Trombone Faculty
Scott Hartman
SCOTT HARTMAN is Instructor of Trombone at the Yale University School of Music. His performing career has been primarily as a chamber musician and soloist. Beginning his chamber music career as a member of the Empire Brass, he has also performed and recorded with numerous ensembles including Proteus7, Millennium Brass, the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Yale Brass Trio and Four of a Kind. Mr. Hartman is a frequent guest clinician and teacher throughout the world, and often performs as a soloist with piano and large ensembles.
Megumi Kanda
MEGUMI KANDA, Principal Trombone of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra since 2002, is an internationally acclaimed performer, teacher, and author. Megumi has performed as a soloist across the United States, Europe, and Asia, including with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Pershing’s Own Army Band, the US Army Field Band, and the Prague Chamber Orchestra. She has been a featured guest artist at many trombone workshops and festivals, including the International Trombone Festival and the American Trombone Workshop. Megumi has appeared as guest faculty at numerous music institutions, including the New World Symphony, National Youth Orchestra of the USA, and Interlochen Arts Academy, and has given masterclasses and recitals across the US, Europe, and Asia. In April 2006, Megumi was recognized by the Arion Foundation in Tokyo, Japan as one of the most influential Japanese classical artists. She has also received a Certificate of Commendation from the Consul General of Japan at Chicago in recognition for distinguished service contributing to the friendship between the United States and Japan. Megumi was named a 2017 Woman of Influence in the category of education by the Milwaukee Business Journal. In 2020, she was named the recipient of the International Trombone Association Award, which recognizes the highest level of creative and artistic output. Megumi’s first book, The One Hundred, a collection of orchestral trombone excerpts with accompanying commentary, was published in August 2015 and is a resource widely used by aspiring young trombonists around the world. Her second book, Trombone Unlimited, a comprehensive method book, was published in 2020. As a JVC/Victor Entertainment artist, Megumi recorded three solo albums: Amazing Grace, Gloria, and Mona Lisa. She also can be heard on Magnifique Live, a live recording of Megumi and other JVC artists in the August 2005 performance at Takemitsu Hall in Tokyo’s Opera City. Megumi is proud to be a Greenhoe performing artist.
Brad Edwards
BRAD EDWARDS is Professor at Arizona State University, formerly serving as member of the US Air Force Band and faculty at the University of South Carolina and University of Northern Iowa. With a style that has been described as “passionate,” “fiercely vigorous,” and even “humorous,” Brad Edwards has appeared as a soloist before audiences in the United States and Europe. His solo credits include radio and television broadcasts, premieres of new music, guest recitals at colleges and regional workshops, and concertos with student and professional orchestras and wind ensembles. He has been featured as a soloist with the “Pershing’s Own” Army Band and the Air Force Concert Band. Dr. Edwards is well known for his pedagogical books, which have sold over 20,000 copies.
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Richard Harris
RICHARD HARRIS is Professor of Trombone and Euphonium at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music, a member of the New York City based chamber collective “Decoda”, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, and host of the “RichardTromboneCamp!” He has performed as a regular guest with many of the US’s top symphony orchestras including the Boston Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, and Cincinnati Symphony. Trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Indiana University, Richard has performed and toured alongside a diverse range of musicians such as Puff Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Natalie Cole, Seth McFarlane, Boyz II Men, Megan Hilty, Roseanne Cash, Bryce Dessner, Chris Botti and classical music stars Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli.
Bass Trombone
John Lofton
JOHN LOFTON is the bass trombonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He formerly served as bass trombonist with the State Orchestra of Mexico, the Honolulu Symphony, and the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. Lofton was appointed bass trombonist of Los Angeles Philharmonic in August 2008. He has toured and recorded with the Cleveland Orchestra and performed with the San Francisco Symphony. In addition to appearing on several recordings, Lofton has produced both solo and chamber recordings.