Collaborators

Gustavo collaborates with a diverse selection of artists and performers. See below for individual artist profiles.

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BRIAN CHIN – TRUMPET

Dr. Brian Chin is an Associate Professor of Music at Seattle Pacific University. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Common Tone Arts. As an international trumpet soloist with the Yamaha Corporation and advocate for new music, Brian has commissioned and premiered many works for trumpet. Brian is an executive leader with the UNITY Arts Alliance, a national collective of non-profit organizations dedicated to social justice and to demonstrating an alternative model for working artists. His two solo recordings, entitled Universal Language and Eventide, are available on Origin Classical.

Brian studied music in the New York and New Jersey areas under the tutelage of Peter Bond and James Pandolfi of the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has a Masters Degree in Orchestral Trumpet from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he graduated with Highest Honors in addition to a earning a double Bachelors Degree in Performance and Education. Former faculty positions include professor of trumpet at The Westminster Conservatory in Princeton, NJ, and The Pingry School, NJ. In addition to being an active orchestral trumpet player, Chin was a conductor-in-residence with the Rutgers Alumni Wind Symphony, was a founding member of the New Jersey Chamber Brass, and is a sought-after teacher and clinician in the Puget Sound Area