Dr. Stephen Whimple is a trombonist and educator based in New York’s Hudson Valley. He earned degrees in trombone performance from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and the Juilliard School, and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Trombone Performance and Pedagogy from The University of Alabama. His primary teachers include Colin Williams, Dr. Jonathan Whitaker, Dr. Jeremy Crawford, Joseph Alessi, and Dr. Mark Hartman. At The University of Alabama, he served as an Instructor of Music and Graduate Teaching Assistant, and most recently spent two and a half years performing with Bard College’s The Orchestra Now.