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Steve Witser has served as Assistant Principal Trombone of The Cleveland Orchestra since 1989. He received his Bachelor of Music degree and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music in 1981. That same year he was a prize winner in the Munich International Solo Competition. In 1988 Mr. Witser returned to Europe and won second prize in the Geneva International Competition for Musical Performers. His teachers include John Marcellus, Ned Meredith, Mitch Ross, and Dan Livesay. Mr. Witser has served as Principal Trombone with the Music of the Baroque ensemble in Chicago, the Honolulu Symphony, the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and the Phoenix Symphony. A faculty member of the Cleveland Institute of Music since 1993, he has also taught at the Eastman School of Music and The Oberlin Conservatory. Mr. Witser can be heard on his solo CD: Among Friends, on the High Anxiety Bones Trombone Quartet CD, both on Albany Records. Steve is a Conn-Selmer Artist and performs on Bach Stradivarius trombones. |