Rodney Martell, bass trombone
 Rodney Martell was the second person in the VSO to be hired by (then new) Music Director JoAnn Falletta in the fall of 1991 as bass trombonist. Mr. Martell has also been active in orchestra administration, beginning in 1993 and serving variously as librarian, personnel manager, Artistic Operations Director and finally as Artistic Administrator (a position he currently holds with the Buffalo Philharmonic). He is also on the faculty of the College of William and Mary.
Prior to joining the VSO he gained his Bachelor’s of Music from the University of Michigan and freelanced in the Michigan area including stints with the Flint Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, Saginaw Symphony, Lansing Symphony and Toledo Symphony among others. Other experience has included the American Wind Symphony and the Disneyland All-American College Band. Principal teachers include H. Dennis Smith, Abe Torchinsky with additional studies with Randall Hawes of the Detroit Symphony.
Mr. Martell resides in Norfolk along with his wife Helen Martell (Music Director of the Bay Youth Orchestras) and children, Emily and Miles. They like to spend their summers on an island in Michigan’s Lake St. Clair.
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