Mount Vernon resident  Andrew Balio is both a solo trumpet player and writer/ public speaker, advocating  for the renewal of classical music to reach a far broader audience. Appointed as Principal Trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2001 by Yuri Temirkanov, he recently served as Principal Trumpet of the Oslo Philharmonic concurrently with his BSO duties. In 2019, he was guest principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony and in 2020, the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Prior to his… more