Stephen Chenette

Biography

Stephen Chenette had a distinguished performing career before joining the Faculty of Music having played in major symphony orchestras holding the position of principal trumpet with the Minnesota Orchestra, Boston Pops, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Denver Symphony, and appearing as a soloist with numerous orchestras. His trumpet teachers include Arnold Jocobs, Armando Ghitalla, William Vacchiano, Rafael Mendez, and Samuel Krauss. He received extensive training as an orchestral conductor studying with Leonard Bernstein, Hans Swarowsky, Frederick Fennell, Richard Lert, and Jean Morel, and is the conductor of the Hannaford Street Silver Band on two compact discs. A charter member of the International Trumpet Guild, he was twice elected Secretary, and is in his third term on its Board of Directors. His research includes the physiology of wind instrument performance and the French repertoire for trumpet and cornet. His articles and reviews have been published in The Instrumentalist and the ITG Journal.