BRYAN GOFF, Professor of Trumpet and Coordinator of Winds and Percussion, joined the faculty of Florida State University in 1974. His degrees are all from the University of Colorado. Prior to his FSU appointment he was trumpet soloist with the Air Force Academy and taught in Colorado. He is a charter member of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, playing principal trumpet, and appears extensively as a soloist and clinician throughout the United States and abroad.

Goff has appeared as soloist with the Florida Symphony and Tallahassee Symphony and has performed with the Atlanta Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, and others. He studied Baroque trumpet with Edward Tarr and frequently appears as soloist on that instrument and with the FSU Baroque Trumpet ensemble. Professor Goff is past-president of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, and served as Treasurer for the International Trumpet Guild for 16 years and has also served on their Board of Directors.

Florida State University recently honored Professor Goff for his teaching and performing by granting him a Named Professorship, the Robert T. Braunagel Professor of Music.

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