The Trumpeter’s Multi-Track Competition (TMTC) is a new competition and accompanying seminar designed to not only facilitate excellence in terms of producing and designing multi-track recordings, but to also teach and promote creators who want to pioneer the art. Our goal is to encourage the trumpet community to develop their creativity through video creation, which we believe will be an integral part of many future careers in the music field.
TMTC Directors
Brandon Dicks
Brandon Dicks (b. 1994) is a Trumpeter, Composer, and Teacher, in the Tempe, Arizona region. Brandon Dicks has many job titles including Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at Northern Arizona University, the Co-Director of the Trumpeter’s Multi-Track Competition and Seminar, and Program Director of Rhode Island Recording Ensemble. Alongside his career as a musician and manager, he also runs his own YouTube channel called BDicksmusic which has over 1K subscribers and over 100K channel views.
Brandon is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Trumpet Performance at Arizona State University while being a former Teaching Assistant to Joe Burgstaller. Brandon received his Master’s Degree in Trumpet Performance and Music Composition at the University of Hartford where he studied with trumpeter Phil Snedecor and composition with Robert Carl, David Macbride, and Gilda Lyons. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Columbus State University where he studied with Robert Murray.
As a Trumpeter
Brandon is a current member of Valley Trio [a virtuosic brass trio] and the Phoenix Brass Collective. He was a trumpet artist for the Next Generation Trumpet Competition as well as a soloist at the International Trumpet Guild Conference. He also has performed with the Broad Street Orchestra, Manchester Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Ivoryton Playhouse, and Playhouse on Park. He was a semi-finalist in the Graduate Division of the National Trumpet Competition and a finalist in the Paranov Concerto Competition at the University of Hartford.
Marcus Grant
Marcus S. Grant is a professional composer, trumpeter, teacher, clinician, producer, and content creator from Virginia. He is the Co-founder and Director of the Trumpeter’s Multi-Track Competition and Seminar, a professor of Music Theory and Aural Skills at Virginia Commonwealth University, and contributes compositions and arrangements as a Signature Artist with the world's leading digital sheet music retailer, Musicnotes.com.
As a content creator, Marcus has managed 4 YouTube channels, currently holding a lifetime total of over 1.2 million views and 41.6 thousand hours of watch time across all channels on the platform.
Marcus received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and his Master’s Degree in Trumpet Performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music (IU). His primary trumpet teachers were Rex Richardson and Kevin Maloney at VCU, and Joey Tartell at IU.
David Koch
David “Cookie” Koch is an orchestral trumpeter, content creator, mouthpiece designer, and an avid brass bander. He is a member of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Flint Symphony Orchestra, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Five Lakes Silver Band, Five Speed Brass Quintet, the Detroit Brass, and works for Vennture Mouthpieces.
Concurrent with his active playing schedule David makes videos in his home studio. Focusing on works written by living composers, these videos range from solos with sampled accompaniments to multi-tracks including tenor horn, and bass trumpet. These videos are published to his YouTube channel and Cookie’s Music on Facebook. David is an Artist in Association with Brookwright Music, creating videos to promote their publications. He is also a co-founder and co-director of the Trumpeter’s Multi-Track Competition - a unique competition established in 2021 for the advancement of the art of multi-tracking.
David earned his Master of Music degree studying with Paul Merkelo at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montréal, Québec. While there, he performed with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Orchestre Symphonique de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra), Pronto Musica, Griffon Brass Band, and attended Music Academy of the West. After earning his master’s David was the acting principal trumpet of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada for the 2017/2018 season. While earning his Bachelor’s degree at Grand Valley State University he won two international trumpet competitions and placed in several others.
David exclusively plays Vennture Mouthpieces, is a performing artist for Van Laar Trumpets and Flugelhorns, and is proudly sponsored by Barkley Microphones.