Noah Dugan. Principal Trumpet of the Louisville Orchestra, Noah Dugan is from Phoenix, Arizona. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, and two Master of Music degrees - one from the Colburn School and another from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. His primary teachers have included Benny Nguyen, David Bilger, Jim Wilt, Barbara Butler, and Charlie Geyer.
Noah joined the Louisville Orchestra as Second Trumpet in 2022, and was in that role for a year before winning the audition for Principal Trumpet in 2023. He currently holds the position of Co-Principal Trumpet of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, has appeared as guest principal trumpet with the Oslo Philharmonic and the Phoenix Symphony, and has played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, and the Britt Festival Orchestra.
Noah has been privileged to be a regular player with the Campbellsville University Faculty Brass Quintet and the Louisville Brass - the University of Louisville's faculty brass-quintet - with whom he recently toured Ecuador. He is also a proud recipient of several grants from the Sphinx Organization’s National Alliance for Audition Support, as well as a Graduate Music grant from the Presser Foundation while at Rice University, which afforded him a middle ear implant that was transformative for his career as a musician with sensorineural hearing loss.
After being named the winner of the National Trumpet Competition in high school, Noah went on to win second place in the undergraduate division of the same competition. He is an alumnus of YoungArts and NPR’s From The Top. Noah has performed concerti with the Colburn Orchestra and the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, and will appear as a soloist with the Louisville Orchestra in the 2024-25 season.
Noah joined the Louisville Orchestra as Second Trumpet in 2022, and was in that role for a year before winning the audition for Principal Trumpet in 2023. He currently holds the position of Co-Principal Trumpet of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, has appeared as guest principal trumpet with the Oslo Philharmonic and the Phoenix Symphony, and has played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, and the Britt Festival Orchestra.
Noah has been privileged to be a regular player with the Campbellsville University Faculty Brass Quintet and the Louisville Brass - the University of Louisville's faculty brass-quintet - with whom he recently toured Ecuador. He is also a proud recipient of several grants from the Sphinx Organization’s National Alliance for Audition Support, as well as a Graduate Music grant from the Presser Foundation while at Rice University, which afforded him a middle ear implant that was transformative for his career as a musician with sensorineural hearing loss.
After being named the winner of the National Trumpet Competition in high school, Noah went on to win second place in the undergraduate division of the same competition. He is an alumnus of YoungArts and NPR’s From The Top. Noah has performed concerti with the Colburn Orchestra and the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, and will appear as a soloist with the Louisville Orchestra in the 2024-25 season.