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Pollard to Join Indiana Brass Faculty

Starting in the Fall of 2017, Denson Paul Pollard, current Bass/Tenor Trombone of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, will be joining the esteemed brass faculty at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. M. Dee Stewart, one of three current trombone teachers, will be retiring after spending 37 years at Indiana. Dr. Pollard will be continuing the long-standing trombone tradition at Indiana alongside Carl Lenthe and Peter Ellefson.

Congratulations to Paul on this new endeavor!

Jeremy Smith

Jeremy E. Smith is the Founder and Editor of Last Row Music. He received music degrees from Grace College, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Ohio State University. Currently, Jeremy is the bass trombonist of the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra, the Huntington Symphony Orchestra, and performs throughout Ohio, where he lives with his wife and two sons. Smith is a member of the International Trombone Association and the Jazz Journalists Association.

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