Brian Walker to Tarleton State University

Dr. Brian Walker has recently been appointed as Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.

Walker has taught previously at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, the University of North Texas and The Florida State University as well as privately in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. His students have been accepted into many undergraduate and graduate music programs throughout the United States.

Walker holds degrees from the University of North Texas (DMA), The Florida State University (MM) and Southeastern Oklahoma State (BM). His primary teachers include Michael Miles, Iskander Akhmadullin, Christopher Moore, John Holt, Keith Johnson and Adam Gordon.

As a performer he has appeared with many groups in the DFW region including the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Dallas Opera, Plano, Allen, Arlington, Las Colinas, Irving, Garland, and Dallas Chamber Orchestras. He has also performed with the North Texas Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and the Grammy Nominated UNT One O’clock Lab Band, the Tallahassee Symphony, Pensacola Symphony, and New World Symphony to name a few. As a soloist,Walker has given recitals in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Mytilene, Greece and throughout France. He is active in the International Trumpet Guild as a contributor in the Music Review section in the ITG Journal.

Source: Dr. Jason Craftman, Virginia Tech