Meet the Fine Arts Faculty

Michael Attaway began his journey in music by joining the church choir at the age of six, and at the age of eleven, he began his studies on the trumpet.  Michael continued his trumpet studies throughout middle school and high school, and he received a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music.  While at BW, Michael had the opportunity to study with two trumpet players from the world renowned Cleveland Orchestra (James Darling and Jack Sutte), and he continued his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music earning a Master of Music in Performance.  While at CIM, Michael met and studied with one of his musical heroes, Michael Sachs (principal trumpet of the Cleveland Orchestra).

Currently, Michael Attaway is the Director of Fine Arts at the Covenant School in Dallas, Texas.  He has held teaching positions at Tarrant County College and Collin College and has taught trumpet privately around the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  He has presented clinics at the Texas Music Educators Association conference and for the Society for Classical Learning.  As a performer, he has shared the stage with ensembles like the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Dallas Pops Orchestra, the Charleston Symphony, and the Akron Symphony, and recently, he has held the position of Second Trumpet with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra.  In addition to these groups, Michael has performed with some of the world’s finest musicians like Doc Severinson, Amy Grant, Michael W Smith, Kenny G, Mannheim Steamroller, and many others.