About Me!

Jonathan Leveque is a professional trumpet player based in the Lake Charles area. He started playing trumpet in the 6th grade and has made quite the name for himself. In High school, he was a two-time Jazz Allstate player (split-lead), four-time district honor band member, and principal trumpet of the high school band.

He then continued his musical studies by receiving his B.M. (Bachelor of Music) in trumpet performance from McNeese State University, where he studied under Professor Dave Scott and Dr. Jacquelyn Lankford. While he attended McNeese, he was principal trumpet of the McNeese Wind Symphony, Jazz band, and brass quintet. He is also a former member and founder of both the Speak Easy Brass Quintet and the Brass Magic Quintet. He was also the runner-up in the Military Band Excerpts Competition at IWBC (International Women's Brass Conference) and the McNeese State University Concerto Competition. He has also participated in and worked on several premiered works, Including Mandatory Social Distancing (2020), The Pride of Clipper (2021), and Shades of Red (2021). He was also one of the founding members of the 2022-2023 Music Theory Mentorship Team at McNeese State University. It was here that he was able to assist in the learning environment and provide students with the help needed to succeed. He was also a member of The Pride of Mcneese and performed with the DCI groups LA Stars in 2015-2017, Blue Stars in 2019,  and Crown in 2021. He now teaches at LA Stars and Southwind. 

Jonathan now plans to attend Indiana University in the Fall of 2023 under the instruction of Dr. Jason Bergman in his pursuit of his M.M. (Master's of Music) in trumpet performance. 

Jonathan has also participated in several groups and festivals. He has performed with Dr. Jacquelyn Lankford, Dr. Jason Bergman, Dr. Poncho Romero, and Josh Kauffman in the McNeese State University Trumpet Festival, The Calcasieu Parish British Brass Band in 2022-2023, The Lake Charles Messiah Chorus and Orchestra, and the Flamethrowers.