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.
