Associate Professor
Trumpet and Jazz Studies
School of Music
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2504
P: 225.578.2653
F: 225.578.2562
E: bshaw1@lsu.edu

Brian Shaw is Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Louisiana State University and is Co-Principal Trumpet of the Dallas Wind Symphony.

He maintains an active schedule on modern and baroque trumpet as a freelance player in the classical and jazz idioms, and has written works for solo trumpet, trumpet ensemble, solo voice, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, and orchestra. As a performer, he placed first in the International Trumpet Guild's 2002 Solo Competition, 2001 Mock Orchestral Competition, the jazz division of the 1998 National Trumpet Competition, won the Silver Medal in the 2004 Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Competition and was a semi-finalist in the 2000 Maurice André Competition.

As a Baroque trumpet player, Brian has just released a CD entitled Virtuoso Concertos for Clarino [available through www.bshawmusic.com] including works by Michael Haydn, F.X. Richter, and others on period instruments. These works are of a difficulty such that they have been considered unplayable on a Baroque trumpet until very recently. He has also performed with the Boston early Music Festival, Bach Vespers Orchestra, the Clarion Society, and the Grand Tour Orchestra in New York, the Baltimore Handel Society and the Eastman CollegiumMusicum.

Shaw holds degrees from Eastern Illinois University (B.Mus), the Eastman School (M.Mus) and the University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.). While at ESM, he was Principal Trumpet of the Eastman Wind Ensemble during the group’s 2004 Far East Tour and the 2005 Carnegie Hall concert. He lives in Baton Rouge with his wife, Paula and their four-legged furry children: Sally, Chloe, and Toby.