Charmaine's profile
Charmaine Michelle is a trumpet player, composer and writer, from Northern Virginia, but has been residing in Baltimore for 15 years.
In 1999, she took a break from the Arts to start a family and to complete an undergraduate degree in African History with a minor in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and then received her Masters Degree in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech. In 2008, during the decline of her marriage she returned to the trumpet for solace and healing. With help of friends and mentors, in 2010 she was able to gain admission to Peabody Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Program headed by legendary saxophonist Gary Thomas . During her matriculation at Peabody, Ms. Michelle was the recipient of the Noble Levi Jolley Sr. Jazz Scholarship and studied under trumpet player-Joe Burgstaller (formerly of the Canadian Brass).
She has performed with the GoGo Symphony, Accord Symphony, Artists Against War, Musicians of Mercy, Dale Acorn Big Band, Dunbar Alumni Big Band, and with Grammy Nominated Carolyn Malachi. Ms Michelle also has her own group called the Charmaine Michelle Quintent.
