Jonathan Todd has been performing and teaching in the Charlotte area and CMS Schools since 2012. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from Emory and Henry College and then went on to earn a Master of Music degree in Trumpet Performance with a concentration in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Throughout his time at college, he learned from a great many teachers and students and worked on his technique across multiple instruments such as guitar, bass, violin, viola, and cello as well as his main instrument: trumpet.
Mr. Todd has performed in many ensembles throughout his career including the New River Brass Quintet, the Symphony of the Mountains, the Monroe Symphony Orchestra, as well as many other ensembles while in college and graduate school. He has traveled to Austria and Germany to perform and has also performed across the United States at national and international competitions and conferences.
He currently serves as the Director of Strings at Crestdale Middle School with their award-winning band and string program, as well as teaching private lessons in brass instruments and stringed instruments and has multiple students placed highly in the various honors music groups in throughout the state of North Carolina.
Mr. Todd has performed in many ensembles throughout his career including the New River Brass Quintet, the Symphony of the Mountains, the Monroe Symphony Orchestra, as well as many other ensembles while in college and graduate school. He has traveled to Austria and Germany to perform and has also performed across the United States at national and international competitions and conferences.
He currently serves as the Director of Strings at Crestdale Middle School with their award-winning band and string program, as well as teaching private lessons in brass instruments and stringed instruments and has multiple students placed highly in the various honors music groups in throughout the state of North Carolina.
Why I Teach Music
Not because I expect you to major in music.
Not because I expect you to play or sing all your life.
Not so you can relax and have fun.
But so you will be human,
so you will recognize beauty,
so you will be sensitive,
so you will be closer to an Infinite beyond this world,
so you will have something to cling to,
so you will have more love, compassion, more gentleness, more good...in short more life.
Of what value will it be to make a prosperous living unless you know how to live.
--Author Unknown
Not because I expect you to major in music.
Not because I expect you to play or sing all your life.
Not so you can relax and have fun.
But so you will be human,
so you will recognize beauty,
so you will be sensitive,
so you will be closer to an Infinite beyond this world,
so you will have something to cling to,
so you will have more love, compassion, more gentleness, more good...in short more life.
Of what value will it be to make a prosperous living unless you know how to live.
--Author Unknown