Tage Larsen joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as Fourth/Utility Trumpet in 2002. He came from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, where he served as Second Trumpet. Larsen was previously Principal Trumpet with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and served as the Solo Cornet with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. He received his Bachelor of Music from Michigan State University and completed graduate work at the Eastman School of Music. He studied with Barbara Butler, who teaches at Rice University. Larsen is on the trumpet faculty at the DePaul University School of Music.