Biography
Derek is earning a bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Nitzan Haroz. Derek is a substitute musician with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the former principal trombone of the Breckenridge International Festival of the Arts Chamber Orchestra. He is a trombone instructor at Girard College.
Journey to the Academy
Canton, Ohio
Music Academy of the West
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