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Thomas Hooten

trumpet, M. David and Diane Paul Chair

About this Artist

Thomas Hooten is Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a position he has held since 2012. Before joining the LA Phil, Hooten served as Principal Trumpet in the Atlanta Symphony from 2006 to 2012 and as Assistant Principal Trumpet with the Indianapolis Symphony. 

He began his professional career in 2000 with a trumpet/cornet position in “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in Washington, DC.