Alex van Duuren, D.M.A. is a dynamic and versatile trombonist currently serving as Associate Professor of Trombone and Coordinator of the Brass and Percussion Area at the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the Quintasonic Brass Quintet with colleagues Vince DiMartino, Jason Dovel, Matthew Haislip, and Alexander Lapins. Alex has performed with a variety of professional ensembles including the Knoxville Symphony and Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, the Nashville Recording Orchestra, Greenville Symphony, Brevard Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony, Symphony Augusta, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Sonora. In addition to his activities on trombone, he still performs on his original instrument, serving as a piano accompanist for professional recording sessions as well as for his students and guest artists at the University of Tennessee.

van Duuren enjoys as active career as a solo recitalist, performing recently at the Universidad de Las Artes in Guayaquil, Ecuador and appearing in May 2023 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. In the past five years he has performed 40 recitals, solo and with brass quintets, at venues across the United States and abroad.

In addition to maintaining a highly active performing schedule, Alex also enjoys an active career in the recording studio, playing trombone and bass trombone on the 2020 film The Wolf of Snow Hollow, appearing with the American Chamber Winds on Radix Tyrannis and Live at WASBE (Mark Custom Records), as well as producing La Loba, a solo album released by Dr. Katie Johnson-Webb on Summit Records. His own solo album, Vocalizations, can be heard on most streaming services including Spotify and Amazon Music.

After attending the University of Florida and then the University of Michigan, Alex completed his doctorate at the University of Arizona. While there he also completed a doctoral minor in Entrepreneurship with Eller College of Management, which he received while participating in the nationally renowned McGuire Entrepreneurship Program. In 2018, Alex van Duuren was honored with the Governor’s School for the Fine Arts Outstanding Teacher Award.