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Kevin Whalen | Trumpet Player, Clinician, and Educator
Kevin Whalen is an active trumpet player, clinician, and educator based in Colorado. Whalen has performed throughout the United States and Canada as the jazz trumpet chair of The Glenn Miller Orchestra, is a member of the 9th+Lincoln Jazz Orchestra and the Colorado Jazz Orchestra, and has appeared with such artists as Greg Gisbert, Ron Miles, Don Aliquo, Clay Jenkins, Paul McKee, Ed Soph, John Fedchock, Brad Goode, Alan Hood, Paul Romaine, Peter Sommer, Fred Hess, Vern Sielert, and others. Also an active educator, Whalen has presented clinics and workshops throughout Colorado and serves on the faculty of the UNC Jazz Camp.
Kevin Whalen is the Managing Producer of the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival and the Instructor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Northern Colorado. Whalen’s duties with the festival, the largest of its kind in the United States, include managing the year-round operations of the festival, writing grants in support of the festival’s many facets, and coordinating performances by over 280 school groups as well as workshops and evening concerts featuring some of the most prominent names in jazz. In addition to his work with the festival, Whalen is adjunct faculty at UNC, teaching trumpet to students engaged in the acclaimed UNC Jazz Studies Program. He also manages the UNC Sunset Jazz Artist Series and is the co-director of the UNC Jazz Camp.
Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Whalen holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Colorado State University and a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado. While at UNC, Whalen won two DownBeat Student Music Awards as a member of UNC Jazz Lab Band I and was twice selected as a finalist in the Jazz Division of the National Trumpet Competition. For more information, including a schedule and information on current projects, please visit www.kevinwhalen.com.
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