TOM RICCOBONO

Class of 1990

Tom Riccobono is Instructor of Low Brass at the Interlochen Arts Academy and principal trombone with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Penn State University, and a Performers’ Certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Mr. Riccobono has performed with the Savannah Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra inSalzau, Germany, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Italy. He also performed with such commercial acts as the Temptations, Four Tops, Moody Blues, Four Irish Tenors, Abe Laboriel, John Fedchock, Harry Connick Sr., Luciano Pavaratti, Doc Severinsen, Don Rickles, Yes, Ian Anderson, Bernadette Peters, and conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lorin Maazel, Kevin Rhodes, Robert Shaw, Louis Lane, Michael Stern, Leon Fleisher. He currently lives in Traverse City with his wife Jeanmarie and children Noelle, Michael and Gabrielle.

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