Dr. Bradley Palmer has served as the trombone professor at Columbus State University's Schwob School of Music since 1999. He earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Millikin University, his master’s degree from the University of Iowa, and he completed his doctoral work at Florida State University.

An avid soloist, Dr. Palmer can be heard on the Summit label performing Richard Peaslee's "Arrows of Time" with the CSU Wind Ensemble. He has performed at five International Trombone Festivals, most recently at the 2011 Festival in Nashville where he also served on the faculty. Engagements for 2010-2011 included solo recitals at Columbus State University, the University of Alabama, the University of South Carolina, and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte as part of the Brazilian Trombonists Association conference in Natal, Brazil, where he also presented a masterclass and conducted a trombone choir. In 2011-2012 he will perform concerti with the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra and with the Wind Ensembles from Millikin University (IL) and Columbus State University. In the summer of 2012, he is scheduled to perform at the 2012 International Trombone Festival in Paris, and will be on the faculty of the SliderAsia festival in Hong Kong.

Click play to hear the Wind Ensemble in 2010 performing "Toccata Marziale" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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As an S.E. Shires Performing Artist, Dr. Palmer performs regularly with a number of orchestras in the Southeast and has held the principal trombone chair with the LaGrange Symphony since 2003. He serves as acting principal in the Macon Symphony for the 2011-2012 season. At Columbus State University, Dr. Palmer is the coordinator for brass studies. He teaches trombone, coaches chamber music and teaches graduate courses. His former students include national and international solo competition winners, college, high school, middle school and elementary school teachers, music ministers and a number of others performing professionally. As a recording engineer and producer, Dr. Palmer has recorded some of today's leading players from the Chicago Symphony, Houston Symphony, New York Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic and Atlanta Symphony in Columbus State University's Legacy Hall. In addition, Dr. Palmer serves as the International Trombone Festival Recording Coordinator. He is the host for the 2013 International Trombone Festival in Columbus, GA.