Brian French Email & Phone Number

I perform as the principal trombonist of the Winston-Salem Symphony and have appeared as soloist numerous times, most recently with my section colleagues in Jennifer Higdon’s Low Brass Concerto and in a “pandemic era” performance of Beethoven’s Drei Equali. I am also the principal trombonist of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and I previously held principal positions in the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago—the training program of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I perform regionally with many orchestras, including those of Asheville, Charlotte, and Roanoke, the North Carolina Symphony, and the North Carolina Opera as guest trombonist, tenor tubist, and bass trumpeter. My summer festival experience includes the Bravo! Festival in Vail, Colorado, the Eastern Music Festival in my hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina and the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan. I received both my Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Northwestern University and count Frank Crisafulli, Jay Friedman, and Arthur Linsner among his primary teachers. I joined the music faculty of Wake Forest University in 2008 having earlier taught at Davidson College.In addition to my performing and teaching duties, I am the Director of Marketing for the Winston-Salem Symphony; I create websites for non-profit performing arts organizations such as the Greensboro Symphony, Greensboro Opera, and Santa Fe Symphony & Chorus; and I “doodle” digital drawings—primarily of musical instruments—for clients which have included Music for a Great Space, Wright State University, North Carolina Double Reed Company, and The Leeds International Piano Competition.

Listed skills include Classical, Orchestral Music, Ensemble, Music, and 21 others.