Nathan Little is an active trumpet performer in the Washington DC-Baltimore region. Nathan currently performs with a premier United States Military Band based in Washington DC. With a passion for chamber music, Nathan regularly performs in small ensemble concerts in the region, often organizing, presenting, and arranging music for the events. His performances have brought him all over the United States, as well as Europe, Asia, and South America.
Originally from Argyle, Texas, Nathan has played trumpet with more than a dozen professional orchestras, wind ensembles, and brass bands across the state. These organizations include the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Plano Symphony Orchestra, and the Dallas Winds.
Representing trumpet playing in wind ensembles, Nathan has been a clinician, adjudicator, and performer at several conferences throughout the years, including the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention, the National Trumpet Competition, and the International Trumpet Guild Conference. He has also performed and taught masterclasses in numerous universities, colleges, and high schools across the United States. In written media, Nathan has shared his background in interviews published in the International Trumpet Guild Journal and Bruce Chidester’s The Trumpet Blog, and favorable reviews of his performances can also be found in articles from On Stage NTX.
Nathan has been a featured soloist with the Las Colinas, Garland, and Arlington Symphonies, as well as at Carnegie Hall. He was selected as a winner in the 2021 Aspen Music Festival and School Concerto Competition, a winner of the 2018 and 2019 Baylor University Semper Pro Musica Competitions as a chamber musician and soloist respectively, and as a First Prize winner in the 2018 National Trumpet Competition’s Small Ensemble Division. He has also commissioned and premiered new works for trumpet by Jordan R. Tucker and James Stephenson.
Nathan served as guest principal trumpet of the Winston-Salem Symphony during their 2024-25 Season, and has previously held positions with the Amarillo Symphony and the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra. He completed his Performer’s Diploma at Southern Methodist University, studying with Kevin Finamore and Stuart Stephenson of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. As a Chamber Music and Trumpet Teaching Fellow, Nathan completed his Master of Music degree at the University of North Texas under Caleb Hudson. Nathan’s Bachelor of Music degree came from Baylor University, where he studied with Wiff Rudd and Mark Schubert. Nathan credits his career’s successes to the instructors listed above, as well as other principal teachers including Peter Bond, Glen Hummel, Richard Giangiulio, and Keith Johnson.