Loren Toplitz

Loren Toplitz, trumpet.  M.M., The Cleveland Institute of Music.  B.M., The Juilliard School.  Loren is a member of the Akron Symphony Orchestra and is the Principal Trumpeter of the Firelands Symphony.  Since 2006, Loren has served as 2nd Trumpet of the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, and in 2018 served as the Festival’s Principal Trumpeter.  Loren performs regularly with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra.  He has played with numerous orchestras throughout the East Coast including The Cleveland Orchestra, Miami City Ballet, Columbus Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Canton Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Chautauqua Symphony, and New World Symphony.  He also performed in Carnegie Hall as Principal Trumpet of the New York String Orchestra.  In 2022, Loren was a featured soloist with the Firelands Symphony Orchestra.  In 2004, Loren went on tour to Carnegie Hall with the Buffalo Philharmonic.  He has also been a featured performer with Concertante, a chamber ensemble based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  He has performed with numerous music festivals including the National Repertory Orchestra, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Chautauqua Music Festival, and the Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival.  Loren has appeared on NBC performing with the Cleveland Pops and Peter Cetera and Public Television’s “Reading Rainbow” and was heard on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.”  He can also be heard on recordings with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Cleveland Pops, the Akron Symphony, the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, and the Summit Choral Society.  He has performed with Kenny Loggins, Wynonna Judd, Amy Grant, The Pointer Sisters, The Temptations, Lee Ann Womack, Kenny Rogers, Michael Bolton, The Beach Boys, Kansas, Vince Gill, and Martina McBride, and Rick Springfield.  In addition to his performance credits, Loren has been on the faculty of the International Music Festival held at Baldwin-Wallace College.  He has held a position as faculty trumpet teacher for the Preparatory and Continuing Education Division of the Cleveland Institute of Music since 2002 and also teaches trumpet for Case Western Reserve University as .  Loren's principal teachers have included Michael Sachs, Philip Smith, Chris Gekker, and Frank Kaderabek.