About us
The Earnhart Company is more than a business - we are a center for multidisciplinary innovation. We are also trained musicians who understand your needs on a personal level.
We bring expertise in:
performing arts medicine
computer science
oro-facial musculature research
product design and manufacturing solutions
We are also trained musicians who understand your needs on a personal level.
Founded in March 2020 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, we started as a single-machine, custom mouthpiece shop. Now, we are located in downtown Rochester, New York, where our facility houses CNC, CM probe, additive, and in-development technologies.
Jack Earnhart
Owner, Founder
Jack founded The Earnhart Company in March of 2020. He brings expertise in performance physiology, embouchure health, and geometric/acoustic relationships of mouthpiece.
Praised as a "leader and visionary" in the music industry, Earnhart is an active performer, composer, and researcher. As a researcher, he explores the physiological aspects of brass playing, examines the geometric and acoustic connections of brass mouthpieces, and investigates the facial muscle dynamics involved in playing a musical instrument. He is currently spearheading a series of collaborative studies between the Eastman School of Music, the Eastman Performing Arts Medicine Center, and the University of Rochester Medical Center's Health Lab. This research employs EMG technologies and is focused on quantifying muscle activation in the orofacial region. He co-instructs an bi-yearly Ergonomics Training Intensive at the Eastman School of Music, where students are exposed to important concepts of performing arts medicine. He also mentors research at the University of Rochester. Topics currently include differential threshold studies of mouthpiece throat diameter, and psychophysical relationships with mouthpiece mass and timbral output. Recently, he was the lead designer on a team of medical professionals tasked with developing and manufacturing adaptive hand and arm technologies for musicians.
A versatile performer of both euphonium and keyboard instruments, he was awarded a degree in Euphonium Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with Boston Symphony Orchestra trombonists Norman Bolter and James Markey. Earnhart is also an organist, and held the position of associate music director and organist at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston from 2021-2023. There, he composed three Mass settings and months worth of liturgical programming. He has also performed in Boston's Symphony Hall on the Aeolian-Skinner organ. Currently, he performs on the 2008 Paul Fritts organ, Op. 26, at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester, New York.
Ryan Phillips
Head of Systems Development
Ryan Phillips is the Head of Systems Development at the Earnhart Company, and brings expertise in UI/UX design, database management, GUI frameworks, and a wide array of programming languages.
As the head of development at EPTech, he plays a pivotal role in devising and implementing automated processes for the Earnhart Company. He also manages strategic development of web applications.
As a trumpet player, his desire to create music that is impactful and deeply personal led him to discover a truly unique style, which he brings to multiple jazz settings throughout the greater Washington DC area. He has performed with Arturo Sandoval, Henry Winkler, and Itzhak Perlman.