Dr. Jean-Christophe Dobrzelewski currently holds the position as Lecturer in Trumpet at West Chester University.  He is part of the Chester Brass and freelances in the Philadelphia area.  Since 1998, he has performed over 500 recitals with orchestra, organ, brass quintet, and other chamber ensembles in the United States, France, Switzerland, Central and South America, and served as principal trumpet with the Midland Symphony and Lone Star Brass in Texas.

Jean-Christophe has won prizes at the Selmer Competition in Paris (1999), and the Concerto Competition at the University of Maine (2001).  His professional experiences have brought him in contact with famous soloists such as Guy Touvron, Dr. Edward Tarr, Wolfgang Bauer, and Max Sommerhalder.  He has recently published a set of 16 volumes of Orchestral Excerpt books, 2 recordings for trumpet and organ, as well as typesetting and editing over 60 works, including the Trumpet Pedagogy book by David Hickman, from the catalogue for Hickman Music Editions.

Born in Costa Rica and raised in Switzerland, Jean-Christophe received a “Prix de Trompette” for his undergraduate studies with Eric Aubier in Paris, a Master of Music Performance degree from the University of Maine at Orono, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trumpet Performance under Regents’ Professor David Hickman at Arizona State University.