Welcome to the UTK Trumpet Studio, a group of approximately 15 undergraduate and graduate music majors.
Each week you’ll take a lesson and participate in a studio class (solo class). Most students elect to play in the UTK Trumpet Ensemble, which meets once a week. Major ensembles open to all trumpet studio members by audition include the Symphony Orchestra, the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band and the Pride of the Southland Marching Band. There are also numerous chamber music groups such as brass quintets, brass quartets, brass trios and trumpet ensembles of all sizes.
Understanding the changing role of musicians and pedagogues in our current times we value your individuality and will encourage you to develop the artistic skills that are unique to you. Writing for trumpet, playing solo, orchestral or chamber music, writing academically and teaching are all welcomed skills in the Trumpet Studio that we want you to experience.
The combined effect of challenging, supportive private instruction, a variety of top-notch ensemble experiences, rigorous academic courses in music theory and musicology, will encourage you to develop your trumpet playing and musicianship.
If you are interested in learning how to be the best musician and trumpet player you can be, become a member of the UT Trumpet Studio. Please contact Arthur Zanin (adecamar@utk.edu) and see the Auditions section of this website.
Meet Our Faculty
Professor Arthur Zanin
Assistant Professor of Trumpet | adecamar@utk.edu
Arthur Zanin has performed in orchestral and chamber music settings in South America, the United States, and Europe. Dr. Zanin previously held positions as the Principal Trumpet of the Charlottesville Symphony, Second Trumpet of the Southwest Florida Symphony and has appeared as a guest musician with several orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Hawaii Symphony and the Naples Philharmonic. Dr. Zanin worked as a freelancer in New York City performing in a variety of recitals, shows, and recordings in prestigious concert venues such as the Lincoln Center and the Kauffman Center.
As an educator, Dr. Zanin held the Trumpet Lecturer position at University of Virginia, a teaching assistant position at Rutgers University, and taught master classes to brass programs in colleges and high schools around the world, including Hungary, Ecuador, Brazil and Spain. He is the former editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Music and former editor of the Trumpet Magazine, both new online publications.
Dr. Zanin earned his Master of Music degree from the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. He also attended the Manhattan School of Music where he earned a Performance Studies Certificate and completed his Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University. He has participated in numerous summer music programs in the U.S., such as the Aspen Music Festival and School and Music Academy of the West.