Tom Riccobono

About Tom

Instructor of Low Brass at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Tom Riccobono holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Penn State University, and a Performers' Certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

As a performer, Riccobono has appeared with the Savannah Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra in Salzau, Germany, and Spoleto Festival Orchestra in Italy.

He has performed under the direction of notable conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lorin Maazel, Kevin Rhodes, Robert Shaw, Louis Lane, Michael Stern, and Leon Fleisher, among others.

His concerto performances include appearances with the Penn State and Florida State University orchestras, Interlochen Arts Academy Band, Encore Society of Winds, and the Traverse City Philharmonic. He was a concerto winner and soloist at Pennsylvania State University and Florida State University, and a solo competition winner at the Eastern Trombone Workshop.

Riccobono has also performed with such commercial acts as the Temptations, Four Tops, Moody Blues, Four Irish Tenors, Abe Laboriel, John Fedchock, Harry Connick, Sr., Luciano Pavarotti, Doc Severinsen, Don Rickles, Yes, Ian Anderson, and Bernadette Peters. He has performed recitals and master classes at universities, colleges, and summer festivals throughout the nation.

He has performed, taught master classes throughout the country, and conducted at the Filarmonica Joven de Colombia and in Beijing and Shanghai. He is principal trombone of the Traverse City Philharmonic, frequently a conductor of local and Interlochen ensembles and conducts ‘Sounds of the Season’ for two sold-out performances at Corson Auditorium at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.