Gary Malvern is a professor of music at Furman University. He holds a baccalaureate degree from Oberlin College and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees from Yale University. Dr. Malvern has served as principal trumpet of the Colorado Philharmonic and the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher, Dr. Malvern has been the artist in residence at the Conservatorium in Perth, Australia, and has held similar posts at conservatories throughout Northern Italy. As a conductor, Dr. Malvern has studied with Otto-Werner Mueller and has served as a conducting assistant with the National Repertory Orchestra. Dr. Malvern has been principal and co-principal trumpet with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra since 1983 and is active as a performer throughout the region.

Dr. Gary Malvern has also performed for the Spoleto Festival and International Trumpet Guild Conferences. These experiences have enabled him to offer a musical perspective that empowers us to do our best work. Students in his trumpet studio focus on a wide range of fundamental exercises as well as sight reading, etudes, solo literature and orchestral excepts.

In addition to his responsibilities with private instruction and brass ensembles, Dr. Malvern has an active interest in classroom teaching, and enjoys working with students in a variety of history and theory classes. He believes strongly in the Liberal Arts approach to music education: that every class a student takes--be it in the music curriculum or not--nourishes and enhances one's own musical specialty. Alongside of academic life at Furman, Dr. Malvern leads a rich and varied professional life, which includes performing as principal trumpet of the Greenville Symphony, playing with the Aurora Brass Quintet, and appearing as a regional clinician and soloist.

• D.M.A., M.M., Yale University
• B.M., Oberlin College Conservatory

You can hear Dr. Gary Malvern play on the CD: Ivano Ascari - Nuove Musiche per Tromba IV

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