D. M. A. Catholic University of America (Washington D. C.)
M. M. Eastman School of Music (NY)
B. M. University of Massachusetts at Amherst (MA)

Dr. Michael H. Huff serves as Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Mississippi State University, Principal Trumpet of the Starkville Symphony and First Trumpet with the Golden Triangle Brass. Prior to his appointment at Mississippi State, he held a position performing as a member of the United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. While performing as a member of this organization, Dr. Huff performed for a wide variety of audiences and dignitaries from around the world including Presidents George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. He was invited to perform with the Airmen of Note as a guest on their 2002 tour of Europe and the Middle East.

He has performed as a trumpet soloist with the Starkville (MS) Symphony, the Mississippi State University Wind Ensemble, the University of Massachusetts Symphony Band, the Tidewater Winds (Norfolk Virginia), the University of Northern Colorado Summer Wind Ensemble, the Bishop Ireton Wind Ensemble (Alexandria, Virginia) and the Franklin-Pierce Festival Orchestra. Dr. Huff has earned degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the Eastman School of Music and the Catholic University of America. He has studied trumpet with Charles Daval, Langston Fitzgerald, Barbara Butler, Charles Geyer and Walter Chesnut. At the University of Massachusetts, Dr. Huff was honored to receive the Chancellor's Talent Award and the Howard M. Lebow Award for Artistic Achievement. He has performed additionally with Sinfonia Gulf Coast (FL), the Meridian (MS) Symphony, the Washington Opera, the Annapolis Symphony, the Maryland Symphony, the Virginia Symphony and the Rochester Philharmonic.

Past performing projects have included collaborations with such artists as Allen Vizzutti, Chuck Mangione, Lari White, BeBe Winans, Michael McGuire and the New York Voices. Recording projects have included performances with various Air Force ensembles, the Golden Triangle Brass Quintet, the Massachusetts Wind Orchestra, the Tidewater Winds and the University of Massachusetts Wind Ensemble on Albany and Centaur labels.

Dr. Huff has performed on several television broadcasts such as NBC's Today Show and ABC's Good Morning America. Dr. Huff has held previous teaching positions at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Rochester and has taught numerous trumpet students and presented master classes up and down the east coast. Dr. Huff lives in Starkville, Mississippi with his wife, Virginia, sons Bradley and Sean and their dachshund Dixie.