Steven Marx is an international competition winner and former Yamaha Young Artist, having performed throughout the United States and many foreign countries such as England, the Bahamas, Japan, Taiwan, and Macao. In 2002, Marx won second place at the National Trumpet Competition, and also was awarded first prize in the Mock Orchestra Competition at the International Trumpet Guild Convention in Manchester, England. Steven was awarded the National Trumpet Competition Lake Placid Scholarship in 2003, given to the individual most likely to make the biggest impact on the trumpet world. After completing a Bachelor of Music in 2003 from Grand Valley State University, and a Masters of Music with a Performance Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, Marx began studies toward the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Music Education at the Eastman School. Steven Marx has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rochester Oratorio Society, the Avatar Brass, West Shore Symphony, and had toured and recorded with the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Currently, Marx performs with the Plymouth Brass Quintet, the Rochester Chamber Orchestra, and is co-founder of the brass ensemble in residence at Nazareth College, the Wilmot Brass.