Abby Temple

Abby Temple is the Administrative Support Associate I for the School of Music, and also serves as a Part-Time Instructor of Trumpet.

As a part-time trumpet professor, she assists Dr. Jason Dovel in teaching the trumpet studio, plays in the UK Faculty Brass Quintet, and serves as Assistant Director of the UK Summer Trumpet Institute.

Abby is a co-founder of Chroma Collective, a chamber ensemble and 501(c)3 organization that combines music and visual art in interactive performances and promotes composers from historically marginalized backgrounds.

A versatile performer, comfortable to play the music of many styles and eras, Abby has performed on baroque trumpet with the Kentucky Bach Choir (Lexington, KY), Mountainside Baroque (Cumberland, MD), and Bourbon Baroque (Louisville, KY). On modern trumpet, she served as trumpet faculty and Principal Trumpet for the Varna International Music Academy (SC), and was Co-Principal Trumpet with the Du Bois Orchestra (Cambridge, MA). As a soloist, Abby performs programs of her own artistic connections by incorporating multi-disciplinary art, free improvisation, and teaching artistry. 

As a recording artist, Ms. Temple can be heard with the University of Kentucky Trumpet Studio on "John Hyde: A New and Complete Preceptor for the Trumpet and Bugle Horn" (Sonitus Records), "Andromeda: New Music for Trumpet Ensemble" (Sonitus Records), and "Music for Natural Trumpets" (New Branch Records).  

She holds a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA, and a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance and Certificate in Baroque Trumpet from the University of Kentucky. Abby has studied trumpet with Ashley Hall, Andy Kozar, Jason Dovel, Vince DiMartino, Tim Hudson, and Tim Phillips.