Steve Tarr
Trombone
Steve Tarr began his musical studies with the piano at age 10. He took up the trombone the following year. He earned his degree in Trombone Performance from Central Washington University, graduating with high honors in music.
While attending college, Steve served as Principal Trombone in the Central Symphony for four years. He occupied both the lead and jazz chairs in the Jazz Band, performed with the Brass Choir and played with the Wenatchee Symphony. He played in the pit orchestra for musicals as well as in many smaller ensembles and solo recitals.
Since college Steve has continued actively performing on and studying the Trombone. He played lead for 25 years, including 5 as music director, in the Generation Gap Big Band and also contributed arrangements to the band's library. He has played with the pop horn band Road Show, The Swingland Express, The Blue Notes, The Sea Notes, The Saratoga Chamber Orchestra and Camano Junction. Steve has also been a soloist at his church and has arranged music as brass accompaniment to choir productions.
Steve has attended several Trombonolgy symposiums hosted by the University of Washington, Master Classes with Paul Tanner, Urbie Green, Bill Watrous, Ralph Saur, Stephen Fissel, Michael Davis, Per Brevig and the Seattle Symphony Brass Master Class Series. A life-long learner, Steve continues to study with Stephen Fissel of the Seattle Symphony.
Steve is a long time member of the Whidbey Island Jazz Society, an organization dedicated to raising scholarship money in support of local area high school musicians. He playes regularly with this group and his own sextet Talking Circle Jazz Collective.
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