Peter Steiner is an internationally acclaimed trombone soloist and prizewinner of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition (2019). His concert activities have taken him throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States. In the 2025/2026 season, he will appear in Australia, China, Japan, Italy, Germany, and the USA, with a particular highlight being his performance at…
Christopher Shook is President of the Jim Gilmore, Jr. Foundation, a position held since the Foundation’s beginning in 2012, and he has worked for the Gilmore companies since 1974. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Gilmore Enterprises Corporation, managing the multi-state real estate arm of the organization. Chris has a Bachelor of Music degree…
Louise Pollock is Professor for Trombone in Berlin at the Hanns Eisler School of Music and guest professor at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester. Her students have won auditions for positions in various European orchestras and are prizewinners at international competitions. Currently, she is playing with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin (RSB). Previously,…
Megumi Kanda, principal trombone of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, is a native of Tokyo, Japan. Coming to the US in 1994, she received her B.M. degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Prior to joining the Milwaukee Symphony in 2002, she served as a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, faculty member of the Eastman…
Carol Jarvis is a much in-demand freelance trombonist, keyboard player, arranger, orchestrator, musical director and backing vocalist. She has toured and recorded extensively with stars such as Sting, Queen, Seal, Rod Stewart, Amy Winehouse, James Bay, Jess Glynne, Ellie Goulding and Bon Jovi but can also be found working with internationally renowned ensembles such as…
