Paul D. Morton

Dr. Paul D. Morton serves as Professor of Trumpet and Coordinator of Jazz Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate trumpet, jazz improvisation, jazz history, and high brass pedagogy, as well as conducting the UL Trumpet Ensemble and coordinating the student brass chamber music program.

His educational background is as follows:

• Doctor of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance from the University of Alabama
• Master of Music from the North Carolina School of the Arts
• Bachelor of Music from the North Carolina School of the Arts

Dr. Morton's primary research and performance interests are in Trumpet Performance, Jazz Studies, and Brass Pedagogy. He has a strong focus on jazz improvisation and history, alongside classical trumpet performance. His expertise in high brass pedagogy encompasses both trumpet and French horn instruction, contributing significantly to music education.

Honors include the G. S. Beaman Griffin/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Music. While specific awards are not listed, his international engagements as a performer and clinician demonstrate his professional standing.

Dr. Morton advises trumpet and jazz students at UL Lafayette, though no specific advisees are named. Grant information is not provided in the text.

He is an active performer in several ensembles: the UL Trumpet Ensemble, Louisiana Brass Quintet, Cypress Lake Sextet (UL Jazz Faculty), Acadiana Symphony, Rapides Symphony, and during summers, the Praetorius Brass Quintet at the National Lutheran Summer Music Academy.