About Tyler
Tyler Mire is a trumpeter and award-winning composer/arranger with nearly two decades of experience as a top tier musician for hire. From 2013-2016, Tyler was an active touring and recording musician in Nashville, TN working with artists such as The Mavericks, Tim Rushlow and many others. From 2016 to 2021, Tyler was the split-lead trumpeter for the United States Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble, based out of Washington D.C. As an educator, Tyler has taught at Belmont University, George Mason University and numerous clinics around the country.
As a composer/arranger, Tyler has worked with some of the finest artists in Jazz having done commissions for Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck, Dave Matthews), Stockton Helbing (Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinson), and various schools throughout the country including the nationally recognized McMath Middle School Jazz Ensemble to name a few. Tyler’s accolades are numerous including his band “The Sweatervescence’s” win of the Student Downbeat Award for “Best Blues/Rock/Pop Group”, his Student Downbeat Award for “Best Jazz Arrangement” for his arrangement of “Confirmation” and the 2012 JEN Student Composition Showcase Award for his original big-band piece “Be That Way”.
A life long gamer, Tyler has also become an in-demand composer for video games. Credits include “Shadows of Adam” where he composed a 44 original track Official Sound Track for the project. Other projects can be heard on his game audio page.
During Tyler’s time spent at the University of North Texas (Bachelor of Music 2010, Masters of Music 2012) he studied under the tutelage of Jay Saunders, Akira Sato, and Rich DeRosa and spent two years in the seven time Grammy nominated One O’Clock Lab Band (appearing on “Lab 2010” and “Lab 2012” ) as the second and then lead trumpet player. During Tyler’s undergraduate studies he also took advantage of a summer 2010 opportunity to be a part of the Disneyland All-American College Band playing split-lead trumpet.
Tyler also runs an 18 piece big band, the “Tyler Mire Big Band” where he plays trumpet and composes/arranges. The band has released three albums, “Enter the Atmosph-Mire”, “Movin’ Day” and “#Officefortheday”. All of Tyler’s recordings are available wherever you get your music.
Want to hear more of Tyler’s music? Check out his youtube page.