Mark
Kellogg, Trombone and Euphonium
Mark
Kellogg enjoys the dual appointment of Principal Trombone of
the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Associate Professor
of Trombone, Euphonium, and Chamber Music at the Eastman School
of Music.
Throughout
his career he has embraced a wide variety of performing roles,
from jazz soloist to chamber musician to orchestral performer.
After
receiving his undergraduate training and Performer’s
Certificate from the Eastman School, where he studied with
John Marcellus and Cherry Beauregard, Mr. Kellogg performed
with the San Francisco Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra,
and the Syracuse Symphony. |
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In 1989,
he joined the Rochester Philharmonic in which he performs on trombone,
as well as
euphonium and bass trumpet. Since joining the RPO, Mr. Kellogg
has appeared as soloist with the orchestra on many occasions, performing
the concerti
of Tomasi, Albrechtsberger, and Jeff Tyzik (commissioned by
the RPO in celebration of the orchestra’s 80th anniversary), works by Elliott
Carter and Fred Sturm and numerous jazz and euphonium solos on the orchestra’s
Pops series.
He has also
been a soloist with the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Youngstown
Symphony, Geneseo’s Friends of Music Orchestra,
the U.S. Army Chamber Orchestra, and on tours to Carnegie Hall and Japan
with
the Eastman Wind Ensemble.
As a chamber music collaborator, Mr. Kellogg has been a guest
artist with Music of the Baroque in Chicago, San Francisco’s Chamber Music West,
the Skaneateles Festival, and Rochester’s Fortissimo! Festival, Chamber
Music Rochester, and Eastman Virtuosi.
He was also
a founding member of the brass and percussion ensemble Rhythm and
Brass,
touring the United
States and Japan, and recording four CDs during his two
years in the group.
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