Yates established a career as an independent consultant. After extensive training with Gary Radtke of GR Technologies, Ms. Yates has an international reputation as an embouchure expert and trouble shooter. She formerly held the post of Professor of Trumpet at Columbus State University Schwob School of Music in Columbus, Georgia.
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She has also worked with brass players at numerous music camps, professional orchestras and workshops. She has presented master classes, lessons and clinics at dozens of colleges and universities in the United States and Europe. Yates has presented clinics, conducted and performed at several international and regional conferences of the International Trumpet Guild and National Trumpet Competition.
She currently performs with The Jazz Trumpet Project (with fellow Bach trumpet artists Pat Harbison and Jim Ketch). In addition, she has performed in diverse musical settings including musical theater, pop music, salsa and jazz. In the United States and Europe Ms.Yates has performed with symphony orchestras and as a soloist. She taught students from ages 13 - 24 at the conservatory and also conducted and coached student ensembles. Yates performed extensively throughout Vlaanderen with the Vlaamse Opera, Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie, chamber groups, brass bands and as soloist. Leon Petre, a renowned trumpeter (Xenakis) who also possesses a degree in medicine. During this residency she broadened her knowledge and skills by studying both music and the physiology of brass playing under the tutelage of Mnr. Yates held the Artist in Residence position at the Lemmensinstituut, (Catholic University Leuven) and lived in Ghent, Belgium for four years. By the age of 19 she was performing regularly with the Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Bach Society, Louisville Ballet and Kentucky Opera as well as summers with the Iroquois Amphitheater and Ashlawn Festivals.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, music was her calling early in life leading her to the trumpet at the age of 13. Trumpeter Alexa Yates leads an active professional life as soloist, clinician and master pedagogue.
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