Jeffrey Bernard Smith is professor of trumpet at the University of Veracruz, the Instituto Superior de Musica del Estado de Veracruz, and the Centro Mexicano Posgrado Puebla. He joined the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra as principal trumpet in 2008 and has participated in many summer festival orchestras including the East-West International Music Festival in Altenburg Germany from 1995-2000 where he has been a featured soloist on various occasions. Smith has appeared as soloist with the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra, Xalapa Symphony, Bellas Artes Chamber Orchestra, the East-West International Music Festival, la Banda de Leon Guanajuato, and others. He is in high demand in Mexico giving courses, master classes, and lessons throughout the Republic including Xalapa Veracruz, Tlaxcala, Queretaro, Tlahuitoltepec Oaxaca, Merida, Leon Guajuato, Mexico City.