The NYC Trombone Trio

Tenor Trombonist, Brian Troiano is a versatile musician who is comfortable playing both classical and popular music.  His performance experience includes the Broadway productions of Mary Poppins and Hairspray, the orchestra for the 2006 Gypsy of the Year Competition on Broadway, the Gramercy Brass Orchestra (NYC), the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Ocean State Lyric Opera (RI), the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, the Wayne Chamber Orchestra (NJ), the Opera Music Theatre International Orchestra (NJ), the Fenway Trombone Quartet (Boston), the Gordon Jacob Trombone Concerto with the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Cruise Line Showbands and the Walt Disney World All-American College Band.  He has performed with the international tour of the musical, Fosse and the national tours of the musicals, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Oliver!, The Music Man, Ragtime and Annie.  Brian has played over 30 musicals on Broadway, on major tours and at well-known theatres such as the Gateway Playhouse.  He has performend in 48 of the 50 United States, Washington D.C., Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Bermuda, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France (Paris) and Greece (Athens).  He has also performed with entertainers such as Ben Vereen, John Lithgow, the Temptations, Patti LuPone, Nell Carter, Victor Borge and Arlo Guthrie, as well as British stars, including Ruthie Henshall and Claire Sweeney.  Brian holds music degrees from William Paterson University and New England Conservatory.

Tenor Trombonist, Mark Broschinsky has been recognized by the Rapid City Journal as a “true virtuoso on the instrument.”  He has performed as a guest artist at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico and has also appeared with numerous orchestras and ensembles including the Utah Symphony Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the New Hampshire Symphony and the Britten-Pears Festival Orchestra in England.  He has played under conductors such as Keith Lockhart, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and Gunther Schuller.  As a former member of the Synergy Brass Quintet, Mark has performed concerts and presented master classes throughout the United States, including appearances at the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory, Indiana University School of Music and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.  Mark is also keenly interested in the performance and creation of new music.  He has commissioned and premiered numerous works and is the founding member of the new music ensemble, Grocery Store Sushi and has performed with New York-based groups, Wet Ink and Alarm Will Sound.