Charles R. Hurt is Professor of Trombone at Texas State University and served as Principal Trombonist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra for thirty seasons.  He is also a one of the founding members of the SouthWest BrassWorks, the faculty brass quintet at Texas State.  Mr. Hurt holds degrees from the University of Tennessee and Northwestern University.  His teachers have included, Frank Crisafulli, trombonist with the Chicago Symphony for fifty years and Professor of Trombone at Northwestern University, Don Hough, Professor of Trombone at the University of Tennessee (Ret), and Donald Knaub, former member of the Rochester Philharmonic and former Professor of Trombone at the University of Texas and the Eastman School of Music (Ret).
      Mr. Hurt has been invited to present performances and master classes at many conservatories and universities including the University of Tennessee, The Moscow Conservatory, the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the Crane School of Music, Northern College in Scotland, the University of Monterrey in Mexico, the University of Goteborg in Sweden.   He has also published articles in the International Trombone Association Journal and is a former assistant editor for “New Positions” of that publication.