Pujan Bhattarai is from Wixom, Michigan and began playing the trumpet in 6th grade while attending Sarah Banks Middle School under the direction of Wallace Ayotte, Al Johnston, and Kristen Dudzinski. Pujan attended Walled Lake Western High School where his interest in music grew year by year under the direction of Patrick Dudzinski. In his junior and senior years of high school, Pujan was selected to various honors groups, propelling him into his collegiate career at Michigan State University.
While at Michigan State University, Pujan studied Trumpet with Richard Illman and Justin Emerich. Pujan was blessed with opportunities provided to him by the College of Music, a few of which included a trip to the Rose Bowl with the Spartan Marching Band and multiple tours with the Wind Symphony to venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Kauffman Center for the CBDNA Conference in 2017.
Pujan sought multiple teaching opportunities spanning back to his freshman year in high school. These teaching opportunities included multiple marching band camps, serving as a trumpet clinician at various schools in MI, and teaching dozens of private lessons in the Walled Lake and East Lansing areas.
Pujan completed his Student Teaching Placement at East Kentwood High School and Pinewood Middle School with James Ross. Furthermore, Pujan was hired as a long-term substitute teacher at East Kentwood High School for the Spring 2018 semester immediately following his graduation.
While at Michigan State University, Pujan studied Trumpet with Richard Illman and Justin Emerich. Pujan was blessed with opportunities provided to him by the College of Music, a few of which included a trip to the Rose Bowl with the Spartan Marching Band and multiple tours with the Wind Symphony to venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Kauffman Center for the CBDNA Conference in 2017.
Pujan sought multiple teaching opportunities spanning back to his freshman year in high school. These teaching opportunities included multiple marching band camps, serving as a trumpet clinician at various schools in MI, and teaching dozens of private lessons in the Walled Lake and East Lansing areas.
Pujan completed his Student Teaching Placement at East Kentwood High School and Pinewood Middle School with James Ross. Furthermore, Pujan was hired as a long-term substitute teacher at East Kentwood High School for the Spring 2018 semester immediately following his graduation.