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- Brian McWhorter is currently Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the University of Oregon and also Professor of Contemporary Music at the Manhattan School of Music. Previously, he held positions at Louisiana State University (Trumpet & Jazz Studies), East Carolina University (Distinguished Guest Professor) and Princeton University. Along with Kevin Cobb, Brian continues to co-lead the Integral Trumpet Retreat.
- Along with Molly Barth, Brian is the co-artistic director of Beta Collide - a new music group that blends leading-edge improvisers and contemporary musicians. Brian is a member of the Meridian Arts Ensemble - resident chamber music ensemble at Manhattan School of Music - with which he has recorded three albums for Channel Classics and 8bells Records. In addition, Brian continues to perform and record with groups such as Sequitur (NYC), Renwicke (New Orleans) and Endy Emby (Boston). He has also worked with Elliott Sharp's Orchestra Carbon, Continuum, American Brass Quintet, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, American Sinfonietta, The Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Mark Applebaum, Bill Dobbins, John Zorn, John Cale (The Velvet Underground), Mark Gould & Pink Baby Monster, Anne Heaton, Nini Camps, and The Sharp Things. He has recorded for a variety of independent films, PBS Television shows and NPR broadcasts.
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- As a composer, Brian has written two feature length silent film scores (recorded on 8bells Records), in addition to being a composer and sound sculptor for Mark Gould & Pink Baby Monster. As an improvising musician, Brian can be heard with his projects Bliggidy Blam, Renwicke,The After Quartet and various other groups.
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- Brian McWhorter has studied with James O'banion, George Recker, Chris Gekker, Raymond Mase, Mark Gould and Laurie Frink. He recieved degrees in Trumpet Performance from the University of Oregon and The Juilliard School.
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