

He has played in big bands backing up Johnny Mathis, Slide Hampton, Stefon Harris, Clay Aiken, and Frank Sinatra, Jr.

He co-founded the Emerald Brass Quintet and still performs with that group throughout the United States. He recorded two albums with the funk band the Po Boys Brass Band that also included many of his original compositions. as well as the acclaimed Boulder Brass in Colo. He is currently the auxilliary/extra trombonist with the Fort Collins Symphony (CO) and the Cheyenne Symphony (WY) and has been a substitute performer with the orchestras of Madison, WI, Rochester, NY, and Southwest Fla. He has recently performed solo recitals and given master classes in California, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and Colorado. Chris van HofĪ native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Chris Van Hof is the newly-appointed Assistant Professor of Trombone at Ball State University. Chris leads an active and varied career as a performer in all styles on the trombone and euphonium a teacher and clinician in brass, chamber music, and jazz and a writer and arranger of music for ensembles from trombone choir to symphony orchestra. The Board of Directors of the International Trombone Festival is excited to announce that the 2019 ITF will be held at: Ball State University, Muncie Indiana Festival Host: Dr.
