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 also 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.
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