Michael Kris

Trombone & Tuba

Michael Kristrombone & tuba, is a Teaching Professor at the University of North Carolina and is also part of the teaching faculty at Duke University. An active performer, he is Bass Trombone with the Eastern Music Festival, Low Brass Mentor of the National Music Festival, Bass Trombone with the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, and Principal Trombone of the North Carolina Opera Orchestra and Carolina Ballet Orchestra. He is a former member of the North Carolina Symphony, serving as Principal Trombone and Second Trombone, and has performed with chestras throughout the eastern United States.

Apart from his ensemble work on the modern trombone, Mr. Kris is an active soloist and clinician on historic trombone, performing and teaching internationally. Recently he presented concerts in London with Kings College, London, and Universität Mozarteum in Austria. At the University of North Carolina, he teaches low brass and chamber music. His research concentration is historic trombone and ensemble music of the late Renaissance and the early Baroque.

Mr. Kris attended McNeese State University earning a Bachelor of Music Education followed by a Master of Music in Trombone Performance at the Cincinnati College/Conservatory of Music. His principal teachers are William G. Rose and Tony Chipurn, Principal Trombone (retired) of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.