Toronto, ON based Commercial/Lead Trumpet Player. Humber College Bachelor of Music Student. Youth4Music Ambassador.  Read more below: 

Toronto, ON based musician George A. Murga Martinez is a commercial/lead trumpet player by trade, having studied privatly and in school for many years. Coming from a variety of musical styles, George has a strong background in multiple genres and musical settings. George has been a part of many elite industry ensembles, Big Bands, Drum Corps, Marching Bands, Gospel groups, Brass Quintets, Funk Groups, and Rock outifts.
 
George holds a certificate in Contemporary Music and Jazz Performance and is currently pursuing his Bachelor's Degree in music at Humber School of Creative and Performing Arts, one of Canada's top music schools. At school, he is currently part of Mark Promane's Big Band and Collin Barrett's 'Groove Merchants'. George has received instruction from some of Canada's top musicians such as Alaistair Kay, Kieran Overs, Andy Ballantyne, Brian O'Kaine, William Carn, Cathy Metro and Colleen Allen.
 
George has had the honour of playing with some of North America's finest Drum and Bugle Corps like The Empire Statesmen and The Colts. He has been fortunate enough to be under the direction of brass greats such as Jason Buckingham, Chuck Naffier, Jimmy Steele and Joey Pero. George aims to innovate in the marching arts and to ultimately bring back the high level of pageantry arts in Canada.
 
Inspired by Lead Trumpet legends Maynard Ferguson, Arturo Sandoval, Wayne Bergeron and Jon Faddis, George is very passionate about hard swing music, in big band jazz. He is currently in his third year playing Lead Trumpet with the Hamilton All Star Big Band. Other big bands he has performed with include the Toronto All Star Big Band and the Jazz Connection Big Band.
 
In the Gospel world George has been a part of numerous projects and recordings. Most recently alongside Toronto Gospel Innovator Colvin Chambers, he composed, arranged and recorded the horn parts for a Glass Awards nominated album, 'Y-Evolution' by Sheldon Neil. He is also a recording artist for Redeeming Music Records. George has shared the stage with gospel greats such as Israel Hoguhton, Don Moen, Steve Green, Alvin Slaughter, Dave Brown and Jermaine Shakespeare.
 
Along with the performance aspect of his music, George is very passionate about Arts education. He is currently the Brass director for St. Mary's High school (Hamilton, ON) Brass Ensemble. In 2014 he became the Brass Caption Head for Blue Saints and brought the corps to their highest brass score in history. Alongside Canadian drum corps innovator, Corey Pearce, George is actively instructing and consulting for various marching arts ensembles throughout Ontario and New York State.
 
George considers himself very blessed to have been mentored by distinguished Lead trumpet players such as Jason Logue, Dave Dunlop, and Roland Garceau.
 
"It's about living life to the fullest, laughing with your friends and family, and loving the people around you. It's also about getting better at playing trumpet everyday...!" ~ George Murga

George "Triple Sí" Murga