Dr. Christopher Wilson

Dr. Christopher W. Wilson has recently been appointed Artist/Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas beginning the Fall 2009 academic year.  His duties will include applied trumpet, trumpet methods, coaching chamber music, and performing in the Arkansas State Faculty Brass Quintet. 

Currently, Dr. Wilson performs with The United States Air Force Band, Washington, DC.  While a member of the Air Force Band, he has performed and taught clinics throughout the United States and Japan having recently been a tour soloist performing the Arutunian Trumpet Concerto. He has performed for numerous dignitaries including Presidents George W. Bush and Barrack Obama.  In 2004, he performed at the funeral of former President Ronald Reagan.  Additionally, Dr. Wilson has performed with the Annapolis Symphony, Annapolis Opera, Maryland Symphony, Alexandria Symphony, Concert Artists of Baltimore, and the North Arkansas Symphony.

Dr. Wilson holds a D.M.A. from The Catholic University of America, Washington DC and B.M. and M.M. Degrees from the University of Arkansas.  His former teachers include Wiff Rudd, Steve Hendrickson, Charles Daval, and Robert Bright.