Earl Raney
Assistant Professor of Music in Performance, Music Director and Conductor of the chamber orchestra and wind symphony, trumpet instructor
Office: Watson M-203
Phone: (508)339-3742 ext. 2
Email: eraney@wheatoncollege.edu
Personal web page
Department(s) and Program(s)
Degrees
B.M., Boston University School for the Arts
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
Earl Raney, is founder and director of the award winning Epic Brass Quintet. (Roster Artist for the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Cultural Educational Collaborative, and the New England Foundation for the Arts.) Since founding the Epic Brass in 1983 he has given over 1400 performances in 46 states, with appearances at the Kennedy Center, Weill Recital Hall, and Carnegie Hall to name a few. Internationally, Mr. Raney has concertized in Canada, Bermuda, Jamaica, US Virgin Islands, England, Scotland, France, Austria, Germany, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, and the Far East.
In addition to his chamber music career, Mr. Raney has performed in several New England area orchestras and as principal trumpet of the Taipei Festival Orchestra
in Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Balancing a dual career as trumpeter and conductor, he is Music Director/Conductor of the Great Woods Chamber Orchestra, Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony, and the Atlantic Wind Symphony. During the summer Mr. Raney conducts the SMARTS Summer Winds Symphonic Band performing at the Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts. He is an adjunct Professor of Music at Atlantic Union College, assistant Professor of Music in Performance at Wheaton College, and Director of the Thayer Performing Arts Center in South Lancaster, Massachusetts.