYC. 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