Ellen Shinogle

Dr. Ellen Shinogle is an international award-winning trumpet performer who has become distinguished in her field as a dynamic entertainer of exceptional artistry. She is the first place winner of both the 2019 National Trumpet Competition Graduate Solo Division and the 2021 Mt. San Antonio College Competition Solo Collegiate Division. Dr. Shinogle is also the recipient of the Stanley Wilson Memorial, Mimi Alpert Feldman, and Gluck Fellowship Awards. 

She regularly performs as a soloist, chamber musician, jazz musician, and in operas, orchestras, studios, and musical theater productions both internationally and domestically. Dr. Shinogle has performed with Seraph Brass, Juneau Symphony’s Holiday Brass, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dream Orchestra, Southern California Brass Consortium, Brighton Symphony Orchestra, New Valley Symphony Orchestra, Downey Symphony Orchestra, Rio Hondo Symphony, Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra, and Wild Up. She can be heard regularly performing as the principal trumpet in the Santa Monica Symphony and the Westside Chamber Orchestra, in multiple productions at the Disneyland Resort, SeaWorld, and in films and television shows, such as Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

She has contributed her expertise as an adjudicator for the 2021 Women Composing for Trumpet Competition and for the 2023 and 2024 National Trumpet Competitions. She has organized and contributed to trumpet composition commissions to further the diversity of trumpet repertoire and has premiered many compositions internationally and domestically. Dr. Shinogle is a sought-after instructor who seeks to create educational opportunities for a wide array of audiences. 

Dr. Shinogle is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where she received Bachelor of Music degrees in Trumpet Performance and Music Education and won the Performer’s Certificate of Distinction. She earned her Master of Music degree at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music. Dr. Shinogle was a Teaching Associate of both the Brass Department and Trumpet Studio while pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, Herb Alpert School of Music.