Brian Reichenbach performs throughout the Chicago area and is Assistant Professor of Music at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois where he directs the Symphonic Band and teaches trumpet. Currently, Brian is a member of the Elmhurst Symphony and has performed with ensembles including Chicago Sinfonietta, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, and Millar Brass. He has played under major conductors including James Conlon, James Levine, and Yuri Temirkanov and in 1999 and 2006 performed as solo trumpet in the premieres of operas by Bernard Rands and Ned Rorem under the direction of David Zinman at the Aspen Music Festival. In addition to NCB, Brian is also a member of the International Chamber Artists, founding member of the Lincoln Park Brass, and concertizes often with organist Rhonda Sider Edgington. He appears regularly as a clinician at Chicago area middle and high schools and teaches at Csehy Summer School of Music in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Brian holds degrees from Wheaton College and DePaul University, as well as a DMA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he studied with Charles Daval and Ronald Romm. His teachers have also included John Hagstrom, Stephen Burns, Terry Schwartz, and Steve Heitzer.
