Stephen Burns is an American trumpet virtuoso, composer, and conductor. The New York Times said of his playing, "Burns uses his instrument with the lightness and flexibility of a singer in operatic arias. The tone is smooth and buttery, the ornamentation tasteful, the phrasing refined." Burns grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts and studied at the Juilliard School where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1981 and a master's degree in 1982 in trumpet performance. During that time he also studied at the Tanglewood Music Center during the summers under Armando Ghital…
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