Pete Madsen
- Professor
- Area Coordinator, Jazz Studies
- Coordinator, Graduate Program
- SPAC 226
- Trombone and Euphonium
Additional Information
Biography
Dr. Madsen received a bachelor of science degree in music education from the University of Missouri, a master of music degree from Northern Illinois University, and a doctor of musical arts degree in trombone performance from the University of Illinois. Dr. Madsen's duties at UNO include directing the jazz ensembles and jazz combos, coordinating the UNO Great Plains Jazz Festival, and the UNO Jazz Camp and teaching applied low brass, low brass ensemble, and improvisation. He has performed extensively in jazz, pop, and classical venues, having played with Bill Watrous, Pete Christlieb, Aretha Franklin, Frank Valli, the Jim Widner Big Band, the Omaha Big Band, the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, the Omaha Jazz Orchestra, the Illinois Symphony, the Omaha Symphony, the Omaha Brass Ensemble, and the Missouri Symphony Society. Dr. Madsen is also in high demand as a guest artist/clinician and has performed and/or adjudicated throughout the United States and in Europe, Japan, and Brazil.
Dr. Madsen has performed and presented clinics at the Eastern Trombone Workshop, the Midwest Clinic, and the International Association for Jazz Education International Conference. The Continental Trombone Quartet has also performed in Spain, Mexico, Brazil, China, and Canada. Dr. Madsen can be heard on Summit Records with The Big Bad Bones, Chase Records with The Jim Widner Big Band, Nonesuch Records with Connor Oberst and Albany Records with The Continental Trombone Quartet. Dr. Madsen is a Getzen Artist/Clinician.
Research and Creative Activity Interests
Trombone performance, jazz performance, new works for trombone quartet, jazz trombone ensemblesEducation
BS, University of MissouriMM, Northern Illinois University
DMA, University of Illinois