Cornejo will travel to Pittsburg from Mexico to perform. He graduated from the Conservatory National of Music as a trumpet performance major and has been the Principal Trumpet of the Orchestra Symphony of the University Guanajuato, San Luís Potosí Symphony Orchestra, Youth Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico, Acapulco Philharmonic Orchestra, and Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra.
He has studied in Europe, taking trumpet lessons at the Paris Conservatory and at the Conservatory of Bordeaux France.
He is currently the Principal Trumpet of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Trumpet of the Fine Arts Theater Orchestra (Opera), artistic director of the Texcoco Trumpet Academy, and Artistic Director of the Mexican brass ensemble.
The concert is free for the campus and community.
Story by student intern Megan Brownell