Colin Oldberg

Trumpeter Colin Oldberg enjoys performing and teaching throughout the Chicagoland area. He has performed with such distinguished groups as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. As a frequent substitute for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Colin has performed under the batons of Riccardo Muti, Bernard Haitink, and Pierre Boulez, including a Carnegie Hall tour in 2009. In his second year as a regular member of the Civic Orchestra and as a frequent substitute for the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, he has worked with esteemed conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Mark Elder, Carlos Kalmar, Gilbert Varga, Cliff Colnot, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Larry Rachleff.

Recently, Colin was selected from a pool of over 3,000 applicants to perform in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, the first ever ensemble created using an Internet-based audition system. The group met at Carnegie Hall for three days of intensive rehearsals and sectionals, and Colin received instruction and played alongside trumpeters David Bilger, Rolf Smedvig, and Bill Williams. He also worked closely with the dynamic Michael Tilson Thomas, who is the orchestra’s principal conductor.

During the summer of 2008, Colin returned to his native state of Colorado to perform with the National Repertory Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Carl Topilow. Prior to that, Colin was part of a brass quintet selected to perform at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival where he worked with trumpeter Allan Dean, hornist William Purvis, and trombonist Scott Hartman.

Colin received his Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University, where he studied with Barbara Butler, Charles Geyer, and Christopher Martin. He is currently pursuing his Master of Music from Northwestern University and just can’t get enough of that world-class Chicago style of brass playing.