Davy DeArmond

Wind Band Excerpts Coaching

Davy DeArmond has performed extensively in all genres throughout the United States. He has performed with a diverse group of ensembles including the Harrisburg Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Asheville Symphony, Delaware Symphony, Annapolis Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic, Knoxville Symphony, the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre, Olney Theater, Washington Symphonic Brass, Mr. Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band, Brass of the Potomac, and the Great Noise Ensemble.

Davy joined the United States Naval Academy Band in 2006 where he served for 20 years. During his service, he served as principal trumpet, section leader, led the Brass Quintet and the Brass Ensemble, performed regularly with the Concert Band, Next Wave Jazz Ensemble, the New Orleans-style brass band “Crabtowne Stompers” as well as several ceremonial and marching units. He recorded and toured nationally and soloed with many of these groups.

He has performed and given masterclasses throughout the country including at the US Army Band Tuba/Euphonium Conference, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Music Festival, the Armed Forces School of Music, and universities and colleges across the country. As an educator, he has held faculty positions at Virginia Commonwealth University, the Mostly Modern Music Festival, the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University of America, Washington College and Anne Arundel Community College. He has also instructed students at the University of Kentucky, West Knoxville School of the Arts, in his private studio and is a Founding Teacher for the Carnegie Hall Royal Conservatory Achievement Program.

He has published academic articles including many in the International Trumpet Guild Journal and has twice judged the finals of ITG’s Wind Band Excerpt Competition. Davy earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kentucky studying with Mark Clodfelter. He holds a Master’s Degree in trumpet performance at Mannes College of Music in New York City where he studied with Robert Sullivan and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee where he studied with Dr. Cathy Leach. Additionally, he studied with Ray Mase and Kevin Cobb during three summer seasons at the Aspen Music Festival as well as Tina Erickson and his father, David DeArmond.