Amy Burmeister currently maintains a private teaching studio (trumpet & piano) in Tucson, Arizona. Burmeister is also an active soloist and chamber music performer, regularly collaborating in recitals and special events. An enthusiast of new music, Burmeister has been involved in commissioning new works for the trumpet repertoire and has recently been a part of two new commissioning projects. Burmeister's international experience includes performances and masterclasses at the National Music Conservatory in Mexico City, Conservatorio de las Rosas in Morelia Michoacán, Haydn Hall in Esterházy Palace Eisenstadt, Austria, and performances in Vienna, the Czech Republic, Greece, and Australia. In Morelia, Burmeister performed as a soloist with the University of Michoacán Chamber Orchestra and performed a recital at Conservatorio de las Rosas.
Burmeister earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trumpet performance from the University of Arizona where she held a graduate teaching assistantship and performed as principal trumpet with the Wind Ensemble, Arizona Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Winds. She also performed as a member of the Faculty Brass Quintet, Trumpet Ensemble, Graduate Brass Quintet and collaborated as a chamber musician with the Arizona Choir, Symphonic Choir, University Community Chorus, Collegium Musicum and University Singers. Burmeister studied under the tutelage of Prof. Edward Reid, Dr. Thomas Pfotenhauer, and Dr. Del Lyren.
Burmeister has also garnered experience in public relations and administration while she was on the administrative staff at the Fred Fox School of Music for over five years. Burmeister maintains a private teaching studio (trumpet & piano) in Tucson, Arizona and also teaches for the Tucson Youth Music Center, a non-profit organization serving the Tucson community through private music lessons. Prior to her graduate work, Amy held positions as a band director in public schools in both Arizona and Minnesota.
D.M.A. University of Arizona, Fred Fox School of Music
M.M. University of Minnesota Duluth
B.S. Bemidji State University
Burmeister earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trumpet performance from the University of Arizona where she held a graduate teaching assistantship and performed as principal trumpet with the Wind Ensemble, Arizona Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Winds. She also performed as a member of the Faculty Brass Quintet, Trumpet Ensemble, Graduate Brass Quintet and collaborated as a chamber musician with the Arizona Choir, Symphonic Choir, University Community Chorus, Collegium Musicum and University Singers. Burmeister studied under the tutelage of Prof. Edward Reid, Dr. Thomas Pfotenhauer, and Dr. Del Lyren.
Burmeister has also garnered experience in public relations and administration while she was on the administrative staff at the Fred Fox School of Music for over five years. Burmeister maintains a private teaching studio (trumpet & piano) in Tucson, Arizona and also teaches for the Tucson Youth Music Center, a non-profit organization serving the Tucson community through private music lessons. Prior to her graduate work, Amy held positions as a band director in public schools in both Arizona and Minnesota.
D.M.A. University of Arizona, Fred Fox School of Music
M.M. University of Minnesota Duluth
B.S. Bemidji State University