J. Peyden Shelton portrait
  • Associate Director of Operations, School Of Music
  • Associate Professor, School Of Music

Professional Service

  • Utah Music Educators Association . Role: Trumpet Adjudicator. Utah All-State Band Adjudicator. 11/01/2022 - 01/16/2023
  • International Trumpet Guild. Role: Committee Member. 2022 ITG Golf Tournament Coordination Committee, Social Media Coordinator/Committee Member. International Trumpet Guild. May 2022. 12/01/2021 - present
  • National Trumpet Competition. Role: Judge. Undergraduate Solo Division Adjudicator. 03/14/2019 - 03/14/2019
  • International Trumpet Guild . Role: Chair. Chair of the Orchestral Excerpt Competition. 07/01/2018 - 07/01/2021
  • National Trumpet Competition. Role: Semi-Finals Trumpet Ensemble Division Judge. Invited Guest Judge for the National Trumpet Competition at the University of North Texas (Denton, TX). 03/08/2018 - 03/10/2018
  • International Trumpet Guild. Role: Semi-Finals Solo Competition Judge. Semi-Finals Judge for ITG Solo Competition. 02/01/2018 - 02/15/2018
  • International Trumpet Guild. Role: Semi-Final Youth Solo Competition Judge. Judge for the Semi-Finals of the Youth Solo Competition. 02/01/2018 - 02/15/2018
  • International Trumpet Guild . Role: Book Reviewer. Book Review Team. 09/01/2017 - present
  • International Trumpet Guild. Role: Member. CD Committee. 07/05/2017 - present
  • International Trumpet Guild. Role: Conference Reporter. Conference Reporting Team. 06/03/2017 - present
  • International Trumpet Guild. Role: Music Reviewer. Music Review Team. 01/01/2017 - present

Internal Service

  • General Music Education Search Committee. Committee Member, 08/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Marketing / MORE Committee . Committee Leader, 08/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Director of Bands Search Committee. Committee Member, 09/01/2021 - 04/01/2022. Department service.
  • Committee Member for the Interim Director of Bands position. Committee Member, 01/01/2021 - 04/01/2021. Department service.
  • Featured Faculty Member for the School of Music's "Meet the Faculty" digital recruitment seminar. Applied Faculty Representative, 10/26/2020 - 10/26/2020. Department service.
  • School of Music Representative at the California Music Educator's Association in Fresno, CA. School of Music Representative. , 02/19/2020 - 02/22/2020. Department service.
  • Coordinator and Presenter for School of Music Advisory Board Brass Quintet Performance. Chamber Music Coach and Presenter, 02/06/2020 - 02/06/2020. Department service.
  • Committee Member, Director of Jazz Studies Position . Committee Member, 01/01/2020 - 04/30/2020. Department service.
  • Coordinated Graduate Brass Quintet performance as part of the School of Music Gala. Chamber Music Coach, 11/22/2019 - 11/22/2019. Department service.
  • Fine Arts Representative for the General Education Curriculum Committee. Fine Arts Representative, 08/19/2019 - present. University service.
  • Coordinated Trumpet Ensemble to play for CFA Graduation Convocation . 05/03/2019 - 05/03/2019. College service.
  • Department Review Committee. Applied Studies Representative, 08/20/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Academic Senate . Member, 08/20/2018 - 07/01/2021. University service.
  • Faculty College Council . Music School Representative, 08/20/2018 - 07/01/2021. College service.
  • Donors Meeting. Brass Area Presenter, 02/08/2018 - 02/08/2018. Department service.
  • Studio Magazine Committee. Committee Member, 11/07/2017 - 07/01/2021. College service.
  • Robertson Foundation Committee. Member, 10/06/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Performance for Donor Gala. Featured Performer, 09/07/2017 - 09/07/2017. Department service.
  • Virtuoso Series Committee. Member, 08/24/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Studies Committee. Member, 08/16/2017 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Host of the Fall 2019 Utah Trumpet Guild Scholarship Event featuring Terry Everson. 11/23/2019 - 11/23/2019
  • Founding member of the Utah Trumpet Guild. 08/21/2017 - present

Outreach

  • High School Outreach Clinic – Viewmont High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 12/09/2022 - 12/09/2022
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Riverton High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 12/02/2022 - 12/02/2022
  • High School Outreach Clinic – West High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 11/18/2022 - 11/18/2022
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Westlake High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 11/18/2022 - 11/18/2022
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Kearns High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 11/11/2022 - 11/11/2022
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Brighton High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 10/07/2022 - 10/07/2022
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Skyridge High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 09/23/2022 - 09/23/2022
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Centennial Jr. High. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 08/30/2022 - 08/30/2022
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Juan Diego Catholic High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 11/5/21. 11/05/2021 - 11/05/2021
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Spanish Fork High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 10/1/21. 10/01/2021 - 10/01/2021
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Park City High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 9/23/21. 09/23/2021 - 09/23/2021
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Skyridge High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 9/17/21. 09/17/2021 - 09/17/2021
  • High School Outreach Clinic – Davis High School. Trumpet and Brass Clinic. 9/10/21. 09/10/2021 - 09/10/2021
  • Brass and Trumpet Masterclass at Woods Cross High School . 10/13/2020 - 10/13/2020
  • Trumpet Masterclass at Farmington High School . 10/13/2020 - 10/13/2020
  • Brought Graduate Brass Quintet for performance and clinic for all band students at Butler Middle School. 02/13/2020 - 02/13/2020
  • Gave Brass Masterclass and performance with Mirari Brass Quintet at Capital High School in Boise, ID. 10/17/2019 - 10/17/2019
  • Gave Brass Masterclass and performance with Mirari Brass Quintet at East Junior High School in Boise, ID. 10/16/2019 - 10/16/2019
  • Gave Brass Masterclass and performance with Mirari Brass Quintet at Fruitland High School in Fruitland, ID. 10/15/2019 - 10/15/2019
  • Gave Brass Masterclass and performance with Mirari Brass Quintet at Payette High School in Payette, ID. 10/15/2019 - 10/15/2019
  • Gave Brass Masterclass and performance with Mirari Brass Quintet at Centennial High School in Boise, ID. 10/14/2019 - 10/14/2019
  • Gave Brass Masterclass and performance with Mirari Brass Quintet at Meridian High School in Meridian, ID. 10/14/2019 - 10/14/2019
  • Brass and Marching Band Sectional at Farmington High School. 10/02/2019 - 10/02/2019
  • Ran a brass sectional at Herriman High Schools Marching Band rehearsal. 09/25/2019 - 09/25/2019
  • Trumpet clinic at Farmington High School . 03/07/2019 - 03/07/2019
  • Presented a brass clinic at Hillcrest High School . 02/25/2019 - 02/25/2019
  • Presented a Masterclass and Ensemble Coaching - Brighton High School. 02/20/2019 - 02/20/2019
  • Presented Fundamentals Class and Ensemble Coaching - American Fork High School . 01/14/2019 - 01/14/2019
  • Presented a Brass Fundamentals Class at William Byrd Middle School in Vinton, VA. 05/14/2018 - 05/15/2018
  • Presented a Brass Fundamentals Class and Lead Brass Sectional at William Byrd High School in Vinton, VA. 05/14/2018 - 05/15/2018
  • Masterclass and Clinic at Brighton High School for their Middle School Recruitment Workshop. 01/30/2018 - 01/30/2018
  • Masterclass for University of Utah Honor Band. 01/27/2018 - 01/27/2018
  • Masterclass and Sectional Clinical with Trumpets at Woods Cross High School . 01/15/2018 - 01/15/2018
  • Masterclass at Foothill High School in Henderson, NV. 10/26/2017 - present
  • Masterclass at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts. 10/25/2017 - present
  • Masterclass at Arbor View High School in Las Vegas, NV. 10/24/2017 - present
  • Masterclass and Clinic at Viewmont High School Band. 10/23/2017 - 10/23/2017
  • Brass Clinic and Masterclass at Herriman High School in Salt Lake City, UT. 10/17/2017 - present
  • Trumpet Masterclass and Clinic at Bingham High School in Salt Lake County, UT. 10/06/2017 - present
  • Masterclass and Clinic with Westlake High School Trumpet Section. 08/30/2017 - 08/30/2017
  • Masterclass presentation on fundamentals and breathing with Tooele High School trumpet and horn students. 08/15/2017 - 08/15/2017

Honors & Awards

  • Nominated for the Early Career Teaching Award (2022-23). University of Utah, 12/07/2022
  • Nominated for the College of Fine Arts “Excellence in Teaching” Award (2021). University of Utah College of Fine Arts, 05/05/2022
  • Nominated for position on the Board of Directors for the International Trumpet Guild (2021). International Trumpet Guild, 07/01/2021
  • Nominated for the College of Fine Arts “Excellence in Teaching” Award (2021). University of Utah College of Fine Arts, 04/01/2021
  • Nominated for the College of Fine Arts “Excellence in Research” Award (2021). University of Utah College of Fine Arts, 04/01/2021
  • College of Fine Arts Faculty Research Grant. This grant supported the re-orchestration of renown wind band composer, Frank Ticheli, to transfer this his “Concerto for Trumpet” from the orchestral medium into his more recognized performance realm of wind bands. This piece will be featured at university’s all over the U.S, and recorded for a Solo Cd by Dr. Shelton. February 2021. $5,500 Awarded. University of Utah College of Fine Arts, 02/01/2021
  • Dee Grant. The grant will be used to fund an internationally released CD of pieces, including the Frank Ticheli Concerto and the pieces that were commissioned my previous Dee Grant that was awarded back in 2018. February 2021. $10,000 Awarded. University of Utah , 02/01/2021
  • Niles Faculty Research Grant. This grant use awarded to commission an electro-acoustic work from an under-represented composer for the premiere and use by “Fifth Bridge.” January 2021. $4,000 Awarded. Virginia Tech , 01/01/2021
  • Awarded $5,000 through a University Teaching Grant for the purchase of a Bass Trumpet for use in both in the Utah Philharmonia and numerous chamber ensembles. College of Fine Arts, 02/07/2020
  • Awarded $6,000 for the creation of a new electro-acoustic chamber ensemble piece from composer, David Sampson. Piece to be performed by electro-acoustic trumpet ensemble, Fifth Bridge. College of Fine Arts, 12/07/2018
  • Awarded a Dee Grant for $7,000.00 through the Dee Council to complete "The Trumpet Repertoire Project" and create four new sonatas for Trumpet and Piano from contemporary American composers. University of Utah Dee Council, 03/29/2018
  • Selected as a Yamaha Performing Artist. Yamaha Corporation of America, 03/22/2018
  • Winner of the 2014 Graduate Soloist Division. National Trumpet Competition, 03/16/2014

Affiliations

  • Torpedo Bag Professional Artist (Torpedo Bag), Professional Artist, 08/20/2016 - present
  • Stomvi Flex Performing Artist (Stomvi USA), Flex Mouthpiece Performing Artist, 07/19/2014 - present

In the Media

  • Beach, Ryan. (Producer). (2021, December 15) Episode #141: “That’s Not Spit, It’s Condensation!” – Peyden Shelton [Audio Podcast]. 12/14/2021.
  • International Trumpet Guild Journal. ITG Conference New Works Recital Performance Review. Vol. 46, No. 1. pg 26 . 10/01/2021.
  • International Trumpet Guild Journal. ITG Conference New Works Recital Performance Review. Vol. 46, No. 1. pg 25. 10/01/2021.
  • Featured in the Eastman School of Music's Institute for Music Leadership Spotlight. The interview focused on collaborations and commissioning projects with Fifth Bridge, and the Trumpet Repertoire Project. 10/23/2019. https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/spotlight/peyden-she...
  • Review of World Premiere performance of Nicole Piunno's "Sonata for Bb Trumpet and Piano" at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Miami, FL. Review was in ITG Journal October 2019 Issue (pg. 20). 10/01/2019.
  • Review of Featured Conference Lecture on "Navigating the Negative Effects of Weight-Loss" at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Miami, FL. Review is in ITG Journal October 2019 Issue (pg. 23-24). 10/01/2019.
  • Week long Featured Artist Spotlight through the International Trumpet Guild social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter). 10/15/2018.
  • Interview with Trumpetland.com. 08/07/2017. https://www.trumpetland.com/teacher/peyden-james-s...
  • Audio Podcast interview with James Newcomb on "Secrets of the Musical Mind Episode 23: Peyden Shelton Discusses NTC, Utah, and Keeping Things Real.". 06/07/2017. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/trumpet-dynamics/...
  • Audio Podcast on "Trumpet Teacher Talk: Episode 40 - The Trumpet Repertoire Project with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton.". 02/16/2017. http://trumpetteachertalk.libsyn.com/episode-40-th...
  • Audio Podcast - Trumpet Teacher Talk, Episode 31: "First, Be a Musician" a Conversation with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton. 11/17/2016. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/trumpet-teache...