Lucius R. Wyatt
Lucius Reynolds Wyatt (born August 18, 1938) is an American trumpet player, composer and professor. Wyatt was born in Waycross, Georgia. From an early age he studied piano with his mother as well as trumpet. At Central High School he worked with the bandleader E. C. Christian. Attending Florida A&M University, he studied with William P. Foster, Johnnie V. Lee, Phillip Cooper, and Lenard C. Bowie, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1959. He then attended the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Robert V. Sutton, Frederick Fennell, Sidney Mear, and Donald Hunsberger , obtaining his master's degree in 1960. The title of his dissertation was "The Mid-Twentieth-Century Orchestral Variation, 1953-1963"; he received his Ph.D. in 1974. He also studied trumpet privately with Sigmund Hering. Wyatt was on the faculty of Tuskegee University from 1960 to 1963 and 1965 to 1974. During 1963-1965 Wyatt toured with the U.S. Army Headquarters Band. Since 1974 Wyatt has been on the faculty of Prairie View A&M University.