Tom Burge

Tom Burge is the second trombonist of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he is the Low Brass Instructor at Wingate University. Burge has performed with most of the Australian Symphony Orchestras and many American ones as well, most notably the New York Philharmonic; Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Cleveland Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras in Cincinnati, Atlanta, Charleston, Augusta, and Jacksonville before settling in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tom is the Low Brass Instructor at Wingate University, Queens University of Charlotte, and Pfeiffer University, and is the Trombone Instructor at UNC Pembroke and Central Piedmont Community College. He was previously the Chair of the Brass Department at the Canberra School of Music in the Australian National University for many years. He has given master classes, clinics, and recitals in Japan, Australia, the United States, South America and Europe.