Dr. Morton performs and gives master classes across the United States and recently performed in St. Petersburg, Russia with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic.  In April 2006 he toured Belgium as jazz soloist with the UL Jazz Ensemble.  Summer 2006 marked Dr. Morton’s tenth year with the National Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) Academy and Festival.  At LSM he teaches trumpet, conducts the Jazz Ensemble, and performs with the Praetorius Brass Quintet. In December 2006 Morton will present a clinic on trumpet pedagogy at the prestigious Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Morton has served as judge at many national, state, and local brass competitions.  In 2005 and 2006 he judged and performed at the National Trumpet Competition (NTC) in Washington, DC.  NTC is the premier trumpet competition in the United States.  In Louisiana Dr. Morton regularly judges the state trumpet finals.

Prior to coming to Louisiana in 1998, Dr. Morton served as Assistant Professor of High Brass at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, MN.  In Minnesota, Dr. Morton taught trumpet, horn, jazz improvisation and was interim chair of the music department.

Morton holds the DMA (Trumpet Performance) from the University of Alabama.  Other degrees include the Artist Diploma from the Hartt School of Music, and MM and BM from the North Carolina School of the Arts.  He has studied with such notable trumpeters as Ray Mase, Chris Gekker, and Armando Ghitalla.

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