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Jazz Trombone Alumnus Ben Carrasquillo (MM, 2017;DMA, 2023) has been appointed Assistant Professor of Trombone at Penn State University, located in State College, Pennsylvania. He will begin his teaching duties in the fall of 2025.
Ben Carrasquillo is a versatile trombonist who actively performs classical, jazz, and commercial music. Ben earned a BM in Trombone Performance from the University of Alabama (2015), where he was a student of present U of I Clinical Professor of Trombone, Jonathan Whitaker. He received both his MM in Jazz Trombone Performance (2017) and his DMA in Trombone Performance (2023) from the University of Illinois, studying with Professor Jim Pugh. Ben has been Instructor of Trombone at Eastern Illinois University since completing his Doctorate and will commence teaching duties at Penn State in Fall 2025.
Read more about Ben Carrasquillo’s musical journey: https://www.bencarrasquillo.com/about