Michael Stroeher, Low Brass, Music Education
email: stroeher@marshall.edu
phone: 304-696-3109
office: Smith Music Hall 307
MICHAEL STROEHER
Professor of Low Brass (trombone and euphonium)
Coordinator of Graduate Studies
EDUCATION
BM in Music Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis
MM in Trombone Performance, New England Conservatory of Music
MME in Conducting, University of North Texas
PhD in Music Education, University of North Texas
ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE
Michael Stroeher serves as Principal Trombone in the Huntington Symphony and has performed with the West Virginia, Ohio Valley, Augusta, Greenville, and St. Louis Symphonies, the South Carolina Philharmonic, and the Aspen Festival Orchestra.
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Sparke Concerto with the Marshall Wind Symphony
Jorgensen Suite at the Eastern Trombone Workshop
Tomasi Concerto with the Huntington Symphony
Turrin Fandango with the Marshall Wind Symphony
Hyldgaard Rapsodia Borealis with the Marshall Wind Symphony (Western Hemisphere premiere)
Bourgeois Concerto with the DeKalb Wind Ensemble (Atlanta) and the Marshall Wind Symphony
Albrechtsberger Concerto with the Augusta State University Orchestra
Pryor Thoughts of Love with the Mighty Mississippi Concert Band and Idaho State University Symphonic Band
Pryor Annie Laurie with the Augusta Concert Band, The Marshall University Festival Band, and the Marshall Wind Symphony
Hidas Movement at the Eastern Trombone Workshop
OTHER PERFORMANCE
Bass trombonist with the Ohio Valley Trombone Quartet
Numerous shows including The Temptations, The Stylistics, Bugs Bunny on Broadway, Frank Sinatra, Jr., the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Crystal Gayle, Michael W. Smith, Classical Mystery Tour, Video Games Live, and Landau Eugene Murphy
Marshall Faculty Brass Quintet
Marshall Faculty Jazz Ensemble Bluetrane
Numerous shows including The Temptations, The Stylistics, Bugs Bunny on Broadway, Frank Sinatra, Jr., the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Crystal Gayle, Nancy Wilson
TEACHING
Michael Stroeher has previously taught at Idaho State University, Phillips University, Augusta State University and in the St. Louis Public Schools.
“The most important thing I can do for students is to help them become the best possible musicians they can be, and to help them learn to teach themselves. I don’t really teach trombone; I teach how to make music using a trombone.”
When not teaching, performing, or practicing Dr. Stroeher hikes, cycles, runs, and spends time with his wife, musicologist Dr. Vicki Stroeher and two dogs, Maggie and Nellie.