Tim Leopold, Trumpet

Fast Facts

  • Member, Atlantic Brass Quintet.

  • Faculty, Manhattan School of Music, Contemporary Performance Program.

  • BM, University of Kansas; MM, University of Oregon.

Photo: Jim Graham

A Kansas native, trumpeter Tim Leopold is equally adept in the worlds of classical music, jazz, world music, and popular idioms. In addition to performing with Josh Roseman's Extended Constellations, Tim regularly appears with David Sanford's Pittsburgh Collective, the Slee Sinfonietta and June in Buffalo, and the Broadway production of Chicago. He has lead and composed for numerous ensembles of his own. An experienced improviser and performer, he has taught improvisation, trumpet and general music across the U.S. and internationally. Currently on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music in the Contemporary Performance Program, Tim received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Kansas and a Master's from the University of Oregon.