Biographical Note
Barton Woomert performed for thirty two seasons as Associate Principal Trumpet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the Toronto Symphony trumpet section, he worked under many famous conductors including Peter Oundjian, Sir Andrew Davis, Gunther Herbig, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Charles Dutoit and Helmut Rilling. He currently teaches trumpet at the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto, while also maintaining a busy private studio. An active freelance musician, he performs as a member of True North Brass. In October 2016, he and his son, fellow trumpeter Steven Woomert, released their CD, Tandem: New Music for Two Trumpets, a collection of new trumpet duos they commissioned and recorded. During the summer, Barton serves on the music faculty of the Lancaster County Music Camp of Elizabethtown College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and he is a mentor for the National Academy Orchestra and the Boris Brott Music Festival. In 2014 and 2015, he also served as a trumpet instructor with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
Prior to moving to Toronto, Barton was Principal Trumpet with the Hamilton Philharmonic and the National Orchestra of Venezuela. A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he received his music degree from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Upon graduation from high school, he entered the United States Marine Band, the “President’s Own” in Washington, D.C., and performed as soloist for four years in the White House.