Keith Thompson, Trumpet

Keith Thompson maintains an active life in music despite a full-time career as a software developer for industry giant Microsoft.  He has been a trumpeter with the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra since its second season with featured solos on several concerts, including a performance of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and the world premiere of Robert J. Bradshaw's Sonata for Trumpet and Strings.  He can also be heard wit the Borderline Brass Quintet and the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band, both of whom also perform his music arrangements.  Thompson attended the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Eau claire, where he studied trumpet with Henry Mautner.  He lives in St. Paul, MN, with his wife and two sons.