Dr. Brian Conklin is a graduate of Boston University, Yale University, and the University of Iowa. He has studied with Ronald Barron, John Swallow, Dr. David Gier, and Julie Josephson. Conklin has also studied brass chamber music with members of the Empire, Atlantic, St. Louis, and New York Brass Quintets. He has performed with the Waco, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, and Shreveport Symphony Orchestras as well as the Dallas Wind Symphony. Conklin was a member of national touring productions of the Broadway musicals Oklahoma and Oliver. He also has appeared with the TCU Trombone Choir as a guest soloist. Additionally, Conklin is a founding member of the trombone quartet Resonant Projection, which has performed at numerous colleges, universities, and events. Over his 15 year teaching career, his students have regularly participated in All-State, All- Region, and All-District bands. Students from Conklin’s studio also have been accepted into internationally acclaimed college low brass studios and awarded over $250,000 in music based college scholarships, grants, and waivers. Recently, he has been invited to perform and teach alongside the trombone section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and international jazz artist Marshall Gilkes at the University of Georgia Trombone Summit in May 2018. Conklin is an Artist & Clinician for the Edwards Instrument Company.