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.
