William G. Rose is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on alto, tenor, and bass trombone; euphonium & tuba; and alporn. He is presently Associate Professor of Music and Assistant Department Head in the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA, where he is in his 38th year of teaching at the University. He teaches the low brass studio and directs the jazz ensemble; has taught music theory, music technology, and conducted the brass choir; and has served as Musical Director for music theater productions. He holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Michigan State University. His principal teachers are Leonhard Rose, Dr. Gerald Grose, Donald Haack, Curtis Olson, and Philip Sinder. He has served as Principal Trombone/Euphonium with the Milwaukee Civic Orchestra, Concordia (*Concord) Chamber Orchestra, Music Under the Stars Orchestra, and Present Music (Kevin Stahlheim, music director) of Milwaukee; bass trombonist with Acadiana Symphony and Chorale Acadiane; and has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, the Greater Lansing Symphony, the Detroit Chamber Winds, Shreveport Symphony, the Symphony of Southeast Texas, the Plymouth (MI) Symphony, and the Ron DeVilliers-Jack Carr Big Band of Milwaukee, among others. He has performed and recorded with many distinguished musicians including Kevin Clark, Les Elgart, Chuck Hedges, Slide Hampton, Leif Pederson, and Skitch Henderson, and performed in shows for artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bob Hope, Donald O’Conner, Liberace, Neil Sedaka, Lena Horne, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, the Rat Pack, the Four Tops, Marie Osmond, and Percy Sledge. Mr. Rose was a founding member of the LATEX Trombone Quartet, which has performed at the International Trombone Association Festival and the New York Brass Conference. He has served as a clinician and performer at the International Trombone Association Festival, the International Horn Society Festival, and the Big 12 Trombone Conference, as well as other regional and state festivals and conferences. He has also served as an instructor for the Northwest Alphorn Workshop (Leavenworth, WA), assistant instructor for the Midwest Alphorn Retreat (Lowell, MI), and guest conductor for the North American Alphorn Retreat (Solitude, UT).
Mr. Rose currently serves as principal trombonist with the Lake Charles Symphony in Lake Charles, Louisiana and the Rapides Symphony in Alexandria, Louisiana; solo euphonium with the Calcasieu British Brass Band; lead trombone/bass trombone with the Lake Charles Jazz Band; lead trombone with the 1944 Big Band; and performs on tenor banjo and tuba with the Bayou Jazz Kings. As an orchestral and theatrical conductor, he has served as Music Director and Conductor for many productions and concerts in the SW Louisiana area for the McNeese Theater, Lake Charles Little Theater, Louisiana Choral Foundation, Itinerant Theatre, Chamberlain Productions, the Lake Charles Civic Ballet, and the Lake Charles Symphony. As a composer and arranger, his catalog includes works for ballet, band, orchestra, jazz ensemble, choir, handbells, brass ensembles/alphorn choir, and solo works for brass and alphorn.
Mr. Rose is a Yamaha Performing Artist and a Melodious Accord Composition Fellow.
