A S.E. Shires Rising Artist, Sophie Urban is pursuing her Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music where she studies with Professors Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer. Sophie additionally holds positions as Associate Principal Trumpet III with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, as an Associate Artist with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, and as a freelance musician and teacher in Houston, TX and Colorado Springs, CO.