Biography
The American Record Guide described Jason Dovel's trumpet playing as "spectacular" and praised his "full tone and terrific technical skills." Of his debut CD, the International Trumpet Guild Journal reviewer wrote, "On every track, Dovel's nuanced, stylistic interpretations and technical mastery are on full display."
Jason Dovel is an American trumpeter whose busy performing and teaching schedule has taken him to over 100 universities and festivals around the world. Recent appearances have included the São Paulo Trumpet Academy (Brazil), Australasian Trumpet Academy (Australia), Velikogorički Brass Festival (Croatia), Conservatoire de Lyon (France), International Brass Course of Thessaloniki (Greece), ViennaTalk (Austria), and the International Trumpet Guild Conference.
Jason Dovel has recorded four solo CDs, manifesting a diverse repertoire from avant-garde contemporary works he commissioned and premiered, to historically informed performances of early music on period instruments.
As an orchestral trumpeter, he has performed with many groups including the Louisville Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony, and Amici New York Orchestra. He has performed as principal or guest principal trumpet with the Arkansas Philharmonic, Orchestra of New Spain, Charlottesville Opera, Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington Theatre, Lexington Chamber Orchestra, Denton Bach Society, Kentucky Bach Society, among others.
As a Baroque trumpeter, he regularly appears with many of the country's leading period instrument groups, including the Washington Bach Consort, Mountainside Baroque, Bourbon Baroque, Virginia Baroque, The Thirteen, and others. He is founding artistic director of the early music group Sonitus Clarissima, who released the 2019 compact disc, Music for Court and Cavalry.
As a chamber musician, he is a founding member of Quintasonic Brass, who are featured artists at the 2023 Velikogorički Brass Festival in Croatia. He also performs and tours with the University of Kentucky Faculty Brass Quintet, with whom he recorded the 2021 compact disc, New Music for Brass Quintet.
A dedicated pedagogue with a passion for research in teaching, he has published twenty-five journal articles in the Music Educators Journal, International Trumpet Guild Journal, The Instrumentalist, and the Journal of the Art College of Inner Mongolia University in China. He is also editor of The Big Book of Sight-Reading Duets for Trumpet, published by Mountain Peak Music.
Also active as a composer and arranger, his works are published through Hickman Music Editions, Mountain Peak Music, Prestissimo Press, and the Baroque Trumpet Shop and are frequently programmed on recitals around the world.
Jason Dovel joined the University of Kentucky School of Music faculty in 2013, where he is currently Associate Professor of Trumpet as well as Chair of the Division of Winds, Brass, Percussion, and Jazz. He serves as faculty sponsor of UK Education Abroad programs in Greece and Australia and is also founding director of the UK Summer Trumpet Institute, UK Baroque Trumpet Symposium, as well as the Certificate in Baroque Trumpet. During his 2021 sabbatical, Dovel served as Visiting Professor of Trumpet at Ionian University in Corfu, Greece.
Dovel serves on the Board of Directors for both the International Trumpet Guild and Historic Brass Society. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
Jason Dovel is grateful for the tutelage of many wonderful teachers, including Keith Johnson, George Novak, Charles Saenz, James Kluesner, Charlie Geyer, Barbara Butler, Barry Bauguess (Baroque trumpet), and Bruce Dickey (cornetto).
Jason Dovel is an American trumpeter whose busy performing and teaching schedule has taken him to over 100 universities and festivals around the world. Recent appearances have included the São Paulo Trumpet Academy (Brazil), Australasian Trumpet Academy (Australia), Velikogorički Brass Festival (Croatia), Conservatoire de Lyon (France), International Brass Course of Thessaloniki (Greece), ViennaTalk (Austria), and the International Trumpet Guild Conference.
Jason Dovel has recorded four solo CDs, manifesting a diverse repertoire from avant-garde contemporary works he commissioned and premiered, to historically informed performances of early music on period instruments.
As an orchestral trumpeter, he has performed with many groups including the Louisville Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony, and Amici New York Orchestra. He has performed as principal or guest principal trumpet with the Arkansas Philharmonic, Orchestra of New Spain, Charlottesville Opera, Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington Theatre, Lexington Chamber Orchestra, Denton Bach Society, Kentucky Bach Society, among others.
As a Baroque trumpeter, he regularly appears with many of the country's leading period instrument groups, including the Washington Bach Consort, Mountainside Baroque, Bourbon Baroque, Virginia Baroque, The Thirteen, and others. He is founding artistic director of the early music group Sonitus Clarissima, who released the 2019 compact disc, Music for Court and Cavalry.
As a chamber musician, he is a founding member of Quintasonic Brass, who are featured artists at the 2023 Velikogorički Brass Festival in Croatia. He also performs and tours with the University of Kentucky Faculty Brass Quintet, with whom he recorded the 2021 compact disc, New Music for Brass Quintet.
A dedicated pedagogue with a passion for research in teaching, he has published twenty-five journal articles in the Music Educators Journal, International Trumpet Guild Journal, The Instrumentalist, and the Journal of the Art College of Inner Mongolia University in China. He is also editor of The Big Book of Sight-Reading Duets for Trumpet, published by Mountain Peak Music.
Also active as a composer and arranger, his works are published through Hickman Music Editions, Mountain Peak Music, Prestissimo Press, and the Baroque Trumpet Shop and are frequently programmed on recitals around the world.
Jason Dovel joined the University of Kentucky School of Music faculty in 2013, where he is currently Associate Professor of Trumpet as well as Chair of the Division of Winds, Brass, Percussion, and Jazz. He serves as faculty sponsor of UK Education Abroad programs in Greece and Australia and is also founding director of the UK Summer Trumpet Institute, UK Baroque Trumpet Symposium, as well as the Certificate in Baroque Trumpet. During his 2021 sabbatical, Dovel served as Visiting Professor of Trumpet at Ionian University in Corfu, Greece.
Dovel serves on the Board of Directors for both the International Trumpet Guild and Historic Brass Society. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
Jason Dovel is grateful for the tutelage of many wonderful teachers, including Keith Johnson, George Novak, Charles Saenz, James Kluesner, Charlie Geyer, Barbara Butler, Barry Bauguess (Baroque trumpet), and Bruce Dickey (cornetto).
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Modern TrumpetJason Dovel has been a soloist and clinician at more than 80 festivals and universities throughout the world.
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Baroque TrumpetJason Dovel regularly performs on the valveless Baroque trumpet with period instrument ensembles throughout North America.
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ComposerJason Dovel is an active composer and arranger, and his works have been performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference, National Trumpet Competition, Historic Brass Society International Conference, and in trumpet studios and concert halls throughout the world.
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Jason Dovel has been a guest artist at more than 100 universities, conferences, and festivals around the United States and abroad. Here is a partial list:
Academia de Trompetes de São Paulo (Brazil)
Arkansas State University (Arkansas)
Arkansas Tech University (Arkansas)
Australasian Trumpet Academy (Australia)
Ball State University (Indiana)
Bethune-Cookman University (Florida)
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (Michigan)
Bowling Green State University (Ohio)
Campbellsville University (Kentucky)
Central Michigan University (Michigan)
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Ohio)
Colorado State University
Conservatoire André Messager (Montluçon, France)
Conservatoire de Lyon (France)
Corfu International Trumpet Festival (Greece)
Eastern Illinois University (Illinois)
Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
Eastfield College (Texas)
Eastman School of Music (New York)
Evangel University (Missouri)
Exploring Brass in Greece Festival (Greece)
Exploring Trumpet in Greece Festival (Greece)
Florida State University
George Mason University (Virginia)
Grand Valley State University Trumpet Seminar (Michigan)
Hillsdale College (Michigan)
Historic Brass Society International Conference
Hunter College (New York City)
Indiana University
International Trumpet Guild Conference (Multiple apperances)
International Trumpet Guild Regional Conference
Ionian University (Greece)
Ioannina School of Music (Greece)
Kennesaw State University Brass Day (Georgia)
Kentucky Music Educators Conference
Louisiana State University
Lynchburg College (Virginia)
Lynn University (Florida)
MDW Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wiens (Vienna, Austria)
Miami University (Ohio)
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic (Illinois)
Midwest Trumpet Festival (Pittsburg, Kansas)
Midwest Tuba and Euphonium Regional Conference
Mississippi State University (Mississippi)
Morehead State University (Kentucky)
MUK Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (Vienna, Austria)
Murray State University (Kentucky)
National Music Museum (South Dakota)
North American Composers Forum
New York University (New York)
North American Baroque Trumpet Conference (Colorado in 2024 and Kentucky in 2022)
North Central Texas College (Texas)
Northeastern State University (Oklahoma)
Northern Kentucky University
NSU Brass Day (Oklahoma)
NSU Trumpet Festival (Oklahoma)
Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Music Educators Conference
Pittsburg State University (Kansas)
Poulenc Conservatoire (Tours, France)
Queensland Conservatorium (Brisbane, Australia)
Royal Irish Academy of Music (Dublin, Ireland)
Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, England)
Saginaw Valley State University (Michigan)
Southeastern Louisiana University (Louisiana)
Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma)
State University of New York at Purchase
Stetson University (Florida)
Tennessee Tech University
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Texas Bandmasters Convention (Texas)
Texas Tech University (Texas)
Tribby Arts Center at Shell Point (Florida)
Trinity College of Music (London, England)
Tulsa Performing Arts Center (Oklahoma)
Uni Sant'Anna (Brazil)
University of Alabama
University of Arkansas
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Ioannina
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana at Monroe (Louisiana)
University of Louisville (Kentucky)
University of Memphis (Tennessee)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
University of Music and Performing Arts (Vienna, Austria)
University of North Texas (Texas)
University of Northern Iowa (Iowa)
University of South Alabama (Alabama)
University of Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
Velika Goricka Brass Festival (Croatia)
ViennaTalk 2022 (Vienna, Austria)
Virginia Tech (Virginia)
Wartburg Trumpet Festival (Iowa)
Western Illinois University
Western Kentucky University
Yale University (Connecticut)
Academia de Trompetes de São Paulo (Brazil)
Arkansas State University (Arkansas)
Arkansas Tech University (Arkansas)
Australasian Trumpet Academy (Australia)
Ball State University (Indiana)
Bethune-Cookman University (Florida)
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (Michigan)
Bowling Green State University (Ohio)
Campbellsville University (Kentucky)
Central Michigan University (Michigan)
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Ohio)
Colorado State University
Conservatoire André Messager (Montluçon, France)
Conservatoire de Lyon (France)
Corfu International Trumpet Festival (Greece)
Eastern Illinois University (Illinois)
Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
Eastfield College (Texas)
Eastman School of Music (New York)
Evangel University (Missouri)
Exploring Brass in Greece Festival (Greece)
Exploring Trumpet in Greece Festival (Greece)
Florida State University
George Mason University (Virginia)
Grand Valley State University Trumpet Seminar (Michigan)
Hillsdale College (Michigan)
Historic Brass Society International Conference
Hunter College (New York City)
Indiana University
International Trumpet Guild Conference (Multiple apperances)
International Trumpet Guild Regional Conference
Ionian University (Greece)
Ioannina School of Music (Greece)
Kennesaw State University Brass Day (Georgia)
Kentucky Music Educators Conference
Louisiana State University
Lynchburg College (Virginia)
Lynn University (Florida)
MDW Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wiens (Vienna, Austria)
Miami University (Ohio)
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic (Illinois)
Midwest Trumpet Festival (Pittsburg, Kansas)
Midwest Tuba and Euphonium Regional Conference
Mississippi State University (Mississippi)
Morehead State University (Kentucky)
MUK Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (Vienna, Austria)
Murray State University (Kentucky)
National Music Museum (South Dakota)
North American Composers Forum
New York University (New York)
North American Baroque Trumpet Conference (Colorado in 2024 and Kentucky in 2022)
North Central Texas College (Texas)
Northeastern State University (Oklahoma)
Northern Kentucky University
NSU Brass Day (Oklahoma)
NSU Trumpet Festival (Oklahoma)
Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Music Educators Conference
Pittsburg State University (Kansas)
Poulenc Conservatoire (Tours, France)
Queensland Conservatorium (Brisbane, Australia)
Royal Irish Academy of Music (Dublin, Ireland)
Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, England)
Saginaw Valley State University (Michigan)
Southeastern Louisiana University (Louisiana)
Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma)
State University of New York at Purchase
Stetson University (Florida)
Tennessee Tech University
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Texas Bandmasters Convention (Texas)
Texas Tech University (Texas)
Tribby Arts Center at Shell Point (Florida)
Trinity College of Music (London, England)
Tulsa Performing Arts Center (Oklahoma)
Uni Sant'Anna (Brazil)
University of Alabama
University of Arkansas
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Ioannina
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana at Monroe (Louisiana)
University of Louisville (Kentucky)
University of Memphis (Tennessee)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
University of Music and Performing Arts (Vienna, Austria)
University of North Texas (Texas)
University of Northern Iowa (Iowa)
University of South Alabama (Alabama)
University of Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
Velika Goricka Brass Festival (Croatia)
ViennaTalk 2022 (Vienna, Austria)
Virginia Tech (Virginia)
Wartburg Trumpet Festival (Iowa)
Western Illinois University
Western Kentucky University
Yale University (Connecticut)