Andy Lott BIO

Andrew Lott has been Principal Trumpet of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic since 2015. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Trumpet Performance from Baylor University in 2012 where he was a student of Wiff Rudd and a member of the first Baylor Trumpet Ensemble to win 1st place at the National Trumpet Competition. He received his Master’s Degree from Indiana University where he was a student of John Rommel and served as the Associate Instructor of Trumpet.

As Principal Trumpet of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, he has been a featured soloist on Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Shostakovich Piano Concerto, Copland’s Quiet City, Haydn Trumpet Concerto, John Williams’ Born on the 4th of July and Theme from JFK, Isn’t She Lovely arranged for Doc Severinsen, and On The Sunny Side of the Street where he soloed with Leslie Odom, Jr. 

He has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony and the Columbus Symphony. He can also be heard on studio recordings for Disney and hundreds of sample recordings for Hal Leonard.

In September of 2020 in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and a furlough from the orchestra, Andy founded Artist Unleashed a 501(c)(3) (known then as Artists Untied) and collaborated with over 200 local artists to produce the The Virtual Holiday Spectacular. The show was watched over 250,000 times and was the recipient of 3 LGL Emmy Awards for Technical Achievement, Sound and Best Composition/Arrangement.

In 2021, Andy joined ConnSelmer to oversee the Bach, Conn and KING lines of trumpets, cornets and flugelhorns as High Brass Product Manager and still maintains an active performing career.

Following the release of the new line of Bach Trumpets, Andy departed Conn Selmer in an official capacity to continue playing, establish his own company, Musical Instrument Technologies, and to become an authorized Conn Selmer dealer.