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University of Wyoming

Thomas PfotenhauerDr. Thomas Pfotenhauer
Trumpet Studio
Brass Area Coordinator
 

trpfot@uwyo.edu
(307) 766-3339

Dr. Thomas Pfotenhauer studied trumpet with Armando Ghitalla at the University of Michigan, completing a Masters degree in 1993, and holds a Bachelors degree in music from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trumpet performance from the University of Kansas.

While at the University of Kansas, Dr. Pfotenhauer studied with William Campbell and Christopher Moore and was a member of the Kansas Brass Quintet, one of the country’s most active faculty brass quintets. Prior to his appointment at the University of Wyoming, Dr. Pfotenhauer was Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Jazz studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus for six years.

Dr. Pfotenhauer’s performance experience is extensive and varied.From 1994-2002 he performed for numerous professional productions presented at the critically acclaimed Weidner Center for the Performing Arts in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Dr. Pfotenhauer has played lead trumpet and section trumpet in pit orchestras and in back-up bands for such shows as: West Side Story, Some Like it Hot, the Sound of Music, Copacabana, Fiddler on the Roof, Camelot, South Pacific, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Saturday Night Fever, and Parade; and artists such as: Robert Goulet, the Manhattan Transfer, Peabo Bryson, Bernadette Peters, Johnny Mathis, and Shirley Jones.

Dr. Pfotenhauer has also performed with numerous professional and regional orchestras, including the Kansas City Symphony, the Battle Creek Symphony, the Green Bay Symphony, the Pamiro Opera Company, the Green Bay Civic Symphony, and the Fox Valley Symphony. He is currently the second trumpet with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Pfotenhauer has appeared as a soloist and clinician in Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas.

Dr. Pfotenhauer is a member of the International Association of Jazz Educators and the International Trumpet Guild and has contributed many recording reviews to the ITG Journal.  He continues to pursue an active interest in arranging and composing for small and large jazz ensembles.