Trumpeter and music educator, Erin K. Hufford is the Band Director at Page Middle School in Madison Heights, MI. She graduated as the Outstanding Senior in the College of Arts and Letters with high honors from Michigan State University after completing her student teaching in Charlotte, MI.
As a trumpeter Ms. Hufford has performed recently as a soloist with the Taft Road Jazz Society, the Capital City Brass Band of Lansing, the Southview High School Orchestra in Toledo and the Charlotte High School Concert Band in Michigan. She is currently a member of the solo cornet section in the Motor City Brass Band and the Athena Brass Band. She has also been recognized at the national level receiving fifth place in the collegiate ensemble division at the 2004 National Trumpet Competition at George Mason University. At Michigan State Ms. Hufford was a member of the Wind Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestra, Jazz Band, Spartan Marching Band, Spartan Brass, Brass Choir, Brass Quintet, Trumpet Quintet, Trumpet Ensemble, and Musique 21. She currently studies trumpet with Woodrow English, principal trumpet in the U.S. Army Band and "Taps" bugler at the memorial service for former President Reagan in Simi Valley, CA.
While at Michigan State Ms. Hufford studied conducting with doctoral candidate Isaiah Odajima, former Assistant Director of Bands at Baylor University. She also conducted the Michigan State Symphony Band in a clinic with world renowned conductor Timothy Reynish of the Royal Northern College of Music.
Professionally, Ms. Hufford has held two internships with the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" in Washington, D.C. and worked with the Brass Band of Battle Creek. She has also maintained a private trumpet studio of twenty students in the Lansing area. Ms. Hufford is a current trustee of the Capital City Brass Band board and she was the vice president of the Michigan State chapter of the Music Educators National Conference for 2004-2005. She is also a member of the International Trumpet Guild and the International Women's Brass Conference.
Ms. Hufford currently resides in Algonac, Michigan in her home on the St. Clair River.
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