Associate Professor of Trombone Nick Platoff performs a recital of works for trombone.
Free, general admission
Repertoire
Henri Dutilleux: Choral, Cadence et Fugato
Eugène Bozza: Ballade
Jacques Castérède: Sonatine pour trombone et piano
Allegro vivo
Andante sostenuto
Allegro
Lyndsi Maus, piano
Nick Platoff: Chansons d'amour
Emergency Contact
I Will Always Honor You
Lucy Lady
WILD RICE
Barbara Butler and David Green, trumpets
Michael Mazerolle, bass trombone
Lyndsi Maus, piano
Artists
Nick Platoff harnesses the power of music to deliver compounding benefit to the world. He enjoys a multi-faceted career as a trombonist, composer/producer, singer, educator, conductor, and concert producer. After eight seasons as Associate Principal Trombone of the San Francisco Symphony, where he was appointed by Michael Tilson Thomas at age 23, Nick joined the Houston Symphony Orchestra as Principal Trombone in September 2024.
Nick loves using music to delight, inspire, and empower audiences, and does so in a wide variety of mediums and genres as a soloist as well as in collaboration with artists like Jacob Collier, KNOWER, esperanza spalding, Common, Metallica, Steve Lacy, Sigur Rós, Nu Deco Ensemble, the New York Philharmonic, and Yo-Yo Ma.
