Tampa, FL
Trombonist Tom Brantley has served on the University of South Florida's Music Faculty since 1999; as Professor of Trombone, he emphasizes both Classical and Jazz Trombone with his students. Brantley also leads the USF Trombone Octet, Trombone Choir, Trombone Bands I and II, and Trombone Quartets. From 2004 to 2012, Professor Brantley served as director of the USF Jazz Ensemble I; he has returned as director of USF's top big band in the Fall of 2022.
From 1995 to 2016, Brantley toured, performed, and recorded with Rhythm and Brass, an internationally regarded chamber ensemble. He has performed all over the world, including extensive tours of Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. With Rhythm and Brass, he recorded three CDs and published a chamber music book for Universal Publications entitled Team Play. Brantley’s solo recordings include Boneyard on the Summit Record Label. He has two additional recordings – collaborating with colleagues in small groups to create the CDs Confluences and Obsessed with Treasure.
Brantley was nominated for a Grammy in 2018 as a member of Chuck Owen’s Jazz Surge on the recording Whispers on the Wind. His other recordings include projects with USF colleague Jack Wilkins and three other recordings for Chuck Owen’s Jazz Surge. While a graduate student, Tom performed/recorded with the Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band, playing lead trombone and jazz trombone. He appears on four recordings with the UNT Jazz Program: Lab 94, Lab 95, Live from Portugal, and A Tribute to Gene. Brantley also served as a trombone instructor at UNT after finishing his Master’s degree in Music.
More recently, Tom Brantley created an etude book entitled Stylistic Etudes for Trombone, published by Carl Fischer, Inc. (NYC). His first etude collection for Carl Fischer, Essential Etudes for Trombone, was published in 2015 and was also warmly received by trombone teachers and students.
Brantley earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master’s degree in Music from the University of North Texas. His teachers include: Marta Hofacre, Raoul Jerome, Tom Fraschillo, Robert Schmaltz, Christian Lindberg, Vern and Jan Kagarice, Royce Lumpkin, Neil Slater, Keith Johnson, and Joseph Alessi. Tom Brantley has been a Yamaha Performing Artist since 1995.
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
10:15 PM – 11:00 PM US EST