Mark Kellogg is Associate Professor of Trombone, Euphonium, and Brass Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music. A faculty member since 1991, Mr. Kellogg teaches trombone, euphonium, alto trombone, and jazz trombone, and coordinates the brass chamber music program. An active performer, he also holds the position of Principal Trombone of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Throughout his career he has embraced a wide variety of performing roles, from jazz soloist to chamber musician to orchestral performer.
After receiving his undergraduate training and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School, where he studies with John Marcellus and Cherry Beauregard, Mr. Kellogg performed with the San Francisco Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Syracuse Symphony. In 1989, he joined the trombone section of the Rochester Philharmonic, with whom he also performs euphonium and bass trumpet. Since joining the RPO, Mr. Kellogg has appeared as soloist with the Orchestra on many occasions, performing the concerti of Tomasi, Albrechtsberger, and Jeff Tyzik (commissioned by the RPO in celebration of the Orchestra's 80th anniversary), works by Elliott Carter and Fred Sturm, and numerous jazz and euphonium solos on the Orchestra's Pops series. He has also been a soloist with the Brass Band of Battle Creek, Hamilton New Music Ensemble, Geneseo's Friends of Music Orchestra, and the U.S. Army Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. Kellogg has enjoyed a long association as a soloist with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, under the direction of both Donald Hunsberger and Mark Davis Scatterday. He has performed the trombone and euphonium works of Grondahl, Nelhybel, Berlioz, and Tyzik in the Eastman Theatre, as well as on the Ensemble's tours to Carnegie Hall and Japan.
As a chamber music collaborator, Mr. Kellogg has been a guest artist with Music of the Baroque in Chicago, San Francisco's Chamber Music West, the Skaneateles Festival, Rochester's Fortissimo! Festival, Chamber Music Rochester, and Eastman Virtuosi. He was also a founding member of the brass and percussion ensemble Rhythm and Brass, touring the United States and Japan, and recording four CDs during his two years in the group.
Active as a jazz musician throughout his career, Mr. Kellogg has performed with Clark Terry, Chris Vadala, Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Daniels, and Mel Tormé. Recent jazz and commercial recordings include collaborations with Jeff Tyzik, Gene Bertoncini, Allen Vizzutti, Steve Gadd, and Gap Mangione. His newly released jazz recording with Eastman School faculty colleague pianist Tony Caramia, Upstate Standards, celebrates the music of upstate New York composers Harold Arlen, Alec Wilder, and Jimmy Van Heusen.
Mr. Kellogg has made appearances at numerous low brass symposia including the International Trombone Festival, the Eastman Trombone Workshop, the Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, the Northeast Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference, and the New York Brass Conference. He has enjoyed a long association with his RPO colleague, pianist Joseph Werner, performing recitals and master classes at music schools and universities across the United States. Mr. Kellogg is a performing artist for Conn-Selmer, Inc.
Originally from Hannibal, NY, Mark Kellogg lives in Pittsford, NY with his wife, RPO flutist Joanna Bassett and their son Robbie.
