Alum Dr. Brad Palmer Performing Trombone Solo with Wind Ensemble

Sunday, Oct. 2, at 2 p.m. in Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Free admission; open to the public

Dr. Bradley Palmer ’97 will perform John Mackey's “Harvest: Concerto for Trombone” (2009).

An associate professor in the at Columbus State University's Schwob School of Music, he has served as the CSU trombone professor since 1999.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Millikin, his master’s degree from the University of Iowa and completed his doctoral work at Florida State University.

Dr. Palmer performs regularly with a number of orchestras in the Southeast. In 2011-2012, he will be featured with the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Ensembles of Millikin University and Columbus State University. Palmer has performed at five International Trombone Festivals and is scheduled to perform at the 2012 International Trombone Festival in Paris. He will host the 2013 International Trombone Festival in Columbus, Ga.

An avid soloist, Dr. Palmer can be heard on the Summit label performing Richard Peaslee's “Arrows of Time” with the CSU Wind Ensemble.