Since coming to Ball State University in 1979 as a member of the School of Music faculty, Paul Everett has maintained an active performance and teaching schedule. He is a founding member of the Indiana Brass Quintet and principal trumpet in three area orchestras, and performs as a recitalist, chamber and orchestral player throughout the country.
Reviews of one recent solo program described the recital as "an exceptional event...the virtuosity displayed and the interpretation given to the works contributed to an interesting program for an appreciative audience."
Everett performs on Benge 90B B-flat and C trumpets, and the Benge piccolo trumpet, giving solo performances with band or orchestra, solo recitals with his wife, Jeanne Everett, a professional pianist, and clinics and master classes.
The associate professor received a bachelor of music from the University of Southern Mississippi and a master of music from the University of Tennessee. He has done additional graduate work at the University of Tennessee, University of Southern Mississippi and Northeast Louisiana University. He also attended the Naval School of Music at Anna Costia, MD.
His background includes collegiate and public school teaching and time as a free-lance artist in Los Angeles, playing in the Beverly Hills Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of the Concert Organization of the Arts, the orchestra of The Savoy Arts, San Fernando Symphony and the Pasadena Symphony. He also performs in a variety of churches as soloist and a member of brass chamber music ensembles.
Everett has studied with Vincent Cichowicz, formerly of the Chicago Symphony and professor of trumpet at Northwestern University; Marvin Perry, principal trumpet of the Indianapolis Symphony; John Clyman, studio musician and trumpet teacher in Los Angeles; Louis Opelevsky, former principal trumpet in the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra; and Charles Geyer, principal trumpet, Houston Symphony Orchestra.