CHAMBERS, Carol Brittin

Carol Brittin Chambers is an American composer, arranger, trumpeter, conductor and music educator. She was born on 19 December 1970. Chambers earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Texas Tech University and a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Northwestern University, where her teachers included Vincent Cichowicz and John Paynter. Conn Selmer
She is the owner and composer of Aspenwood Music and has written extensively for concert band, marching band, orchestra and chamber ensembles. Her works have been performed at state music education conferences throughout the United States, at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago and at other international events. She has also arranged and orchestrated music for numerous marching bands and for the Crossmen Drum Corps. Bandworld
Chambers is associated with Texas Lutheran University, where she has taught composition and a range of music education subjects and has served as Composer in Residence. Before joining the university, she taught middle- and high-school band in the North East Independent School District in San Antonio. She has also performed with ensembles including the San Antonio and Mid-Texas Symphonies. Bandworld
Her concert works include Cedar Canyon Sketches, Danza de España, Jumpstart, March of the Freedom Fighters and Moon Song and Tribal Dance. In 2019 she won the Women Band Directors International Composition Competition, and in 2025 she was the Texas Bandmasters Association Featured Composer.