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John Sneider has gained national recognition as an innovative jazz trumpet
player and composer. In March of 1998 John was the winner of the
Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition sponsored by the
International Trumpet Guild. John was also one of five finalists in the
Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition. In 1991 he was
selected as the top collegiate jazz soloist by Down Beat Magazine. Since moving
to New York in 1992, Sneider has assembled an exciting group of musicians
who perform regularly around town at clubs such as Birdland and Smalls. He
has also performed with Max Roach, Curtis Fuller, The Mingus Big Band, The
Frank Foster All-Star Big Band, Clark Terry, Cab Calloway, Andy Bey, Brad
Mehldau, and Larry Goldings. In addition, John composes and arranges music
for television and radio commercials.
He also leads an active career as a studio
musician. Sneider is on the faculty of The New School/Mannes College of Music where he teaches jazz
theory and improvisation, as well as private students. He is also active as a clinician at colleges, universities
and high schools around the country. John earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the
University of Rochester and a Masters in Jazz from Manhattan School of Music.
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