https://connorfrederickmusic.com/listen daily 0.75 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6172d5e00e65700b63bfc020/1634945660567-5L7REGDH4CUOZ2ZOZGKF/IMG_0601.JPG Listen - Listen https://connorfrederickmusic.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6172d5e00e65700b63bfc020/1473539e-fd33-4dd8-a2b8-5c77068e3d01/DSC_0937.jpg About - About Dr. Connor Frederick is a trombonist, composer, and music educator. In 2025, he joined the faculty of the Eastern Illinois School of Music, serving as full-time Instructor of Trombone and Jazz. Frederick maintains a multi-faceted career as an in-demand performing artist. In 2024, he joined Latin trap and reggaeton artist Bad Bunny on his Most Wanted Tour as a member of the Miami-based ensemble the Philharmonic Music Project. He has performed with symphony and chamber orchestras including the Southwest Florida Symphony, Sinfonia de Camera, and Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields. As a jazz and commercial artist, Frederick has performed with the Chicago-based Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective, Jukebox Saturday Night, and the Blueshift Big Band. He has performed with artists including Arturo Sandoval, Sal Lozano, Nestor Torres, Wayne Bergeron, Christian McBride, Regina Carter, Dick Oatts, Terell Stafford, and Gordon Goodwin. Frederick is a founding member of NewStream Brass, a premiere crossover ensemble of collegiate brass instructors from around the United States that seeks to “produce repertoire, promote holistic music educational methods, and inspire audiences to broaden their musical perspectives.” As a performer and composer for this ensemble, his work can be heard on their premiere album A Step Forward, released in 2024 on all major streaming platforms. Frederick is the winner of the American Trombone Workshop’s National Jazz Solo Competition and National Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition, as well as being named a finalist in several prestigious solo competitions such as the International Trombone Festival and Southwest Trombone Symposium. Frederick was named the winner of the Frost School of Music Concerto Competition, performing an arrangement of the Concerto pour trombone et orchestre by Henri Tomasi with the Frost Wind Ensemble under the baton of Dr. Robert Carnochan. Frederick earned his bachelor’s degree in jazz studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying under trombonist Jim Pugh. Connor went on to earn his master’s degree in trombone performance at Pennsylvania State University, where he studied with Mark Lusk and Marko Marcinko. In 2025, Frederick completed his doctoral degree at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where he studied with Timothy Conner and Dante Luciani. https://connorfrederickmusic.com/home-1 daily 1.0 2025-05-31 https://connorfrederickmusic.com/lessons-and-music-education-1 daily 0.75 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6172d5e00e65700b63bfc020/d82d2643-3b3f-434e-b2af-17f9e971d43e/Connor-1.jpg Education - Music Educator Mission Statement Helping students to use expressive music as a means to reach their fullest potential as artists, professionals, and as people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6172d5e00e65700b63bfc020/61dde7b1-092d-4ebe-9960-c6450069c6f9/IMG_2993.jpg Education - Teaching Experience Dr. Frederick has been teaching both in classroom and individual settings for 10 years, offering his students flexibility, understanding and a wide range of experiences and knowledge in order to help his students reach their goals and enjoy their musical experience. Dr. Frederick currently serves on faculty at Eastern Illinois University, teaching the trombone studio, directing the EIU Trombone Choir, and teaching courses in jazz and rock music. Previously, Frederick has served as a faculty member of the Experimental Music Curriculum at the Frost School of Music, teaching singing skills, aural skills, and improvisation to undergraduate students. Frederick has also led several musical ensembles and chamber groups, as well as assisting in teaching jazz improvisation and instrumental methods courses. He has also served on faculty at the Eastern Music Camp at Eastern Illinois University and the Illinois Summer Youth Workshop at the University of Illinois, working with both middle school and high-school age students in various musical ensembles and settings. Throughout his career, Frederick has taught a wide range of students in genre, age, and ability levels. His teaching covers both classical and jazz trombone idioms, as well as lessons in jazz improvisation, arranging, and composition for all musicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6172d5e00e65700b63bfc020/f7108e23-fd70-497f-aba0-da085bf18b8f/Trombone.jpg Education Classical/Jazz Trombone Lessons 30 minutes- $30 45 minutes- $45 60 minutes- $60 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6172d5e00e65700b63bfc020/10117ccd-ef6d-4537-8ee1-51da5cd1e1ec/piano.jpg Education Jazz Improvisation Lessons 30 minutes-$30 45 minutes- $45 60 minutes-$60 https://connorfrederickmusic.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-05-31