Joshua Shpak

Josh Shpak is a touring trumpet player and composer. An alum of Berklee College of Music in both Performance and Film Scoring, his wide stylistic pallet has launched a career playing with jazz heavy-weights, such as George Garzone, and Dave Liebman, soul legends Tower of Power, rockers G Love and Blues Traveler, and pop/opera superstar, Josh Groban.

A protégé of late-great jazz icon Clark Terry, Josh Shpak is dually driven by an immense respect for the past, and a desire to put his own mark on the future.

Josh is currently a member of internationally touring  rock/funk/dance-pop band, Ripe, the Mario Castro Quintet and numerous other projects.  He also performs with his own group, the Josh Shpak Band whose debut EP, “ASTATIC”, was released in 2015.  Alongside numerous awards as a composer and jazz trumpet player, he has 9 years of professional teaching experience and 4 via skype.   

As someone who has had the priviledge of studying with some of the finest  teachers  in both trumpet and improvisation, I know the importance of mentorship.  My own mentor, jazz icon Clark Terry, helped instill in me the belief that a student does not truly understand a subject until they themselves have the abilty to teach it.  So, I began teaching at an early age.  I have 9 years teaching experience in all levels (beginner through technically advanced players) in both jazz and trumpet, and 4 years experience over skype.  I have taught privately, ensembles, and masterclasses of up to 200 students in the United States, South America and Europe.  I currently have online students on 4 continents.