Allen Vizzutti has performed in 30 countries and every state in the union with a wide range of artists and ensembles, including Chick Corea, Doc Severinsen, The NBC Tonight Show Band, the Airmen of Note, the Army Blues, Chuck Mangione, Woody Herman, Japans NHK Symphony Orchestra, and the Kosei Wind Orchestra. He performs on the Yamaha Xeno Trumpet. He has recorded both jazz and classical CDs, as well as performing on many motion picture soundtracks and TV shows, commercials, and recordings with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Chick Corea. Mr. Vizzutti also is an extremely active clinician giving workshops constantly in the United States and abroad.
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Allen Vizzutti has performed in 30 countries and every state in the union with a wide range of artists and ensembles, including Chick Corea, Doc Severinsen, The NBC Tonight Show Band, the Airmen of Note, the Army Blues, Chuck Mangione, Woody Herman, Japans NHK Symphony Orchestra, and the Kosei Wind Orchestra.
He has appeared as a guest classical and jazz soloist with symphony orchestras in Germany, Tokyo, Budapest, St. Louis, Syracuse, Honolulu, Milwaukee, Minnesota, and Phoenix, among others. Vizzuttis status as an artist has led to solo performances at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Newport Jazz Festival, Banff Center for the Performing Arts, Montreaux Jazz Festival, and Lincoln Center.
He has recorded both jazz and classical CDs, as well as performing on many motion picture soundtracks and TV shows, commercials, and recordings with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Chick Corea.
As artist in residence, Vizzutti has taught at the Eastman School of Music, the Banff Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Washington, Kansas State University, and West Texas University. The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method, published by Alfred Music, has become a standard work for trumpet study world-wide.
Vizzutti earned bachelor of music and master of music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, as well as a Performers Certificate, a chair in the faculty brass quintet, and the only Artists Diploma ever awarded a wind player.
