Meet the Musicians

John McElroy
Trumpet

John McElroy is Principal Trumpet and frequent trumpet soloist with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, where he has served since 1974.

A graduate of Philadelphia's prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, he has been a member of the Philadelphia Concerto Soloists, Rittenhouse Brass Quintet and Young Audiences Inc.

He has performed, recorded and toured with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony and other regional orchestras.

Other long-term associations have been as Principal Trumpet with the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson, Wyoming, and the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina.

McElroy frequently performs as a recitalist, and as a member of the Birmingham-based Ambassador Brass Quintet, has performed concerts throughout the South, including a residency at the Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston, South Carolina.

In 2002 and 2004, McElroy traveled to Romania where he performed as a soloist with the Filarmonica De Stat Sibiu and the Filarmonica De Stat "Transilvania" in Cluj. He also conducted five days of Master Classes at the "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca.

As an educator, he has been on the faculties of Samford University, the University of Montevallo, the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and is currently Instructor of Trumpet at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

McElroy maintains a large studio of trumpet students, many of whom have gone on to careers in performing. He is very dedicated to helping young musicians pursue their interest in music.

In May 2002, McElroy was honored by being inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame along with his friend and former student, Wynton Marsalis.