Featured Artists
Trombone Faculty, Arizona State University
Trombonist Brad Edwards has appeared as a soloist before audiences in the United States and Europe. He has twice played concerti with the Army Band at the American Trombone Workshop. Audiophile magazine praised his CD, “Trombone And…” saying, “The performances are all excellent.”
Dr. Edwards teaches at Arizona State University and has previously taught at the Universities of South Carolina and the Northern Iowa. He is best known for his pedagogical books including, Lip Slurs, Lip Slur Melodies as well as the Trombone Craft, Simply Singing for Winds and Patterns and Snippets books. Newer books include The Melodious books (The Melodious Trombone, The Melodious Bass Trombone) and the Intermediate books (Trombonist, Euphoniumist, Tubist, more coming). He has also composed 176 one-minute audition solos for all woodwinds and brass. These solos have been adopted for all-state auditions in South Carolina, Utah and Minnesota and can be found at AuditionSolos.com. His latest project has been the composition and recording of 24 Concert Pieces for Trombone and Piano.
Dr. Edwards was a member of and soloist with the Air Force Band in Washington D.C. and has held positions as Principal Trombonist with a number of regional orchestras. He is currently the Principal Trombonist of the South Carolina Philharmonic. He has performed with the Phoenix Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore Opera, National Symphony and Charlotte Symphony. Recently, he has performed with the Summit Brass at the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute in Denver.
Dr. Edwards holds degrees from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Hartt School of Music. His primary teachers have been Jim Olin, Tony Chipurn, Ronald Borror and Henry Schmidt. He has also studied with Joseph Alessi, Arnold Jacobs, Dave Fedderly and Milt Stevens.
For more information as well as resources, please visit the TromboneZone.org website.
INSTRUMENT:
- GB4-1G Tenor Trombone
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