![]() He has toured, recorded, and performed with many of the country’s leading jazz orchestras including Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Mingus Big Band, Glenn Miller, Birdland Big Band, Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, and the Jimmy Heath Orchestra. While in NYC, he was a frequent performer on numerous Broadway shows and many other prestigious musical performances. Butler has been the conductor of the UMES Wind Ensemble, HBCU Trombone Choir, Associate Conductor of the Brighton Symphony, and Eastman Trombone Choir and Brass Guild. His students have gone on to perform, teach and study at graduate schools such as Indiana University, Berklee, UNI, Rutgers, Eastman, University of Memphis, Towson University, and Montclair State.Īs a conductor, Dr. He has also taught at the Eastman School of Music, Juilliard School of Music MAP, and Rutgers University. Butler was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Trombone at Jackson State University where he taught trombone, conducted the University Brass Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and taught Graduate Music History. He served as the Director of Bands and music program coordinator at The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Director of Jazz Studies and Low Brass at the University of Mary. He was the Music Department Chair at North Carolina Central University and Professor of Trombone from 2017-2021. ![]() Currently, he is the Music Department Head at Valdosta State University. In addition to orchestras and jazz ensembles, he has played trombone and tuba for eight NYC Broadway productions. As well as being a founding member of the Gateways Brass Collective, he has also played all four chairs in the world-famous Count Basie Orchestra and with many of NYC’s top jazz ensembles. Butler has obtained multiple degrees in trombone performance from the Eastman School of Music (BM and MM) and Rutgers University (DMA). Before joining VSU’s faculty, he was an instructor, music director, and accompanist at Southeast Missouri State University.Isrea Butler has been appointed Head of the Department of Music at Valdosta State University.ĭr. Joe has been fortunate to work with such theatres and companies as Jackson Hole Playhouse, Lagoon Theme Park, Busch Gardens Entertainment, Tuacahn Amphitheatre, Sundance, Disney Theatricals (The Lion King), Boston Theatre Marathon, Walnut Hill School, and North Shore Music Theatre. As a music director, Joe’s credits include THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, AIDA, SWEENEY TODD, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, WEST SIDE STORY, CURTAINS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, CAROUSEL, ONCE OF THIS ISLAND, ANYTHING GOES, INTO THE WOODS, THE PAJAMA GAME, GREASE, ANNIES, LEGALLY BLONDE, PETER PAN, NUNSENSE, HAIRSPRAY, and THE KING AND I. Joe was also a featured soloist in the Rockin’ the Boat Show at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, and in the Boston Pops’ Holiday Concert at Boston Symphony Hall. As an actor, some of Joe’s credits include THE SECRET GARDEN, SHE LOVES ME, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, FOREVER PLAID, SWEENEY TODD, CANDIDE, RAGS, LITTLE WOMEN, URINETOWN, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (starring David Osmond), ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, and OLIVER! (Robert Redford’s Sundance, starring Christopher Lloyd). ![]() Joe is an Assistant Professor in Theatre from Mesa, Arizona. ![]()
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