BIOGRAPHY

Will Rabun serves on the faculty at DePauw University, where he teaches trumpet, pep band, and chamber music. He maintains an active career as a performer and recording artist in Indianapolis, with credits including projects for Carl Fischer, Hal Leonard, Jubilate, Grand Mesa, and Randall Standridge Music.

Rabun holds music degrees from Western Colorado University, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He has performed as a guest artist across the United States, including appearances in Colorado, Texas, Alaska, Indiana, and Illinois.

As a lead trumpet player, he has shared the stage with jazz greats such as Bill Watrous, Jason Marsalis, and Tom “Bones” Malone. In addition to over a decade of service as a musician in the United States Army, he also serves as an adjudicator for the National Trumpet Competition, contributing his expertise to the next generation of trumpet performers.