Classics 2012-2013 Biographies - The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Trombone Times Three
Fri, Nov. 16, 10:30am
Sat, Nov. 17, 8pm
Sun, Nov. 18, 2:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Jonathan Lombardo, tenor trombone
Timothy Smith, tenor trombone
Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
ERIC EWAZEN Triple Trombone Concerto (World Premiere)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Jonathan Lombardo is Principal Trombone of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has held since 2004. He has played
with the Boston, Baltimore, Syracuse, San Antonio Symphonies as well as the Aspen Chamber Symphonies and The Spoleto Festival
Orchestra. Jonathan began playing trombone at age eleven in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas and continued his studies at the
Interlochen Arts Academy under Thomas Riccobono from 1996-­‐1999. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard
School in 2003 where he studied with Joseph Alessi and Per Brevig. As a soloist, Jonathan has performed recitals in Europe and
throughout the United States. His performance of Nina Rota’s Concerto for Trombone with the Juilliard Orchestra was featured
several times on NPR’s Performance Today. In 2005, he was a guest soloist with the University of New Mexico Wind Ensemble
while participating in the prestige’s Alessi Seminar. Jonathan is on faculty at The University at Buffalo and he maintains a private
studio in Buffalo. He has given classes throughout the United States as well as Europe and South and Central America.
http://www.bpo.org/meet/orchestra-­‐lombardo.php
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Timothy Smith currently holds the chair of 2 nd Trombone with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has had since
2009. Prior to joining the BPO, Tim served as Acting Principal Trombone of the San Diego Symphony and Opera during the 2008-­‐
2009 season, and also served as Acting 2 nd Trombone for the Jacksonville Symphony in 2007. Mr. Smith frequently substitutes with
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and has also appeared with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony, Baltimore
Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Opera, Virginia Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Chicago’s Music
of the Baroque, Chicagoland Pops, and many regional orchestras throughout greater Chicago. Internationally, Mr. Smith has
performed in Germany, Ireland, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic with orchestras and chamber ensembles alike. In the
chamber music realm, Tim was a founding member of the Second City Brass Quintet, as well as the CT3 Trombone Quartet,
winners of the 2005 ITA International Trombone Quartet Competition. Additionally, he has performed with the Bach Week of
Evanston festival, International Contemporary Ensemble, and Buffalo Chamber Players. As a pedagogue, Mr. Smith has served on
the music faculty of San Diego State University, the British School of Chicago, and maintained a private teaching studio while living
in Chicago. He has also been a featured clinician and recitalist, presenting programs at schools such as Baylor University, Ithaca
College, San Diego State, SUNY Fredonia, University of San Diego, and the University of Central Arkansas. Timothy studied with Dr.
Harold Reynolds at Ithaca College, and following graduation in 2003, went on to complete his Master’s studies with Michael
Mulcahy and Charlie Vernon at Northwestern University. Tim is an S.E. Shires Company Artist.
http://www.bpo.org/meet/orchestra-­‐smith.php
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Jeffrey Dee currently holds the bass trombone position with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and serves on faculty at SUNY
Fredonia. Prior to this, Jeff held similar positions with the Jacksonville Symphony and Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestras.
Career highlights include performances with Yo-­‐Yo Ma, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Ray Charles, and the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra under James Levine. He received a B.M. in Trombone Performance from Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, Texas.While at SMU, Jeff was engaged on numerous occasions by the Dallas Wind Symphony and the Dallas Symphony
Orchestra. With the Dallas Symphony, he recorded Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and accompanied the DSO on their 1999
Carnegie Hall Tour. After SMU, Jeff moved to New York City where he completed his M.M. in Trombone Performance from The
Juilliard School of Music. His teachers were Donald Harwood and Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic. In addition to his
recording with the Dallas Symphony, Jeff can be heard on numerous recordings with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under
Maestro JoAnn Falletta.
http://www.bpo.org/meet/orchestra-­‐dee.php
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