Monday, Oct. 20, 2025  •  7:30 p.m.

Timashev Recital Hall
Columbus, Ohio

Bruce Tychinski, alto and tenor trombones

with

Sun Min Kim, piano
Elisabeth Shafer Suffern, trombone 
 

Program

Concerto in B-flat Major (circa 1715)

Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)

I. Allegro

III. Allegro

Sonata “Bone Dances” (2010)

Barbara York (1949–2020)

Schottis on the Run

Notturno Lullaby

Giga

Veloce

—BRIEF INTERMISSION—

New Beginnings (2017)

Frank Gulino (b. 1987)

Song for the Lost (2021)

Gina Gillie (b. 1981)

Castles in the Air (1915)

Clay Smith (1878–1930)

Stars Rewritten (2020)

Steven Verhest (b. 1981)

Guest Artist

Bruce Tychinski is professor of trombone at the University of Delaware where he teaches applied lessons, directs the trombone choir and UD Slides jazz trombone ensemble, and hosts an annual Trombone Day event. Dr. Tychinski is a member of the Washington Trombone Ensemble, the Nittany Trombone Quartet, is principal trombonist of the Johnstown Symphony and second trombonist of the Lancaster Symphony.

During his career, Tychinski has performed with orchestras, chamber groups and jazz ensembles throughout the United States and also with many well-known popular artists including Rosemary Clooney, the Four Tops, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Drifters, Leslie Gore, Lou Christie and Connie Francis. In recent years, he has appeared at the International Trombone Festival, the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, International Horn Symposium and the American Trombone Workshop. Tychinski spearheaded the Stamp Trombone Commission Consortium that resulted in the composition Divertimento for Trombone and Band by Jack Stamp, which he premiered at the 2013 Eastern Trombone Workshop with the United States Army Band. Tychinski was named a 2016 Delaware Division of the Arts fellow and released his first solo compact disc recording, Interplay: New Music for Trombone and Band on the Arts Laureate label in 2017.

Dr. Tychinski holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in trombone performance from Penn State University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trombone performance from the University of Kansas. Prior to his appointment at the University of Delaware in 2010, Tychinski taught at the University of Southern Mississippi, St. Norbert College and the University of Northern Iowa. Bruce and his wife Heidi live in Landenberg, PA with their three children: Gretchen, Clara and Peter. 

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