John Wilds

John MacFerran Wilds, a native of Seattle, Washington received his

earliest musical training from his father on the great highland bagpipes.

Later, John’s musical training took him to Central Washington University

and Indiana University where he studied with Louis Davidson, Allan Dean

and William Adam. In 1988 John Wilds joined the trumpet section of the

San Diego Symphony where he held the post of Opera Principal/Second

Trumpet for 35 years.

Outside of the San Diego Symphony, John has been Principal Trumpet of

the New Mexico Symphony, the Mississippi Symphony, San Diego

Chamber Orchestra, Associate Principal of the Orquestra Metropolitana de

Lisboa, Second Trumpet at the Santa Fe Opera and was a frequent

substitute in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco

Symphony.

John M. Wilds’ academic affiliations currently are as Artist Faculty at San

Diego State University and Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet at Point Loma

Nazarene University. John is a member of Westwind Brass, a Bach

Performing Artist for Conn-Selmer and the author of Basics of Trumpet

Performance.