Sarah Stoneback

Session: Creating your flexible warmup: How I broke the pattern of doing the same thing every day. 

Dr. Sarah Stoneback is the Trumpet Professor at Montana State University School of Music and holds the position of Principal Trumpet with the Bozeman Symphony. Her work as an active Conn Selmer Bach Artist/Clinician, trumpet soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer takes her around the globe performing in Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Chile, China and throughout the US. Stoneback has been featured with groups including the National Brass Quintet, the InterHarmony International Chamber Music Festival (Italy), Eurobrass, Bozeman Symphony Orchestra to name a few. 

Unique to Sarah is her distinguished reputation for her years soloing and performing as a member of Stoneback Sisters (Triplet Trumpet Trio) and Brass (Trumpet Quartet/Brass Quintet). In this capacity, she has been featured soloist with bands and orchestras including the St. Louis Symphony, John Philip Sousa Band, South Dakota Symphony and more. As a part of these ensembles, she has presented over 2,000 educational seminars and residency programs. They frequently solo with bands and orchestras throughout the United States and Europe, including the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, The John Philip Sousa Band, the South Dakota Symphony, the Texas Christian University and the United States Air Force Band of the West.  

Dr. Stoneback holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Performance and Pedagogy and Masters of Music from CU Boulder, under Professor Terry Sawchuk. Dr. Stoneback has a bachelor’s degree in trumpet performance from Arizona State University where she studied with Regent’s Professor David Hickman. She is a 2000 graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, where she studied with Dr. Stanley Friedman.