== Bobby Thorp ==
Trumpet Soloist and First Trumpet with Synergy Brass Quintet

Born in Norman, Oklahoma, Bobby first started his career in Washington, D.C. performing with jazz and rock
bands. As a youth he performed in the Blues Alley Youth Orchestra, an ensemble founded by Dizzy Gillespie. As
a rock musician he has opened for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Patti Smith, Joe Strummer of the Clash and
Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys. In 1996 he founded the Synergy Brass Quintet where he currently
serves as 1st trumpet . His playing has been described as having “blazing precision” and “dazzling articulation”
by the Watertown Daily Times, WI. He has performed at many of the Nation’s prominent music festivals
including: the Tanglewood Music Festival, Ravinia Music Festival, Bethlehem Music Fest, The Boston Early
Music Festival. In 2005 as a member of the Synergy Brass Quintet, he was featured in a live television broadcast
with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir that appeared on NBC, CBS and the Hallmark Channel. An advocate for
New Music, Bobby has premiered and commissioned numerous works including “Sonata for Trumpet” by Daniel
Pinkham and “Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass” by Samuel Adler. Known also as a clinician and educator
he has also presented numerous master classes and clinics around the country. He has taught at the Shenandoah
Conservatory, Shenandoah Arts Academy, Elizabeth Seton High School and the Boston University Tanglewood
Institute. He has studied under Terry Everson, Chris Gekker and Rolf Smedvig. Bobby can be heard the Paraclete.
Radian Arts and Aural Assault record labels. He currently lives in Boston where he is also active as a painter and
sculptor.