Northern Kentucky University, Trombone Day

February 21st, 2027
12:00 pm - 5:00pm

Featured Guest Artist:
Jeremy Wilson
Professor of Trombone: Vanderbilt University

This event is free for all participants, but registration is strongly encouraged. Trombone enthusiasts of all ages are welcome.
Bring your trombones!

Trombonist Jeremy Wilson has performed in 38 countries across six continents and built an international career as a performer, teacher, recording artist, and advocate for the trombone. He is Professor of Trombone at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he has developed one of the premier undergraduate trombone programs in the United States.

Wilson is widely known for his Standard Repertoire Project, a YouTube series of reference performances and practical teaching videos that has reached hundreds of thousands of viewers worldwide. Since 2016, he has also commissioned and/or premiered more than 40 new works for trombone. Many appear on his three solo albums—Aurora, For the Beauty of the Earth, and Perspectives—each of which received Silver Medal recognition from the Global Music Awards.

Wilson’s professional career began at age 24 when, on his first-ever orchestral audition, he won a position with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera. During five seasons in Vienna, he performed hundreds of Philharmonic concerts and more than 550 opera and ballet performances encompassing 85 works. Much of the lyricism that characterizes his playing was shaped in the opera pit, performing alongside many of the world’s great singers. His years with the Philharmonic took him to 29 countries and concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, and the Wiener Musikverein.

Since returning to Tennessee, Wilson has performed with the Nashville Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Saito Kinen Orchestra and has appeared as a soloist with ensembles including the Cairo Symphony, National Symphonic Band of Colombia, and U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own.”

A dedicated educator, Wilson has taught and performed at universities, conservatories, festivals, and conferences around the world. He is also the creator of the Body Mind Spirit Method, a holistic approach to helping musicians build more effective, sustainable, and fulfilling lives in music.

Schedule

11:45 a.m. Wert Music Exhibit Opens
12:00 p.m. Registration / vendors
12:30 p.m. Welcome/Group Warm-up 
1:00 p.m. Mass Ensemble Rehearsal (all attendees invited to play)
1:45 p.m. Recital (Jeremy Wilson)
2:30 p.m. Presentation on Improvisation (Zac Granger)
3:10 p.m. Masterclass (Jeremy Wilson)
4 p.m. Wert Music Exhibit Closes
4 p.m. Final Concert featuring Jeremy Wilson and all participants

Location:
Northern Kentucky University, School of the Arts
1 Louie B Nunn Dr, Highland Heights KY, 41099

All events will take place in Greaves Concert Hall

Questions can be directed to Dr. Louis Setzer at setzerl1@nku.edu