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 Nat Wickham
Professor of Music
Trombone, Euphonium
Frasier 167
970.351.2813
nat.wickham@unco.edu
Dr. Nathaniel Wickham is Professor of Trombone and Euphonium at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where he is also director of the UNC Trombone Choir. Wickham is a versatile performer and experienced teacher. His work as both a classical and jazz solo artist, clinician, and adjudicator has led to performances throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Currently, Dr. Wickham is principal trombonist with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and trombonist with the Rocky Mountain Brass Quintet and the UNC Faculty Jazz Quintet. He has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester (NY) Philharmonic Orchestra, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Spokane (WA) Symphony Orchestra, the Boulder (CO) Philharmonic, the Boulder Brass, and for two years was principal trombonist with the Rochester Broadway Theater League. As a conductor, Dr. Wickham has directed honor jazz bands in Washington and Colorado, including the Colorado All-State Small Class Jazz Band, and has been guest conductor with the Eastern Washington University Wind Ensemble.
For six years Dr. Wickham was lead trombonist and jazz soloist in the Bob Curnow Big Band, performed with the Brazilian jazz group Desafinado for three years, and has been leader of his own jazz groups. He has played lead trombone with the Woody Herman Orchestra, Natalie Cole and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, among others, and has collaborated in performances with countless internationally known jazz artists.
Dr. Wickham is a trombone specialist for the International Association of Jazz Education (IAJE) Resource Team. He has performed at IAJE Conferences in New Orleans, Anaheim, Atlanta, and Chicago; at International Trombone Workshops in Rochester, NY and Las Vegas; and the Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington, DC. Under his baton, the UNC Trombone Choir was invited to perform at the 2001 International Trombone Festival in Nashville.
Wickham holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in trombone performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he was also awarded the Eastman School Performer's Certificate. His Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in trombone performance are from the University of Northern Colorado. He has studied trombone with Buddy Baker, John Marcellus, Roy Main, and Carl Lobitz; jazz improvisation with Baker, Ramon Ricker, Jiggs Whigham and David Hanson; and jazz composition and arranging with Bill Dobbins. Prior to his appointment at UNC, Wickham taught at the Eastman School of Music, Eastern Washington University, Central Michigan University and the University of Wisconsin at River Falls.
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