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DR.
MARION T. "MO" TROUT,
Assistant Professor of Bands, heads the Bands Department's
Jazz Studies. Trout earned his bachelor's degree from
Texas Christian University and master's (music education)
and doctorate of musical arts degrees (trumpet performance)
from the University of North Texas, where he was a teaching
fellow in trumpet. From 1982 to 1997 he led the jazz
program at Amarillo College in Texas. Both there, and
at Purdue, his jazz ensembles traveled extensively,
performing three times at the Montreux Jazz Festival
in Switzerland (including the summer of 2000). At Purdue,
Dr. Trout directs the Purdue Jazz Band, the Lab and
Concert Jazz Bands and the Fall Concert Band as well
as coordinating the Purdue Jazz Festival. |
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