About Me
New York trombonist Michael Boscarino is a native of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. He began his musical studies at age 7 on the piano. At age 11, he began playing the trombone on the advice of his grandfather and hasn’t looked back since. Michael holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Youngstown State University and a Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music.While attending Youngstown State University, Michael was active on the Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Youngstown freelance scenes and gained invaluable performance experience. His performance credits in these areas include; the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Three Rivers Entertainment, Redline, Balcony Big Band, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Ernie Krivda and the Fat Tuesday Big Band, Sabor Latino, Azucar, and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, to name a few.In 2002, Michael spent the summer playing lead trombone in the Disneyland All-American College Band and was honored to perform as a featured soloist with the Tom Kubis Big Band in Huntington Beach, California. During the summer of 2003, Michael returned to California and attended the Henry Mancini Institute at UCLA on a full scholarship.Since moving to New York City in August of 2004, Michael has been performing with a wide variety of artists including; Clem DeRosa and the American Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Kyle Saulnier and the Awakening Orchestra, Bobby Sanabria Big Band, HMI Alumni Big Band, Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band, Russ Spiegel's Big Bad Band, Chino Nunez & Friends Orchestra, Ray Rivera con Sabor Latino, Copacabana Orchestra, Silver Productions, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and Natalie Riccio, while doing various recording work as well. In New York, Michael has performed at such venues as; Birdland, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, The Jazz Gallery, Carnegie Hall, The Rainbow Room, Apollo Theater, Cachaca Jazz 'n' Samba Club, and Manhattan Center.Throughout his musical career and studies, Michael has had the opportunity of performing with such renowned artists as; Christian McBride, Peter Erskine, Arturo Sandoval, Randy Newman, Bob Mintzer, James Moody, Gunther Schuller, Tom Kubis, Wayne Bergeron, Sal Lozano, Rick Baptist, Vince Mendoza, Dave Holland Quintet, Vinnie Colaiuta, Will Lee, Conrad Herwig, Michel Legrand, Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Heath, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lew Tabackin, Dave Liebman, Candido Camero, Buddy Morrow, and Slide Hampton.____________________________________________________
________Here is a video of me taking a solo with the Johnny Colon Orchestra. The video is from a gig at the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center on April 23, 2008. My solo starts around 5min37sec. Hope you enjoy it!
