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UK has a long history of excellence in trumpet. UK has twice hosted the International Trumpet Guild Conference, first in 1982 (Vince DiMartino, host) and again in 1998 (Terry Everson, host). UK hosted the National Trumpet Competition in 2019. The UK Trumpet Ensemble has performed at multiple International Trumpet Guild Conference and has taken first prize at the National Trumpet Competition (2004) as well as second prize in 2016 and 2014. The UK trumpet ensemble has recorded two compacts discs, Competition Pieces for Trumpet Ensemble (2015) and Andromeda: New Music for Trumpet Ensembles (2019).
The UK trumpet studio has an esteemed reputation for placement into full-time positions as college professors, band directors, military musicians, orchestral performers, church musicians, and arts administrators. Examples of recent UK trumpet graduates include Julian Kaplan (principal trumpet, Kansas City Symphony), Marisa Youngs (trumpet professor, Winthrop University), Sabrina Musick (U.S. Marine Band, San Diego), Rui Li (National Center for Performing Arts Orchestra, China), and Matthew McMahon (Admin, St. Louis Symphony). UK trumpeters have also recently won first prize (Chase Hawkins) and third prize (Jared Wallis) in the National Trumpet Competition's solo divisions as well.
UK is particularly recognized for its excellence in historical brass. New in 2017, UK offers a Certificate in Baroque Trumpet to prepare students for trailblazing opportunities in the rapidly growing field of Baroque trumpet performance. The UK Baroque Trumpet Ensemble, one of the largest in the world, has recorded two compact discs: Music for Natural Trumpets (2017) and John Hyde: A New and Complete Preceptor for Trumpet and Bugle Horn (2020). During their studies at UK, Baroque trumpet students have been employed with professional baroque orchestras including Mountainside Baroque (Cumberland, MD) and Bourbon Baroque (Louisville, KY).
Jason Dovel joined the UK trumpet faculty in 2013 after establishing a large, dynamic trumpet program in Oklahoma at Northeastern State University. Dovel's teaching and performing interests are quite broad. His creative activities range from playing Baroque trumpet and Renaissance cornetto to performing avant-garde contemporary music. In 2012, Dovel published the only anthology of music for trumpet and computer in the article, "A Guide to Literature for Trumpet with Electroacoustic Accompaniment" in the International Trumpet Guild Journal. Dovel encourages students' pursuits of all aspects of music and encourages them to seek a well-rounded musical education.
You may also feel free to play any additional material that exemplifies your musicianship and versatility. (i.e. jazz improvisation, lead trumpet, baroque trumpet, etc.)
Piano accompaniment is not required.
There may be sight reading.
You may also feel free to play any additional material that exemplifies your musicianship and versatility. (i.e. jazz improvisation, lead trumpet, baroque trumpet, etc.)
Piano accompaniment is not required. There may be sight reading.
The Baroque (or "natural") trumpet is the valveless ancestor of the modern trumpet. The University of Kentucky is one of the few universities in the country that offers early brass opportunities to its students. A Certificate in Baroque Trumpet is now available for those wishing to specialize their brass education. Students who are interested may check out a Baroque trumpet and receive private instruction. Students should notify Dr. Dovel early in the semester about their interest in early music, as a limited number of instruments are available.
Students who are studying Baroque trumpet are expected to have a copy of Ed Tarr's The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Playing, Volume One and bring it to each of their lessons. This book is available for purchase at the Baroque Trumpet Shop.
Serious students who are interested in the Renaissance cornetto may also incorporate study on that instrument into their private lessons. The cornetto is a hybrid instrument, with a wooden body similar to that of a recorder and a trumpet-like mouthpiece. The cornetto (Italian) is also know as the cornett (English) and the zink (German). Currently, UK does not own any cornetti, so interested students must provide their own instruments.
Rui Li, trumpet plays "Night Songs" with the UK Symphony Orchestra
Rui Li Free Improv Video
Rui Li plays "Water Music" (Free Improv piece)
Chase Hawkins plays "Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre (Live performance as winner in the Graduate Solo Division at the 2012 National Trumpet Competition)
Chase Hawkins plays "Litany for a Ruined Chapel Between Sheep and Shore" (Peter Maxwell Davies)
Students are encourage to participate in the many summer opportunities that exist for brass players. These are wonderful opportunities for growth in the summer months. Some of these festivals offer financial compensation, some offer scholarships, and some are pay-to-play. If you have questions about any of these festivals, visit the festival website or contact your professor for their experience.
Robert Collins is a third-year DMA student (ABD) at the University of Kentucky where he serves as a doctoral teaching assistant. The primary duties of his assistantship include teaching the course MUC163 (Brass Methods) and instructing undergraduate trumpet students in lessons. Prior to this, Robert served as a graduate assistant at East Carolina University, where he performed with Faculty Brass Quintet, worked as an assistant audio engineer, and assisted with the School's recruiting activities.
Collins recently received a scholarship to attend the Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar, where he will continue work on his doctoral dissertation, a treatise on HK Gruber's challenging solo trumpet composition, Exposed Throat.
Currently, Kody teaches at five schools as a brass instructor and music educator, impacting the lives of over 250 students weekly. He instructs a private lesson studio and freelances as a performer in orchestras, pit ensembles for musicals, rock bands, jazz bands, and large scale stage productions. Kody has been recorded on many solo artist albums based out of West Virginia, and has performed on the tour shows of international blues artist Johnny Rawls, and Las Vegas star Robbie Howard. He attributes much of his success to his teachers, professors and mentors throughout his years of study and apprenticeship, including Eric Siereveld, Greg Wing, Steven Pederson, Derle Long, and Aaron Witek.
Victor Yuen, a native of Hong Kong, is a third-year doctoral student and teaching assistant in trumpet performance (DMA) and music theory (PhD) at the University of Kentucky, under Jason Dovel (trumpet), Michael Baker, Jennifer Campbell, and Kevin Holm-Hudson (music theory). Before starting at UK, Victor attended the Eastman School of Music, where he earned a BM in 2016 and a MM in 2019, under the tutelage of Professor James Thompson. Victor also studies Baroque trumpet with Jason Dovel, Brain Shaw and Jared Wallis, and is currently pursuing the Baroque Trumpet Certificate at UK.
In 2022, Victor won third place in the North American Baroque Trumpet Competition. For music theory, Victor has been awarded the Rob Schultz Memorial Award in 2023, in recognition of his exceptional achievement in musical theory at UK.
Victor also holds different roles for various music organizations, including volunteer youth competition coordinator and coach for the ITG Conference, book reviewer for the ITG Journal, staff at the University of Kentucky Summer Trumpet Institute, and social media officer for the Trumpet Guild of the University of Kentucky. Moreover, Victor is an entrepreneur in the brass instrument industry and has been the owner of Beverly Music Co. in Chicago since 2021.
The University of Kentucky Tuba-Euphonium Studio consists of students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in music as well as talented non-majors throughout the university. The UK Tuba/Euphonium Studio was founded by Rex Conner, the first full-time Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at any university in the world, in the Fall of 1960. Professor Conner led the UK Tuba/Euphonium Studio from 1960 to 1980, Dr. Skip Gray led the studio from 1980 to 2018, and Dr. Matt Hightower led the studio from 2018-2023. The studio is currently under the direction of Dr. Brandon Smith.
Former members of the studio have included winners, finalists, and semifinalists of various competitive music festivals, including the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition, ITEC Tuba and Euphonium Solo Competitions, ITEC Tuba and Euphonium Quartet Competition, the ITEC Mock Orchestral Auditions, the SERTEC Tuba and Euphonium Solo Competition, the Potomac Music Festival Solo Contest, the Susan Slaughter International Solo Competition, the "Pershing's Own" National Collegiate Solo Competition, the Aspen Music Festival Concerto Competition, and the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition, among others. Alumni of the UK Tuba/Euphonium Studio hold major positions at colleges and universities across the country as well as in some of the world's leading musical ensembles.
For Undergraduate auditions, please prepare two contrasting works. These can be etudes or contrasting movements/sections from a solo work. Scales up to four sharps, four flats, and sight reading may be asked.
The University of Kentucky Horn Studio, under the direction of Melanie Kjellsen, is a group of ambitious horn players comprised of undergraduate and graduate music performance and music education majors, including doctoral students, as well as talented non-majors from across the university. Hailing from across the state, country, and international locations, these students maintain a close-knit community of friendship and support, encourage each other, and have fun in the process. Horn students have the opportunity to perform as members of the UK Horn Choir, UK Bands, Wildcat Marching Band, Symphony Orchestra, UK Opera Pit Orchestra, and various chamber ensembles, including brass quintets, woodwind quintets, and horn quartets.
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