Louis Hanzlik

Louis Hanzlik is an internationally recognized trumpeter, chamber musician, and educator. As a member of the Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the American Brass Quintet, Dr. Hanzlik has performed concerts and presented solo and ensemble master classes in Asia, Australia, North America, South America, and Europe. Dr. Hanzlik is Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Connecticut, and is a member of the Trumpet and Chamber Music faculties of The Juilliard School and the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he also serves as Principal Trumpet of the Aspen Chamber Symphony. As an educator, Dr. Hanzlik promotes the inclusion of chamber music within a student’s learning. His dissertation Fostering Democracy and Citizenship through Chamber Music Coaching from Teachers College Columbia University, examines chamber music’s unique social and musical attributes. He resides in Storrs, Conn., with his wife, Amanda, and two children, Ethan and Grace.