Nathaniel Mayfield
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Nathaniel (Bryant) Mayfield is an international trumpet soloist and prizewinner. Prior to his enrollment at the Juilliard School of Music, Mayfield studied trumpet at Interlochen Arts Academy, as well as the Tanglewood Institute. In 1994, he was awarded a Presidential Scholarship[1], and was the winner of the 1994 National Trumpet Competition (HS Division), the 1997 International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition, the 1995 Aspen Brass Concerto Competition, the 1997 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition, and has advanced in numerous other International Solo Competitions (Kiev, Ukraine, Markneukirchen, Germany and the Ellsworth-Smith International Competition in Bad Saeckingen, Germany).
He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship[2] for further study with Professor Reinhold Friedrich at the Hochschule fur Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany. Mr. Mayfield is a Thein Trumpets artist from Bremen, Germany. A performer of the baroque trumpet and cornetto, he has performed as soloist with the Southwestern Baroque Ensemble and La Follia, and served as principal baroque trumpet with Dallas Bach Society, Ars Lyrica Houston, and the Austin St. Cecilia baroque ensemble. He premiered Eric McIntyre's "Pronouncement" for trumpet and organ in Verden, Germany, and a work by two time Pulitzer Prize nominee P. Kellach Waddle for trumpet, violin and piano.
