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CATHERINE MARTINEZ, TRUMPET
DMA
Dr. Catherine Martinez is a professional trumpet player in Lincoln, NE. She performs in various styles and genres locally and nationally. Dr. Martinez holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Southeast Missouri State University, a Masters of Music degree from Western Illinois University and a Doctoral degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Services:
-Trumpet Lessons
-Beginnger-Intermediate Piano Lessons
-Theory Tutoring
-Aural Skills Tutoring
Catherine offers local in-person private lessons/tutoring, as well as Zoom lessons/tutoring for local and distant clients. Please scroll down and fill out your information in the "Contact" area if you wish to inquire about taking private lessons or tutoring sessions.
CLIENT REVIEWS
Anonymous: Current Student
I’m 67 years old and just took up the trumpet (I have played flute for 45 years) four months ago.
Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks - with the help of the right instructor. Catherine
has been a godsend to me. While being an accomplished trumpeter in her own right she is ever
patient and kind in helping new players learn this instrument. And she wants to help her students
learn proper technique without being pedantic. I would probably have given up the attempt but
for her encouragement to persevere. She’s always telling me I can make it when I reach the next
rough spot and get discouraged. Her gentle corrections to my bad playing habits have kept me
on track and improving. When she asked me what goals I had in mind I said I want to sound like
Chris Botti. Without missing a beat she just smiled and said, “Let’s do it.”
Adam: Former Student
I got the opportunity to take lessons through Catherine Martinez the first semester of my freshman collegiate career. During my lessons, she was extremely easy to work with and helped me change the way I approached certain methods. Within weeks, I could notice a huge improvement in my trumpet playing. Even though I only took from her for a semester, I believe that she’s set me up for success for the rest of my college career.
Doug: Parent of a Current Student
As a COVID precaution, our son’s middle school made the decision to divide middle-school band into separate semester-long activities, with half the kids participating in the Fall Semester and half in the Spring Semester. Needless to say, this caused us significant concern that our middle-schooler’s trumpet skills would diminish during the off-semester (and summer) and relatedly that he would lose interest in band, altogether. As a matter of blind luck – or perhaps divine intervention – we found the most wonderful online instructor in Catherine, who has provided age/skill-appropriate lessons to our son during his off-semester, such that he is flourishing now that he is back in the school program. We are continuing with these lessons even now that he is back in school, as she continues to help him with both school and additional pieces. We appreciate her teaching music theory and scales that he would not otherwise learn in school, but mostly we appreciate her ability to instill in our son a love for the trumpet, and a desire to keep improving, to a degree we simply did not expect. She is kind, supportive and inspirational. She is conscientious to the needs of the student and has a wonderful demeanor which brings out the best in them. She has our highest recommendation!
Thanksgiving Scarf Dance!
Catherine Sharp Lecture Recital: The Pedagogy of Robert D. Weast
ABOUT CATHERINE
Catherine Sharp-Martinez is a third year doctoral candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln studying trumpet performance with Dr. Darryl White. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in trumpet performance in 2016 from Southeast Missouri State University and her Master of Music degree in trumpet performance in 2018 from Western Illinois University. Catherine was actively involved in several ensembles including wind symphony, jazz band, orchestra, student chamber groups, and marching band during her undergraduate and graduate careers. Catherine has also competed in several state and regional MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) competitions including the Missouri Young Artist Competition and the Regional Young Artist Competition, receiving second and third place during three years of her undergraduate career. Catherine has been trained in several musical genres and styles including Jazz, Classical, Baroque, Contemporary/Modern and more. As a graduate assistant at WIU, she was 2nd trumpet in the LaMoine Faculty Brass Quintet and played second trumpet in the Quincy Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, she was a winner of the WIU Concerto and Aria Competition and also won third place at MTNA, held at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Currently, Catherine teaches Brass Methods and Aural Skills as a teaching assistant at UNL. She was an active member of the Nebraska Brass Quintet, UNL Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra, and the UNL Trumpet Studio. Catherine has served on the Graduate Student Advisory Board for the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. She also serves as Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. Catherine enjoys teaching private trumpet and piano lessons to students of all ages in the Lincoln and Omaha areas. She performs regularly around the Lincoln community for churches, orchestras, chamber groups, musical or opera pit orchestras and other social events. When she’s not in school, Catherine resides with her band director husband, Arturo, in Macomb, IL.
Upcoming Events
Lecture RecitalSat, Mar 29Westbrook Music Building
CONTACT
Interested in taking private lessons or music tutoring? I offer:
30 minutes/$20
1 hour/$45
Please contact me to schedule your appointment!
6183141827