Evan Robinson

Music Appreciation | Rock Appreciation | Trombone | Low Brass

Evan Robinson was born in New York City and attended the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Stephen Norrell of the Metropolitan Opera and John Swallow of the New York City Ballet and the New York Brass Quintet. He earned his Master of Music degree from the University of Georgia, studying under Dr. Phillip Jameson. He has also studied independently with William Brown, former principal hornist of the New York City Opera, James Nova of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Norman Bolter of the Boston Symphony. Evan has participated in master classes by Christian Lindberg and Alain Trudel, as well as brass quintet coaching with Fred Mills and Per Brevig.

Evan is currently an instructor at West Liberty University in West Virginia and has performed with the Wheeling and Youngstown Symphonies as well as other groups in the Wheeling/Pittsburgh area. Prior to moving to Wheeling, he served as principal trombone of the Orquesta Filarmonica de Queretaro in Queretaro, Mexico.

Evan has played with the Macon Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus, GA Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Grand Opera, DiCapo Opera, Riverside Orchestra, principal trombone of AIMS music festival in Graz, Austria, principal trombone of the Westchester chamber orchestra, the Gregg Smith Singers, Decasia live, and New Rochelle Opera. He was also featured soloist at the New York Brass Conference. Recordings include various works with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Queretaro, Mahler Symphony no. 3 with the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, “Mass for Mass Trombones” by Wendy Chambers, the soundtrack to the PBS television show “Dora the Explorer,” and Albert Hammond Jr.