Henry Henniger, Assistant Professor
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(541) 346-3774 | henryh@uoregon.edu
Henry Henniger joined the University of Oregon faculty as assistant professor of trombone in the fall of 2010. A native Oregonian, he previously held faculty teaching positions at Oregon State University and Linfield College. Henniger started his musical career at Indiana University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in trombone performance. He received his master’s at Manhattan School of Music, where he was a member of the prestigous Orchestral Performance program and was awarded the John Clark Award for excellence in brass performance.
Active as a soloist and orchestral musician, Henniger has performed with a wide variety of ensembles, including Di Capo Opera (NY), Park Avenue Symphony (NY), Axiom Brass (AK), and Imperial Brass (NY). While playing with Imperial Brass, he recorded under Summit Records and was featured as a soloist on their Bone-A-Fide Brass album with guest soloist Joseph Alessi, principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic. Henniger has also recorded under Sun King Productions, Emeritis Records and Orange mountain Music labels, working under internationally acclaimed conductors such as Kurt Masur, Sir Colin Davis, and Gerald Schwarz, including performances in New York City’s Avery Fisher and Carnegie Hall.
Locally, Henniger frequently performs with the Eugene Symphony, Sunriver Music Festival, Spokane Symphony, Astoria Music Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, and the Oregon Symphony. He has also been a featured soloist with several orchestras and wind ensembles throughout the region, including Central Oregon Symphony, Linfield College Wind Ensemble, Oregon State Wind Ensemble, University of Portland, and the Vancouver Symphony (WA). He is currently principal trombone of the Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theatre and is also a member of the Oregon Brass Quintet.
Equally active as a music educator, Henniger is in demand as a guest clinician and adjudicator throughout the state. Nationally, he was a founding member of the Axiom Brass Summer Seminar for high school and college level brass players; the seminar pulled students from nearly all 50 states. Henniger also has been involved with outreach programs to help give music lessons to underpriviledged students in the Bronx, NY. He has also held faculty positions at the Young Musicians and Artists Seminar (OR), and the Wallowa Lake Brass Camp(OR).
Through the years Henniger has been fortunate to study with some of the legendary brass virtuosi, including Scott Hartman, Carl Lenthe, David Finlayson, Per Brevig, Peter Ellefson, and Joseph Alessi.
