Performances + Events
Toby Oft
Education and Training
BM, Indiana University; MM, Northwestern University. Trombone studies with Warren Baker, Jeff Uusitalo, Peter Ellefson, Roger Rocco, Michael Mulcahy, Joseph Alessi, Scott Hartman, and John Swallow.
Moving to Evanston, Illinois, for his graduate work allowed Oft the experience of a successful freelance career in the greater Chicago area until he won his first full-time job as principal trombone of the Florida West Coast Symphony, under the direction of Leif Bjaland, in September 2002.
Oft has performed throughout Europe and the U.S. with such notable orchestras as the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. While Oft was principal trombone with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the orchestra recorded an all-Copland album on the Naxos label, entitled American Classics.
Oft came to Boston from the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Jahja Ling, where he was principal trombone since summer 2006. He is the twelfth principal trombone of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since its inception in 1881.
Photo by Michael J. Lutch/courtesy BSO
Curriculum Vitae
BM, Indiana University; MM, Northwestern University. Trombone studies with Warren Baker, Jeff Uusitalo, Peter Ellefson, Roger Rocco, Michael Mulcahy, Joseph Alessi, Scott Hartman, and John Swallow.
Affiliated Departments and Programs
Brass and Percussion
