Pacific NW Trombone Symposium

03/22/2026

Another amazing day for the 2026 Symposium! We had an absolute blast! Hope you did too!

03/19/2026

For all who will attend the Symposium this Saturday: remember that lunch is not provided. Plan to bring food with you. There are food choices near campus but time is pretty short so bear that in mind please!
See you all in 2 days!

03/12/2026

Here's an updated Bio for our guest presenters/clinicians

03/12/2026

We have our schedule finalized. Here it what's happening:

02/27/2026

Only 3 weeks til the Symposium. Have you registered online yet? It helps us if you do.

The 2026 PNW Trombone Symposium will be held on Saturday (yes, Saturday), March 21st, 2026 from 9 am - 5 pm on the beautiful campus of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA at the Mary Baker Russell Building. Registration fees (paid at the door) are $20 per adult. Students are free with ID! Plea...

02/19/2026

New at this year's Symposium!
This year we are offering students a chance to play before our clinicians and professionals, as a way of preparing for Solo/Ensemble contests. It is a way for students to get feedback from high level performers.
Anyone wanting this opportunity can fill out the registration form and select the area that offers this. For now, availability and schedule will be determined once folks sign up. Here's the link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWAk761Mk-RJMrUGmWIzn0mAkYEXlcKycQt2iOP01gvZW9hA/viewform

You can also go to our website, https://pnwtrombonesymposium.com/
and click the registration link at the top, or elsewhere on the page.
We hope you will take advantage of this!

Pacific Northwest Trombone Symposium Pacific Lutheran University, Mary Baker Russell Music Center 868 Wheeler St S, Parkland, WA 98444 Saturday, March 21, 2026 About the Event This is an annual event bringing trombone players from students to adults together for one day to learn and participate. Gue...

02/14/2026

Funding help for our Trombone Symposium

This is the first time we have reached out to our friends and fellow musicians about helping us fund our yearly event.

This will be our 4th year hosting this event. Our goal and mission is to provide quality instruction, mentoring and support for trombonists, but especially to our students of all ages. That is why we do not charge a fee for students (and their teachers). Each year we have gotten smarter at cutting costs but also have been helped by companies like Shires, Ted Brown and Mighty Quinn, plus several personal contributors.

While our sponsors pay for some of our guest clinicians, we (members of the Symposium) still absorb the other costs, such as other clinicians, and performers, food, etc ) Paying attendees make up about 20% of the costs and we are so grateful for that help too!

Want to help?
We have been given access to a new portal for people or organizations to contribute to our goal. The link is here: https://www.wagives.org/organization/Pacific-Northwest-Trombone-Symposium

If you know of any organizations that would help sponsor our event, or if you yourselves feel so lead, please consider using the portal above.

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this or pass it along! ❤️

01/26/2026

The Northwest Trombone Collective will be our guests as well this year! John Ohnstad and friends, comprise this group of trombonists from the Portland and surrounding regions of Southern Washington and Oregon. We hope you will attend our event and come to listen to their performance. It will be amazing!

01/22/2026

Conner Eisenmenger, Jazz trombonist will be joining us this year! Besides playing around the Seattle and Pacific Northwest, Conner is trombone faculty member at Western Washington University. He has joined us before and was a very popular presenter and performer!

01/21/2026

Returning this year is our friend, John Ohnstad, Contrabass trombonist from the Portland area. John will be premiering a new piece at the Symposium this year. Really looking forward to it!

01/20/2026

This year, thanks to Shires, we again offer Shires professional and well-known artists to present and share at our 2026 Symposium. Two trombonists from the Seattle Symphony will put on a clinic/performance and we are really excited!

Carson Keeble, 2nd trombone, Seattle Symphony and Eden Garza, Bass trombone, Seattle Symphony. They will jointly present in the morning session.