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Trombone
Stephen Parsons is currently Professor of Trombone and Director of the School of Music at Illinois State University. He holds a D.M.A. in Trombone Performance from the University of Kansas, where he studied with Stephen Anderson. He has also studied at the Tanglewood Institute with members of the Empire Brass Quintet and with Milton Stevens of the National Symphony Orchestra. Before coming to Illinois State, he served as Trombone Soloist and Assistant Principal Trombonist with the United States Army Field Band in Washington D.C. While in Washington, he performed with the Field Band's Brass Quintet and also served as that organization's clinician for both high school and college settings. In addition to teaching applied trombone and conducting the ISU Trombone Choir, Dr. Parsons currently performs with the Illinois State Faculty Brass Quintet. He is a member of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Peoria Symphony Orchestra, and has also performed with the Tulsa Philharmonic, the St. Louis Symphony and the New Sousa Band. He also serves as trombone clinician at the Music for All Summer Symposium.
