Dr. David Wharton

Dr. David Wharton

dwharto1@uwyo.edu

307-766-5222

BCPA 2011

 

Trumpeter David Wharton is an active performing artist and in demand music educator. His diversity as a performer spans the Orchestral, Contemporary, Baroque, Jazz, and solo repertoire. Wharton is a member of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra and appears frequently with the Wyoming Symphony and Billings Symphony orchestras. Before moving to Wyoming, Wharton played Principal Trumpet for the Berkshire Symphony in Massachusetts for six years. He has also been a member of the Delphi Chamber Orchestra and the contemporary music ensemble Le Train Bleu, based in New York City. Other orchestral experience includes performances with the Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, Wallingford Symphony, and Riverside Symphony orchestras to name a few. Wharton currently performs in the UW Faculty Brass Quintet which released their first recording Western Excursions in 2024. He was also a founding member of the award-winning Excalibur Brass Quintet, and he has appeared with the Quiet City Brass and Triton Brass quintets. 

Dr. David Wharton is the Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the University of Wyoming where he teaches applied trumpet, Jazz Techniques, Brass Methods, and the Jazz II Big Band. He is a committed music educator who inspires enthusiasm in his students. Previously, Dr. Wharton served on the faculty at the University of Rhode Island, Williams College, Bennington College, and the Hartt School of Music Pre-College. He has presented masterclasses and clinics around the country including Oberlin Conservatory, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, the Interlochen Arts Academy, and the 2024 International Trumpet Guild conference. 

Wharton performs frequently as a soloist on the baroque trumpet. He has appeared with the American Baroque, Indianapolis Baroque, Concert Royal, the Sebastians, and the Connecticut Early Music Festival Orchestras, as well as Yale’s Schola Cantorum. Praised for his beautiful tone and flawless ornamentation, Wharton won first place at the National Trumpet Competition in the baroque category in 2007. He was the co-host of the 2024 North American Baroque Trumpet Conference and Competition, where 5 of the finalists were from the University of Wyoming trumpet studio. 

David lives in beautiful Laramie Wyoming with his wife Elisa and two children Wyatt and Lucy. He enjoys arranging music, boating, fishing, and skiing. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Connecticut, a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, a Bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory, and he is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy. Wharton’s principal teachers include Louis Hanzlik, Allan Dean, Howard Shear, Roy Poper, Ken Larson, and Jack Sutte. 

 
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Department of Music

University of Wyoming

1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3037

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: (307) 766-5242

Fax: (307) 766-5326

Email: musicdpt@uwyo.edu

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