5/17
Sunday, 4pm
Michael Cox, trombone; Britton Day, piano
Michael Cox, trombone
Originally from Skokie, IL, Michael Cox is currently Principal trombone of the San Francisco Opera and second trombone of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestras. He has previously served as Principal Trombone of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. Michael has performed as a guest with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra.
Michael has been a fellow of the New York Philharmonic Global Academy Zarin Mehta Fellowship, the Tanglewood Music Festival, and Music Academy of the West. He was also an associate member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. His primary teachers include Toby Oft, Michael Mulcahy, Timothy Higgins, Peter Ellefson, and Douglas Wright.
Outside of the orchestra, Michael enjoys cooking, swimming, and playing chess.
Britton Day, piano
Pianist Britton Day enjoys a busy career performing across the Bay Area. Recently featured on the critically-acclaimed San Francisco Symphony Soundbox Series, Britton performed piano-four hand repertoire with Michael Tilson Thomas and accompanied his father, SFS Principal Flutist Tim Day. Other recent engagements include performances with members of the San Francisco Symphony on their Chamber Music Series in Davies Symphony Hall, the Berkeley Hillside Club Chamber Series, and the Eastern Sierra Symphony Summer Festival.
Britton is currently a member of the accompanying staff at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has worked as a rehearsal pianist for the San Francisco Ballet.
Britt is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He received his Masters Degree as well as a Professional Studies Diploma in Piano Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.