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Dr. Eric Yates serves on the faculty of the University of Alabama as the Trumpet Professor at The University of Alabama School of Music in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He is Principal Trumpet of the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, First Trumpet in The University of Alabama Faculty Brass Quintet, and an in-demand soloist and clinician throughout the southeast. Dr. Yates earned his Doctor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the prestigious trumpet studio at Northwestern University's School of Music in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois.

Before his appointment in 2007 as trumpet professor at The University of Alabama, Dr. Yates was an active performer and teacher in the Chicago area, serving as Principal Trumpet of the Northbrook Symphony in the northside Chicago suburb of Northbrook and a member of professional brass ensembles including the Chicago Brass Choir, the Lakeside Brass of Chicago, of which he was a founding member, the Cathedral Brass, and the Prairie Brass Band in Arlington Heights, Illinois in which he held the position of Principal Solo Cornet. Dr. Yates also served on the faculties of Lake Forest College Department of Music in Lake Forest, Illinois and Wright City College Department of Fine Arts in Chicago. His Chicago-based performance career also included engagements with numerous professional orchestras in the Midwest including the South Bend Symphony, the Illinois Symphony, the Elmhurst Symphony, and the Northwest Indiana Symphony.

Originally from New York, Dr. Yates began his trumpet playing career upon graduation from the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he performed with many groups including the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. He relocated to Chicago in 1995 and established a busy professional playing career throughout the city and suburbs. Dr. Yates' trumpet performance skills and experience encompass all aspects of classical trumpet playing, from modern symphonic, chamber, and solo playing to authentic period performance on historic natural trumpets.

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