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Tim Atherton is an active free-lance trombonist and educator. He is a
graduate of the University of Massachusetts and has studied privately with Per
Brevig, of the Metropolitan Opera and John Swallow, of the New York Brass
Quintet.
Mr. Atherton is a
regular member of the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, Massachusetts Wind
Orchestra, New England Jazz Ensemble and the Amherst Jazz Orchestra.
He is a Senior
Lecturer in Low Brass at Dartmouth College, Studio Instructor and Director of
the Brass Ensembles at Williams College, and an Adjunct Professor in Low Brass
and Jazz History at Westfield State College where, for seventeen years he
served as director of the acclaimed W.S.C. Jazz Ensemble. For twenty five
years, he has mentored numerous students who have become highly regarded
professional instrumentalists and teachers. He has served as an
adjudicator and guest conductor for festival jazz ensembles throughout New
England.
He has performed, recorded and toured nationally and internationally.
His many associations over the years include: Jeff Holmes Big Band, Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Rod Levitt Orchestra, Herb Pomeroy,
Donn Trenner, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Gunther Schuller and the Silk Road
Project with Yo-Yo Ma.
Mr. Atherton is featured
on four recent CD publications: The New England Jazz Ensemble
Live and A Cookin’ Christmas with The New England Jazz Ensemble,
An Imperfect Storm -The Large Ensemble Compositions of Andy Jaffe and
Chilling Winds with The Massachusetts Wind Orchestra.
In August of 2004 Mr. Atherton was featured with the Danbury Brass Band on a
toured of Australia. In 2001 Mr. Atherton traveled to China where he performed
and gave workshops at the conservatories of Shanghai, Wuhan, Shenyang and
Beijing. His article, Playing Together: A Journal On Workshops In
China was published in the January 2002 issue of the International
Trombone Association Journal.
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