Greg Murray Biography

Born in Waycross, Georgia on March 23, 1964, to Jesse and Eloise Lambert Murray, Greg Murray surprised his family by picking up the trumpet at an early age and teaching himself to play. Though the majority of his family came from Folkston, GA, he attended Glynn County Schools and was a 1982 graduate of Brunswick High School.

Mildred Eakes Lambert, Greg's maternal grandmother, was a Church of God of Prophecy minister. Though his parents never favored church attendance, Greg grew close to his grandparents and accompanied Mildred and his grandfather, Samuel, to church during his formative years. He credits them for bringing him up in a Christian environment.

Greg excelled in middle and high school band at Glynn County Schools, becoming an accomplished trumpet player. In 1982, he was selected for the Georgia Governors Honors Program in Music and, that same year, was chosen as first trumpet for the World Champion Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corp located in Concord, California. Greg toured with the Corp during the summer of 1982, allowing him the opportunity to study with some of the best educators and trumpet players in the world.

Greg graduated with Honors from Gupton-Jones College in Atlanta, Georgia with a degree in Mortuary Science. While employed in the funeral profession, he continued to become more and more proficient on the trumpet, flugelhorn and piccolo trumpet, not yet sure in which direction his musical abilities would lead. Little did he know how important his music and testimony would become.

In the early 1990s, Greg received God's Call and was inspired to create his own concert ministry entitled "Trumpet Praise Ministries." His mission became spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ through song to the lost all over the world. Currently, Greg is incorporating the ancient Hebrew instrument, the Shofar, into his ministry's program as well as praise and worship, beloved hymns and contemporary selections that appeal to a varied audience.

Emphasizing that God gave him the talent to play musical instruments and giving Him all the glory, Greg states, "In these uncertain times of war and chaos, concerts are a way of channeling God's love and compassion to a hurting world. Music is an international language, a way of lifting up the name of Jesus Christ that reaches all ages, races and creeds."

In 2007, Greg released two inspirational CDs. The first, called Trumpet Praise includes both hymns and patriotic songs. The second, titled, God Bless America, is a patriotic CD paying tribute to all active military personnel and veterans.

Greg is currently in the studio working on a Christmas project to be released in November.