Kevin  Lyons comes from Clinton Mississippi, and has long had a dual passion  for both classical and jazz music. Lyons received his early training in  Mississippi from the great Sonny Hill and Louisiana State University  with James West, and at The University of Southern Mississippi with  Allan Cox.

Lyons  continued his education at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he  studied with Michael Sachs and James Darling and earned his Bachelors  Degree in Music Performance. During that time he was awarded the Bernard  Aldestein Award in Trumpet and was a participant at the Aspen Music  Festival.

After  conservatory life, Kevin Lyons went on the road for two years playing  with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, touring the U.S., Canada, Japan, the  Dominican Republic and the Caribbean. Lyons settled in the US in  Atlanta, Georgia, where he became the Associate Principal Trumpet with  the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Principal Trumpet of the Atlanta  Ballet Orchestra, the Greenville (SC) Symphony, the Georgia Symphony and  the Columbus (GA) Symphony.

Kevin  Lyons has been featured as soloist with the Georgia Symphony, the  Atlanta Pops Orchestra, the Gwinnett Philharmonic and the Atlanta  Community Orchestra.

In 2018/19 Lyons toured nationally with world renowned pianist Mac Frampton as special guest artist.

Kevin Lyons' playing can be heard on a number of major label recordings  with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and artists Sinead O'Connor,  Matchbox Twenty, and John Driscoll Hopkins of the Zac Brown Band. Lyons  is a founding member of the funk band Bumpin the Mango and is a member  of the Joe Gransden Big Band. He can be regularly seen throughout  Atlanta and the Southeast's jazz and live music venues, and has been a  side man for artists Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Frankie Valli and Peter  Frampton. Lyons has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Blue Note Jazz  Club. His chamber ensemble credits include founding memberships of Il  Brasso Magnifico and Atlanta Brassworks. He has performed in featured  ensembles at the conferences of the International Trumpet Guild,  International Trombone Association and International Tuba Euphonium  Association.

Kevin  Lyons also performs with other classical ensembles,  has joined the  Cleveland Orchestra for a European tour and been Guest Principal Trumpet  for the Malaysia Philharmonic, Nu Deco Ensemble and the Miami City  Ballet Orchestra.

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Education:

• Louisiana State University

• BA, Music Performance - Cleveland Institute of Music