Past Students

Here are some great trombonists who have studied at ASU…

  • Dan Barrett (DMA 2009) – Prof. of Trombone, Univ. of Maine
  • Michael Becker (MM) – Principal Trombone in the Tucson Symphony
  • Josh Bledsoe (MM 2009) –  Presidio Brass
  • Mark Bowling (MM 1988) –  Army Field Band
  • Jay C. Bulen (MM 1982) – Prof. ofTrombone, Truman State University
  • Casey Christopher (DMA 1996) – Director of Bands NW Nazarene Univ.
  • Richard S. Clary (BM, MM) –  Professor and Director of Advanced Wind Ensembles at Florida State University.
  • William Damron (BM ) – Principal Trombone, Tulsa Symphony
  • Christopher Dearth (MM 1993) – Principal Trombone, West Virginia Symphony
  • Skyler Foster (MM, 2013) – Bass trombonist, Flagstaff Symphony
  • Steve Gamble (MM) – Bass Trombone, Tucson Symphony (retired)
  • Mark S. Hartman (DMA 1985) – Prof. of Trombone, SUNY Potsdam
  • Eric High (DMA 2006) –  Prof of Trombone, St. Norbert College
  • Charles Hopkins (DMA 2011) – Paradise Valley Community College
  • H. Keith Jackson (DMA 1996) – Prof. of Trombone, and  Music Dept. Director West Virginia University
  • Will Kimball (DMA 2001) – Prof. of Trombone, Brigham Young University
  • Patrick Lawrence (DMA 2009) –  Prof. of Trombone, Univ. of Wisconsin –  Stevens Point
  • Robert Lindahl (DMA 1988) – Prof. of Trombone, Central Michigan University
  • Richard G. Mayne (MM 1984) – Associate Director of Bands University of Northern Colorado
  • Jason Malloy (DMA 2005) – Director of Students Affairs, BASIS Schools
  • Ryan Miller (MM 2013) – US Navy Fleet Forces Band
  • Andrew O’Neal (DMA 2020) – Director of Education and Community Engagement, Tucson Symphony
  • Thomas Polett (MM 1988) – Prof. of Trombone, Culver-Stockton College, MO
  • Joey Sellers (BM 1987) – Director of Jazz, Saddleback College, CA
  • Christopher Schmitz – Prof. of Music Theory and Composition at Mercer University
  • Brett Shuster (DMA 2002) – Prof. of Trombone, Univ. of Louisville
  • Andy Skaggs (MM Studies) –  Trombonist, United States Navy Band, Washington DC
  • Garrett Stephan (MM 2004) – Navy Band Great Lakes IL
  • Seth Vatt (DMA 2010) – Developer of TromboneExcerpts.org  Author of The Perceptive Trombonist
  • D. Ryan Williams (DMA 2006) – Air Force Band of the Golden West
  • Michael Wilkinson (DMA 2013) –  Asst. Professor of Trombone, University of South Carolina
  • Brian C. Wilson (MM 2001) – Adams Instruments Artist
  • Aaron Wright (DMA studies, 2021) – US Navy Fleet Forces Band