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BryANGoff
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ITG AwArd of MerIT Bryan Goff is Professor Emeritus at Florida State University, where he taught
for 35 years, and served as coordinator of Winds and Percussion. Prior to his retirement he was honored by the
University for his excellence in teaching and international recognition within the trumpet profession by conferring
him a named professorship, the Robert T. Braunagel Professor of Music. His students have consistently appeared as
winners and finalists in ITG competitions, the National Trumpet Competition, and Ellsworth Smith Competition. The
FSU Trumpet Ensemble and FSU Baroque Trumpet Ensemble have been invited to perform at eleven ITG Conferences,
dating back to 1978. His former students currently hold positions in orchestras, military bands, and on university
faculty throughout the United States.
Professor Goff and is an original member of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, where he served as Principal
Trumpet for 26 years. He is also a founding member of the Florida State Brass Quintet which has performed
two European concert tours and several tours throughout the eastern U.S. He has a strong interest in period
instruments and has studied Baroque trumpet with Edward Tarr and has performed with the Edward Tarr Brass
Ensemble in France and Germany. Goff has lectured and performed as a recitalist on the baroque trumpet at the
Amherst Early Brass Music Workshop and has performed extensively as a recitalist, both on baroque and modern
trumpet in the United States, Canada, Europe and Thailand. He has also performed and recorded with other
orchestras such as the Atlanta Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and the Florida Orchestra.
Mr. Goff is a native of Colorado and received his degrees from the University of Colorado, where he was a student of
Frank Baird. While in Colorado he played Principal Trumpet with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra and
performed as a trumpet soloist with the Denver Municipal Concert Band. He served for four years with the United
States Air Force Academy Band, where he was trumpet soloist and founder of the USAFA Brass Quintet.
Mr. Goff has been active in the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, which he served
as President. He has also been very active in the International Trumpet Guild, where he served as Treasurer and on
the Board of directors for twenty years.