Dr. Bradley Palmer has served as the trombone professor at Columbus State University's
Schwob School of Music since 1999. He earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Millikin
University, his master’s degree from the University of Iowa, and he completed his doctoral work
at Florida State University.
An avid soloist, Dr. Palmer can be heard on the Summit label performing Richard Peaslee's
"Arrows of Time" with the CSU Wind Ensemble. Dr. Palmer has been a featured soloist with a
number of groups, and has performed at four International Trombone Festivals. As an S.E.
Shires Performing Artist, Dr. Palmer performs regularly with a number of orchestras in the
region and has held the principal trombone chair with the LaGrange Symphony since 2003. He is
a member of the Columbus Brass, the faculty brass quintet at the Schwob School of Music. He is
also the host and a faculty member of the Southeast Trombone Symposium in the summers.
At Columbus State University, Dr. Palmer is the coordinator for brass studies, and he teaches
trombone, coaches chamber music and teaches a music technology course. His former students
include national and international solo competition winners, college, high school, middle school
and elementary school teachers, music ministers and a number of others performing
professionally.
As a recording engineer and producer, Dr. Palmer has recorded some of today's leading players
from the Chicago Symphony, Houston Symphony, New York Metropolitan Opera, New York
Philharmonic and Atlanta Symphony in Columbus State University's Legacy Hall. In addition, Dr.
Palmer serves as the International Trombone Festival Recording Coordinator.
