James Vaughen
Trumpet
James Vaughen currently performs with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as assistant principal trumpet and serves as assistant principal trumpet of the Chicago Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra. James has performed throughout Europe with the London Symphony Orchestra, spent four months on tour with the Canadian Brass, and most recently won first prize and audience award at the 2023 Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments. Last year James held a one-year principal position with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.