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Jay Chen
Instructor of Trumpet & Director of University Band


Mailing Address:
Willamette University
Department of Music
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301

Phone: (503)370-6450
Fax: (503)370-6260
Email: jychen@willamette.edu
Office: Fine Arts East 100

Jay Chen obtained his bachelor's degree from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China, and his master's degree from Oregon State University. Professor Chen is a trumpet instructor at OSU and Willamette University. He also conducts University Band at Willamette as well as the brass ensembles at both schools.

Chen is the principle trumpet for the Portland Opera and the Salem Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed with the Oregon Block Festival in Newport, the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, and with the Cascade Music Festival in Bend, Oregon. In 1997, he toured with the Chestnut Brass Co. through nine midwestern states. In China, he served as trumpet instructor at the Sichuan Conservatory and as principal trumpet for the Emei Motion Picture and Television Industry Orchestra.

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Willamette University Department of Music - 900 State Street, Salem Oregon 97301 - 503-370-6255


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