Rex Richardson
Biography
Having built his reputation touring around the world with the critically-acclaimed Rhythm & Brass, the late jazz legend Joe Hendersons Quintet, and the world famous Brass Band of Battle Creek, Richardson has become much in demand as a soloist. Since 2006 he has been a featured guest soloist at the National Trumpet Competition; the International Trumpet Guild Conference; the Masters International Brass Band Championships in Cambridge, U.K.; Londons Trinity College of Music Brass Festival; the Athens Brass Festival in Greece; the Melbourne International Festival of Brass and the Brisbane Stars of Brass Festival in Australia. Richardson is Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Trumpet at Virginia Commonwealth University and Artist-in-Residence at Londons Trinity College of Music since 2006.