Member: 2022

Kevin Karabell, a Venezuelan American trumpeter, is the principal trumpet of the Jacksonville Symphony. He is an adjunct professor of trumpet at Jacksonville University and University of North Florida. Karabell is a Yamaha performing artist.  

Karabell earned his Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance at Lynn Conservatory of Music as a student of Marc Reese and his Master of Music at the University of Miami, studying with Craig Morris. Karabell also earned a Professional Studies Diploma in Trumpet at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Michael Miller and Michael Sachs where he was awarded the Dr. Calvin E. Weber Award for Excellence in Trumpet. Some of his early mentors were Susan Enger, Jose Sibaja, Brian Neal and Peter Bond.