Feb 16, 2017
Episode 40: The Trumpet Repertoire Project with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton
http://www.peydenshelton.com/trumpet-repertoire-project.html
A current resident of the
greater Washington D.C. and Baltimore area, Dr. J. Peyden
Shelton has gained a rapidly growing reputation as
an active clinician and performer throughout the United States
and Canada. Dr. Shelton has served on the faculties of both
the University of Rochester and Cornell University as an Instructor
of Trumpet. In these positions, he recruited and maintained
two studios of both undergraduate and graduate students. He
also served as chamber ensemble coach for numerous student
ensembles. While pursuing his doctorate in Trumpet
Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of
Music, Peyden served as the head teaching assistant for the Eastman
School's trumpet studio under Professors James Thompson and Douglas
Prosser.
Before going to the Eastman School of
Music, Peyden attended the University of Miami's Frost School of
Music as a Mancini Fellow and teaching assistant for Craig Morris.
While working toward his Masters in Music, Peyden served as
the principal classical trumpet for the Henry Mancini Orchestra.
There, Peyden has recorded and played with many musicians
including The Beach Boys, Lou Gramm of The
Foreigners, and Gloria Gaynor. Peyden is also featured
on Pharrell Williams' track entitled,"I Am Other."
In addition to his performances with the Mancini Orchestra,
Peyden also served as a substitute and utility trumpet with the New
World Symphony under the guidance of maestros Michael Tilson Thomas
and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
In March of 2014, Peyden was awarded
1st place in the Graduate Solo Division at the National Trumpet
Competition in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Since that
time, Peyden has been featured as a soloist with several ensembles
throughout the East Coast. His most recent performances
include Alexandra Pakhmutova's Concerto for
Trumpet, Duke Ellington's Concerto for
Cootie, Bruce Broughton's Excursions for Trumpet
and Band, as well as Donald Hunsberger's famous
arrangement for Wynton Marsalis of J.B. Arban's Fantasie
Brillante. Peyden has performed as a soloist with a
wide variety of ensembles including The Winds of the Blue
Ridge, Southwest Virginia's premiere wind band, Cornell
University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and the Reston Symphony
Orchestra. He has been featured as soloist in chamber music
settings including the Eastman School's Tuba Miram,
and the Eastman Brass Guild.
Along with having an extensive
performance background, Peyden holds a Bachelors of the Arts with a
focus in Music Education from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg,
Virginia. He has given numerous clinics and masterclass for
both secondary school students, as well as numerous collegiate
masterclasses throughout the United States. His clinics
focus on strengthening basic fundamentals while finding ways to
develop each player's own sound.
In his current positions with Symphony Number One, The Washington
Chamber Orchestra, and principal trumpet of the Hunt Valley
Symphony Orchestra, Peyden helps to promote both traditional
performance repertoire, as well as new works for solo and chamber
ensembles. He is strongly committed to
furthering the growth of his own instrument's repertoire and
is currently commissioning works that showcase the trumpet in a
solo setting that may function not only as art music, but also
serve to provide key pedagogical elements to younger
performers.