Howard Levy
Howard Levy is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music where he received a Bachelor of Music in Trombone Performance and has received a MAT degree from Lehman College in the arts and music. Howard has been performing as a trombonist in the NY tri-state area for many years.
Howard has performed with some of the industry's top professionals, with credits including the American Jazz Orchestra at Cooper Union, the Larry Elgart Orchestra, the Stan Rubin Orchestra, the Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra, the Treasure House Chamber Orchestra, the Yonkers Philharmonic, and the Concord Hotel Orchestra, where he was honored to perform with some of the nation’s biggest stars such as Tony Bennett, Donna Summer, The Four Tops and Shirley Bassey. In addition, Howard toured with the Broadway shows Makin’ Whoopie and Chicago, and is a veteran of several Club Date and Latin Bands.
Along with his performance career, he is a veteran music teacher of 30 years, 28 of those years as the Band Director at Blind Brook High School in Rye Brook, NY where he taught Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Chamber Ensemble and Music Technology. Howard continues to teach privately and is a freelance trombonist in and around the NY tri-state area.