Trumpet player Caleb Hudson earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Raymond Mase, Mark Gould, and John Thiessen. He makes his solo debut this season with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in Alice Tully Hall. Caleb was soloist at the 2009 Aspen Music Festival with Vladimir Feltsman in Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano and Trumpet, and in the New York premiere of John Adams’s City Noir at Carnegie Hall in 2010. He has also performed at the Verbier, Aspen, and Music Academy of the West music festivals. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Caleb won multiple first prizes at the National Trumpet Competition in the solo division and with the Juilliard Trumpet Ensemble. He serves as principal trumpet of Symphony in C, and has performed with the New York City Ballet, New World Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, New York Trumpet Ensemble, and the American Brass Quintet. As a baroque musician, Caleb has played with historical performance ensembles including Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, American Classical Orchestra, and Trinity Baroque Orchestra. As part of his Academy program, Caleb teaches in Brooklyn at Fort Hamilton High School.