Edward Carroll | |
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Born | 1953 |
Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Occupation(s) | Musician, music teacher, professor |
Instrument(s) | Trumpet |
Edward Carroll is a prominent American trumpeter. He is director of the Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale in Enfield, New Hampshire. [1] He is also part of the faculty at the California Institute of the Arts, [2] McGill University, [1] and Dartmouth College. [3]
Carroll has been the principal trumpet of the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the San Diego Symphony. [2] His prior academic appointments include professorships at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the Rotterdam Conservatory. [1]
A native of Oak Park, Illinois, Carroll was inspired to take up the trumpet by a door-to-door trumpet salesman. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Juilliard. [2] [4]