Kelly Rossum
Professor
Jazz Studies, Composition; Jean E. Falk Professor of Music
Biography
Education
- DMA in Trumpet Performance, University of Minnesota
- MM in Trumpet Performance, University of North Texas
- BM in Trumpet Performance, University of Nebraska
Kelly Rossum is an international trumpet artist, improviser and composer. He has performed everything from lead trumpet at New York’s famed Birdland jazz club to baroque trumpet in Bad Säckingen, Germany; and from improvised free jazz in Bangkok, Thailand to traditional Son in Santiago de Cuba.
His original compositions, incorporating improvisational and contemporary avant-garde techniques, have been commissioned, performed and recorded by individual artists and large organizations alike. He has provided original scores for both film and dance and has received support from the American Composers Forum and the Jerome Foundation.
Teaching
Jazz Studies, composition and performance.
Research
Performance. Improvisation. Composition.
Selected Accomplishments
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Art - Exhibition, Group
"Prompt: An AI Experience". Kelly Rossum, Alan Skees, all students from our AI classes. CNU. Newport News, VA.
- Ann Mazzocca, Renee Foster, Brooke Covington, Kelly Rossum, Sarah Chace, Hampton Roads Social Justice Conference / Elevating Voices, Igniting Change, "Igniting Change through Community-Engaged Learning: Elevating Community Voices in Higher Education and Beyond," CNU. (2025)