David Humbertson is an up-and-coming trombonist and reputable educator in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a private instructor in local schools and has had the pleasure of performing in various settings. He is also a representative of Edwards House Southeast, the regional branch of Edwards Instrument Company. Born in Bellingham, Massachusetts, and raised in Cumberland, Maryland...
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Craig Klein is born and bred New Orleans and has constantly been exposed to a diverse mixture of music cultures. As a high school trombone player hanging around the French Quarter, his love of New Orleans music was solidi?ed when he stumbled upon Preservation Hall in the mid 70s. From there, he chased the New...
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Kevin M. McManus holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education from Penn State University, a Graduate Performer’s Certificate from SUNY Purchase Conservatory, and a Masters Degree from Carnegie Mellon University. His primary teachers include Mark L. Lusk, Robert D. Hamrick, Matty Shiner, Jim Pugh, Dick Nash, Peter Sullivan, Murray Crewe, James Markey, and...
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Performer, educator, and clinician John Gruber is the newly appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Trombone at the Oberlin Conservatory, where he will begin teaching in the autumn of 2019. He is also the Principal Trombonist of both the Akron Symphony Orchestra and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Second Trombone of the Lansing...
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Technical Sergeant David Gonzalez, Jr is the associate principal trombonist of The United States Air Force Concert Band, based out of Joint Base Anacostia Bolling in Washington, D.C. Gonzalez is a native of Brownsville, Texas and holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (B.M. in Trombone Performance), and Ohio University (M.M. in Trombone...
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Bill Gibson is a Musical Director for Cunard Cruise Lines (Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2). Traveling the world on the seven seas, his duties include administrating, scheduling musicians, conducting, and performing. As Musical Director, he is in charge of the ship’s musicians including a string quartet, solo pianists, harpist, ballroom dance orchestra,...
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Although at home in a variety of musical styles, Cork trombonist, composer, and arranger Paul Dunlea concentrates primarily on jazz and improvisation. This has furthered his reputation as one of Ireland’s most in-demand trombonists. Dunlea has performed/toured/recorded with the likes of Cassandra Wilson, Frankie Valli, Mick Flannery, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Bryce Dressner (The...
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It is fitting that Phil Wilson should dedicate his life to education. Careers in education are a family tradition. His grandfather was the first headmaster of the Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Massachusetts, and his father taught at both Belmont Hill School and Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Wilson began playing piano at age...
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Multiple Grammy-nominated jazz composer and trombonist Steve Wiest is known world-wide for his fresh cutting edge writing as well as his extroverted virtuoso trombone playing. With a zeal for finding fresh ingredients for his muse, Steve is a true multi-genre persona. As a recording artist, composer-arranger, science fiction author, cartoonist, and educator Wiest is at...
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Upon graduating from the Berklee College of Music with a degree in performance on trombone, Jeff Rinear freelanced in a wide variety of musical settings, including numerous extended engagements, for four years. After a touring stint with the Artie Shaw Orchestra, he settled in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area where he has backed up the likes...
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From the windy desert town of Victorville, California, Phil Clevinger. Born and raised in neighboring Apple Valley, famed as the home of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Phil often jokes that he was born in the high desert, raised there, and most likely will die there. But he could do a lot worse. It was...
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New York City trombonist Michael Boscarino is a native of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. He began his musical studies at age 7 on the piano. At age 11, he began playing the trombone as advised by his grandfather, Charles Lamendola and hasn’t looked back since. Michael holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Youngstown State University...
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