Amplifying Potential. Inspiring Legacy.
Girls Play Trumpets Too is a New Orleans-based youth music organization advancing artistic excellence, leadership, representation, and cultural exchange through the power of brass music.
Inspiring the world.
More than a music program. A movement.
Girls Play Trumpets Too is a New Orleans-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering girls ages 8–19 through trumpet instruction, performance excellence, mentorship, and leadership development.
Created to increase equal representation within a traditionally male-dominated area of the music industry, GPTT provides young musicians with opportunities to grow from novice learners into confident performers, leaders, and cultural ambassadors.
What began as an ensemble of eight young musicians has developed into a growing movement serving nearly 200 participants across diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
GPTT is not a marching band. It is a performance-based youth ensemble, leadership platform, cultural organization, and artistic development community rooted in the musical legacy of New Orleans.
Music that is shared, experienced, and remembered.
Each GPTT performance becomes more than a concert. It becomes a moment of connection where discipline meets joy, students step into tradition, and the next generation helps shape something new.
Troy Sawyer
Troy Sawyer founded Girls Play Trumpets Too to expand access to trumpet education for girls and reshape representation within brass music through structured training, mentorship, and high-level performance opportunities.
Under his artistic direction, GPTT has developed into a performance-based youth ensemble centered on discipline, cultural pride, artistic excellence, and personal leadership.
“We are not simply teaching trumpet. We are building leaders, preserving culture, and creating a legacy of excellence.”
National visibility. Authentic impact.
GPTT's story has reached national and regional audiences through broadcast television, cultural reporting, interviews, and performance collaborations.
Mornings
National television coverage highlighting GPTT's mission, young musicians, and cultural impact.
Clarkson Show
Nationally televised performance exposure connected to a major musical collaboration.
New Orleans television coverage centered on youth empowerment, music, and community impact.
News
Local broadcast storytelling focused on arts education, performance, and cultural leadership.
From community stages to major cultural platforms.
GPTT performances combine musical excellence, storytelling, youth leadership, and the cultural energy of New Orleans.
French Quarter Festival
Featured performance within one of New Orleans' most recognized public music festivals.
Satchmo SummerFest
A major New Orleans appearance celebrating the legacy of Louis Armstrong and the city's brass tradition.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Community-stage and affiliated appearances connected to one of the world's leading music festivals.
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
Concert presentations and youth-centered performances within an institution dedicated to New Orleans music education.
Louis Armstrong International Airport
Cultural programming introducing visitors to the sound, spirit, and young talent of New Orleans.
Community & Institutional Events
Performances for festivals, schools, nonprofits, corporate partners, civic events, and cultural institutions.
New Orleans culture without borders.
GPTT's Global Cultural Exchange Program connects young musicians across communities through music, education, storytelling, and shared cultural experience.
Connects
Performance. Purpose. Community.
Bring the sound and spirit of GPTT to your audience.
Girls Play Trumpets Too is available for festivals, cultural institutions, educational programming, corporate engagements, community events, media appearances, and strategic partnerships.