Join the United States Air Force Academy Band Trombone Ensemble for a 40-minute recital, followed by a masterclass with CSU trombone quartet students, plus a Q&A session about military band careers.

Trombones of the United States Air Force Academy Band

The United States Air Force Academy Band is one of two Premier Bands in the United States Air Force and performs on behalf of the cadets of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and USAFA Superintendent LtGen Tony Bauernfeind. These professional musicians perform with such varied groups as the Concert Band, Falconaires Big Band, Stellar Brass Quintet, Falcon Brass Quartet, Pegasus Pop Band, and Ceremonial Marching Band. With nearly 500 performances per year, the United States Air Force Academy Band aims to Honor our past, Inspire the future, and Connect with audiences across the nation and the world, utilizing the power of music to accomplish the missions of the United States Air Force.

Program (to be selected from):

All the Things – Jerome Kern (1885-1945), Arr. Ethan Cypress (1993-)
Contrapunctus I, from The Art of Fugue – JS Bach (1685-1750), Arr. Ralph Sauer (1944-)
My One and Only Love – Guy Wood (1911-2001), Arr. Ethan Cypress (1993-)
Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orleans – Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Arr. Michael Levin
Taming Giants – David Faleris (1982-)

Colonel Michael Willen, commander/conductor USAFA Band
Master Sergeant Jaime Parker, tenor trombone
Master Sergeant Bryan Gannon, tenor trombone
Technical Sergeant Joseph Hudson, tenor trombone
Technical Sergeant Ethan Cypress, tenor trombone
Technical Sergeant Evan Silloway, bass trombone

Technical Sergeant Evan Silloway joined the United States Air Force Academy Band, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, in 2023. He currently performs as bass trombonist with the Falconaires, Concert Band, Ceremonial Band, and Falcon Brass.

Prior to joining the Air Force, TSgt Silloway attended the Eastman School of Music as a DMA student in Bass Trombone Performance and Literature. He also holds degrees from the University of Utah (MM, Bass Trombone Performance) and the University of Northern Colorado (BME, K-12 Instrumental Music Education). His primary teachers include Larry Zalkind (Eastman School of Music), Dr. Donn Schaefer (University of Utah), Mark Davidson (Utah Symphony), Dr. Nat Wickham (University of Northern Colorado), and MSgt (ret.) Scott Crump (USAF Academy Band).

Over his career, TSgt Silloway has performed with numerous groups including the Chautauqua Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Syracuse Orchestra, Des Moines Metro Opera, Utah Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Colorado Jazz Orchestra, and Greeley Philharmonic. He won the Bass Trombone Solo Competition and the Trombone Quartet Competition for the 2021 American Trombone Workshop and was a finalist for the International Trombone Association’s Yaxley Bass Trombone Competition and the bass trombone solo competition at the Southeast Trombone Symposium in 2019. His writing appears in the Journal of the International Trombone Association and he performed research for Doug Yeo’s An Illustrated Dictionary for the Modern Trombone Player, uncovering early instances of solo trombone performance at the Eastman School of Music.

TSgt Silloway highly values music education and regularly coaches cadets in musical activities at USAFA as well as local high school students in concert band, jazz band, and marching band. He has served as the Applied Instructor of Trombone at the Setnor School of Music of Syracuse University, Director of Bands at Woodland Park Middle School, CO, and Teaching Assistant with the Athletic Bands department of the University of Utah and the trombone studios and Trombone Choir at the Eastman School of Music. TSgt Silloway is an alumnus of the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps of Denver, CO. He is originally from Colorado Springs, CO and enjoys skiing, mountain biking, sailing, and pub trivia with his wife.