An experienced performer, Scott Thornburg has been principal trumpet with the New York City Symphony, the Summerfare Opera Festival Orchestra at SUNY-Purchase, the Philharmonia Virtuosi, the Stamford Symphony, Musica Sacra, the New York Chamber Players and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. As principal trumpet with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, he performed at the Caramoor Festival and he has toured South America, Europe and the United States with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

He is a member of the New York Trumpet Ensemble, and has performed with the Canadian Brass, Parnassus, the New York Brass and the American Brass Quintet.

He was featured as soloist with Philharmonia Virtuosi, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Juilliard Symphony.

His teachers have included William Vacchiano, Gilbert Johnson, Raymond Mase, Richard Giangiulio and Mel Broiles.

He can be heard on Centaur Records CD recordings with pianist Silvia Roederer.