Douglas Yeo

Recognized as one of the world’s leading low brass performers, teachers, scholars, and authors, Douglas Yeo is trombone professor at Wheaton College (Illinois). He was bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony from 1985-2012 and before coming to Boston, he was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a free-lance musician in New York City where he was a member of the Goldman Band, and a high school band director. From 2012-2016 he served as Professor of Trombone at Arizona State University and has also been on the faculties of New England Conservatory of Music, Boston University, and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. A graduate of Wheaton College—where he studied trombone with Edward Kleinhammer of the Chicago Symphony—and New York University, he has given trombone masterclasses and performances on five continents and has held residencies around the world including the International Trombone Festival (six times), the Banff Center (Canada), the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival (eight times) and the Nagoya Trombone Festival (Japan), the International Trombone and Tuba Festival (Beijing), and the Dutch Bass Trombone Open (Holland).

In 2014, Douglas Yeo was the recipient of the International Trombone Association’s highest honor, the ITA Award, given to him “in recognition of his distinguished career and in acknowledgement of his impact on the world of trombone performance.” He has written dozens of articles for many publications and is the author of five books including "The One Hundred: Essential Works for the Symphonic Bass Trombonist" (Encore Music Publishers), "Serpents, Ophicleides, and Bass Horns in the Bate Collection (University of Oxford Press), co-author (with Edward Kleinhammer) of "Mastering the Trombone" (Ensemble Publications), and co-author (with Kevin Mungons) of "Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry" (University of Illinois Press). His website, yeodoug.com, was the first website on the Internet devoted to the trombone and continues to be one of the most influential websites of its kind, with hundreds of thousands of visitors since it was launched in 1996, and his blog, thelasttrombone.com, was launched in 2016.