Garrett Chitwood-Trumpet

Garrett Chitwood is a senior music education major at Gardner-Webb University. Garrett is an active performer and teacher in Cleveland and Rutherford Counties. He has performed with the Gardner-Webb University Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Jazz Collective, as well as several chamber groups on campus including the Gardner-Webb Trumpet Ensemble, Brass Quintet. Garrett is also a frequent performer in area churches. Outside of performance, Garrett has been the Instructor of Trumpet at Pinnacle Classical Academy in Shelby, NC, and is the current High-Brass Caption Coordinator for the Chase High School Band in Forest City, NC as well as Music Instructor at Chase Middle School. He is a member of the Gardner-Webb chapter of the International Trumpet Guild and is currently President of the Gardner-Webb chapter of the National Association for Music Education. He will begin student teaching in Fall of 2022 at Belmont Middle School in Belmont, NC. Garrett currently resides in Bessemer City, NC and plans to teach middle school or high school band upon graduating.