Office (Primary):
512-471-0838
MRH 5.248

UT Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Music
1 University Station, E3100
Austin, TX 78712-0435

Email:
sasaki@mail.utexas.edu

Ray Sasaki teaches trumpet and hold the Frank C. Erwin Centennial Professorship in Music at The University of Texas at Austin. Professor Sasaki received degrees from California State University at Fresno and the University of North Texas. He is currently a member of the St. Louis Brass Quintet and the Tone Road Ramblers and has toured widely in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is also an active recitalist and clinician. Sasaki has commissioned many works for solo trumpet, most notably works for performances with the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, International Trumpet Guild, and Jazz Members Orchestra of Chicago. His recorded work can be heard on the Arabesque, Crystal, DRI, Deutsche Gramophone, TR 001, and UBRES record companies. In 1996 he received an “Outstanding Faculty Award” from the College of Fine and Applied Arts at UIUC. Sasaki has served two terms as a member of the Board of Directors for the International Trumpet Guild. Professor Sasaki previously served on the faculty of the University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign.
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