An accomplished trumpet player from the U.S. Army Band will perform along with the Williams Baptist University Band on Tuesday, April 8. SFC Marty Bishop, a native of Jonesboro, will headline the performance at 6:00 p.m. in WBU’s Manley Chapel.

Bishop has been a member of the trumpet section in The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Ceremonial Band since August of 2013.  His daily duties include performing for ceremonies across the military district of Washington and Arlington National Cemetery.  He also serves as an adjunct drum major for full honor funerals as well as an Eb herald trumpet player for internationally significant missions at the White House and across the country.

He received a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Memphis in 2007 as a Clement Santi Scholar. In 2009, he earned a master’s degree in trumpet performance from the University of North Texas where he was given the Outstanding Graduate Brass Student award. He then gained a Doctorate of Musical Arts in 2013 from the University of North Texas where he served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow.

During his time at North Texas, Bishop was appointed trumpet section leader of the renowned North Texas Wind Symphony. He has performed with many other well-known ensembles such as Memphis Symphony, Ft. Worth Symphony, Dallas Opera, Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Texas Star Brass Band, and Orquesta Sinfonica UANL in Monterey, Mexico. His primary teachers include Keith Johnson, John Holt, Dr. David Spencer and Richard Jorgensen.

The performance, which is part of the WBU Lecture-Concert Series, is free of charge, and the public is invited.

Williams is a private, Christian university in Walnut Ridge.