Mark Clodfelter
Associate Professor of Trumpet

Yamaha Performing Artist

E-mail: markc@uky.edu

Visit Mark's web site at:
www.markclodfelter.com (Not a UK site)

Mark Clodfelter is the Professor of Trumpet at the University of Kentucky. He is a performer of international acclaim and a Grammy nominated recording artist who has been recently described by Classical Voice North Carolina as “…a stellar world-class trumpeter who’s dazzling playing wowed the audience.” As a soloist, Mark has appeared throughout the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, Russia, and Greece with orchestras, wind ensembles, brass ensembles, jazz bands, and in recital. This year he made his solo debut in The Peoples Republic of China as part of the events preceding the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Mark is a Yamaha Performing Artist and can be heard as Principal Trumpet of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, the Trade Winds (Tamp Fl.) and Co-Principal of the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra (KY). His commercial affiliations include split lead with the DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra and the Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra. Mark is member of Duo Trombiano as well as Co-Conductor of the Blue Grass Area Jazz Ambassadors and Conductor of the Central Kentucky Youth Jazz Orchestra.

Mr. Clodfelter has recorded extensively in styles ranging from classical to rock including the 2004 Grammy Nominated “Self Contained” with the UK Jazz Ensemble. He has also appeared with such headliners as The O' Jays, Gladys Knight, Mannheim Steam Roller, the Moody Blues, the Lettermen, Doc Severinson, Bob Mintzer, Frank Mantooth, Lou Rawls, Glen Campbell and Ray Charles.

Prior to his appointment at the University of Kentucky, Mr. Clodfelter was Instructor of Trumpet and Director of Jazz Band as a member of the faculty at Mars Hill College, and has served on the teaching staff of the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps. Mark was a founding member of the Giannini Brass and has held positions with the Greensboro Symphony, the Western Piedmont Symphony, the Salisbury Symphony, the Greenville (SC) Symphony and the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mr. Clodfelter holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Lenoir-Rhyne College and a Master of Music Degree from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Please visit Mark at www.markclodfelter.com.

Mark Plays Yamaha Trumpets and Pickett Brass Custom mouthpieces.