Jacinda Ripley has been appointed Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, where her duties will begin in Fall 2025. She previously held collegiate positions at Saginaw Valley State University, Alma College, the University of Olivet, and Saint Xavier University. 

 

Dr. Ripley received her Doctorate from Michigan State University, where she served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. She holds a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music. Her primary trumpet teachers have included Justin Emerich, Robert Sullivan, James Thompson, and Leah Schuman.

 

As a performer, Dr. Ripley has played with the Dallas Winds and Fountain City Brass Band. Her orchestral experience includes performances with the Lansing, Battle Creek, Flint, Adrian, Racine, and Saginaw Bay Symphonies, and she was a trumpet fellow at the National Orchestral Institute in 2022. Ripley made her international soloist debut in 2024 in Sakuyo, Japan.

 

Dr. Ripley maintains a trumpet studio at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas. She has presented masterclasses to studios across the United States, including Michigan State, the University of Michigan, the University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Utah, the University of Iowa, and Illinois State Trumpet Studios. She has given presentations at the International Women's Brass Conference, is an editor for the IWBC Noteworthy Newsletter, and is a conference reporter for the International Trumpet Guild. (Source: Jacinda Ripley)