Elizabeth Shields, trombone

125 Oakwood Drive, State College, PA, 16801

(814)237-2878

Musical Education
Current Teacher, Professor Mark Lusk, Penn State University
Private Trombone Lessons with graduate students Louis Setzer (Pennsylvania State
University, 2011-2013), Wesley Thompson (Pennsylvania State University, 2013-2016),
and Elisabeth Shafer (Yale School of Music, Boston Conservatory, 2014-2016)
State College Area High School Music Department, directors Paul Leskowicz (band),
James Robinson (orchestra), Robert Drafall (choir), and Erik Clayton (music theory)
Private Piano Lessons: 2004-2016 with Lynn Shields

Ensembles
Penn State Trombone Choir, 2017-2018
State College Area High School Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra: 2013-2016
State College Area High School Jazz Band: 2012-2016
State College Area High School Pit Orchestra: 2015-2016 (Curtains, Fiddler on the Roof,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
Concordia Singers of Nittany Valley Children’s Choir, director Lou Ann Shafer: 2010-
2016
State College Area High School Master Singers: 2014-2015

Music Camps & Masterclasses Attended

Pennsylvania State University Honors Music Institute: 2015 (Wind Ensemble under
Dennis Glocke, Trombone masterclasses and lessons with Mike Hall)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music College Audition Preparation Program: 2016
(Lessons with M. Dee Stewart)
Frühling Posaunen festival at Pennsylvania State University: 2016
Trombone Labor Days at Pennsylvania State University: 2016

Honors
PMEA All-State Orchestra, Bass Trombone, 2017
District and Region Bands: 2014-2016
Solo Award, State College Area High School Jazz Festival: 2016 (Jelly Roll, Charles
Mingus)

Solo & Orchestral Excerpt Repertoire

Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto for Trombone
Bernstein: Elegy for Mippy II
 Saint-Saens: Cavatine
Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
Mozart: Requiem, Tuba Mirum
Brahms: Symphony no. 2 Mvt. 4
Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World” Mvt. 4

Chamber Music
Honors Music Institute Brass Quintet: 2015 (Pezel: Six Pieces) under coach Michael
Mergen, U.S. Marine Band
State College Area High School Brass Quintet: 2016 under coaches Paul Leskowicz and
Matthew Patton (including Ewald: Brass Quintet no. 1)
Substitute in Calvary Baptist Church Brass Ensemble, led by Herb McKinstry (paid
position)