Associate Professor of Trombone Nick Platoff performs a recital of works for trombone.
Free, general admission
Repertoire
Neal Kurz, Piano
Creston: Fantasy for Trombone and Orchestra, Op. 42
Albrechtsberger: Concerto per Trombone Alto ed Archi
Allegro moderato
Andante
Finale - Allegro moderato
Gotkovsky: Concerto pour Trombone et Orchestre
I. Lyrique - Allegro agitato tumultuoso
Massaino (arr. Robert King): Canzon per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti
Ravel (arr. David H. Robertson): Pavane pour une infante défunte
Mendelssohn (arr. Wesley Hanson): “War March of the Priests” from Athalia, Op. 74
featuring Shepherd School trombone students Jaehan Kim, Riley Borklund, Griffin Rupp, Chang Hui Toh, Carter Wessinger, Mirza Alkhairid, and Samuel Bowers
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.
