Terry Everson
Concert
“A trumpet player’s trumpet player,” in the words of one of his frequent collaborators, Terry Everson has performed at 16 International Trumpet Guild Conferences since 1980. His first international acclaim occurred in 1988, when the ITG sponsored two major competitions on consecutive days: one specializing in Baroque/Classical, the other in Twentieth Century literature. Everson shocked the Guild by entering and winning both by unanimous juries, performing seven major concerti and sonatas from memory within 30 hours. Hailed by the Boston Globe for his “dazzling, clarion brightness with elegant edges” and in the Boston Musical Intelligencer for “virtuosity and musicality that was simply stunning”, Everson has performed and given masterclasses throughout the United States, as well as in Central America, Europe and Asia, including as Guest Principal Trumpet with the Czech Philharmonic in Prague in 2022 and the same role with the Saint Louis Symphony in 2024. His annual Fourth of July performances as Principal Trumpet of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra are viewed by millions worldwide via broadcast and online, and he has been a featured soloist with the orchestra on multiple tours.
Mr. Everson has served on the faculty of the Boston University College of Fine Arts and Tanglewood Institute since 1999; a master pedagogue, his work at BU was recognized with the University’s 2014 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching. His masterclasses have met with acclaim in schools such as Northwestern University, Rice University, Yale University, the University of North Texas, the University of Michigan, Florida State University, the New England Conservatory, the Royal College of Music (London), and the music conservatories of Xi’an and Shenyang, China. Mr. Everson also served as Music Director of the New England Brass Band from 2021-2023, and recently retired after 25 seasons as Principal Trumpet of the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin. This summer, he joined the faculty of the Brevard Music Center.
Terry Everson is an Artist/Clinician for S.E. Shires Trumpets of Holliston, MA, USA, and performs on mouthpieces designed by Pickett Brass.