Brass

Private Instruction

Private lessons are offered on trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba. All lessons are taught by the Truman faculty who are accomplished performers on their individual instruments of the brass family. Music majors and music minors have applied study included in their degree requirements but non-music majors may also study privately if there is space available.

Ensemble Participation

Students are invited to audition for Brass Choir, Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensembles, Jazz Combos, Statesmen Marching Band, Basketball Pep Band, Brass Quintets, Trumpet Ensemble, Horn Choir, Trombone Choir, and Low Brass Ensemble. All ensembles are open to music majors and non-music majors based on yearly auditions that determine the personnel of each group.

Guest Artists

Each year guest performers and clinicians are brought to campus to broaden the educational experiences of brass students. In recent years, guest artists have included:

The Summit Brass Ensemble
The St. Louis Brass Quintet
The Brass Section of the St. Louis Symphony
The New Mexico Brass Quintet
The Kansas City Symphony Brass Quintet
Barbara Butler, Professor of Trumpet, The Eastman School of Music
Leonard Candelaria, Professor of Trumpet, The University of North Texas
Steven Bryant, Associate Professor of Tuba, The University of Texas at Austin
Jon Faddis, New York Jazz Recording Artist
Charles Geyer, Professor of Trumpet, The Eastman School of Music
Tim Hagans, New York Jazz Recording Artist
Philip Smith, the Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic
and many others.....

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Brass Faculty

Jay C. Bulen Professor of Music, Trombone / Department Chair
  jbulen@truman.edu
Gregory R. Jones Professor of Music, Trumpet
  grjones@truman.edu
Patricia Mickey Assistant Professor of Music, Horn
  pmickey@truman.edu
Steven Seward Lecturer in Music, Euphonium and Tuba
  sscadie@aol.com