Aaron Bahr
Trumpet
He/Him
“I discovered my love for music the first time I heard a recording of Clifford Brown. What I heard changed my concept about what could be accomplished in music, and I want to share that revelation with my students. I want my students to feel that same awe inspired by the endless possibilities of music that I felt that day.”
Aaron Bahr is an award winning trumpeter, composer, arranger, author, and educator based in New York City. He recently finished a successful run as the trumpet player for the Tony Award Winning Broadway Music “Illinoise” at the St. James Theater. He is the published author of “Advanced Trumpet Techniques” (BiM Publishing, 2023), a book of trumpet studies and etudes exploring advanced and innovative uses of the trumpet. Bahr also has two albums out as a bandleader featuring his original composition and arrangements, Places, Real and Imagined (2021) and Prologue (2012). As a trumpet player he has played with many great musicians like Dave Leibman, Ron Carter, and Joshua Redman. He toured Japan as a member of the Jazz Quintet “Groove Merchant”, and regularly works in a wide variety of venues and styles.
In addition to his performance career, Bahr creates music education videos for YouTube, where he explains jazz improvisation, harmony, and trumpet technique. His teaching philosophy focuses on clarity and accessibility, tailoring his approach to each student's individual needs and level of understanding. Bahr’s influential teachers have included Laurie Frink, Miguel Zenón, Jerry Bergonzi, and Tiger Okoshi.
Check out more of Aaron’s work here:
https://youtu.be/bV1XMbQaS5Q?si=Iw2eZR6QgoYvQuR7