It’ll be a homecoming of sorts when an Iowa native musician returns to Ames to perform this weekend. John Engelkes grew up in Parkersburg and now plays bass trombone with the San Francisco Symphony.

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan University senior has been named a finalist in an elite international trombone competition and is headed to Spain. Evan Clifton, of Howell, has been named a ...

He recorded for Nelson Riddle, Frank Sinatra, Stan Kenton and John Williams and can be heard on the soundtrack for 'Jaws' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor After a long battle with multiple sclerosis, ...

This guy ‘played’ Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee on bass trombone, and trolled us all. Rimsky-Korsakov was a master of orchestration. His buzzing orchestral interlude, written for his opera ...