Myles Blakemore is Assistant Professor of Trombone at the University of Maryland
School of Music. Prior to this position he served as Trombonist in the US Navy Band.
He has held other notable positions such as Trombonist in the US Naval Academy Band,
a fellowship with the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson
Thomas, the Rosemary and David Good Fellowship with the Minnesota Orchestra, and
2nd Trombone in Symphony in C in New Jersey.

As an orchestral musician, he has performed with the Baltimore Symphony, Charleston
Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, National Symphony, Richmond
Symphony, Virginia Symphony and Washington National Opera, among others. Myles
has also attended premier music festivals including Aspen Music Festival, Brevard
Music Center, and National Repertory Orchestra.

As a soloist, Myles has been a featured artist at the American Trombone Workshop and
the International Trombone Festival. He can be heard on his debut album “Bach-ish”,
which has been featured on NPR.

Blakemore has served on the faculties of Howard University and Morgan State
University. He currently spends his summers teaching at the Brass Institutes of
America, DC Trombone Workshop, and performing at the Wintergreen Music Festival.
A Dallas native, Myles is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, where he studied
with John Kitzman. He received his Master's Degree at the Manhattan School of Music
where he studied with Per Brevig in the Orchestral Program.