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.
Brian Wendel
BRIAN WENDEL joined The Cleveland Orchestra as Principal Trombone in August of 2022, appointed by Franz Welser-Möst. He previously served as Principal Trombone of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) for five seasons, beginning in 2017. Enjoying the thrill of solo performances and competitions, he has appeared as a soloist with the Vancouver and Prince George Symphonies, Denver University Brass Ensemble, and the Juilliard Trombone Choir, and was winner of the Music International Grand Prix — Winds and Brass category (2021), Online Trombone Competition (2020), Alessi Seminar Asia Competition (2018) and two International Trombone Association competitions (2014 and 2016). He has also performed with the Seattle Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and New York Philharmonic Brass Ensemble. He received his bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School under the mentorship of Joseph Alessi. Mr. Wendel is on faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and is always excited to teach and perform in recital. He has worked with students at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (Portugal), Hochschule Luzern (Switzerland), University of Colorado Boulder, Long Siew Tow Conservatory (Singapore), Denver University, National Youth Orchestra (USA), and University of British Columbia (UBC) School of Music, among others. Mr. Wendel served as Adjunct Professor of Trombone at UBC from 2019-2022, and has also been an Associate Instructor for the Alessi Seminar Asia. Mr. Wendel’s debut solo album, “This is Home”, was released on June 18, 2021, and it features music representing his ‘musical home’ through works by Scriabin, Bach, Crespo, Prokofiev, and himself. Please feel free to visit his website, brianwendelmusic.com, for more details and sound bytes!
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 40,000 copies.
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Richard Harris
RICHARD HARRIS Whether its performing on OSCAR winning soundtracks such as “Joker” the GRAMMY award winning album “Twelve Little Spells” with Esperanza Spalding, or recording solo and chamber music CD’s, Richard Harris has crafted an eclectic musical career. As a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral performer, educator and advocate, his performances have taken him all across North & South America, Europe and Asia.
Richard is currently on faculty at the University of Denver, is the former Assistant Principal Trombone of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and formerly an Associate member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He is a regular guest with many of the US’s top symphony orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic and is a former member of the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra in New York City, where he has also performed with many other Broadway productions.
Richard recorded with pop-star Sting on his first studio album in a decade and has performed and toured alongside a diverse range of musicians, such as, Rza, Puff Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Vince Mendoza, Natalie Cole, Seth McFarlane, Boyz II Men, Megan Hilty, Roseanne Cash, Bryce Dessner, Chris Botti and classical music stars Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli.
Mr. Harris is a member of ‘Decoda’, a New York City based chamber music collective which is the first ever Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall and he is also a member of Summit Brass. As a chamber musician he has been a guest artist at Chamber Music North West and has performed with The Canadian Brass, The Empire Brass, The Metropolitan Opera Brass Ensemble, The Lincoln Center Trombone Ensemble, the Boston based string ensemble, A Far Cry and he appeared on onstage at the Park Armoury in New York with the Knights Chamber Orchestra in “The Head & The Load” directed by William Kentridge.
A native of Worcestershire, England, Richard was a scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He completed his Masters Degree at Indiana University before spending three seasons with the New World Symphony Orchestra led by Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas. Mr. Harris is a former fellow of Ensemble ACJW, a program of Carnegie Hall & The Juilliard School and Richard has worked for Carnegie Hall as a teaching artist.
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.