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Trombonist and music educator Benjamin Yates is Associate Professor of Trombone at the Â鶹ҹÊÐ. Yates also teaches low brass at the Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival. At Â鶹ҹÊÐ, Dr. Yates is a 2025 recipient of the prestigious Faculty Fellow program, holds the Heymann/BORSF Professorship in Music, teaches lessons, coaches brass chamber music, conducts trombone chamber ensembles, and performs with the Louisiana Brass Quintet.

As a trombone clinician, Yates presents master classes throughout the U.S., Austria, Brazil, China, Japan, the Dominican Republic, and the United Arab Emirates. Students of Benjamin Yates became a successful professional musician and music educator throughout the United States and the world. He is a founding member of the Service Organization of Music Professors, which raises funds and collects donated instruments, music, and music equipment for music programs in disadvantaged communities.

Yates performs regularly with Louisiana symphonies, wind bands, and chamber ensembles , including the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Film Scoring Symphony, and Chorale Acadienne. As an active soloist and chamber musician, Yates performs and presents master classes and recitals at high schools, colleges, and
universities around the United States. Yates is a member of Tromborgan, an active trombone and organ duo with keyboardist Brad Schultz. Additionally, Yates is a member of the clarinet, trumpet, and bass trombone trio Oak Trio.

Dr. Yates is a M&W Custom Trombones artist and a MADPipe trombone mouthpiece and
lead pipe system artist.

University of Iowa, 2016

University of Illinois, 2011

Luther College, 2008

Trombone Performance, Music Education