Marshall Gilkes becomes International Visiting Trombone Tutor at RNCM

The Royal Northern College of Music has announced the appointment of Marshall Gilkes as International Visiting Tutor in Trombone. Gilkes will join the RNCM’s School of Wind, Brass and Percussion in February 2020, working with trombone students and larger big band/jazz ensembles twice a year.

A tutor at Berklee College and Manhattan School of Music, Gilkes studied at Juilliard and settled in New York in 1998. Since this he has played and recorded with numerous artists and ensembles. He spent four years in Germany from 2010 – 2013 as a member of the WDR Big Band, with which he recorded two Grammy-nominated albums, Köln and Always Forward.

On Tuesday 4 February 2020 Gilkes will present a public masterclass at the RNCM at 8.00pm. Tickets are available via this link: https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/marshall-gilkes-masterclass/ 

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