About David Jenvey

Trumpet Performance - Private Teacher - Composer and Arranger

David Jenvey is a lifelong resident of Ypsilanti, Michigan where he resides with his two cats Simon and Rocky. Performing since the age of 10, David has played for numerous churches and organizations throughout southeast Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. He has spent several years performing with Dr. Michal Burkhardt (artistic organ professor at EMU) at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church premiering numerous compositions of Michael’s on trumpet, percussion, and baroque recorder, in addition to compositions of his own.

David studied trumpet under Kiri Tollaksen (a world-renowned specialist in early music), the legendary Carter Eggers of EMU, and Dr. Ross Turner (Principal trumpet of the Windsor Symphony).

Currently, David performs with the Dodworth Saxhorn Band of Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Ann Arbor, teaches private trumpet lessons, and is a founding member of the Chicago Road Brass Quintet. David has also performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, taught private lessons at the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor and was the composer in residence for the school making custom arrangements for their orchestras.

David has had numerus small and large ensemble compositions premiered including several band and orchestra compositions at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, a Trumpet choir composition in Domersleben Germany, multiple brass quintet works, and some works performed by middle school and high school bands and orchestras in the area.

A Few of My Recordings

Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Mvt. 1

Here is the first movement of the Neruda Trumpet Concerto. I am playing on a Schilke Eb trumpet built around 2006.

J.G.B Neruda (c. 1708-1780) composed this piece originally for the corno-da-caccia, a valveless member of the horn family. Although this instrument is more closely related to the french horn than the trumpet, it differs from a traditional "horn" in that it has a cup shaped mouthpiece instead of the standard v-shaped mouthpiece of the french horn. This would create a tone more similar to the modern trumpet than the french horn.

Arbutus

The first in a series of 25 pieces composed by H.A. VanderCook. This particular piece was composed in 1911 for Cornet and Piano. Here, I am performing on a period appropriate C. G. Conn cornet from 1888.

Divinum mysterium