Ithaca College

Bass trombonist Jeffrey Gray will give a free recital on Thursday, October 22 at 7 pm in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music at Ithaca College.  A faculty member in the School of Music, Gray will be joined by pianist Nathan Hess for music of Casterede, Hartley, Brahms, and others.

Gray is the Bass Trombonist with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the Bass Trombonist with the Grant Park Orchestra of Chicago.  He has performed with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and was a member of the National Repertory Orchestra.  He can be heard on recordings with the Juilliard Wind Ensemble, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, and the Grant Park Orchestra.

In 2000, Gray was the winner of two international competitions; the Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize Competition and the Donald Yaxley Solo Competition, both sponsored by the International Trombone Association.  He is one of the few trombonists to win both competitions for bass trombone in the same year.  As a result of these competitions, he was a featured performer at the 2000 International Trombone Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. 

Gray began teaching at Ithaca College in 2006.  He teaches trombone, bass trombone, brass chamber music, and conducts a seminar on brass orchestral repertoire.  He is also a faculty member at Le Moyne College in Syracuse.