High Brass Studio
Whether you are interested in embarking on a career in music or if you are looking for an outlet to continue performing on the trumpet while you pursue other degree options, there is a place for you in the SDSU trumpet studio.
Students in the trumpet studio study with David Reynolds. Students perform solos each semester in anticipation of their senior recital. In addition to lessons, students participate in a Friday afternoon master class, where trumpeters learn about new equipment, various styles of performance, and play in a trumpet choir.
SDSU owns a full complement of professional equipment to enhance the overall learning experience. This includes several newer Yamaha piccolo and D/E-flat trumpets, Yamaha flugelhorns and Bach Stradivarius B-flat and C-trumpets. Herald trumpets are used during the SDSU’s Madrigal dinners announcing the arrival of each course.
SDSU also brings some of the finest teachers and performers to campus! The following high brass musicians have presented master classes or concerts on SDSU’s campus: Wynton Masalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Mnozil Brass, Canadian Brass, Boston Brass, Ten Thing featuring Tine Thing Helseth, The United States Army Field Band, The United States Navy Commodores, Diva Big Band, Mark David (with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields), the Count Basie Orchestra, and the Boston Pops.
About David Reynolds, DMA
David Reynolds performs on Bach B-flat and C trumpets, both modified by M/K Drawing & Bending, a Yamaha custom D-E-flat trumpet, a Schilke P5-4 piccolo trumpet and the Yamaha 831 flugelhorn. In addition, Reynolds owns and performs on a significant number of working-condition historical brass instruments.
As a trumpeter, Reynolds enjoys teaching, coaching and presenting programmatically inventive annual recitals. Recent recital themes have included “The Trumpet as Storyteller,” “The Art of the Transcription,” “The Trumpet in Mixed Media,” “A Trumpet in our Time: Music by Living Composers” and “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna.” He has performed both as a soloist and as a section member with numerous professional, semiprofessional and amateur groups.
He has presented original research at several state, regional and national conferences on wind band history and has contributed articles and reviews to Montana: The Magazine of Western History, the American Bandmasters Association’s Journal of Band ĢƵ, the International Trumpet Guild Journal, the South Dakota Musician and the Montana Cadenza. Prior to joining the faculty at SDSU in 2005, he served on faculties in Montana and Colorado and also served as a trumpeter with the United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own) in Washington, D.C.
