Nathaniel Geiger
Nathaniel Geiger is an active low brass musician and music educator currently based in Dallas-Fort Worth. Nathaniel was born and raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where he began playing trombone at the age of ten. He holds degrees from Illinois State University (Bachelors in Music Education, Summa Cum Laude), and Michigan State University (Masters in Music Performance.)
Nathaniel currently serves as a trombone and bass trombone instructor for McKinney ISD, and previously served as a low brass instructor for Allen ISD and Richardson ISD. Nathaniel’s students consistently advance to TMEA All-Region, Area, and All-State concert and jazz ensembles, and receive superior ratings and outstanding soloist awards at solo and ensemble contests. They are recognized for awards within their school music programs, and have performed in ensembles invited to the TMEA Convention, The UIL State Marching Contest, The Music For All Convention, and The Midwest Clinic. His students have also been accepted into and won various competitions and programs including the ITA Gagliardi Competition, the Lake Highlands Malcolm Helm Solo Competition, the McKinney ISD HS and MS Concerto Competitions, and ensemble programs including the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra. His students have gone on to study music at the New England Conservatory of Music, The University Of Oklahoma, The University of Colorado Boulder, and Texas Tech University.
While living in Dallas, Nathaniel has performed with the Allen Philharmonic, The Dallas Millennial Choir And Orchestra, Rockwall Summer Musicals, Garland Summer Musicals, and The Frisco Jazz Band. Nathaniel also performs regularly with The Illinois Symphony, and has performed with The Lansing Symphony, The Rochester Symphony, The Michigan Philharmonic, and The Midland Symphony. He has also served as principal trombone of The Urbana Pops Orchestra, and has won positions at the Round Top Festival Institute and The Sewanee Summer Music Festival programs. Nathaniel was the winner of the Low Brass Solo Competition at the North American Brass Band Championships in 2016, was awarded 3rd Place in the Trombone Technical Competition in 2023, and was a finalist for concerto competitions at Illinois State and Michigan State. Nathaniel has recorded the music of David Maslanka, John Mackey, Stephen Bryant, and other prominent wind band composers with both Illinois State and Michigan State, performing on the CD "Monuments’’, winner of the 2015 “American Prize” for College Wind Ensemble Recordings. He has also recorded for film and documentary soundtracks for “Blue Police Box Music”, a multimedia composition studio based in California. In 2014, Nathaniel gave the inaugural recital of the Urbana Pops Orchestra’s now annual “Principal Recital Series.”
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Nathaniel also performs extensively with British style brass bands. Nathaniel is currently the Principal Trombonist of The Dallas Brass Band, who were named the 2022 1st Section Champions at the North American Brass Band Championships, and are currently ranked 3rd in all of North America. Through the Dallas Brass Band, he is a co-founder of The Texas Brass Festival, which was established in 2023 and is hosted by the band in March in Southlake, TX. He has also performed, soloed, and recorded with The Five Lakes Silver Band. In 2017, Nathaniel performed on an international contest tour of England and Scotland with the current North American champion Fountain City Brass Band, where the group placed 2nd at “Brass In Concert”, an entertainment contest featuring top bands from five countries, and 3rd at The Scottish Open.
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Nathaniel is also active as a teacher in the marching arts. He is an alum of the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps and the Macy's Great American Marching Band. He has served as a music and visual instructor for the McKinney Royal Pride Band in McKinney, TX, and has also served as a music and visual instructor for other award winning high school band programs in Illinois, Michigan, and Texas. Students Nathaniel has taught through his studio and marching band programs have gone on to march in DCI with Genesis, The Colts, and The Bluecoats.
Nathaniel’s previous teachers include Ava Ordman, Mark Babbitt, Jim Pugh, Phil Sinder, Dave Dickey, and Garrett Mendez, and he has been a featured performer in masterclasses for Joseph Alessi, John Kitzman, Alex Iles, Mark Kellogg, and Kenneth Thompkins. Nathaniel is a member of the International Trombone Association and the music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.