A native of West Texas, Jeremy Garnett has been playing the trumpet for 28 years. He has been a musician with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra since 2013. In addition to his credits with the VSO, he has performed with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, Dallas Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, New World Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Des Moines Metro Opera, Richmond Symphony, Charlottesville Symphony, Wintergreen Music Festival, and Williamsburg Symphony. As a soloist, he has been featured with the Boston Civic Orchestra, Texas Christian University Symphony, Houston String Quartet, Williamsburg Symphony, and the Fort Worth Sinfonietta.

In 2011, Jeremy won a position with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra and performed in a series of concerts to audiences at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, and to 3.4 million viewers online. He attended Interlochen Arts camp as an Emerson Scholar, and later the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. Jeremy attended the Boston Conservatory and also attended Texas Christian University. His primary teachers were Stanley Friedman, Steve Emery, Tom Booth and Jon Burgess.

As a working musician in Hampton Roads, Jeremy stays busy performing recitals, teaching in area public schools, and performing regularly at churches and events scattered across the region. When he isn’t practicing or performing, he enjoys saltwater fishing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeremy started a fishing guide service, operating in the many waterways along eastern Virginia and North Carolina. He can be seen on a variety of fishing shows; most notably, one of the area’s most prominent fishing YouTube channels, 1Fish2Fish. He resides in the East Oceanview area of Norfolk, Virginia with his wife, dog, and two cats.