Michael Tunnell is Professor of Trumpet at the University of Louisville School of Music where he performs with the Faculty Brass Quintet, conducts the Trumpet Ensemble and edits the Alumni Newsletter. He performs as Principal Trumpet with the Louisville Bach Society and as Adjunct Third Trumpet with the Louisville Orchestra. A founding member of the brass quintet Sonus Brass, Tunnell has toured the Far East and South America with this group and is featured on the CD Sonus Brass Captured. Tunnell has released three solo recordings, Mixed Doubles, Melancholia, and Lumen, all on the Coronet label. He also performs on the Sinfonia da Camera of Illinois recording of the Saint-Saens Septet and on numerous Louisville Orchestra First Edition recordings. Tunnell is a former member of the music faculties of the University of Southern Mississippi, SUNY-Potsdam College, the University of Illinois and the New England Music Camp. He serves as co-editor of "News from the Trumpet World" in the International Trumpet Guild Journal.