Performance Experience
Even before attending college, Justin was involved with as many musical opportunities as possible. He played in Marcellus High School's pit orchestras for Carousel, Pippin, Beauty and the Beast, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat while a student there and spent much of his free time out of school arranging music and making multitrack videos for those arrangements. The summer before he began college, he was hired to play trombone for Carousel again for Skaneateles Summer Theatre's concert production.
Throughout the course of his undergraduate studies, Justin had the opportunity to play in many of the offered ensembles, including the Crane Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Latin Ensemble, Trombone Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Trumpet Ensemble, and the Frackenpohl Honors Brass Quintet. He also played in the pit for the Crane School of Music's production of Mahagonny: Songspiel, and performed in almost a dozen student recitals during his time at Crane, ranging from brass quintets to jazz combos.
During the spring 2022 semester, Justin was hired to play trombone in the pit for Crazy for You at Canton Central School District, and in the fall 2022 semester was hired to play trombone/tuba in the pit for Beauty and the Beast at Heuvelton Central School.
The summer after Justin graduated from Crane, he was hired to play 1st trombone for The Music Man at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT, and was hired to play 1st trombone for Gypsy at the Center For The Arts in Homer, NY.
More recently, he played tenor/bass trombone for Matilda at Yorktown Stage and trombone/trumpet in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Center For The Arts of Homer. Throughout September 2024, Justin played tenor/bass trombone for The Ridgefield Theater Barn's production of The Prom, and recently played a short run of H.M.S. Pinafore. This past summer, he played French horn for Center For The Arts of Homer's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as well as for the Covey Theater Company's production of Into the Woods.
Education
During Justin's undergraduate studies at the Crane School of Music, he majored in Music Performance with a concentration in trombone and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in May 2023. This past May, Justin received his Master of Music degree from the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College.
Recording Projects
Justin coordinated the recording of three separate projects while at Crane: the soundtrack he composed to his short film "Grimwood Forest" in November 2019; a trombone quintet album of arrangements of Christmas songs in December 2022; and the soundtrack he composed to his short film "The Warehouse" in April 2023. For all three projects, he contacted musicians, set up recording dates, prepared sheet music, and led the sessions. He mixed the short film soundtracks, and recorded, edited, and mixed the trombone quintet album.
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Private Lessons
Over the past three years, Justin has taught several private trombone and trumpet students, and teaches lessons for all ability levels. He teaches in-person lessons in Westchester County, and has availability for new trombone, trumpet, and tuba students! For more information on private lessons, please fill out the contact form or send Justin an email at justinschoeneck@gmail.com.