THE UTC TRUMPET VOLUNTARY

Dr. Erika L. Schafer
Trumpet Instructor, Jazz Band Director
Assistant Director of Bands
Fine Arts Center 104
(423) 425-4641
Erika-Schafer@utc.edu

Education

• D.M.A. Trumpet Performance, The Catholic University of America
• M.M. Trumpet Performance, Yale University
• B.M. Music Education, The University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Dr. Erika L. Schafer is in her fourth year as Trumpet Instructor and Assistant Director of Bands at UTC. She teaches trumpet lessons, directs the Jazz Band and Trumpet Ensemble, and is the Assistant Director of the Marching Band and Pep Band. She also performs regularly with the Chattanooga Symphony and the UTC Faculty Brass Quintet. She is a founding member of New Dischord, a Chattanooga-based performing ensemble featuring new music in collaboration with other artists. Furthermore, she is a frequent guest clinician and adjudicator. This includes serving as Associate Artist Faculty for the 2010 National Trumpet Competition, judging the 2009 MTNA Tennessee Brass Chamber Music and Young Artist Brass Competitions, and directing the second All-Middle Tennessee High School Jazz Band in 2009. Highlights of her time at UTC include hosting Jeff Coffin, saxophonist with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and his group Mu'tet as guest artists as well as Thomas Hooten, principal trumpet of the Atlanta Symphony, and the performance of the UTC Trumpet Ensemble at the Trumpet Festival of the Southeast in 2010 at the University of Alabama.

Prior to her position at UTC, Dr. Schafer was a member of the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. where she was a featured soloist and performed with several chamber ensembles including the U.S. Navy Band Brass Quartet and the Joint Services Brass Quintet. She was also active in several orchestras in the D.C. area including the McLean Symphony Orchestra, the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, the Folger Consort, and the Orchestra of the 17th Century. She is a former student of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Her primary teachers include Chris Gekker, Steven Hendrickson, Allan Dean, Louis Ranger, and Walter Chesnut.

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April Carrillo - freshman, attended North Side HS, political science and criminal justice major, april-carrillo@mocs.utc.edu

Cory Dalton - freshman, attended Grainger HS, music education major, cory-dalton@mocs.utc.edu

Taylor Franklin - freshman, attended Carter HS, music education major, taylor-franklin@mocs.utc.edu

Taylor Freeman - sophomore, attended Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts, music education major, james-freeman@mocs.utc.edu

Trevor Hayes - sophomore, attended Science Hill HS, music education major, trevor-hayes@mocs.utc.edu

Bryan Higgins - senior, attended Hixson HS, business major, bryan-higgins@mocs.utc.edu

Andrew Maden - senior, attended Sullivan South HS, music education major, andrew-maden@mocs.utc.edu

Stephanie Massingale - freshman, attended Copper Basin HS, music education major, stephanie-massingale@mocs.utc.edu

Dr. Schafer - erika-schafer@utc.edu

Nicholas Wysong - senior, attended Soddy Daisy HS, music education major, nicholas-wysong@mocs.utc.edu

MUSIC EDUCATOR RESOURCES

See links below. I can provide a free masterclass at your school (within driving distance). I also give private lessons. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Description of Initial Lesson for Beginning Trumpeter

Common Problems and Solutions with Beginning Trumpeters

Common Problems and Solutions with High School Trumpeters

Select Problems and Solutions with Advanced Players

Common Problems and Solutions with Trumpeters in Band or Orchestra

Recommended Trumpets and Mouthpieces for Different Ability Levels and Prices

Tuning Tendencies Relating to the Overtone Series with Solutions

Special Considerations for Trumpeters (Mutes, Mouthpieces)

Printable Version of All of the Above