Kay Fairchild

One of Atlanta’s leading brass clinicians, Kay Fairchild, now in her third season as co-director of The Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble, continues her creative artistic partnership with her son David Fairchild. Held in high esteem by the metro-Atlanta community for her commanding presence, versatility and consummate musicianship, Ms. Fairchild is an Artist Affiliate in the Emory University Music Department. She serves as the Director of Brass Bands at Alan C. Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia and the brass staff at Lakeside High School in Atlanta. Prior to her appointments at Pope High School, Kay was the brass coordinator at Central and North Gwinnett High Schools. Additional coaching engagements include the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony and the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta.

As a prolific educator, Kay's trumpet studio sets the standard around the state of Georgia. Her students regularly participate in the Georgia All-State Bands and Orchestras, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra, and district level honor bands and have gone on to study in America's best conservatories of The Juilliard School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music. Under Kay's direction, the Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble has performed at the Georgia's Music Educators Association In-Service Conference, Atlanta Trumpet Festival and the Western Carolina University Trumpet Festival. She led the trumpet ensemble in over a dozen performances throughout the southeast United States. In August 2004, the Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble announced the launch of their annual Atlanta Trumpet Festival. Kay was instrumental in securing the residency at Emory University, with major support from the Coca-Cola Company, to fruition.

Before concentrating on education and conducting, Ms. Fairchild performed concerts all around the world, touring the United States, mainland China and Japan. She has performed with a variety of artists including Doc Severinsen, Timofei Dokschitzer and the Indigo Girls. Kay is a founding member of the Ivy Street Brass and is currently staff trumpeter for First Baptist Church of Decatur. Her professional affiliations include, but not limited to, AFM, ITG, TPIN, GMEA and MENC.

kay@atlantatrumpetensemble.com

David Fairchild

Mr. David Fairchild serves in many capacities, and is gaining recognition as a conductor and performer in the Metropolitan Atlanta area. A native of that city, David graduated with a Bachelor’s in instrumental music education from Georgia State University, and is currently the band and choral director at Lakeside High School in Atlanta.

In addition to his teaching duties, Mr. Fairchild is also an enlisted Senior Airman in the Air National Guard Band of the South, where he has received several awards for outstanding achievement. In the National Guard, David performs in a variety of capacities, including lead trombone with Eagle’s Flight Jazz Band, euphonium in the ANG Concert band, and is both a singer and trombonist in Sound Barrier, the ANGBOTS rock band. Mr. Fairchild is also a member of several small ensembles and is a sound engineer. SRA Fairchild is the NCO in charge of the newly formed trumpet ensemble for the ANG band.

David Fairchild is also the co-founder and co-director of the Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble and Atlanta Trumpet Festival, both of which were projects that were brought about with the partnership of Ms. Kay Fairchild. The ATE has performed many worked in venues across the Southeast, and is gaining a demand as a premier trumpet ensemble.  The Atlanta Trumpet festival, started in 2004, has become one of the largest festivals in the country.

Mr. Fairchild’s background has been in Trombone performance, education, and conducting.  He has performed in concert in the U.S., Taiwan, China and Japan, and has studied with Dr. Thomas Gibson, Rich Mata, Scott Hartman, and Michael Moore. Mr. Fairchild is also a founding member of the Ivy Street Brass.  He is currently working on starting his master’s degree in conducting, and spends his free time with his wife Bonnie and daughter Katelyn.

david@atlantatrumpetensemble.com