John Rommel

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John Rommel recently retired from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where he had been on faculty since 1993.  He was Principal Trumpet of the Louisville Orchestra from 1988-1996 and was a member of the Nashville Symphony from 1979-1988. Additionally he has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras and is the Principal Trumpet of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.  Rommel’s chamber music experience includes performances with Summit Brass, the Saint Louis Brass Quintet, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, and the Nashville Contemporary Brass Quintet.  He was a featured with “The President’s Own” U. S. Marine Band at the National Trumpet Competition. He also has extensive commercial recording experience in the studios of Nashville, and Indianapolis. His primary teachers were William Adam, Louis Davidson, and Leon Rapier, with additional studies with Vincent Cichowicz and William Scarlett.