Douglas Wilson is a trumpet player who excels in a variety of musical styles, including classical, commercial and early music. A frequent guest clinician throughout the United States, he has performed for audiences in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean with numerous performances at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Music Center at Strathmore and the Washington National Cathedral.
Dr. Wilson's performing affiliations include the New Haven Symphony, Solisti New York, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Orchestra at Yale, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, Maryland Symphony, Fairfax Symphonic Orchestra and the Signature Symphony. Early music performances include Fanfare Barok (Founding Director), the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Consort, Bach Sinfonia and guest artist with Shenandoah Conservatory's Bach-Handel Festival.
A life-long learner, Dr. Wilson received his master's degree from Yale University and his doctoral degree from The University of Oklahoma School of Music with continuing early music studies at Oberlin's Baroque Performance Institute. His principal teachers include Robert Nagel of the New York Brass Quintet, Dr. Jacob Larson and Barry Bauguess.
Dr. Wilson has enjoyed a long career as a music educator touching the lives of young musicians as past moderator of the global web forum Ask the Teacher, past editor and contributor to the journal jr. for the International Trumpet Guild and as a music educator in Oklahoma and Virginia. He is an adjudicator with the National Trumpet Competition and a performing artist/clinician with Yamaha.
