During this weekend’s Masterworks performances, the Spokane Symphony will explore melodies made for movement and a brass instrument with its own sense of expression: the trombone.

*For more than two decades – and counting – trombonist and recording extraordinaire Jeff “Mr. Trombone” Bradshaw has been boldly mixing musical sounds and styles rooted in soul, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, ...

This summer, Assistant Professor of Trombone Sterling Tanner led a group of CU Boulder students to participate in the International Trombone Festival (ITF) hosted at Western University in London, ...

Trombone Shorty looks to bring his New Orleans flare to the Inland Northwest. Troy Andrews, better known by his stage name Trombone Shorty, first picked up the trombone at just 4 years old and has ...

One of the mistakes of teaching, I’ve learned through my years as a part-time professor, is to prepare so much that the students have no choice but to become passive recipients of knowledge that has ...

Trombone Shorty, real name Troy Andrews, launched the Trombone Shorty Foundation in 2011 with executive director Bill Taylor. Together with an esteemed group of staff, the duo collaborate to ensure ...

This post is part three in a series. In previous posts, I discussed the concept of musical stuttering and described the initial phase of working with a student to correct the issue. Here, I continue ...

Vatican City, May 8, 2025 — Before ascending to the papacy as Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost led a surprising double life: acclaimed theologian by day, and celebrated jazz trombonist by night.

Water activities are a source of enjoyment for people of all ages, but they also come with inherent risks. Drowning remains a leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths among children in the ...

Who knew that combining a sweet story about an adorable penguin and one about the atrocities of a political uprising in 1976 Argentina could have such charm? “The Penguin Lessons” does just that, ...