Alan Tolbert, trumpet

Alan Tolbert, from Shippensburg, Pa., entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2020 and studies with David Bilger, principal trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Mr. Tolbert is the Florence Kirk Keppel Fellow.

Mr. Tolbert joined the York Symphony Orchestra as second trumpet in 2021 and has performed as a substitute musician with the New World Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony in C. He was a Tanglewood Fellow in 2019 and 2020, playing in the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. He has also attended the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Eastern Music Festival, and the New York String Orchestra Seminar.

Mr. Tolbert began studying the cello at age nine and trumpet at age ten. He holds a bachelor’s degree in trumpet performance from Temple University, where he studied with David Bilger. His other teachers have included Mark Gould, Raymond Mase, Anthony Prisk, Chris Gekker, and Trever Famulare.

Jamison Hillian, from Chesterfield, S.C., is a student of Katherine Needleman, Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, Philippe Tondre, and Robert Walters, and entered Curtis in 2018.

Jack Kessler, from Miami, Fla., is a student of Roberto Díaz and Ed Gazouleas, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Markus Lang, from Allentown, N.J., is a student of Edgar Meyer and Harold Robinson, and entered Curtis in 2020.

Oak Martin, from Atlanta, is a student of Alan Morrison and entered Curtis in 2019.

Jacob Niemann, from Plainsboro, N.J., is a student of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and entered Curtis in 2020.

Jenny Chen, staff accompanist

The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series. The Curtis Institute of Music receives funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.