West Virginia University Trumpet Studio

West Virginia University Trumpet Studio The trumpet studio at WVU is directed by Dr. Robert Sears and includes students from a wide range of majors both in and outside of music.

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We’ve had a fun few weeks studying Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 5. Now, we are ending the week with two student recitals ...
04/02/2026

We’ve had a fun few weeks studying Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 5. Now, we are ending the week with two student recitals from Bethany Piercy and Joe Walczyk.
Keep an eye out for more student recital announcements this semester!

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We had a very exciting few weeks here at the ! The full brass area prepared Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, followed by he...
02/24/2026

We had a very exciting few weeks here at the ! The full brass area prepared Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, followed by hearing some of our faculty, .sears.music .houde and with the play it live at the ! We also had several concerts from the , , and an upcoming concert from the Jazz Ensembles from the !

This week in studio class we worked on the offstage solo from Pines of Rome! follow for more updates from the WVU Trumpe...
02/08/2026

This week in studio class we worked on the offstage solo from Pines of Rome! follow for more updates from the WVU Trumpet Studio.

Check out our trumpets who performed with WVU Jazz Ensemble 1 at the West Virginia Wine and Jazz Festival this weekend! ...
09/10/2025

Check out our trumpets who performed with WVU Jazz Ensemble 1 at the West Virginia Wine and Jazz Festival this weekend!

Meet the 25/26 WVU Brass Studios! We’re back at the CAC and ready for another year full of music, growth, and unforgetta...
08/29/2025

Meet the 25/26 WVU Brass Studios! We’re back at the CAC and ready for another year full of music, growth, and unforgettable performances. Keep an eye out for upcoming concerts, events, and other exciting news from the WVU brass studios!

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Good luck to our two studio members Joshua Lugo Zambrano (Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps) and Angelo Buffalini (The Academ...
08/06/2025

Good luck to our two studio members Joshua Lugo Zambrano (Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps) and Angelo Buffalini (The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps) as they compete in their final week of the 2025 Drum Corps International season! Since May, these two have been hard at work rehearsing or performing every day and representing WVU all over the country.

Summer Brass Academy 2025 is around the corner with registration dates quickly approaching. Trumpet players graduating g...
05/21/2025

Summer Brass Academy 2025 is around the corner with registration dates quickly approaching. Trumpet players graduating grades 8-12, come join us!

Our final graduating senior is Isaac McCarthy!Isaac graduated with a BA in music with a minor in Appalachian studies. He...
05/10/2025

Our final graduating senior is Isaac McCarthy!

Isaac graduated with a BA in music with a minor in Appalachian studies. He was selected as a 2025 Order of Augusta Honoree, and won 1st place in the 2025 CCAM mentored undergraduate research category for his first EP "Everywhere You Were," which just released yesterday! Isaac will be attending Ohio State University to pursue a Ph.D in Musicology on a fellowship and teaching assistantship in the Musicology department.

Congratulations, Isaac! We will miss you!

Our next graduating senior is Mark Humbert !Mark will be pursuing a master's degree in trumpet performance at Ohio Unive...
05/08/2025

Our next graduating senior is Mark Humbert !

Mark will be pursuing a master's degree in trumpet performance at Ohio University in the fall. He has been awarded the trumpet studio assistantship and will be teaching some of the undergraduate players as well as performing with the faculty brass quintet.

Congratulations, Mark! We will miss you!

As the semester wraps up, we are excited to share updates on our graduating seniors! First up, Tyler Evans, B.S. in Musi...
05/05/2025

As the semester wraps up, we are excited to share updates on our graduating seniors! First up, Tyler Evans, B.S. in Music Education:

Tyler Evans will be attending Carnegie Mellon University on a full scholarship to get his Master's in Trumpet Performance. Congratulations, Tyler! We will miss you!

Congratulations to our very own Vanderbilt Singleton on his DMA recital last night!
04/15/2025

Congratulations to our very own Vanderbilt Singleton on his DMA recital last night!

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