With a performing career spanning more than 25 years, British jazz musician Eddie Severn is notable in his ability to adapt to many musical styles on the trumpet. From his extensive work as a lead trumpet player in the commercial music world to his innovative performances as a soloist playing his own compositions, Severn is equally at home playing rock, jazz and classical styles. Severn has performed with many well-known musicians including Maria Schneider, Phil Woods, Dave Leibman, Clay Aiken, The Temptations, Kenny Rogers, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and the English Symphony Orchestra. In addition to being the former lead trumpet player with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra for 6 years, he has also performed and recorded music for television, radio and theatre, as well as on numerous pop sessions and touring shows. Severn composes music for his own quartet and has written several commissions for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, the Scottish Composers Jazz Ensemble and the Scottish Arts Council. He freelances as a solo performer and clinician, spending time both in Europe and the United States. As an educator, Severn has extensive experience teaching both jazz studies and trumpet; he has been on the faculty at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music in England. He is currently Director of Jazz Studies at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania.