NORTH AMERICA
Workshops/Symposia/Seminars
All Brass or Trombone Only
Alessi Seminar
Photo credit: Alessiseminar.com
Alessi Seminar (USA - Cancelled Indefinitely)
Faculty: Joseph Alessi, Peter Ellefson (USA only), Jonathan Whitaker (USA only)
Application Deadline: Mid March
One Week: Early August
Atlantic Brass Quintet Seminar (Boston, MA)
Faculty: Tim Albright
Application Deadline: Early March
Two Weeks: Late July - Early August
Cleveland Trombone Seminar
Photo credit: clevelandtromboneseminar.org
Boston University Tanglewood Institute: Trombone Workshop (Lenox, MA)
Faculty: Don Lucas
Application Deadline: Early March
Two Weeks: Mid July - Late July
Cleveland Trombone Seminar (Cleveland, OH)
Faculty: Shachar Israel, Mark Lusk (bass), Randall Hawes (bass), Nitzan Haroz, Pete Ellefson, Craig Knox (tuba)
Application Deadline: Late March
One Week: Mid June
Charleston Low Brass Seminar (Charleston, SC)
Faculty: Justin Clarkson (tuba), Kevin Young (tuba)
Application Deadline: Early June
One Week: Early July
Fredericksburg Brass Institute
Photo credit: fredbrass.com
The Complete Trombonist Workshop (Urbana, IL) [Postponed indefinitely]
Faculty: Jim Pugh, Tom Gibson, Reginald Chapman (bass)
Application Deadline: Mid May (late fee after Mid May)
One Week: Late June
Mountain Light Music Festival: Trombone Summit
Photo credit: baylortrombones.com
DC Trombone Workshop (Potomac, MD)
Faculty: Douglas Rosenthal, Casey Jones, Corey Sansolo, Greg Hammond, Zenas Kim-Banther, Todd Baldwin, Bryan Woodward (bass), Pete Ellefson, Matthew Guilford (bass), Derek Hawkes, David Perkel
Application Deadline: Early May
One Week: Late July - Early August
Fredericksburg Brass Institute (Fredericksburg, VA)
Faculty: Will Baker (bass), Andrew Friedrichs, Kenneth Johnson, Pete Ellefson
Application Deadline: Early March
One Week: Mid July
Le Domaine Forget: Brass Session (St. Irénée, Quebec, Canada)
Faculty: Joseph Alessi, Patrice Richer, Jacques Mauger
Application Deadline: Mid February
Two Weeks: Early June – Mid June
Northwestern University: Trombone Master Class
Photo credit: Luis Fred / trombone.net
Eastman Summer Trombone Institute (Rochester, NY)
Faculty: Mark Kellogg, Catie Hickey, Chris Azzara, Jim Martin, Larry Zalkind, Megumi Kanda
Application Deadline: Early May
One Week: Late July – Early August
Georgia Trombone Summit (Athens, GA)
Faculty: Joshua Bynum, Toby Oft, Stephen Lange, James Markey (bass), Paul Compton, Brian Conklin, Casey Thomas, Steve Wiest
Application Deadline: Early Feb until filled
One Week: Late May - Early June
Pokorny Low Brass Seminar
Photo credit: facebook.com/Pokornyseminar
Jazz Institute @ Brevard (Brevard, NC)
Faculty: Michael Dease, Gina Benalcazar
Application Deadline: Early March
Two Weeks: Early June - Mid June
Northwestern University: Trombone Master Class (Evanston, IL)
Faculty: Michael Mulcahy
Application Deadline: Mid April
One Week: Late June – Early July
Raphael Mendez Brass Institute
Photo credit: facebook.com/RaphaelMendezBrassInstitute
Rafael Mendez Brass Institute (Denver, CO)
Scott Hartman, Carl Lenthe, Scott Bean, John Lofton (bass), Brad Edwards
Application Deadline: Mid June
One Week: Mid July
Southeast Trombone Symposium
Photo credit: Austin Rivers
Spectrum Brass Seminar
Photo credit: spectrumseminar.com
Santa Fe Trombone Summit (Santa Fe, NM)
Faculty: Mark Fisher, Jonathan Randazzo, Chris Buckholz, Chris Bassett (bass)
Application Deadline: Mid April
One Weekend: Late July
Shepherd Trombone Workshop (Shepherdstown, WV)
Faculty: Kirsten Lies-Warfield, Lars Peder Brinks Sorensen, Angela Johnson, Fred Gleason, James Martin
Application Deadline: N/A
One Day: Early June
Southeast Trombone Symposium (Columbus, GA)
Faculty: Colin Williams, Nathan Zgonc, George Curran (bass), Bradley Palmer, Paul Pollard (bass), Jim Nova, Brian Hecht (bass), Randy Hawes (bass), Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto, John Fedchock, Justin Cook
Application Deadline: Mid March
One Week: Late June
Summer Trombone Workshop
Photo credit: summertromboneworkshop.com
Spectrum Brass Seminar at the Bay View Music Festival (Petosky, MI)
Faculty: John Rutherford
Application Deadline: Mid March
Eight Weeks: Mid June - Mid August
Summer Brass (Colorado Springs, CO)
Faculty: Bron Wright, Jeremy van Hoy (bass)
Application Deadline: N/A
One Week: Early June
Third Coast Trombone Retreat
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Summer Trombone Workshop (New York, New York)
Faculty: Haim Avitsur, Scott Hartman, Collin Williams, George Curran (bass), David Taylor (bass)
Application Deadline: Early April
One Week: Mid June
Summer Slides (Hattiesburg, MS; Boise, ID)
Faculty: Ben McIlwain, Jennifer Griggs, John Grodrian, Sarah Paradis, Craig Watson (bass)
Application Deadline: Early May
One Week: Early June (Mississippi); Early July (Idaho)
Summer Slides
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Tidewater Brass Institute (Virginia Beach, VA)
Faculty: Reginald Chapman (bass), Kenneth Johnson
Application Deadline: Mid July
One Week: Late July
Third Coast Trombone Retreat (Montague, MI)
Faculty: John Vera, David Binder, Toby Oft, Paul Pollard (bass), William Mann
Application Deadline: Mid April
One Week: Mid June
Vancouver Trombone Week (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Faculty: Brian Wendel, Ilan Morgenstern (bass)
Application Deadline: N/A (Discount if enrolled before July)
One Week: Late August
Washington Brass Institute (Rockville, MD)
Faculty: Ken Wolff, Angela Johnson, Tim Smith, David Sporny, Mark Morgan (bass)
Application Deadline: Early August
One Week: Mid August