Robinson Pyle

Robinson Pyle, trumpet, performs extensively on both modern and historic instruments.  He is currently principal trumpet with the Plymouth Philharmonic. Formerly, Mr. Pyle had been a principal with Boston Baroque, Apollo’s Fire, and The Lyra Concert. He has appeared with Tafelmusik, the Purcell Society of Boston, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Albany Symphony, Boston Cecilia, Handel and Haydn Society, Ensemble Caprice, Washington Bach Consort, and has performed as a guest artist with Aston Magna, Arcadia Players, Les Bostonades, and at the Blue Hill Bach Festival.  As a jazz performer, Mr. Pyle has played in bands with such legends as saxophonist Joe Henderson, trombonist J. J. Johnson, and trumpeter Donald Byrd, and has appeared at the House of Blues. He has recorded for the Linn, Telarc, Eclectra, Interscope, OJE, and A₂Z labels, and has been featured in radio broadcasts on WGBH, WCRB, WCLV, WKSU, National Public Radio, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and European Community Radio.

Mr. Pyle is currently a faculty member in the Historic Performance Department at Boston University, and teaches in both the Wellesley Public Schools and Weston Public Schools. He has been a guest lecturer in Historical Performance at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts, and has delivered lectures in Musical Acoustics alongside his father at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, Dartmouth College, and the Acoustical Society of America. He lives with his wife, Julie, and their two cats, Rose and Lily.  In his spare time, Mr. Pyle enjoys kayaking and photographing nature, often at the same time.  He holds a degree in Trumpet Performance from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.