Jenny Kellog

Trombonist and composer Jenny Kellogg’s musical career has taken her around the world to China, England, Italy and Peru. Jenny participated in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Residency Program at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Stean’s Summer Music Institute at Ravinia, and she played lead trombone in the Disneyland Resort All-American College Band.

From Fall 2011 to Spring 2013 she held the solo trombone chair in the Grammy-Nominated One O’Clock Lab Band. The “Lab 2012” and “Lab 2013” albums feature her large jazz ensemble compositions. She writes on a regular basis for high school and college-level jazz ensembles throughout the Northwest.

Jenny holds Bachelor of Music degrees in Trombone Performance and Music Composition from the University of Idaho, a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas, and is working on a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Kentucky.

Jenny plays in the Spokane area with the Spokane Jazz Orchestra, Brassworks Northwest, and Son Dulce Live Salsa among others. She is a regular substitute in other musical organizations such as the Spokane Symphony Orchestra. She is currently an associate professor and Director of Jazz and Trombone Studies at Eastern Washington University where she teaches trombone and directs the top jazz ensemble. Jenny is in great demand as a guest artist and clinician throughout the U.S. and Canada.