Kaitlyn Rian
High Brass Specialist
Ms. Kaitlyn Rian is a 5th and 6th grade band teacher in the Mukwonago Area School District. She also works closely with the Mukwonago High School Bands, serving as a brass specialist with their Marching Band and Blue2 Winds chamber music program. Ms. Rian is an instructor for the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Prelude Wind Ensemble, a group of advanced 5th and 6th grade wind and percussion students who live in the city of Milwaukee. An active trumpet teacher and performer, Ms. Rian maintains a full studio of private students from the Milwaukee and Waukesha areas and performs regularly in Southern Wisconsin. During the Summer of 2024, she will travel to Hawaii as an instructor with the Wisconsin Junior All Stars of Music Band, a group of the best middle school band students in the state.
Ms. Rian earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she graduated with scholastic distinction in May of 2022. During her time at UW, she performed with the University Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and several different brass chamber ensembles. Having been coached weekly by members of the Wisconsin Brass Quintet during her collegiate career, Ms. Rian has extensive brass chamber music knowledge and performance experience. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, and she served on the board for UW-Madison’s collegiate chapter from 2020-2022.
Prior to starting her career as an educator, Ms. Rian performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference with the UW-Madison Trumpet Ensemble in 2019, and was a 2020 quarterfinalist and 2021 semifinalist in the National Trumpet Competition with the same group. She was a 2020 semi-finalist in the Next Generation Trumpet Competition and recipient of numerous scholarships and awards from the Mead-Witter School of Music. Other performance credits include a tour of South America with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2017.
Her primary teachers include Professor Thomas L. Dvorak, Professor Jean Laurenz and Dr. Corey Pompey.
Ms. Rian earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Instrumental and General Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She graduated with scholastic distinction in May of 2022. During her time at the University, she performed with the University Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and several different brass chamber ensembles. Having been coached weekly by members of the Wisconsin Brass Quintet during her collegiate career, Ms. Rian has extensive brass quintet knowledge and performance experience. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, and she served on the board for UW-Madison’s collegiate chapter from 2020-2022.
Ms. Rian performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference with the UW-Madison Trumpet Ensemble in 2019, and was a 2020 quarterfinalist and 2021 semifinalist in the National Trumpet Competition with the same group. She was a 2020 semi-finalist in the Next Generation Trumpet Competition, and recipient of several scholarships and awards from the Mead-Witter School of Music.
Her primary teachers include Professor Thomas L. Dvorak, Professor Jean Laurenz and Dr. Corey Pompey.
