Faculty recital: Jason Crafton, Trumpet
Venue: Squires Recital Salon, Blacksburg
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:

Description:
Jason Crafton performs an afternoon recital on trumpet.

Jason Crafton is visiting assistant professor of trumpet at Virginia Tech. Prior to his appointment he taught at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, North Central Texas College, University of Northern Colorado, and Dallas-Fort Worth area public schools. In addition, he has presented clinics and masterclasses at the Colorado All-State Music Festival, Oklahoma State University, and University of Wyoming. His students have frequently been selected to Texas All-State and All-Region ensembles and have been accepted into undergraduate and graduate programs across the country.

As a performer he has appeared professionally with a wide variety of ensembles, including the Des Moines Metropolitan Opera, Cheyenne Symphony, Wyoming Symphony, Mannheim Steamroller, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, Dallas Wind Symphony, and Dallas Opera. These experiences have been augmented by the opportunity to perform, record, and tour with the North Texas Wind Symphony and University of Northern Colorado’s Jazz Lab Band One. He can be heard on numerous recordings on the Mark and GIA labels, including nearly a dozen releases by the North Texas Wind Symphony and four volumes of Teaching Music Through Performance in Band.

Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

For more information, visit: http://www.music.vt.edu