MICHAEL BOSCARINO
Trombone

Manhattan School of Music; Youngstown State University

Michael has been a part of the New York City music scene since August of 2004. He enjoys a diverse freelance career and he performs regularly with a wide variety of artists including:

Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band, Gary Morgan & PanAmericana!, Clem DeRosa & the American Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Kyle Saulnier and the Awakening Orchestra, Sherisse Rogers' Project Uprising, Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Michael Arenella & his Dreamland Orchestra, Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra, Ray Rivera con Sabor Latino, The Rhythm Shop, and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, while doing various recording and jingle work as well.

His trombone work can be heard on commercials for Commit NiQuitin Minis as well as a few of the late 2009 commercials for Sears. He can also be heard as a sideman on several albums. In addition, Boscarino subs in the Broadway pits of South Pacific and In The Heights.

In New York, Michael has performed at such venues as; Birdland, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, The Jazz Gallery, Carnegie Hall, The Rainbow Room, Apollo Theater, Zinc Bar, Baha'i Center, Brooklyn Lyceum, Iridium Jazz Club, and Manhattan Center.

Throughout his musical career and studies, Michael has had the great fortune of performing with such renowned artists as; Christian McBride, Peter Erskine, Arturo Sandoval, Randy Newman, Bob Mintzer, James Moody, Gunther Schuller, Tom Kubis, Wayne Bergeron, Sal Lozano, Rick Baptist, Vince Mendoza, Vinnie Colaiuta, Will Lee, Conrad Herwig, John Allred, Michel Legrand, Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Heath, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lew Tabackin, Jon Faddis, Dave Liebman, Candido Camero, and Buddy Morrow.

He is a 2002 alumnus of the Disneyland All-American College Band and a 2003 alumnus of the Henry Mancini Institute. Michael holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Youngstown State University and a Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music. For a full biography, please visit Michael’s MySpace page: www.myspace.com/boscotrombone.