Kilbourn Professor (1982-83) as a member of the Eastman Brass. BS, University of Maryland; MM, DMA, Catholic University. Studied trombone with William Cramer, Lewis Van Haney, Edward Herman, Gordon Pulis, and Armand Sarro; conducting with Richard Lert and Lloyd Geisler. Member, Eastman Brass (1978-). President, International Trombone Association (1988-90). Conductor, Brighton Symphony Orchestra (1980-). Principal trombone, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (1979-), National Symphony Orchestra (1965-1978). Guest conductor, National Music Camp, Interlochen (1982), Penfield Symphony, US Naval Academy Band, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (1995, 2005). Formerly: soloist, US Navy Band (Washington); Assoc. 1st trombone Baltimore Symphony, Tuba, Jacksonville Symphony. Soloist and chamber musician with the National Symphony Brass Quintet, Washington Theatre Chamber Players, and Contemporary Music Forum. Solo recitals and Master Classes in London, Paris, Cologne, Stuttgart, Birmingham, and Manchester; in Japan, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Holland, Poland, Denmark, Thailand, Brazil and Budapest, Hungary. Soloist with many community and university bands and orchestras throughout the United States and Canada. Appearances with the International Trombone Workshop (1970-), International Brass Congress (1976), Eastern Trombone Workshop (1973-), Eastern Music Festival, National Symphony, and Norfolk Chamber Orchestra. Premieres and commissions of over 50 contemporary works. John Marcellus is a performing artist for Courtois Trombones of the Buffet Crampon Company. Co-director, Eastern Trombone Workshop and Marcellus-Melick Trombone Ensemble. Founding board member, International Trombone Association. Publications in NACWPI Journal, The Instrumentalis, and Accent; arrangements published by Kendor and Belwin-Mills. Recordings on London/Decca, Nonesuch, Library of Congress, Turnabout, Opus One, Stolat, and Sine Qua Non. Solo CD, Songs, Dances, and Incantations: American Music for Trombone, on Albany Records (2002). Other CDs: Calls and Echoes with Eastman Brass, Eastman CD Series; Eastman Trombone Choir 60th Anniversary CD, Eastman CD Series. Honors: International Trombone Association's Highest Award for Pedagogy, Performance and Literature (1999), New York Brass Conference Dedication for Achievement in Brass Performance (1997), Mu Phi Epsilon Musician of the Year (1997).
Former students of Marcellus have won auditions for the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, San Antonio Symphony, Stockholm Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic, Welsh National Orchestra, La Scala Opera Orchestra, Helsingborg(Sweden)Symphony, Bournemouth(England) Symphony, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Dortmund Opera Orchestra and the military bands of West Point, U.S. Marine Band, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Navy Band, U.S. Air Force Band, U.S. Army Band, and the U.S. Army Field Band. Other former students have been appointed to the faculties of Yale University, Manhattan School of Music, UCLA, University of Northern Colorado, University of Central Washington, Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Northern Arizona,Penn State University, University of West Texas, Texas A&M, Western Carolina University, Boston University, Texas Tech, University of Kansas, Wheaton College, and University of Southern Arkansas.
Faculty member, North Carolina School for the Arts (1965-68), Catholic University (1966-78), Howard University (1967-70), American University (1968-78), Chautauqua (1979-), Interlochen Arts Academy (1982-83), Eastman (1978-).
