Richard Rulli

Richard Rulli is the newly appointed Assistant Professor of Music/Trumpet at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Rulli holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (DMA), Ithaca College, New York (MM), and the University of Northern Colorado (BM/BME). At the University of Arkansas, Dr. Rulli teaches trumpet, brass chamber music, and conducts the trumpet ensemble. He has been a featured performer and clinician nationally at conventions of the International Trumpet Guild and International Brass Festival, and regionally at the College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Convention, as well as the state conventions of the Georgia and Wisconsin Music Educators Associations. He has performed as a member of the Columbus Brass, Wisconsin Brass Quintet, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, and Madison Opera and has held teaching positions at Columbus State University, Georgia, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Ithaca College, New York.

Formerly, Richard Rulli was the Principal Trumpet and Trumpet Soloist of the Air Force Band of the Golden West and Five Star Brass. During his Air Force tenure, he performed for numerous U.S. and foreign heads of state and was a regularly featured performer at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs. Most recently, Rulli recorded Sonata for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble by Kent Kennan with the CSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble in a live performance on Vestige Records. Other recordings of note include: with the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, major new works for brass quintet on a CD titled "Images," released on Mark Records; and with the Madison Opera, Menotti's The Globolinks, on Newport Classics. He is an active recitalist and chamber musician, and in demand for performances and master classes regionally and nationally. He is a founding member of the Boston Mountain Brassworks, the UA faculty brass quintet.

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Music at the University of Arkansas
Richard Rulli (University of Arkansas)