Wayne Dumaine
As a trumpeter, Wayne has performed and recorded with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He has been an associate musician with the Metropolitan Opera for 35 years and currently serves as principal trumpet of the American Composers Orchestra. His Broadway credits include performances in Titanic, The Music Man, Man of La Mancha, and The King and I. He also served as associate conductor for productions of Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, and The Scottsboro Boys. A career highlight was rehearsing, recording, and performing with Prince at his Paisley Park home in Minnesota.
A native of St. Louis, Wayne J. du Maine has enjoyed a dynamic and multifaceted career in the New York City area for over 35 years as a trumpeter, conductor, and educator.
As a conductor, Wayne has led ensembles including the Hartford Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, NYU Orchestra, and the Westchester Philharmonic. As a trumpet soloist, he has appeared with orchestras in St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Springfield (MA), and Mid Coast (ME).
A dedicated educator, Wayne was on the faculty of Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program for 20 years, where he directed the trumpet ensemble and founded the MAP Orchestra. He has taught at Columbia and Princeton Universities, Bar Harbor Brass Week, Bowdoin Music Festival, and the New England Music Center. He also led the brass program at NYU and served as band director at the Elisabeth Morrow School in Englewood, NJ.
Wayne devotes his summers to performing at music festivals. In the late 1980s, he spent three summers as principal trumpet with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra under the batons of Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. He has since performed at festivals including Spoleto, Aspen, Vermont Mozart, Manchester (VT), Berkshire Choral, Bard, and most recently, the Marlboro Music Festival.
He holds degrees from The Juilliard School, where he was honored with the Peter Mennin and William Schuman Awards for outstanding excellence. His principal teachers include Mel Broiles, Ray Mase, and Mark Gould.
