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Eli Chalmer

Born: May 4, 1985

Eli Chalmer is a freelance trombonist, band-leader, electronic musician, and composer, based out of New Paltz, New York. Born and raised in Vermont, he fell in love with the trombone when he was 10 years old, after he saw that it was the only brass instrument “without buttons”. His talent was nurtured by the art- friendly Green Mountain State, where he became a soloist and principal trombone in the Vermont Youth Orchestra, and won the All- State scholarship competition for Classical, Jazz, and Composition all in the same year. He went on to receive his Bachelor’s degree in Orchestral Trombone Performance from McGill University, studying under the Montreal Symphony Orchestra’s principal trombonist, James Box