Robert Murray was appointed Associate Professor of Trumpet with tenure for the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University beginning with the academic year 2009-2010. His previous appointment was tenured Associate Professor of trumpet at the University of Northern Colorado. This past year, he performed J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with the Georgia All-College Orchestra at the Georgia Music Educators Association Conference and served in the spring as a guest artist/professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. He and his wife, oboist Lauren Murray, were featured soloists with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra in Dallas, Texas.

As part of a CSU Wind Ensemble recording project, he hosted both David Bilger and Robert Sullivan in week long residencies at CSU, where they performed and recorded with the ensemble while teaching private lessons and giving masterclasses. Currently a member of the Columbus Brass, Murray has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Denver Brass, and the Colorado Jazz Orchestra. He has served as principal trumpet with the Owensboro Symphony, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City, the Portland Opera Orchestra, and Opera Colorado. He was a member of the Dallas Brass. His other performing experiences include the Oregon Symphony and Dallas Opera. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas, with previous degrees earned through studies at Portland State University and the University of Washington. He studied with Keith Johnson, Gerald Webster, Fred Sautter, and Roy Cummings.

Source: Dr. Robert Murray