Marc Lebovitz Trombonist Paul Pollard, professor of trombone at the University of Northern Iowa, will perform and present a master class at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Kemp Recital Hall at Illinois State University.
Admission is free.
Pollard, who will perform with pianist Carlyn Morenus of Illinois State s Music faculty, will play works by Launy Grondahl, David Fetter, Jules Massenet, Leonard Bernstein and Tommy Dorsey s Trombonology. A recent doctoral graduate of the University of Iowa, Pollard has played in orchestras around the world, including tours of Asia and Europe. Currently he is bass trombonist of the Cedar Rapids Orchestra and the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. As a commercial musician, he has toured with the revival of Showboat, an 18-month tour with Andrew Lloyd Weber s Music of the Night and the 2000 Barry Manilow tour.