OUR CONDUCTOR

Tom Riccobono is instructor of low brass at the Interlochen Arts Academy and principal trombone with the Traverse  Symphony Orchestra. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Penn State University, and a Performer's  Certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has performed concertos with the Penn State and Florida State  University orchestras, Interlochen Arts Academy Band, Encore Society of Winds and the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. He  was a concerto winner and soloist at Pennsylvania State University and Florida State University, and a solo competition  winner at the Eastern Trombone Workshop. 

Mr. Riccobono has performed with the Savannah Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra in Salzau,  Germany, and Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Italy. He also performed with such commercial acts as the Temptations, Four Tops, Moody Blues, Four Irish Tenors, Abe Laboriel, John Fedchock, Harry Connick Sr., Luciano Pavarotti, Doc  Severinsen, Don Rickles, Yes, Ian Anderson, Bernadette Peters, and conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lorin Maazel, Kevin Rhodes, Robert Shaw, Louis Lane, Michael Stern, and Leon Fleisher. 

He has performed recitals and master classes at universities, colleges and summer festivals throughout the nation and at the Filarmónica Joven  de Colombia and in Beijing and Shanghai, China. He has held conducting positions with the Gaylord Chamber Orchestra,  Encore Winds, NMC Band and conducts the Traverse Symphony Orchestra Family Series Concerts and the Benzie Symphony Orchestra. He lives in Traverse City with his wife Jeanmarie and children Noelle, Michael and Gabrielle.