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Jason Dovel is associate professor of trumpet at the University of Kentucky, where he has taught since 2013. In addition to teaching trumpet, he also is Chair of the Division of Winds, Percussion, and Jazz, as well as Director of UK’s Bilateral Partnership with Ionian University in Corfu, Greece.
He has performed at more than 100 universities and festivals worldwide, recently appearing at the São Paulo Trumpet Academy (Brazil), Australasian Trumpet Academy (Australia), ViennaTalk (Austria), Velika Gorica Brass Festival (Croatia), and the International Trumpet Guild Conference.
Dovel has recorded four solo CDs. The American Record Guide described his trumpet playing as "spectacular" and praised his "full tone and terrific technical skills." Of his debut CD, the International Trumpet Guild Journal reviewer wrote, "On every track, Dovel's nuanced, stylistic interpretations and technical mastery are on full display."
As an orchestral trumpeter, he has performed with many groups including the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony, Amici New York Orchestra, Orchestra of New Spain, Charlottesville Opera, Arkansas Philharmonic, Lexington Philharmonic, Denton Bach Society, and many others.
On the valveless Baroque trumpet, he regularly appears with many of the country's leading period instrument groups, including the Washington Bach Consort, Mountainside Baroque, Bourbon Baroque, Virginia Baroque, The Thirteen, and others. He is founding artistic director of the early music group Sonitus Clarissima, who released the 2019 compact disc, Music for Court and Cavalry.
He has published journal articles in the Music Educators Journal, International Trumpet Guild Journal, The Instrumentalist, and the Journal of the Art College of Inner Mongolia University. He is editor of The Big Book of Sight-Reading Duets for Trumpet.
Dovel serves on the Board of Directors for the International Trumpet Guild and Historic Brass Society. He is Artist/Faculty for the National Trumpet Competition, and hosted the 2019 National Trumpet Competition. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
Dovel is grateful for the tutelage of wonderful teachers, including Keith Johnson, George Novak, Charles Saenz, James Kluesner, Charlie Geyer, Barbara Butler, Barry Bauguess, and Bruce Dickey.