Christopher Espy

Background

Christopher Espy is a professional trombonist and educator with a wide range of experience in the field of music. Espy earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he was a recipient of a Teaching Assistantship. He previously taught at Chowan University and is currently the trombone instructor at Willam and Mary and Christopher Newport University.

In addition to his teaching career, Espy is active as a soloist and orchestral musician. He has twice performed as a soloist at the International Trombone Festival and is a frequent guest artist with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra. He has also played with the Richmond Symphony, Boulder Philharmonic, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, and South Florida Symphony Orchestra. He has served as principal trombone of the Tidewater Winds since 2018 and was an Army bandsman from 2005-2011.

Espy has also published creative works, including his arrangement of Giacomo Puccini's Three Arias from the Opera Girl of the Golden West for trombone and piano, which was published by Cherry Classics Editions. He has also published an article titled "Colors for Trombone: A listener and performer's guide" in the International Trombone Association Journal.