Guest Artists
Trombone guest artists since 2000
Western Michigan University regularly brings trombone guest artists to campus for performance and master classes.
Orchestral
- Sebastian Vera, Pittsburgh Opera
- Megumi Kanda, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
- Ivan Bosnjak, Croatian National Theatre Orchestra
- James Box, Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Jeremy Wilson, Vienna Philharmonic (three times)
- Shachar Israel, Cleveland Orchestra
- Nick Schwartz, New York City Ballet
- Ken Thompkins, Detroit Symphony Orchestra (twice)
- Gerry Pagano, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, retired
- Evan Conroy, Louisiana Philharmonic (twice)
- Garth Simmons, Toledo Symphony Orchestra
- George Curran, New York Philmarnonic
- Massimo La Rosa, Formerly The Cleveland Orchestra (twice)
- Ilan Morgenstern, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Dan Mattson, Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra (twice)
- Joe Alessi, New York Philharmonic (three times)
- Randy Hawes, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, retired (twice)
- Kip Hickman, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (twice)
- Ian Bousfield, Formerly Vienna Philharmonic
- Ronald Barron, Boston Symphony Orchestra, retired (twice)
- Mark Lawrence, San Francisco Orchestra, retired
- Abbie Conant, Munich Philharmonic, retired
- John Kitzman, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, retired (twice)
- Chris Dudley, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Michael Mulcahy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (twice)
- Dr. Andrew Mitchell, Detroit Freelance Trombonist
- Nitzan Haroz, The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Matt Vaughn, The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Eric Carlson, The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Blair Bollinger, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Ensembles
- Maniacal 4, 2009 International Trombone Quartet Competition winners
- Northside Quartet, 2012 International Trombone Quartet Competition winners
- Trombones de Costa Rica
- Philadelphia Orchestra trombone section
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra trombone section (twice)
Soloists
- Jim Erdman, retired trombone soloist, US Marine Band
- Yu Tamaki Hoso, Japanese trombone soloist
- Christian Lindberg, international recording artist (twice)
- Alain Trudel, international recording artist (twice)
Jazz Trombonists
- Harry Watters, jazz great
- Nick Finzer, New York jazz trombonist
- Jim Pugh, New York jazz performing artist
- Conrad Herwig, New York jazz performing artist
- Bob McChesney, Los Angeles jazz performing artist
- Jiggs Whigham, Berlin jazz performing artist (twice)
- John Fedchock, New York jazz performing artist
- Ray Anderson, New York jazz performing artist
- The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors trombone section
- Jazz artist Slide Hampton
- Jazz artist Urbie Green
- Doug Elliott, jazz artist
Educators
- Jonas Bylund, Hochschule fur Musik and Theater, Hannover, Germany
- Justin Cook, University of Central Arkansas
- Scott Hartman, Yale University
- Andrew Mitchell, Youngstown State University
- JoDee Davis, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Hana Beloglavec, Florida State University
- Jason Hausback, Missouri State University
- Chris Van Hof, Colorado State University
- Jeremy Wilson, Vienna Philharmonic and Vanderbilt University (three times)
- Tony Baker, University of North Texas
- Natalie Mannix, University of North Texas
- Paul Hunt, Kansas State University
- Don Lucas, Boston University
- Brad Edwards, Arizona State University
- Marc Dickman, University of North Florida
- John Drew, Florida State University and ITA President
- Peter Ellefson, Indiana University and Northwestern University
- Tom Ervin, University of Arizona
- Heinz Fadle, Hochschule fur Music, Detmold, Germany, ITA Past President
- Jeannie Little, Louisiana State University (twice)
- Chris Van Hof, Colorado State University
- David Vining, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
- Eileen Meyer Russell, Southwestern University (twice)
- John Seidel, Ball State University
- William Mathis, Bowling Green State University
- Royce Lumpkin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
- Vern and Jan Kagarice, University of North Texas (twice)
- Mark Kellogg, Eastman School of Music
- Mike Kris, University of North Carolina/Duke University
- James Bicigo, University of Alaska
- Mark Hetzler, University of Wisconsin
- Tom Zugger, Capital University