Brian Neal is a multifaceted trumpet player who has been displaying his talent on the trumpet for decades. From principal trumpet with the Miami City Ballet Orchestra to premiere trumpet with the Dallas Brass, his career has taken him to Russia, Europe, and across the US, where he has performed at diverse venues—from the grand concert halls of Los Angeles and New York to school gymnasiums from Miami to Utquiavik, Alaska.

 Mr. Neal is in his 14th season as a member of the internationally celebrated Dallas Brass, one of America’s foremost musical ensembles, and has appeared with symphony orchestras nationwide.  Symphonic credits include the Utah Symphony conducted by Keith Lockhart and the Florida Philharmonic conducted by Peter Nero.  In addition to over 40 solo engagements each year, the Dallas Brass has performed numerous times at the Midwest convention in Chicago as a featured ensemble, has appeared on the CBS “Early Show,” and has toured overseas to Europe and Russia.  The Dallas Brass has a strong dedication to working with young musicians. With them, Mr. Neal has enjoyed working with hundreds of school band programs in clinics and performances across the nation.

A consummate soloist, he has been featured with the California Symphony, Monterey Ensemble, Florida Philharmonic, Orchestra Miami, Miami Wind Symphony, Leganes Orchestra, Spain, and most recently performed the Haydn Trumpet Concerto with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. He was invited to perform his composition, “Concertante #1” in Carnegie Hall and with the Escuela-Conservatorio Orquesta, Manuel Rodriquez Sales de Leganés, Spain. In 2022 Mr. Neal was awarded the Southeast regional Emmy for best performance and composition with a multi-national collaboration involving 4 countries in an online performance. He is an active member and soloist with the Sitka Brass, a large ensemble of brass players made up of players from many of the major orchestras around the country.

Mr. Neal received his training at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and the University of Miami. During summers, he was a fellow at many of the major music festivals such as Tanglewood, Waterloo, Fountainbleau Conservatory in France, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival performing with the Meridian Arts Ensemble. The conductors he has worked with include Charles Dutoit, Yoel Levi, John Nelson, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, Stanislav Skorbachevsky, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Leon Fleischer.

As a visionary, he has been founder and Director of Brass Miami, featured in the Miami Bach Society’s Tropical Baroque Festival for five consecutive years. Mr. Neal initiated Miami Dade College Honors Festival, an annual recruiting event for the college, inviting 300 of the most talented Miami Dade County music students to the campus for a three-day event culminating in a final concert.  His solo recording “Reflections” was featured on NPR’s Pipe dreams, in addition to his solo presence on many Dallas Brass recordings. Mr. Neal was a soloist on Alejandro Sanz album La Música No Se Toca, which received a Latin Grammy.  He is in his 20th season as director of the brass ensemble at the Sitka Fine Arts camp in Sitka AK. For the past 14 years he has served as Director of Instrumental Studies and Professor of Trumpet at the Kendall campus of Miami Dade College, one of the largest and most diverse institutions in the United States.