Justin Way

GPYO Operations Manager
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Justin Way is a trumpet player and arts administrator currently residing in Philadelphia. Justin currently serves as the Operations Manager for the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra and as a consultant for the science and arts advocacy and performance non-profit, KV 265. As a performer he appears regularly with the Helena Symphony and has appeared with the Columbus (Georgia) Symphony and Tallahassee Symphony. He can also be heard on the music for the film Cordelia by Tunde Kelani as well as on an album featuring the music of Mark Haggerty and his work United Sounds of America released under the Delos label available on all streaming platforms.

Justin holds degrees from the University of Delaware where he completed his master’s
degree in trumpet performance under the direction of Mark Clodfelter and from Florida State
University where he completed his bachelor's degree under the instruction of Dr. Christopher
Moore. Justin’s other primary teachers have been Dr. Peter Wood and Dr. Thomas Miller. At the
University of Delaware, Justin was recruited to be one of two trumpets for the inaugural
graduate brass ensemble in residence program with the brass quintet, Blue Diamond Brass.

​As an educator, Justin has presented educational recitals and clinics as both a soloist
and as part of the Blue Diamond Brass. These include guest recitals, clinics, and
masterclasses at numerous high schools and middle schools across the northeast, as well as
Delaware State University, Indiana University at Pennsylvania, and the University of Delaware.

In his spare time, Justin is an avid SCUBA diver and is a volunteer diver with the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. He is also an avid book reader and loves to spend time with his two cats Ennia and Claude. 

​Email: [email protected]