Tyler Vahldick

Tyler Vahldick is principal trombone with the Austin Symphony, Austin Opera, Central Texas Philharmonic and is also a member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic as well as the Municipal Opera Theater of St. Louis (The Muny). He appears occasionally with the symphony orchestras of Kansas City, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, as well as the Fountain City Brass Band and other various regional orchestras, chamber ensembles, and opera/ballet companies. In the past, he’s performed principal trombone for Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, American Ballet Theatre, Czech National Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Orpheus Sinfonia, Detroit Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Verbier Festival Orchestra, and has worked extensively with the Royal Philharmonic, Bahrain Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and many others. Tyler has performed concertos with the University of Central Missouri Wind Ensemble, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Wind Ensemble; the European Youth Music Orchestra in Frankfurt, Germany; Regent Brass Band and Milton Keynes Brass Band in London; and the Springfield Symphony in Missouri. Equally at home with popular music, Tyler has performed for shows in London’s West End, multiple Broadway national tours in the U.S., Broadway in Austin, Starlight Theatre, and has also worked with artists such as Frank Sinatra Jr., Sting, Queens of the Stoneage, The Who, rappers Nas and Yandel, Hugh Jackman, Jane Lynch and Weird “Al” Yankovic while on tour. In recent years, he has recorded albums and TV specials with Stephen Barber, Kansas City Symphony, Royal Academy of Music Brass Soloists, Austin City Limits, Andrea Bocelli, and appears on the 25th and 30th anniversary albums of the Verbier Festival Orchestra. Tyler is the only American trombonist to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Performance from the Royal Academy of Music and has his Master’s Degree in Orchestral Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.