Dr. Andrew Rózsa is bass trombonist with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, and is on faculty at College of DuPage, Elgin Community College, and North Central College.
A frequent guest musician, he has performed with the Montréal Symphony, Madison Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, Millar Brass Ensemble, Des Moines Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, Elgin Symphony, Northwest Indiana Symphony, Thunder Bay (Ontario) Symphony, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Rockford Symphony, among others.
Dr. Rózsa is also an active classroom educator; he currently lectures in music theory, ear training, and history at the College of DuPage and Elgin Community College. Previously, he served on the classroom faculty at McGill University, the applied faculty at McGill Conservatory, and numerous high schools in the suburban Chicago area.
Rózsa earned a Doctor of Music degree in 2015 from McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He also holds a Performers’ Certificate from DePaul University and a Master of Music degree in performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music; he completed his Bachelor of Music in composition and theory at the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. His major trombone teachers were Doug Bennett, Allen Kofsky, Thomas Klaber, Charles Vernon, Mark Fisher, Floyd Cooley, James Box, and Pierre Beaudry; supplemental study was taken with James DeSano, Steve Witser, Rick Stout, and Joseph Alessi.