JEFF PURTLE
Medium: Music , Performing Arts
Contact Information
https://www.purtle.comhttps://www.youtube.com/jeffpurtleArtist Statement
Jeff Purtle is an internationally recognized trumpet pedagogue, author, and clinician known for preserving and teaching the Herbert L. Clarke–Claude Gordon tradition of brass pedagogy through primary source materials and systematic instruction.
A longtime private student and protégé of Claude Gordon, Jeff studied directly with Gordon for more than a decade beginning in 1984 and later completed Gordon’s pedagogy certification. His teaching emphasizes diagnostic instruction, efficiency of playing, tongue-level concepts, breath compression, and the long-term development of correct brass technique.
Jeff is the author of Hit it Hard & Wish it Well: Claude Gordon’s Approach to Trumpet & Brass Playing and has written for publications including The Brass Herald and the International Trumpet Guild Journal. He has presented masterclasses and clinics internationally and has performed throughout the United States and the United Kingdom.
An early pioneer in online brass instruction beginning in 2004, Jeff teaches students worldwide ranging from developing players to professional performers and educators. His students have performed in U.S. military ensembles, regional symphonies, commercial music settings, touring productions, and international orchestras.
Jeff previously served as adjunct trumpet professor at Clemson University and trumpet professor at South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University.
