As an orchestral bass trombonist, chamber musician, and teaching artist, Philip Hyman enjoys a varied musical career. Mr. Hyman can regularly be heard playing with the Glens Falls Symphony, Boston Ballet, Lexington Symphony, Springfield Symphony and the Portsmouth Symphony. He has also performed with the Boston Pops, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, New World Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Vermont Symphony, and Hartford Symphony. He has worked with such world-renowned conductors as Michael Stern, Peter Oundjian, David Zinman, James Conlon, and Michael Tilson Thomas.
Mr. Hyman is a member of Triton Brass and a founding member of the Redline Brass Quintet. Along with the members of Redline, he has helped commission and premiere several new works for brass quintet. The group has also worked closely with outreach programs to bring interactive performances into schools and under privileged communities.
Through out his career, Mr. Hyman has been fortunate to play with talented artists in the classical, jazz and commercial realms. In addition to most recently performing with composer and conductor Ramin Djawadi for the Game of Thrones Live tour, Mr. Hyman has shared the stage with Yo-Yo Ma, Olivia Newton-John, Phil Woods, Hans Zimmer, Dream Theater and Andrea Bocelli.
A native of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, Mr. Hyman attended Susquehanna University, and during his tenure there, appeared as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Trombone Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble. He went on to receive his master’s degree from New England Conservatory, where he studied with Boston Symphony Orchestra bass trombonist, Douglas Yeo, and second trombonist Norman Bolter. Mr. Hyman also attended the Aspen Music Festival for two summers, studying with American Brass Quintet bass trombonist, John Rojak and Metropolitan Opera trombonist, Per Brevig.
As an educator, Mr. Hyman serves on faculty at several institutions including Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, where he is brass coordinator and teaches private lessons, runs sectionals and coaches chamber ensembles. He maintains a low brass studio in Lexington through the Lexington Community Education program as well as in the Ashland School District. He has also served on faculty for Boston University Tanglewood Institute as well as Longy School of Music in Cambridge.
