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Brian McWhorter
(541) 346-3783
bjm@uoregon.edu

Brian McWhorter is assistant professor of trumpet at the University of Oregon. Previously, he held positions at Louisiana State University (Trumpet & Jazz Studies), East Carolina University (Distinguished Guest Professor) and Princeton University. He received degrees in trumpet performance from the University of Oregon and The Juilliard School.

McWhorter is one of the most sought-after performers and teachers of his generation. He is a member of the internationally renowned Meridian Arts Ensemble, which is responsible for many new works for brass and eight critically-acclaimed albums. McWhorter was previously a member of Extension Ensemble; first prize winner at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and the grand prize winner at the Chamber Music Monterey Bay Competition. In addition, McWhorter has worked with Sequitur (NYC), Renwicke (New Orleans) and Endy Emby (Boston), Elliott Sharp, Continuum, American Brass Quintet, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, American Sinfonietta, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Mark Applebaum, John Zorn, John Cale (The Velvet Underground), and John Wesley Harding. He has recorded for a variety of films, television, and radio broadcasts.

Hailed as a "terrific trumpeter" by The New York Times, McWhorter is a featured soloist for the Mode Records releases of Berio: The Complete Sequenzas and Other Solo Works (NY Times Pick of 2006) and Earle Brown's Folio with Ne(x)tworks. He has appeared as a soloist with the BargeMusic Festival Orchestra (Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2), Ensemble Sospeso, Sequitur, and the Oregon and LSU wind ensembles.

Along with Kevin Cobb, McWhorter leads the Integral Trumpet Retreat based in part on his research concerning the relationship between integral theory, trumpet practice, and musical life. His article “Towards an Integral View of Trumpet Practice” (for the International Trumpet Guild) led to invitations to lecture on the subject from places such as the Festival of New Trumpet Music (NYC) and Temple University.

McWhorter has studied with James O’Banion, Dave Bender, George Recker, Chris Gekker, Anthony Plog, Raymond Mase, Mark Gould, Kevin Cobb, and Laurie Frink.