First Friday Lunch and Learn

Friday, August 7, 2026 - 12:00 p.m.

Eaton Hall* at Trinity Episcopal Church

*This presentation will be in Upper Eaton Hall (2nd floor)

​GEORGE CHASE

Trumpet & Cornet

George Chase plays trumpet in the Houston Ballet Orchestra. He will play a program of favorites using many different trumpets that he plays regularly. Questions and answers will be part of the program. 

​​    A native of upstate New York, George Chase attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, PA, and attended graduate school at Rice University in Houston, TX.  He later studied traditional jazz with Jon-Erik Kellso. While in school, he performed with the Albany Symphony, Philadelphia Opera, Harrisburg Symphony, St. Cecilia Chamber Orchestra, and the Berkshire Opera.  

    After graduation from Rice, he joined the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico in Toluca, Mexico as associate principal trumpet.  Upon his return to the United States, George began performing with area groups such as the Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony,  Bach Society, Theater Under the Stars, the Houston Chamber Orchestra and the American Radio Chamber Orchestra. He taught at Houston Baptist University and the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, as well as playing in faculty ensembles.      He is a member of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO), the ROCO Brass Quintet, Opera in the Heights, plays traditional jazz with Boomtown Brass Band and often performs with the Houston Ballet. George currently teaches trumpet in his home studio in the historic Woodland Heights and at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX.​