Carol Brittin Chambers is currently on the faculty at Texas Lutheran University, where she teaches trumpet and music education. In addition to her responsibilities with trumpet lessons and Trumpet Ensemble, Chambers also teaches courses such as Orchestration, Ear Training and Sight Singing, Beginning Band and Orchestra Methods, Music Technology, and Brass Methods. Chambers is a member of the Mid-Texas Symphony and also performs with the San Antonio Symphony and San Antonio Opera. Chambers has arranged and orchestrated show music for numerous high school marching bands across the country, as well as The Crossmen Drum Corps. High schools include Ronald Reagan High School, San Antonio, TX (2005 Bands of America Grand Nationals Semi-Finals Champion), Broken Arrow Senior High School, OK (2006 BOA Grand Nationals Finals Champion), Paul Laurence Dunbar HS, KY (2007 KMEA State Marching

Band Champion), Aledo HS, TX (2009 BOA Arlington 2A Champion), Keller HS, TX (2010 BOA Finalist), Birdville HS, TX (2010 BOA Finalist), and CT Johnson HS, TX (2010 BOA Finalist), to name a few. In addition to her own shows, she also orchestrates all the shows of Aaron Guidry, which can be found at www.yataforluda.com. In addition to marching music, Chambers also enjoys writing works for concert band, solo instruments, and small ensembles. Before coming to TLU, Chambers taught band for many years in the North East Independent School District, in San Antonio, TX. She was an assistant band director at Ed White Middle School, Lee High School, and Bush Middle School. She also taught private lessons in NEISD. Chambers received a Bachelor of Music Education from Texas Tech University and a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Northwestern University. She studied under Vincent Cichowicz, John Paynter, Arnold Jacobs, and James Sudduth. She and her husband Mark have three children: Catherine, Joshua, and Julia.