Personal Summary

JOHN DRISCOLL served as Principal Trumpet of the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Brass Quintet for fifteen years. Before coming to Missoula, John was a member of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, and he performed, toured and recorded as a member of the professional brass quintet Brasswind. Equally comfortable in the classical and commercial idioms, John has been an active freelance trumpeter, performing with orchestras and chamber ensembles across Montana, Colorado, Washington, and Tennessee, and was a top call trumpeter for pop and country musicians for several years, gigging from Dollywood to Nashville.

John has taught trumpet at the University of Montana, the University of Tennessee, and Pellissippi State College, while maintaining a vibrant private trumpet studio for over twenty five years. His private students have gone on to study at some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities, and his college students have become successful performers and teachers across the country. A graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Tennessee, John’s primary trumpet mentors have been Bill Pfund and Cathy Leach.