Western Michigan University - Graduate Assistantship

[robert_white]

I'd like to invite all interested trumpeters to contact me for information about a Graduate Assistant position in trumpet beginning Fall 2020 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

https://wmich.edu/music/academics/grad/assistantships

This assistantship is part of WMU's Graduate Winds Program. This Master's program offers participants the opportunity to perform and be coached as members of the Graduate Brass Quintet along with the Western Winds, a flexible-instrumentation chamber ensemble of graduate students and their studio faculty mentors. The university and surrounding region provide many other professional and scholastic performance opportunities.

Besides this assistantship, there are other GA positions in the School of Music in such areas as Music Education, Music Technology, Marching Band Staff, etc.

WMU trumpet faculty are Professors Scott Thornburg and Robert White, both members of the Western Brass Quintet.

Competitive assitantship and scholarship packages are available. Please contact me for more information at robert.white@wmich.edu


Here's a link to the trumpet listing itself (from last year, but info is expected to remain the same. Application deadline is Feb. 15, 2020):
https://goo.gl/yQ3Ea5

Recent graduates of and current students at WMU have won prestigious honors such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's African-American Fellowship, prizes in ITG's Solo, Orchestral Excerpts, and Military Band Excerpts competitions, and positions with several orchestras and military bands. WMU trumpet alumni have earned positions in the Montreal Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony, and various US premier military bands. Recent guest artists include Mark Gould, David Bilger, and Alex Jokipii, Seraph Brass, Thomas Hooten, and jazz great Mike Rodriguez. This year we have masterclasses planned from Christopher Smith and Malcom McNab. Please get in touch for more information!

Bob White