Biography
Jeremy Marks is an educator and orchestral trombonist based in northwest Ohio. He serves as the Assistant Professor of Trombone at Bowling Green State University and bass trombonist of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. As an educator, he has held positions at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Blinn College (TX), Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and Trombone Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin. His students have earned honors at local, state, regional, and national levels, and have continued graduate studies at competitive music programs. Students have also participated in the Santa Fe Trombone Summit (Southwest Trombone Conference), DC Trombone Workshop, the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute, and the Bar Harbor Brass Festival.
Jeremy's versatile freelancing career on tenor and bass trombone, as well as bass trumpet and euphonium have afforded opportunities to perform with the Charlotte Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, Greensboro Symphony, Winston Salem Symphony, Augusta Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, Opera Carolina, and numerous regional orchestras.
An avid chamber musician, Jeremy was a member of the Northside Trombone Quartet, winners of the 2013 International Trombone Association Quartet Competition. He served as the Artistic Director of the Carolina Trombone Project, a professional trombone choir of musicians from North Carolina and South Carolina that champions new, accessible trombone ensemble repertoire. CTP's debut album, Mountain Ascent was released in February 2023 through Albany Records. Mountain Ascent has been critically acclaimed by numerous publications, including the International Trombone Association Journal. Jeremy also recorded Scenes from the Bayou (2019) with the Black Bayou Brass through Mark Customs record label.
Jeremy has performed and presented at the International Trombone Festival, the American Trombone Workshop, the International Women's Brass Conference, the Big XII Trombone Conference, the North Carolina Trombone Festival, and numerous local and state conferences. He has served as an adjudicator for several solo competitions, and has been published by the International Trombone Association Journal. He has previously served as the ITA Web Assistant and was a representative of the T.A.P.A.S. Project. He is an S.E. Shires Trombone Artist and exclusively plays Greg Black Mouthpieces.
An avid DIYer, Jeremy enjoys home projects, distance running, camping, golf, and spending time with his wife, Liz, and three children, Zach, Charlotte, and Autumn.
