Arie VandeWaa

Assistant Professor of Trombone

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Biography

Arie VandeWaa has been recently appointed to the rank of Assistant Professor of Trombone at Louisiana State University. Dr. VandeWaa is the bass trombonist for the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and principal trombone for the Mobile Opera Orchestra and for the Mobile Ballet. Dr. VandeWaa comes from his previous positions at the University of South Alabama where he taught courses in trombone, brass pedagogy, and music industry studies.

An Edwards Instruments Performing Artist, Dr. VandeWaa has worked as a freelance trombonist in the Southeast since 2010 and, in addition to his orchestral appointments in Mobile, has performed on both tenor and bass trombone with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, The Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, The Mobile Big Band Society, The Druid City Big Band, The Pensacola Jazz Society, as well as various other Jazz, Commercial, Second Line, and Chamber ensembles throughout the Gulf Coast region. Dr. VandeWaa has also maintained a healthy trombone studio, and has taught private lessons and working as a low brass clinician for multiple colleges and schools throughout the Southeast. 

Dr. VandeWaa completed his Bachelor’s degree in music with elective studies in Business at the University of South Alabama, where he studied trombone under Dr. Greg Gruner, and completed his Master’s and Doctoral Degrees at the University of Alabama, where he studied Trombone Performance with Dr. Jon Whitaker.