Dr. J. Peyden Shelton has gained a rapidly growing reputation as a dynamic performer and educator throughout the United States, Brazil, and Asia. He has been featured as a soloist with various ensembles including the Salt Lake Symphony, Reston Symphony Orchestra, Winds of the Blue Ridge, and University of North Texas Chamber Ensemble. In 2014, Dr. Shelton was awarded first place in the Graduate Soloist Division of the National Trumpet Competition. Since that time, he has presented solo performances and guest artist residencies at numerous universities and has been a featured artist at an assortment of music festivals including the Virginia Tech Trumpet Festival, the Fredericksburg Brass Institute, and the Association of Brazilian Trumpeters International Conference. As a chamber and ensemble musician, he has performed with numerous groups including the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Washington Chamber Orchestra, Symphony One, and the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas and Esa-Pekka Salonen. In 2019, he became the newest member of the internationally renowned Mirari Brass Quintet (miraribrass.com). Dr. Shelton is an active performer in various trumpet ensembles including Ascent and the Nova Trumpet Collective. He is also one of the founding members of Fifth Bridge (fifthbridge.org), an electro-acoustic trumpet ensemble that has collaborated with numerous musicians and organizations such as John Hollenbeck, David Sampson, Christopher Stark, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Harvard Center for Astrophysics, and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
As an educator, Dr. Shelton currently serves as the Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Utah School of Music. Before joining the University of Utah, he served on the faculties at both the University of Rochester and Cornell University as a Lecturer of Trumpet. Dr. Shelton has presented clinics and masterclasses at universities and conferences all over the United States including the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, ABT International Festival, and the International Horn Symposium. His articles have been featured in the International Trumpet Guild Journal, and was a featured presenter at the 2019 ITG Conference in Miami, FL. He also serves on numerous committees with ITG including the ITG Journal’s Music Review Team, the Book Review Team, CD Committee, Digital Conference Committee, and is the current Chair of the Orchestral Excerpt Competition. His current research focus, The Trumpet Repertoire Project, creates and promotes new works that encourage the development of technical and music expression that reflects the compositional voices of young contemporary American composers.
Dr. Shelton holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music, having studied with Professor James Thompson and Douglas Prosser. He also holds degrees from both the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and Virginia Tech studying under Craig Morris and Dr. John Adler. Dr. Shelton can be heard on Summit Records, SNOtone Records, Mark Records, as well as in the 4th edition of the Samuel Adler Orchestration Textbook by W.W. Norton & Company.
Dr. J. Peyden Shelton is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician.
As an educator, Dr. Shelton currently serves as the Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Utah School of Music. Before joining the University of Utah, he served on the faculties at both the University of Rochester and Cornell University as a Lecturer of Trumpet. Dr. Shelton has presented clinics and masterclasses at universities and conferences all over the United States including the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, ABT International Festival, and the International Horn Symposium. His articles have been featured in the International Trumpet Guild Journal, and was a featured presenter at the 2019 ITG Conference in Miami, FL. He also serves on numerous committees with ITG including the ITG Journal’s Music Review Team, the Book Review Team, CD Committee, Digital Conference Committee, and is the current Chair of the Orchestral Excerpt Competition. His current research focus, The Trumpet Repertoire Project, creates and promotes new works that encourage the development of technical and music expression that reflects the compositional voices of young contemporary American composers.
Dr. Shelton holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music, having studied with Professor James Thompson and Douglas Prosser. He also holds degrees from both the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and Virginia Tech studying under Craig Morris and Dr. John Adler. Dr. Shelton can be heard on Summit Records, SNOtone Records, Mark Records, as well as in the 4th edition of the Samuel Adler Orchestration Textbook by W.W. Norton & Company.
Dr. J. Peyden Shelton is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician.
