Andy Taylor

Trombone

Portland, OR
23 Played at 23 groupmuses!

Andy Taylor

Trombone

About

Andy grew up with the robust music programs around Westchester County, NY. After an exciting few years at the University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music, he earned a B.S. in Math and Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton. Andy studied primarily with Perry Martin, Professor Mark Lusk (Penn State), and Joe Stanko (NY free-lance, M.Mus. Julliard). At Eastman he performed in the trombone choir under John Marcellus and in the jazz program under Lou Dobbins. Andy co-founded Rose City Trombones in 2011. He attended the 2017 Pokorny Seminar as a performer and the 2015 & 2017 Alessi Seminar as an auditor. He performs with Rose City Trombones, Salem Symphony, Oregon Symphonic Band, Big New Band, Portlandia Brass Quintet and free-lances. Andy has served as a director of the board for the Oregon Symphonic Band and Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. He enjoys rearranging music for trombone choir.

Music

I play a wide range of music styles on both tenor and bass trombone.
For Groupmuse hosts, I offer the following brass instrument performance options:

1. Rose City Trombones Quartet http://pages.groupmuse.com/rose-city-trombones
2. Portlandia Brass Ensemble https://www.groupmuse.com/musicians/3485-portlandia-brass-ensemble
3. Trombone duets or trios including the music of Bach, Shostakovitch, Handel, Telemann, and Mozart. And some delightful modern arrangements for trombone duet including Devil's Waltz by Verhelst and several pieces by Mike Davis and Hip-Bone Music.

Videos

Audio

Ensemble profiles

Past groupmuses (23)

  • Outdoors

    Portlandia Brass at the Clackamas River House

    Saturday, Sep 9, 2023 5:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: City Center / Glen Echo
    • Composers: Mozart, Bach, Bruckner, Gershwin
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened 7 months ago

  • Portlandia Brass Ensemble at the Art Deco House

    Sunday, Jul 23, 2023 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Sunnyside
    • Composers: Rossini, Ewald, Bach, Beach Boys
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened 8 months ago

  • Outdoors

    Portlandia Brass welcomes summer! outdoor concert

    Sunday, Jun 25, 2023 4:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Brentwood-Darlington, Portland
    • Composers: DRivera, Rossini, Ewald, Nestico
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened 9 months ago

  • Eve of NYE with Portlandia Brass + streaming option

    Friday, Dec 30, 2022 6:45 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Hosford-Abernethy, Portland
    • Composers: Mckee, Cheetham, Copeland, Ellington
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $25 tickets ($20 for Supermusers)

    Happened about 1 year ago

  • Portlandia Brass Ensemble - Let's Do This! Holiday

    Saturday, Dec 10, 2022 5:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Bethany, Portland
    • Composers: Tchaikovsky, Holst, Anderson
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 1 year ago

  • Outdoors

    Portlandia Brass Ensemble - Grounded

    Saturday, Jun 18, 2022 4:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Brentwood-Darlington, Portland
    • Composers: Jobim, Piazolla, Corea, Miranda
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 2 years ago

  • Outdoors

    Portlandia Brass Ensemble performs A Blast of Fresh Air

    Sunday, Sep 5, 2021 3:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Laurel
    • Composers: Holst, Calvert, Bach, Sousa, Copland
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 2 years ago

  • Outdoors

    Portlandia Brass Ensemble at Springville Farms

    Sunday, Jul 11, 2021 5:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Forest Park, Portland
    • Composers: Cheetham, Bach, Monteverdi, Kompanek
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 2 years ago

  • Pearl Holiday Brass

    Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019 6:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Pearl District, Portland
    • Composers: holst, tchaikovsky, gershwin, frosty
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 4 years ago

  • Home for the Holidaze

    Saturday, Dec 7, 2019 6:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Bethany Village
    • Composers: Holst, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin + carols
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 4 years ago

  • Classical Music in the Barn

    Friday, Oct 18, 2019 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Forest Park, Portland
    • Composers: Gershwin, MonteVerdi, Ellington
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet (or Quartet or Trio)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 4 years ago

  • Outdoors

    Portlandia Brass Ensemble - Flight of Fancy

    Saturday, Aug 17, 2019 5:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Southwest Hillsboro
    • Composers: Bernstein, Silvestri, Gershwin, Copland
    • Instruments: Brass Quintet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 4 years ago

  • Outdoors

    St. Johns Two-fer: Classical + Indie Rock

    Saturday, Jul 13, 2019 5:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Cathedral Park, Portland
    • Composers: Bach, Grieg, Poulenc, Neches
    • Instruments: Brass trio + Indie Rock duo
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 4 years ago

  • Portlandia Brass returns to Cedar Mill, Bach to the Future

    Saturday, Apr 13, 2019 3:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Cedar Mill, Portland
    • Composers: Bach, Ravel, Cole Porter, Silvestri
    • Instruments: trumpets, trombones, french horn
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 5 years ago

  • Portlandia Brass plays Ravel Revel in Gresham

    Saturday, Mar 30, 2019 5:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Historic Southeast Gresham
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 5 years ago

  • Pearl Christmas Brass

    Thursday, Dec 20, 2018 6:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Pearl District, Portland
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Portlandia Brass Ensemble in Tree City USA

    Saturday, Nov 3, 2018 4:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Tualatin
    • Composers: Bach, Bizet, Ewald, Gershwin
    • Instruments: trumpets, trombones, french horn
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Portlandia Brass in Slabtown + Vaux-Swift viewing

    Sunday, Sep 23, 2018 4:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Slabtown, Northwest Portland
    • Composers: Mozart, Telemann, Vivaldi, Miller
    • Instruments: trumpets, french horn, trombones
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Rose City Trombones Quartet gets all Clazzical

    Saturday, Aug 18, 2018 6:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Mount Park, Lake Oswego
    • Composers: Jobim, Monk, Bach, Rimsky-Korsakov
    • Instruments: trombone quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Groupmuse Debut at Chelsea

    Friday, Jul 27, 2018 8:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Arranmore (Garden Home)
    • Composers: Villa Lobos, Bernstein, Bach, Schubert
    • Instruments: trumpets (2), trombones (2), french horn
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago