Tina Erickson is an active trumpet player, teacher and former trumpet builder in East Tennessee. She holds a BM in Music Education from the University of New Hampshire, and an MM in Trumpet Performance from McNeese State University. Tina has served on the faculty of the Cadek Conservatory of Music and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chattanooga State Community College, Cleveland State Community College, and Lee University. She also continues to maintain an active private studio, with young and adult students.

She is co-founder and Vice President of the Smokey Mountain Trumpet Guild. Tina has served as the music reviews editor , as well as contributor to the “Ask The Teacher” column on the ITG Youth Web Site.

Tina was a member of the executive board of the National Trumpet Competition for 25 years, and the board of directors of the International Trumpet Guild for ten years.

Tina currently plays with the Chattanooga Symphony, and has played with the Knoxville Symphony, the Hunstville Symphony, Mr. Jack Daniels’ Original Silver Cornet Band, and the New Hampshire Music Festival. She also does freelance playing all over Eastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia.

Tina was on the staff of Blackburn Trumpets from 1988 through 2015. She lives in Athens, Tennessee, with her three dogs, Fern, Eldon, and Huckleberry, all of whom hate the trumpet with the fiery passion of 1000 (dog) stars.