Pacific Trombone Quartet

Tickets:  $15

A group of  pieces will be performed ranging from Haydn to The Beatles.  Most of the pieces are transcriptions arranged for 4 trombones, but there will be a few pieces written specifically for the trombone quartet.  Other pieces by Debussy, Serocki, Poulenc, and Antonio Carlos Jobim will be performed on the 29th.  All of the works utilize the unique and beautiful sound of 4 trombones.  We hope you can join us for a varied and entertaining afternoon concert.
 

Greg Scholl plays principal trombone in the Portland Columbia Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony and the Newport Symphony.  Greg also plays in the Portland Brass Quintet and the Michael Vlatkovich Trio.  He has performed with the Oregon Ballet Theater, the Portland Opera, and the Oregon Symphony, as well as the Portland Chamber Orchestra and the Austin Lyric Opera. 

From Portland, Oregon, trombonist and Portland Jazz Orchestra co-founder Lars Campbell attended the University of Northern Colorado and Portland State University, where he received a degree in Jazz Performance. Trained in both the jazz and classical repertoires, he is a member of the innovative  jazz trio Chopslaughter, as well as the Bobby Torres Ensemble, Pepé and the Bottle Blondes, the Nu Shooz Orchestra and several Portland area big bands, and performs as well with the Oregon Symphony and Oregon Ballet Theater orchestras. He twice attended the Banff International Jazz Workshop, where he studied with Dave Douglas and Tony Malaby, and in 2001 performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

An active local freelance musician, Kenneth Biggs currently plays bass trombone with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Equally comfortable on tenor and bass trombone, he has played with several local orchestras, including the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Chamber Orchestra, the Portland Festival Symphony, and the Newport Symphony. He also enjoys early music and historically informed performance, and has played tenor and bass sacbut (Renaissance Trombone) with the Portland Baroque Orchestra.

John Warton is an active freelance musician in the Portland Metro area.  He plays regularly with the Portland Columbia Symphony, Newport Symphony, and other brass ensembles around town, as well as occasional appearances with the Portland Festival Orchestra.  John attended Portland State University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he received a degree in Music Performance.  He was a member of the Marin Symphony, and regular substitute with the Dallas Wind Symphony, Texas Wind Symphony, Garland Symphony, and a founding member of the trombone quartet Slide Handlers while living in Dallas, Texas.