Help Send Our Students To The International Trumpet Guild Conference!

Through a rigorous national, recorded audition pre-screening process, the NIU Trumpet Ensemble was invited to represent NIU and compete in the live semi-final rounds of the National Trumpet Competition in Kingsville, Texas in early March 2024. The same ensemble has now been invited to perform at the international level in the Ryan Anthony Memorial Trumpet Competition at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Anaheim, California in May 2024. 

These prestigious competitions have brought national and international attention to the Trumpet Studio and School of Music at NIU and provide invaluable experiences for students to perform at the conferences, attend masterclasses, seminars and other world-class performances, while making friends and professional connections across the field. 

Dean Paul Kassel from the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts and the NIU School of Music Director, Andrew Glendening have generously supported the student travel to the National competition in March, but we need your help and a successful crowdfunding effort through the NIU Foundation to support our travel to the INTERNATIONAL competition in May. Please donate to help fund our trip to the competition in California. We need your help! 

The ensemble contains six students listed below, four graduate and two undergraduate. 

NIU Trumpet Ensemble 

Gabriel Wade (MM)
Luis Ortiz (MM)
Nicholas Andersen (MM) 
Dartagnan Stephen (PC) 
Emma Anderson (BM) 
Axel Solorzano (BM)