Introduction

Jack Sutte joined The Cleveland Orchestra as Second Trumpet in 1999. Prior to his Cleveland appointment, he was the principal trumpet in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway. A native of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Sutte attended the Curtis Institute of Music and then The Juilliard School. His teachers include Dr. Patricia Backhaus, Michael Davison, Frank Kaderabek, Raymond Mase, and Chris Gekker. Two performance highlights include the world premieres of Clint Needham’s Fractured Elements for solo trumpet and wind ensemble, and Matthias Pintscher’s Chute d’éoiles for two solo trumpets performed with Franz Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Michael Sachs.

A proponent of contemporary music, and a composer-arranger himself, Sutte, has released numerous CDs: Beyond the Moon, Fanfare Alone and BENT. Volumes I – IV from Sutte’s SonataPalooza I - METTLE are also available. Sutte teaches at the ±ÆÁ¨±ÆÁ¨ and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. He is a Schilke Performing Artist. Jack’s solo and Factory Seconds Brass Trio recordings can be heard on your favorite streaming platforms. In his free time, he enjoys a strong cup of coffee, gardening, chopping wood and striving to learn the sonata canon for trumpet and piano.