Brett Shuster
Applied Music Studies, Brass - Trombone
Grammy winner Brett Shuster is the Trombone Professor at the University of Louisville. Professor Shuster’s educational background includes a B.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music, an M.M. from Northwestern University, and a D.M.A. from Arizona State University. His performance experience includes two years traveling internationally with the Grammy winning Chestnut Brass Company, and appearances with the Louisville Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Arizona Opera, and Boston Philharmonic.
Professor Shuster has recorded on the Polygram, Newport Classics,
Albany, Warner, and Summit labels. During the summers of 1997 -1999,
Dr. Shuster performed as a soloist and conductor, and provided master
classes at the Seminario de Musica de Montenegro, Brazil. In March
2004, Dr. Shuster was featured soloist with the United States Army
Orchestra at the Eastern Trombone Workshop. Dr. Shuster’s teaching
experience also includes serving on the faculty at Western Illinois
University from 1999-2000 and Temple University from 1994-1996.
