M&W Artists

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"Joe Aumann has been serving as the 2nd/Assistant Principal Trombonist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra since May 2022. He joined the music faculty of DePauw University in 2023, teaching trombone and euphonium. He formerly was the 2nd trombonist with the Alabama Symphony for one season in 2018-2019, where he also taught trombone and euphonium at Talladega College. He is the former principal trombonist of the Dubuque Symphony, and has previously taught at UW-Whitewater and at school districts around the midwest. He has been an active freelance performer on tenor and bass trombone, with the Milwaukee Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony, Madison Symphony, Des Moines Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Peninsula Music Festival, and many others. 

Joe grew up down the street from M&W Custom Trombones, in Hartford, WI. He attended UW-Eau Claire where he studied with Dr. Phil Ostrander, and during the summers attended the Aspen Music Festival. He attended graduate school at Northwestern University and Indiana University-Bloomington. He is proud to play on M&W tenor and alto trombones." 

 Trombonist Darin Cash is a native of Texas and performs on tenor and bass trombone in a variety of musical settings throughout the Southwest. He is the bass trombonist for the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, second trombonist with the Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale, and previously held the position of second/assistant principal trombone with the Austin Opera Orchestra. Dr. Cash serves as the professor of low brass at South Plains College in Levelland, TX and holds Doctorate of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Trombone Performance from The University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from The University of Texas at Arlington. He resides in Lubbock, TX where he has lived and worked since 2007. 

Award-winning performance artist and Juilliard trained trombonist Abbie Conant is somewhat of a legend in the international orchestral brass world. 

Ms. Conant played principal trombone at the Royal Opera House in Turin, Italy and then played 13 years as principal in the Munich Philharmonic. She is professor of trombone at the University of Music in Trossingen, Germany. 

To read Ms Conant’s full bio, please visit the website www.osborne-conant.org

Bob Kastner has been the 2nd trombonist with the Naples Philharmonic since 2001. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate at the Eastman School of Music, as a student of John Marcellus and Mark Kellogg. In 2004, Robert was the winner of the International Trombone Association’s Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize Tenor Trombone competition. He has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Sarasota Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Florida Orchestra. 

Dr. Rick Mason is the Associate Professor of Trombone, Director of the GS Jazz Ensemble, and Brass Area Head at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. 

He is a former free-lance musician in the Los Angeles area, having performed with the bands of Bill Watrous, Ray Anthony, Al Hirt, Glenn Miller, Bill Holman, Jimmy Dorsey, Dick Cary, and Bill Tole. Rick also served as bass trombonist with the Burbank Symphony and La Mirada Orchestra. He has recorded in several of the major studios in Hollywood including Capitol Records, A&M Records, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Brothers Studios. Rick has performed live concerts with Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Rosemary Clooney, Mel Torme, Toni Tenille, Joan Rivers, Billy Eckstine, Jack Jones, Phillis Diller, Dudley Moore, the Temptations & Four Tops, Frank Sinatra Jr. Roger Williams, Frankie Avalon, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, and several others. 

Since relocating to southeast Georgia, Rick has performed on bass trombone with the Hilton Head Symphony, Savannah Jazz Orchestra, and serves as Principal Trombonist with the Hilton Head Choral Society Orchestra. Rick was a charter member of the Georgia Southern Faculty Brass Quintet & Percussion, and remains active as a trombone and jazz ensemble clinician. 

 Alan Morell is a North Carolina native and is the Principal Bass Trombonist of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. He holds a BA from the LSU School of Music and has performed on stage with the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordon, Bonerama, and Diane Reeves, among others. Alan is a board member and founding member of the Emerald Coast Music Alliance; the vision of world-renowned pianist Alon Goldstein, who serves as the festival’s Artistic Director. As a freelance artist, Alan has been a member of two of Louisiana’s premier event bands, Rewind and After 8, touring Texas, Florida and Mississippi in addition to their home state. Alan has participated in the commission of several new works, including Thomas Schipper’s new duet for trombone “Hang the Code”. Even further, he has worked as an arranger for New Orleans’ famous St. Joseph’s Cathedral, as well as Baton Rouge Music Studios and local Baton Rouge band Catbamboo. Alan has attended the Aspen Summer Music Festival and the Alessi, Pokorny, and Third Coast Seminars; and, as a result, has studied closely with many of the world’s leading brass artists, including Peter Ellefson, Toby Oft and members of the American Brass Quintet. In his free time, he enjoys doubling on tenor trombone, electric, and upright bass. Alan is currently pursuing an MFA from The Mannes Conservatory - where he studies under members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, and New York City Ballet. Alan is proud to be a member of the M&W family. 

 Bass trombonist Max Seigel enjoys a diverse career performing in a wide range of musical settings. He performs frequently with groups such as the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet, and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.  Max makes regular appearances on Broadway, having played for the pit orchestras of  West Side Story, Porgy and Bess, On the Town, Cats, King Kong and The Lion King.  Max is a founding member of Weather Vest, a mixed-wind quartet creatively exploring commonality between classical chamber music and small group jazz.  An active composer and arranger, his album “Siphonophore” showcases a wild ensemble comprised of 6 bass trombonists and 6 baritone saxophonists.  Max is currently touring with the Michael Bublè big band. 

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Dr. Jeriad Wood is currently a trombonist with the United States Air Force bands. Jeriad earned his doctorate and masters from the University of Texas at Austin, and his undergraduate degree from West Texas A&M University. While attending university Jeriad won the Eastern Trombone Workshop solo bass trombone competition, was a finalist for the Big 12 national bass trombone competition, and finalist for the Steven Zellmer Orchestral Excerpt Competition.
Prior to his appointment with the U.S. Air Force, Jeriad was a freelance trombonist and teacher throughout Texas. He has performed with well-known groups such as the Dallas Wind Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Brazos Valley Symphony, and the Round Rock Symphony. An active teacher and clinician, Jeriad has served as trombone professor at Texas Woman’s University and Blinn College. He has also been a guest clinician for the Beijing National Conservatory of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark. Jeriad maintains an active performance schedule throughout the United States, as well as a low brass studio in the San Antonio area.