Dr. Larry Griffin:  

Larry Griffin, D.M.A., M.M., University of Minnesota (trumpet performance); B.M.E., Virginia State University. Larry Griffin began studying trumpet under Paul Taylor, principal trumpet of the National Symphony Orchestra in Norfolk, Virginia. Larry also studied trumpet performance with Charles Schlueter, principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony, Manny Laureano, principal trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra, and David Baldwin, professor of trumpet at the University of Minnesota. Larry Griffin is a professor of music and the director of bands at Ohio Wesleyan University. In addition to conducting the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Brass Choir, Trumpet Ensemble, Pep Band, and Park Avenue Jazz Ensemble, Griffin has an outstanding trumpet studio and teaches Instrumental Conducting and Brass Methods. Griffin has toured extensively as a soloist and clinician, including a 1981 Ch...Expand for more