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Ian Mertes

Ian Mertes
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Ian Mertes

2021 Trumpet Fellow

Biography

IAN MERTES ('20) 23, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, completed a master’s degree at the University of Colorado Boulder studying with Dr. Ryan Gardner and Justin Bartels. Mr. Martes performed with the Colorado Symphony, and was a winner of the International Trumpet Guild’s 2018 Orchestral Excerpts Competition and finalist in its 2020 Wind Band Excerpts Competition.

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