Thomas Hooten

Thomas Hooten is Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He can be heard on numerous Los Angeles Philharmonic recordings, including Mahler's Ninth Symphony and Lutoslawski's Symphony No. 1. He has also recorded Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy and Gandolfi's Garden of Cosmic Speculation with the Atlanta Symphony. Of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's recent performance of Mahler's Fifth Symphony, Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed wrote, "The symphony begins with a terrifying trumpet solo. Thomas Hooten nailed it." Prior to joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hooten served as Principal Trumpet in the Atlanta Symphony from 2006-2012, where he was awarded the first ever Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair, a $10,000 merit-based award for "excellence in musical artistry, leadership, collegiality and community engagement." He released "Trumpet Call", his first solo album, in 2011. Hooten has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the United States Air Force Band, Keystone Winds, and the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. As an orchestral and chamber musician, he has performed with such ensembles as the National Symphony Orchestra, Harrisburg Symphony, Washington Symphonic Brass, Arlington Symphony, and the Baltimore Symphony. He has given master classes and recitals at Juilliard, Northwestern University, Indiana University, Mannes School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory, the Universities of Kentucky and Illinois, and many other locations through-out the United States. Hooten has appeared as a guest principal with the Saint Louis Symphony, at the Grand Teton Music Festival, and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Hooten began his career in 2000 with a trumpet/cornet position in "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C., where he was often a featured soloist. While with the Marine Band, Hooten won the 2nd trumpet audition with the Richmond (VA) Symphony, where he continued to perform through 2004. He went on to join the Indianapolis Symphony as Assistant Principal Trumpet for two years, and subsequently won the Principal Trumpet auditions for both the Houston and Atlanta Symphonies. Hooten has served on the faculty for The Aspen Music Festival, acting as a guest artist and teacher. While in Atlanta, he shared a studio with his wife Jennifer Marotta at Kennesaw State University, where they provided lessons, master classes, and performance coaching to a diverse range of professional and student musicians. A native of Tampa, Florida, he earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Florida and his Master of Music degree from Rice University. His primary trumpet teachers have included Armando Ghitalla, John Hagstrom, and Don Owen.

Elias Coutinho

Elias Coutinho tem passagem por diversos festivais, destaque para o “Festival Internacional de Música do Pará- FIMUPA”, por seis edições do evento, tendo participação com a renomada big band estadual paraense Amazônia Jazz Band. Na área acadêmica, é bacharel em saxofone pela Universidade Estadual do Pará ( UEPA ) onde se formou com o renomado saxofonista Dilson Florêncio. Uma parte muito importante da formação em música popular de Elias Coutinho, vem de aulas online com saxofonistas estrangeiros como o saxofonista Bob Reynolds, integrante da banda Snarky Pupple e Alex Terrier, músico parisiense graduado na Berklee College Music e membro da Mingus Big Band ( NY ).

Allen Vizzutti

Allen Vizzutti

O trompetista Allen Vizzutti é um instrumentista versátil e um compositor conhecido por suas proezas no jazz, mas seu trabalho na área clássica é bastante extenso. Nascido em Montana, Vizzutti se tornou trompetista com ajuda de seu pai, que também tocava o instrumento. Em seguida ele estudou na Escola de Música Eastman, onde completou seu bacharelado e mestrado.

Jérôme Voisin

Jérôme Voisin

Born in Limoges, France in 1972, Jérôme Voisin started playing the clarinet at the age of 9. He has been a principal clarinet of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France since 2006.